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Not All Pipes Are Round

Some are square! I was in a hotel in Stockholm, Sweden when I first noticed the way the Europeans run their pipes. It was wicked cold outside and there was a panel radiat...

Published on 03/08/2011 12:21 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
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Indoor Air Quality Basics for Homeowners

Over my 37 year career in HVAC, I have been involved investigating many commercial and residential air quality problems. This article is intended to help homeowners to un...

Published on 09/08/2010 10:48 AM by Bill Wolfe
Posted in Warm Air
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Value Is Perception

You can't make this stuff up. Some years ago, The Lovely Marianne and I visited Rome with friends and on a gorgeous Sunday morning in early spring, we got up early to att...

Published on 06/01/2010 2:23 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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How Employees Can Cost You Business

All the marketing in the world can’t get you around one properly placed, dopey employee. That person can take all your hopes and dreams for your business and flush them d...

Published on 08/13/2009 12:31 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
How That Steam Boiler Got To Be So Big

There was a time in America when people were afraid of the air that they found inside their homes, and with good reason. Many of these people lived in tenements, and they...

Published on 07/16/2009 9:51 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating