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Low-Pressure Steam vs. High-Pressure Steam

Some of what I’m about to tell you may be tough to swallow, but it’s all true. If you pay close attention, you’ll understand once and for all why low pressure is good. Le...

Published on 06/06/2016 1:28 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Steam Heating
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Nine by 12

On the afternoon that I was born, and thirty or so miles east of the place where I was born, men were leveling Long Island potato fields and laying out the building plots...

Published on 06/04/2016 4:00 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Let's Chat About Compression Tanks

That I can get excited about compression tanks probably means that I'd be a lousy lunch companion, right? I mean who wants to hear about solving problems with something t...

Published on 05/21/2016 3:36 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
“Vacuum Boost” for Steam Heating Systems

Igor Zhadanovsky is one of the brightest people I have ever met. This paper is one you should read if you're involved with buildings that have steam heat, regardless of t...

Published on 05/17/2016 11:11 AM by Igor Zhadanovsky
Posted in Steam Heating
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The Lovely Marianne

The photographer asked her not to smile, which gave us even more incentive to try to make Mom laugh. It was a hazy afternoon in Cape May, NJ. My three sisters and I huddl...

Published on 05/05/2016 4:23 PM by Erin Holohan Haskell
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Like Family

A long time ago, I was doing a hydronics seminar somewhere in Virginia, around D.C. A young guy came up to me during the first break and introduced himself as Dan Foley. ...

Published on 05/03/2016 11:21 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business
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Heating in Prisons

I had gotten back from a road trip and was going over some old issues of Newsday when I spotted his obituary. It sent me spinning back a bunch of years and the memories h...

Published on 05/03/2016 11:08 AM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business