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I once met a guy in the fuel oil business who tried to make things easy for his steam customers. They’d call in the spring and complain that they didn’t have enough domes...
Sixteen years ago, I walked into a Danfoss factory in Denmark and got bear-hugged by a man named Knud Mölholm.“Magazine Man!” he shouted and then grabbed me by the should...
Our friend, Mark Eatherton, writes: There has been some discussion lately here on The Wall about how a homeowner knows whether the person and or company they are dealing ...
There is a restaurant on the ground floor of a large residential building on Manhattan’s Upper West Side that I’ve been servicing for about 15 years now. It’s a busy plac...
Here's a full day's work compressed into a couple of minutes, courtesy of our friend John Cataneo's Dropcam. There's a lot to consider when moving a hot-water system from...
Thanks to Bob Polizzi for finding not only photos of T.J. Sullivan's vacuum regulator in place, but also its patent, which explains the entire operation of a device that ...
I like my coffee black. The Lovely Marianne takes hers with skim milk, no sugar. We were away for a few days last summer, and the morning after we returned, I checked the...
When deep (and persistent) snow arrives, danger arrives with it. I asked the professionals on The Wall what homeowners should do (and not do) to stay safe and here's some...
When I was young and working for the manufacturers’ rep on Long Island, I wanted to get some hands-on experience, so I went to the larger, family-owned fuel-oil dealers a...
A visitor to The Wall asked this question: I have a hydronic and radiant system that needs to be evaluated. I am finding that every plumbing-and-heating company will prov...
