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Washing Out a Steam Boiler

Gerry Gill is brilliant when it comes to solving steam- and hot-water-heating problems. Learn more about him HERE. 

Published on 12/11/2014 12:37 PM by Gerry Gill
Posted in Steam Heating
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Get Real — Get Hydronic Heat

My daughter Erin — whose work appears in Plumbing Mechanical and other trade journals from time to time — along with her three sisters grew up listening to me talk nonsto...

Published on 11/16/2014 1:14 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in Hot-Water Heating
The Danger of Food Contamination by Aluminum

Larry Weingarten, who knows more about water heaters than most of us, shared this circa-1932 booklet about The Danger of Food Contamination by Aluminum. We include it in ...

Published on 11/13/2014 10:13 AM by R.M. Le Hunte Cooper and M.D.
Posted in Heating Museum
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Thermostat Wars

When Tony Fadell of iPod fame came up with the idea of the Nest thermostat it made me smile. I had read an interview with him in a business magazine. He explained how he ...

Published on 11/10/2014 2:35 PM by Dan Holohan
Posted in The HVAC Business