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Recent Articles in Hot-Water Heating
Understanding Primary-Secondary Pumping
Primary-secondary pumping has become pretty popular nowadays, especially with boiler manufacturers. They love it because it offers a simple way to protect their boilers a...
Primary-Secondary Systems Sometimes Overheat
The guy had told his architect to have a corner of his basement dug out so that he could play half-court basketball with his two kids. The ceiling was 14 feet above the p...
Why Your Boiler Needs a Low-Water Cutoff
A friend of mine who happens to be a contractor went out to look at a hot water boiler that was causing its owner a problem a few years back. It seems the flame had chewe...
Loop System Hot-Water Heating Q&A
Q: What's loop hot water heating? A: It's the simplest method of heating with hot water. Each zone consists of a single loop made up of the pipe and the radiators.
Basics of Indoor Air Quality
We of the Hydronic Realm often don't think too much about Indoor Air Quality, but that mindset is obsolete. We need to look at the Big Picture, not just the heating syste...
Indirect Hot-Water Heating Q&A
Q: What's "indirect" heating? A: It's a method of heating the old-timers used to warm fresh air before it entered a building. Q: How did they do this?
Finding a Honeywell Heat Generator On The Job
Mark Honeywell. Yeah, that one. The guy who has his name on all those thermostats.
Should Fill Valves Be Left Open or Closed?
Now there’s a question for you. The feed valve’s job is to, well, feed. You figure out the height of the hydronic system from the point where the feed valve is to the hig...
Domestic Hot Water Recirculation Systems
It's really not your mother's fault. How could she have known you would wind up in such a dilemma one day because of a check valve? Here you are, with sediment clogging u...