This section is your guide to hot-water heating systems with information about system design and piping, air elimination, pumping away, primary-secondary pumping, valves, radiators, troubleshooting tips, and more.
Which is better for zone control in hydronic heating systems: a pump or a zone valve? There are many considerations when planning an efficient, cost-effective and service...
A properly selected, installed and maintained pressure reducing valve (PRV) keeps your plumbing system in good working order. Kevin Freidt, director of product management...
The devastation caused by a flood is terrible. The effects last for months, if not years, and the toll on the flooded area is catastrophic. During the cleanup and recover...
One of the things I love most about this business is the history of the heating systems in the old homes we work in. I enjoy poking around in the basements of old homes t...
The heating business has a way of humbling you. After more than 25 years of running service calls on all types of heating and cooling systems, I had managed to tackle the...
Give water a path and it will take it. But which path? When I was first learning about hydronics, a guy I worked with, who was 15 years older than I was, told me to imagi...
Washington, D.C., is not exactly the Arctic Circle, but we have installed a surprising number of snowmelt systems over the years, everything from walkways and front steps...
I fought the law and the law won. That should be the favorite song of any installer who tries to fight this one. Mother Nature is stubborn when it comes to evening out th...
Learn to sell. 90% of all signed contracts are not due to having the lowest price! Homeowners want cleanliness, health and comfort, quiet operation, decorating freedom, a...
Ah, air! It's grand for living creatures, but often a problem for hydronic heating systems Air is basically 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen. Oxygen likes to corrode iron and ...