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John was a custodian for a local school district. We used to call him “20 Questions” because he would constantly ply us with questions about the boilers when we would per...

As we are entering the time that most commercial boiler projects are being planned and installed, I would like to share some common steam boiler oversights that I rarely ...

"Something is wrong with the boiler control. I have to keep pushing the reset button,” the frantic school custodian said when I answered the phone one cold January mornin...

Acres of Diamonds Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, would often tell a story about a man named Ali Hafed. Ali Hafed was a rich farmer that was once visited b...

For a sales transaction to be successful, there has to be certain expectations for both the buyer and the seller. That same type of arrangement holds true when a building...

When I was young, I used to love watching magicians and was amazed how they would pull something out of what appeared to be an empty hat. That seems to be the kind of cli...

“Trust but verify” was a Russian proverb that President Ronald Reagan used often in Cold War discussions with Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev, and it is appropriate t...

Designing a commercial boiler replacement where you were not the original designer or installer might have some hidden dangers that could haunt you for years. The project...

The appointment with the specifying engineer did not go well, at all. I proudly showed him the information about the boilers that I represent and he handed the material b...

A series of anomalies occurred in the boiler room one evening. The steel compression tank for the hydronic loop flooded, leaving no room for expansion. Water will expand ...