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This all-technical, three-hour seminar will make you familiar with the many types of old steam heating systems and what goes wrong with them. Dan Holohan’s easy-to-follow...

We always have turkey for Thanksgiving. I mean who doesn’t? My job wasn’t to cook it, though; it was to eat it.

This video is a recording of Dan Holohan's popular seminar Radiators and Pandemics: A Curious Marriage. It was hosted by The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen on M...

Dan Holohan talks about the differences between thin-tube radiators and column radiators for heating systems. He also shares some troubleshooting tips and advice on air-v...

In this video excerpt from the Dead Men’s Steam School seminar, Dan Holohan shares his knowledge about radiator controls. He talks about thermostatic radiator valves, pne...

Many old steam-heating systems are oversized as a result of the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918-19. The flu killed 50 million people worldwide. People became deathly a...

Circular radiators date back to the early 1900s. They were assembled as one whole radiator or as halves for the purpose of encircling columns. When they were in halves, e...

Dan Holohan shares his knowledge about the first safe and successful steam radiator for house heating. Steven Gold patented his "mattress" radiator on October 3, 1854. It...

Should you box in those radiators? Let’s take a look at radiator enclosures. Some people use them because they think old radiators are ugly (I sure don’t).

Here are some places to find used and refurbished radiators in the United States and Canada. UNITED STATES ColoradoTons of Radiators - Stroman Plumbing and Heating, Inc. ...