Bailey’s Great Experiment
It was the spike in the cost of paper that eventually led to Bailey’s Great Experiment. The printer blamed the 50 percent increase on El Niño and lousy weather in the Pac...
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A New-Parent Question
I spotted this question on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com. It was from a brand-new parent and it made me smile because brand-new parents think they can control everything th...
What's In It For Me?
In 2016, when I retired from speaking and traveling just about everywhere, I got involved with the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York. The...
Selling to Selfish People
HeatingHelp.com presents an audio recording of Dan Holohan's Selling to Selfish People (And We're All Selfish People!) seminar. Listen, laugh, and learn as Dan gives you ...
Gift Wrap Your Message
Before I retired from speaking in 2016, I spent decades giving talks about heating systems across the U.S., Canada, Europe and even in the Caribbean. Several times, I eve...
Metal Paints and Radiators
Ever wonder why the Dead Men painted so many of those old, free-standing, steam- and hot-water radiators silver? Yeah, so did I. I did some digging and came up with a del...
Albany New York Steamfitters and Plumbers Local 7 Goes Geothermal
Recently I was asked to speak at the Rensselaer Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Fair in New York, which took place on October 20, 2018. I was introduced to Frank Na...
How to Feed a Low-Pressure Steam Boiler
I once worked for the rep that sold McDonnell & Miller products in New York. They handed me a catalog on a Friday and told me that we would be the new rep the following M...
Why This Truck?
Some years ago, my buddy Dennis Bellanti, of Ferguson fame, picked me up at the Denver airport in a truck I came to call Bruno. I followed Dennis across the acres of park...
Fear of the Unknown
A homeowner, let’s call her Linda, sent me a message through Heating Help’s contact form last winter and it still has me thinking. She said, “I filled my glass gauge too ...