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Paul DuPont, a consulting engineer in Portland, Oregon, dropped me a line and suggested I write a bit about Hartford Loops - how they came to be, what they do, when you s...

Why do we work on heating systems during the winter? Because we’re working on air-conditioning systems during the summer! Makes sense in a last-minute, panicky way, but i...

The ideal fluid in a hydronic heating or cooling system is a fluid without any impurities, air bubbles or dissolved gases. But how is that accomplished? Kevin Freidt, dir...

Step off of West 44th Street and into the lobby and look to your left. The artists (and we must call them that) who crafted that magnificent marble staircase were masters...

Ernie had been building his business like a man laying bricks. He believed in being methodical, and he believed in doing things right. You advertise.

It was time to redo the kitchen. When we did the dormer 25 years ago, the plumber ran the copper tubing across the kitchen ceiling and over to new upstairs bathroom. I tr...

Carl’s nephew, Mark, had just graduated from high school and was working as Carl’s helper for the summer. He was 10 minutes late to our house and when he walked in Carl l...

Monitor Bi-Loop Hot Water Radiators are partly filled with water which is heated by steam within the radiator, thereby eliminating the large volume of water to be circula...

You know the feeling. You are in a tight crawlspace with a 20-foot crawl to the hatch. Or, you are on a rooftop, and have to climb down the extension ladder for a 3-block...

This newly installed VXT-120 Hydrolevel automatic water feeder for steam boiler makes an unearthly screech when it feeds. The domestic water pressure was checked and foun...