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Hoffman has not made this steam radiator valve since the 1930s. 3-D printing is used to create this otherwise obsolete part. Many thanks to Gordon Schweizer of All Steame...
Myth #1: It’s bad for people with heart conditions Here’s what you’ll hear. “Your feet determine your body temperature, just like a thermostat. If the blood leaves your b...
Steam traps in heating systems and commercial systems may look the same but the difference comes in how we use them. Heating traps run on very low pressure and that affec...
An acquaintance wrote to ask this question: I am considering obtaining HVAC licenses and opening up a business. I have been interested in this for years and I am seriousl...
I can't hear that John Mayer song without thinking about our four daughters, and not just because they'll probably choose my nursing home. The Lovely Marianne and I manag...
Humans have been making steam on an industrial scale for over 300 years. Very early on, they learned to take care of the sight glass to make sure the water level in the b...
This is an excerpt from Transactions of the Society of Heating and Ventilation Engineers from 1920. "It is the purpose of this article to bring together all of the data w...
I went to school in Hicksville, New York, starting in 1957 when my parents moved my big brother and me out of Manhattan, where we went to Saint Monica grade school becaus...
For many years the go-to method for heating water was with a tank-styled device. Today, however, industry projections indicate a growing interest in tankless type heaters...
Zack the Ripper had no idea what he was looking at but he was not about to let that simple truth stand in his way. The device (whatever it was) was large and dark. It hun...
