Before Andrew Alexander started his service company in November 2003, he worked for a plumbing and heating company that used all different kinds of trucks, so he was pretty familiar with what service vehicle would be right for Andy's Pipe Dream.
When it comes to plumbing and heating, China has big problems. A quickening pace of urbanization has left China with 661 cities that are home to about 42 percent of its 1.3 billion people.
With housing starts beginning to slow down, home remodeling is becoming more popular. It's estimated that homeowners spent $210 billion on residential remodeling last year, a 5.8 percent increase from 2004.
This year at the Kitchen & Bath Show in Chicago, it was clear that beautifully designed sinks and faucets now offer innovative functionality to today's homeowners.
A busted boiler would have stayed busted if not for members of National Association of Oil Heat Service Managers' chapters identifying needs right in their backyards.
In its short but successful existence, Oil Heat Cares has yet to turn down one job that has helped a family in need. What keeps this well-“oiled” machine running? One word: generosity.
It all started with a conversation. A conversation between Dan Holohan, hydronics guy extraordinaire, and Judy Garber, executive administrator of the National Association of Oil Heat Service Managers. A conversation about how to help people in need get heat for the winter.