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Pentair Thermal Building Solutions BIM for heat-tracing system

September 25, 2014

Pentair’s building information modeling content for heat-tracing solutions includes the Raychem Trace-It Revit add-in.

Infloor Heating Systems custom mechanical boards

Infloor Heating Systems designs and manufactures custom mechanical boards for hydronic radiant heating systems.

July 31, 2014

Each board includes magnetic drive pumps using up to 80% less electricity and senses pressure in the system to adjust the flow rate based on the number of zones calling for hot water.

Boiler safety lessons

An average of 17 boiler incidents occurs each year.

Ray Wohlfarth

May 21, 2014

I am not sure whether it was divine intervention or just plain luck that allowed these brave firefighters to walk away from this.

Montana green heat at the Hunting Adventures in Sanders County, Mont.

The challenge was to determine the best way to heat the space.

Kelly Faloon

April 22, 2014

The heating system for this hunting lodge complex includes a wood-gasification boiler, radiant floor heating and hydronic unit heaters.

What can you do to affect the performance of your heating systems?

More power.

Ray Wohlfarth

April 22, 2014

One of the things I have learned about this industry is that no matter how much you think you know, things can still surprise and humble you

How heating systems began

I was having a conversation the other day with Mr. Ara Marcus Daniels.

Dan Holohan

April 22, 2014

We were talking about early heating systems, Ara and I. I had questions and he had answers. When you want to know stuff about how things began, it pays to ask someone who has been dead for a while. Guys like that were there at the start and saw most of it for themselves.

The boiler gas train

Understanding this critical safety system can save your customers costly repairs.

Ray Wohlfarth

February 20, 2014

One of the most misunderstood portions of the commercial heating system is the gas train. The gas train is a series of components that safely feed natural or propane gas into the burner.

You don’t need a weatherman

You do need knowledge of the quirks of older heating systems.

Dan Holohan

August 22, 2013

I was chatting with an engineer the other day. She called to ask me some questions about old steam-heating systems, particularly those of the New York City variety.

Wood stove blower increases energy efficiency of heating system

Tjernlund Products’ HotShot Universal Blower captures air on top of a wood stove and blows it out an adjustable chute into the room at stovetop height.

August 15, 2013

Tjernlund Products’ HotShot Universal Blower captures air on top of a wood stove and blows it out an adjustable chute into the room at stovetop height.

Manure heats student-built tiny house

A 227-sq.-ft. tiny home built by students of Vermont’s Yestermarrow Design Build School has an experimental hay bale-, wood chip-, sawdust-, and manure-based heating system

April 24, 2013

A 227-sq.-ft. tiny home built by students of Vermont’s Yestermarrow Design Build School has an experimental hay bale-, wood chip-, sawdust-, and manure-based heating system.