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The pool industry — or the aquatics industry as it’s referred to by insiders — shares many similarities with the hydronic heating industry. 

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” 

The longest drought in Texas lasted more than five years, from 2010 to mid-2015. That’s a long, long time to be with little or no water. 

Whether designing a residential or commercial system, there are several lessons to be learned from Siegenthaler, a.k.a. “Siggy,” including thermal considerations, piping, heat pump technologies, panel radiators, slab heating, controls and ECM circulators in order to provide the ultimate goals: Comfort, high efficiency and a happy customer.

Victaulic University features more than 45 piping technology courses are available at no cost in two virtual formats: Live, instructor-led webinars and self-paced courses, which are available on-demand at any time.

Part of running any business is looking ahead and trying to read the “tea leaves” that are relevant to that business. 

I have a photograph taken in Levittown, New York, sometime in the late 1940s. 

My dear, sweet 95-year-old mother-in-law fell and cracked several vertebrae last year. A few days later, she was having extreme pain and her doctor told us we should take her to the ER at one of our two local hospitals. 

Video calls are not new. The Service Nation Alliance has been conducting weekly contractor Advisory Board meetings this way for a decade. 

Four ways to promote water conservation and efficiency.