Columns

RSS

Remember the wall-vented, gas-fired space heaters with standing pilots? 

As a leader, we have so many balls in the air; we might as well be professional clowns juggling chainsaws. 

Back in the old days when most folks burned coal, vacuum was just about everyone’s friend. 

Hydronic heating professionals often promote the concept that current generation mod/con boilers can operate with AFUEs in the range of 95% and above. 

I’ll admit it. I was skeptical that distance learning could be a worthwhile experience for service contractors. 

As I write this, I cannot believe next week is Thanksgiving, and after that, just a few short weeks left until Christmas. 

In 1968, on a warm summer day, my mother looked out her kitchen window facing Minnesota Highway 75 and was horrified to see my little brother, only 3 years old, hanging onto the back of one of my dad’s electrical service trucks, which was just pulling out onto the highway heading south. 

Most plumbing company marketing sucks. But then, most small business marketing sucks.

I have far too many memories of freeze damage in "winterized" homes where the winterizing procedure consisted of shutting off the main valve, opening a basement drain in the potable water system, opening all faucets, flushing every toilet, adding automotive antifreeze to traps and toilet tanks/bowls, and turning off the heat.