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Les Nelson Award
Radiant Comfort Report

HIA-C, IAPMO honor Les Nelson with award in his name

October 29, 2020

In August, IAPMO and the Hydronics Industry Alliance – Commercial (HIA-C) presented the inaugural Les Nelson Achievement Award to the late leader of IAPMO’s Advanced Energy Systems’ widow and two children during a ceremony broadcast online from World Headquarters West in Ontario, California.


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tankless water heaters

Explaining the advantages of tankless water heaters to customers

Educate your customers on the many benefits tankless systems.
Alan Smith
October 29, 2020

As plumbing contractors, we know about the many benefits of upgrading to a tankless water heater.


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Duane Huisken
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Duane Huisken: What do marketing people know about radiant and hydronics?

Duane Huisken
October 28, 2020

A little over eight years ago, The IAPMO Group purchased the assets of the Radiant Panel Association. 


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How fleet solutions benefit the plumbing and mechanical industry

Fleet management is cost-effective and easy to implement for businesses of all sizes.
Kimberly Green-Kerr
October 28, 2020

When you own or manage a field service business, you rely on a mobile workforce to generate revenue. 


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Matt Michel

Matt Michel: 6 service vehicle mistakes

The most common mistakes made by plumbing contractors.
Matt Michel
Matt Michel
October 27, 2020

The biggest capital expense for most plumbing companies is the fleet of service vehicles. 


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Dave Yates

Dave Yates: Dead wrong

It never hurts to perform your own inspections.
Dave Yates
Dave Yates
October 26, 2020

I was revisiting a boiler bid with customers for whom we've done other work in the past, and we were going over the two-year-old bid to replace their aging beast in the basement. 


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Kenny Chapman

Kenny Chapman: The overlooked key to your company’s growth

If your company isn’t growing at the rate you desire, ask yourself how you can personally grow more.
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Kenny Chapman
October 23, 2020

Based on my years of operating, coaching and training in the in-home service industry, if I had to name the top five struggles contractors face, one of them would be failure to grow at the desired speed. 


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Anvil International Kenny Valve

Anvil International now the Master Distributor of Kennedy Valve

October 22, 2020

Anvil's broad fire protection offering together with Kennedy Valve's UL/FM product portfolio delivers customers reliable, cost-effective and innovative solutions trusted to protect people and property, the company noted.


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Dan Holohan

Dan Holohan: What I learned about steam traps

Lessons learned in the field.
Dan Holohan
October 22, 2020

Most of this, I had to learn the hard way. Perhaps you’ve done the same, but in case you haven’t, please allow me to save you some heartache. 


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Siggy

John Siegenthaler: Back to basics: Thoughtful zoning

Things to consider before planning your piping layout.
John Siegenthaler 200x200 author headshot on a white background.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 21, 2020

A zone is any area of a building for which indoor air temperature is controlled by a single thermostat (or other type of temperature controller). 


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