We may as well face reality: COVID-19 is here to stay. What a PITA this pandemic has been. As essential workers, you haven’t been given your due. Fearlessly, or not, you have endured two years of fluctuating — often conflicting — information regarding how to remain “safe” from the virus. What the hell?

You ever have one of those jobs where nuisance heating system lockouts drove you crazy?

Supply chain disruptions are ever present and show no signs of going away anytime in the near — or perhaps distant — future.

Looking over the new home plans in order to provide the builder with pricing, I noticed there was no chimney included.

My apprentice years were filled with a wide exposure to all manner of plumbing and heating jobs. At that time, F. W. Behler had just four seasoned employees who had been with the company for many years.

Way back in 1972, I was working high steel, and we were laying out new Butler steel roof panels. 

Troubleshooting tank-style two-element electric water heaters is relatively simple once the operation is understood. 

By now, most of you have either installed inverter-driven variable speed heat pumps that can deliver their nominal rating output at temperatures well below 0° F without any backup heat source, or at least have become familiar with the technology.