Paul M. Dorman High School in Roebuck, South Carolina, is achieving academic excellence that’s the envy of many other schools across the Southeast. 

It was such a simple project; replace the old cast iron boiler with a new condensing boiler. You knocked it out in a few days. 

The MagnaTherm FT condensing boiler is available in 1,000, 1,500, 2,000 and 3,000 MBH sizes with up to 20:1 turndown. 

The A. O. Smith ProLine XE combination boiler’s service-friendly compact design offers professional contractors easy installation, setup and maintenance, delivering immediate hot water and comfortable space heating for homes. 

The SVF 1500-3000, Stainless Vertical Firetube boiler features industry-leading thermal efficiency up to 96.8%, easy installation and maintenance, user-friendly Unity control system and Weil-McLain boiler reliability and longevity. 

The Laars MagnaTherm HTD condensing boiler and volume water heater comes standard with feature-rich functionality, such as full 20:1 turndown on all sizes, Laars Tru Trac O2 trim system with real time, electric fuel-to-air ratio combustion control and the intuitive to use, icon based Laars Linc control system.

A construction project in Calgary, Canada, called Cube, features several firsts. It’s the city’s first office-to-residential space conversion, and real estate developer Strategic Group’s first re-purposing project. 

The MagnaTherm HTD series of condensing boilers and volume water heaters boasts real time O2 trim compensation that maintains ideal air-to-fuel ratios, full 20:1 turndown on all sizes to match varying load profiles and the Laars Linc icon-driven control system.

The owner asked for a bid to replace her 35-year-old cast iron boiler which was still operating. She had two requirements: Redundancy in the event of a boiler malfunction and lower fuel costs for the building.

When John Kopf eventually gets around to designing and building his own house, he will go with hydronic heat instead of a more traditional forced air system. Kopf knows a thing or two about heating, having spent more than 20 years in the industry. He currently serves as boiler product manager for Navien.