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Good help is hard to find

Dan Holohan: Good help is hard to find

Stay or go?
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Dan Holohan
May 3, 2022
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My neighbor, Tony, loves his house. We live in a low-crime neighborhood on Long Island but Tony is always on guard against miscreants. He has a Ring camera on every side of his house, mounted high so they’re protected from spray paint. Some of the cameras turn on klieg lights and alarms if I step outside at night to toss the trash in the can. 


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heated floor slab

John Siegenthaler: Combining an air-to-water heat pump with a heated floor slab

Air-to-slab
Siegenthaler
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
May 3, 2022
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Over the last few years, I’ve written several columns describing how air-to-water heat pumps can provide heating, cooling and domestic hot water for homes. Many of the systems involve buffer tanks to help stabilize heat transfer from the heat pump to a zoned distribution system.


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John Siegenthaler’s Top 25 Articles
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
April 5, 2022
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We’re celebrating John Siegenthaler’s 25th anniversary as a Plumbing & Mechanical columnist.
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The magic of the simple air vent

Dan Holohan: The magic of the simple air vent

You never know what knowledge you’ll discover by reading old literature.
Holohan
Dan Holohan
April 1, 2022
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Comfort is not a commodity

John Siegenthaler: Comfort is not a commodity

Don’t treat it as such…
Siegenthaler
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 30, 2022
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Aside from the fact that they are all used in hydronic heating systems, what do the following items have in common?


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Frozen steam coils
HEATING HELP

Dan Holohan: Frozen steam coils

Think like steam.
Holohan
Dan Holohan
March 2, 2022
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Frozen steam coils always seem to happen at the worst of times, don’t they? You’re busy because it’s cold enough to freeze coils. The place with the frozen coil contains people who are doing things that are so important they can’t possibly be without that particular coil. Not even for a minute. They’re on the phone, and they’re not being reasonable.


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Electrification peak performance
HYDRONICS WORKSHOP

John Siegenthaler: Peak performance

Modern hydronics technology offers unique solutions.
Siegenthaler
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
March 1, 2022
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As interest and incentives build to transition space heating and domestic water heating systems away from fossil fuels and toward electricity, a somewhat predictable but only marginally quantified problem is developing. Two words describe it: Peak demand.


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high-efficiency boiler replacement
The Boiler Room

Ray Wohlfarth: Installing a trouble-free condensing boiler

A high-efficiency boiler replacement requires additional planning.
Wohlfarth
Ray Wohlfarth
February 7, 2022
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On the older hydronic systems, replacing the existing boiler with a new one was pretty straightforward. The installer connected the new boiler to the existing flue, piping and electric. The newer high-efficiency boilers are much different and require some additional planning.



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Easy to blame the boiler
HEATING HELP

Dan Holohan: So easy to blame the boiler

Troubleshooting unique cases.
Holohan
Dan Holohan
February 1, 2022
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A homeowner posted a question on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com about a drumroll sound that was coming from his brand-new steam boiler. What could it be? He included a video so all could hear, and sure enough, it sounded like a snare drum.


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Everyone works on steam
HEATING HELP

Dan Holohan: Who gets to work on steam?

Always read the instructions.
Holohan
Dan Holohan
November 1, 2021
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How’s that for a title? I’ll give you the answer right up front: Everyone!  And the best part is you don’t have to know what you’re doing; you just have to show up.


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