Spread Word About CO Tests
DENVER Hydronics columnist Mark Eatherton has created a press release that should help CONTRACTOR readers publicize the importance of carbon monoxide...
Steam System Chugs Through Too Many Vents
By Patrick Linhardt, Steam Heating Authority THE PHONE CALL: The service manager called me at the supply house during the holidays sounding nervous and...
Hydronics Sellers Cautiously Optimistic
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORs staff HYDRONICS INDUSTRY manufacturers and suppliers are cautiously optimistic about the industrys sales forecast for...
Burnham Expands In PA
LANCASTER, PA. Hydronic and HVAC product manufacturer Burnham Holdings Inc. in early December announced an expansion and realignment of its Lancaster,...
Do You Test Your Gas Appliances For CO?
I ASK THE QUESTION thats in the headline only because I have concerns for you and your loved ones. I didnt used to test any of our gas-fired appliances...
California Court Orders PEX Review
BY ROBERT P. MADER of CONTRACTORS staff LOS ANGELES After three years of litigation, the California Court of Appeals here ruled that PEX pipe for domestic...
ISH-NA Shows Plenty of Innovation
Special to CONTRACTOR BOSTON Visitors at this years ISH North America Show in October here had much to see. In addition to the products featured in CONTRACTORs...
Is a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generator In Your Future?
AS OF THIS DATE, no less than 120 companies are directly or indirectly involved in the research, development and deployment of combined heat-and-power...
Snow melt aids Vail makeover
BY STEVE SPAULDING of CONTRACTORs Staff VAIL, COLO. This town is undergoing what the its public relations department calls The Billion Dollar Makeover....
RPA Slates Radiant Outfitters Classes
LOVELAND, COLO. The Radiant Panel Associations new Radiant Outfitters education program will begin with schools on the East and West coasts in January...
RPA Certifies Radiant Techs
LOVELAND, COLO. The Radiant Panel Association will offer its Hydronic Designer and Hydronic Installer radiant certification exams along with its new Radiant...
Ground-source heat pumps for radiant, DHW
IN ORDER TO USE the relatively low-temperature water available from ground-source heat pump systems, the designer must consider all the parameters required...
Uponor to streamline operations
APPLE VALLEY, MINN. Uponor North America will close RTI Piping Systems in the United States and Plasco PEX-b Manufacturing in Canada, the company announced...
Beating Back Old Man Winter
Radiant heat replaces heat pump system that couldn't handle frigid northern winters There's one thing many professionals in the HVAC industry usually...
Efficiency, comfort will drive U.S. hydronics market
by Bob Miodonski Of Contractor's Staff DEDHAM, MASS. Richard Trethewey probably is the most recognized proponent of hydronic radiant heating in the United...
Ground-source heat pumps
IN THIS MONTH'S column we will begin looking at ground source heat pumps as a means of providing efficient heating and cooling to buildings of all shapes...
NAOHSM emphasizes educational effort
EAST PETERSBURG, PA. Working with Penn State University, the National Association of Oil Heating Service Managers is developing a new certification program...
Students are cool at Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill
by Bob Miodonski of Contractor's Staff ST. LOUIS When the school year begins here in late August, the weather usually is still hot and muggy. Students...
Kramer marks 100 years as dealer
MEDFORD, WIS. Staying in business for more than 100 years is something most small companies don't experience, but Kramer Plumbing and Heating here recently...
Contractor lights 150 candles
NEW HAVEN, CONN. --Although CONTRACTOR is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, it is 100 years younger than the plumbing and heating contractor...
Best solar DHW pre-heat systems
IN LAST MONTH'S column ("Active and passive solar pre-heat systems," pg. 36 ), the final system we addressed was the closed-loop pressurized system. One...
Weil-McLain intros promo
MICHIGAN CITY, IND. Weil-McLain has announced its 2004 fall "Mid Cut Hiking Boot" promotion, running from Aug. 30 through Oct. 1. Contractors and dealers...
Little Red Schoolhouse marks 50 years of industry training
MORTON GROVE, ILL Bell & Gossett can trace its origins in the plumbing business to a plumber, said Ken Graham, who came to work for the company in 1953....
Entran tubing battle ends with a whimper
TRENTON, N.J. In October 1998, CONTRACTOR published a front-page story with the headline, " Rubber hydronic tubing failing." Now, nearly six years later,...
10 tips for marketing your hydronics business
BY MICHAEL WEIL EXECUTIVE EDITOR What does it take to be successful in the hydronics business today? By beingsuccessful, I'm talking about profitable....
