Condensing Boilers Save Newspaper Energy, Space
By Steve Spaulding of Contractor's Staff DUBUQUE, IOWA The Dubuque Telegraph-Herald has been publishing since 1850 to a readership in Iowa, Illinois and...
Figuring Water Heater Life-Cycle Costs In 2041
By Dave Yates Plumbing Contractor Water heater thermal efficiency represents the potential percentage of energy an appliance can move from itself into...
A matter of grave concern, part 4
I EXPLAINED HOW I believe I contracted Legionnaires' disease in my May column. What I didn't explain was the good news/bad news scenario. ...
NY Thermal recalls part for condensing boilers
Special to contractor WASHINGTON NY Thermal Inc. of Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, and the the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary...
TAC recalls Erie Boiler Boss controls
WASHINGTON TAC LLC, formerly Invensys Building Systems, and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission have announced a voluntary recall of the Erie...
Condensing boilers have been in service here
By Thomas J. Legutko UTICA, N.Y. In response to Mark Eatherton's Industry Education column "A matter of thermal efficiency," (March, pg. 22), ECR International...
A matter of grave concern, part 3
I STATED IN last month's column (pg. 42) that I had contracted Legionnaires' disease and promised to explain exactly how that happened. I maintain a weekend...
A matter of grave concern, part 2
WE BEGAN LOOKING into the issues associated with combination, open-loop, hydronic space-heating systems last month (pg. 38). While these systems have...
A matter of grave concern
OVER THE YEARS as a licensed master plumber, I have always honored the credo under which plumbers operate, that being, "Plumbers protect the health of...
Bosch buys heat pump maker FHP
Bosch has acquired all shares of FHP from a group of investors led by G.L. Ohrstrom & Co. The purchase price will not be disclosed. "With the acquisition...
Hydronics market to see modest growth in 2007
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF SALES AND SHIPMENTS in the hydronic heating market should increase in the low single digits in 2007, manufacturers...
'No interruption' in business after Amtrol files Chapter 11
BY ROBERT P. MADER OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF WEST WARWICK, R.I. Hydronics manufacturer Amtrol has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection because it cannot...
Heating the land of the midnight sun
HEADQUARTERED IN Anchorage is a mechanical systems company that is a landmark of Alaskan progress. Klebs Mechanical is a contracting firm that employs...
Using Mother Earth to heat snow-melt systems
WE DISCUSSED THE potential of solar thermal energy as an alternative to conventionally powered snow-melt systems in last month's column (pg. 24). This...
Weil-McLain and CPSC recall Ultra Series boilers for CO hazard
WASHINGTON WeilMcLain and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in November announced a voluntary recall of Weil-McLain Ultra Series gas boilers....
Use solar radiation for snow-melt systems
WE DISCUSSED THE potential of waste heat recovery as an alternative to conventional heat sources for powering commercial snow-melt systems in last month's...
Unconventional heat for snow melt, part 2
BY MARK EATHERTON HYDRONIC HEATING AUTHORITY WE BEGAN DISCUSSING the potential of waste heat recovery as an alternative to conventional heat sources for...
Hydronics brings comfort, efficiency to Alaska
CHIEF EDITOR, CONTRACTING BUSINESS THE CITY OF Homer, Alaska, is known as the " end of the road." It's nestled among rolling hills and overlooks Kachemak...
Alternative snow-melt system heat sources
HYDRONIC HEATING AUTHORITY AS HUMBLE BEINGS on the face of this fine planet of ours, it is important for all of us as citizens to seek out ways to reduce...
On the spot
A ductless mini-split does the job when a room over an unheated garage becomes living space. SPECIAL TO CONTRACTOR When the Thomas family built their...
Triangle Tube announces water heater recall
WASHINGTON Triangle Tube/Phase III and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in early September announced a voluntary recall of about 3,000 Delta...
Even more answers on snow-melt insulation
Third in a series. I SET UP MY own unscientific re-search to compare different insulation products used in snow-melt systems, as you'll recall from last...
A.O. Smith gives tankless units to Scout camp
ASHLAND CITY, TENN. A. O. Smith donated two ProStar tankless on-demand gas water heaters in August to the Yucca Council Boy Scouts, serving west Texas...
Hydronics manufacturers create alliance
BY BOB MIODONSKI OF CONTRACTOR'S STAFF ARLINGTON, VA. Heating equipment manufacturers in August announced the formation of the Hydronics Industry Alliance,...
McQuay buys mechanical John A. Trubee Co.
MINNEAPOLIS McQuay International, a manufacturer of HVAC equipment, has acquired the John A. Trubee Co., Scottsville, N.Y., a service company for HVAC...
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