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MOMENTUM BUILDING MARKETING

Share Your Company’s Values Through Well-Written Content

Your home service company needs to provide informative and authentic material that allows your brand values to shine.
August 5, 2024
Heather Ripley

Your company’s ethical standards help guide your employees while giving your customers insight into how you conduct business. A well-planned PR campaign will help craft the right message so everyone knows what makes your company special.


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Contractor Profit Advantage

Showing Up When Promised Is Important

Don’t make your business look bad to the consumer and devalue your capability of satisfying and pleasing the consumer.
August 5, 2024
Richard DiToma

Don’t be late when you promise customers that you will be at their location at a certain time. When you are inconsiderate and waste a customer’s time, it looks bad and you may lose that customer. 


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CONTRACTOR STORIES

Hydronic Feeders: Underutilized System Components

I’m big on annual maintenance, and feeders make boiler maintenance easier.
August 5, 2024
Tom Soukup

System feeders are self-contained units with a pump, pressure control and liquid storage vessel. They are installed in place of a system’s fill valve, so the system isn’t drawing water from the potable water supply but rather from the system feeder’s tank. 


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Feature

A New Approach to Sizing On-Demand Hot Water Systems

Data-driven engineering helps building owners and managers achieve new levels of safety, efficiency and cost/space savings.
August 5, 2024

Previous sizing practices have routinely overestimated the required capacity of domestic water heating systems, relying on the Modified Hunter’s Curve to determine water systems sizing. Data-driven engineering, however, helps building owners and managers achieve new levels of safety, efficiency and cost/space savings for occupant needs.


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Feature

Domestic Water Sizing: A Case for Decodification

Many plumbing codes still require or strongly recommend sizing domestic water systems with outdated methods.
August 5, 2024
Aaron Bock PE

Oversizing a domestic water system can lead to aging water and stagnation, the two biggest factors in waterborne pathogen growth. Yet modern plumbing codes still require or strongly recommend outdated sizing methods such as Hunter’s Curve, doing our building owners a disservice and putting the public at risk.


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Thought Leadership

‘Compete Every Day’

Your success comes down to consistently owning your actions, efforts and attitudes.
August 5, 2024
Jill Imig, PE, EDAC
Take the business competition concept and apply it to yourself: compete with yourself to become a better version of yourself. Jake Thompson’s ‘Compete Every Day’ is truly inspiring, full of great ideas to help you become the best version of yourself.


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FPE Corner

Small Change, Big Impact

Open discussions can manage project costs and produce the best product for the clients.
August 5, 2024
Victoria B. Valentine, P.E.

Changes are unavoidable in the built environment, even during the construction phase. Communication is critical between fire protection designers and life safety system installers.
 


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Code Classroom

Emergency Fixtures and Tepid Water

The ANSI/ISEA Z358.1 standard is the only industry guide to determine if suitable facilities are provided by an employer.
August 5, 2024
Ron George

Ron George explains the emergency shower and eyewash standard and OSHA requirements.


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Contractor Profit Advantage

Intangible Business Items Come With a Cost

All PHC service contractors incur callbacks and must deal with customer relations and the expenses related to the two.
July 1, 2024
Richard DiToma
Callbacks are an unavoidable part of a PHC service contractor’s business. They may be legitimate concerns such as technician error or manufacturer defect.


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CONTRACTOR STORIES

Getting Technical: Antifreeze in Hydronic Systems

Creating a functional, long-lasting antifreeze system starts in the design phase and relies on diligent maintenance.
July 1, 2024
Tom Soukup
When designing a long-lasting antifreeze system for a customer’s hydronic system, you must consider that propylene glycol has a lower BTU carry capacity and is more viscous, than water. Also, regular maintenance is critical for optimal performance of the antifreeze.


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