Some tips on doing manual heat loss load calculations. Using the software is easier, I think it’s important to understand what these numbers represent and where they come from.

This hydronic heavyweight is invested in this trade because he loves what he does, and is learning every day.

The opening paragraphs of any commercial boiler installation manual will inundate you with acronyms, standards, codes and multiple mentions of the authority having jurisdiction (AHJ). This one is courtesy of Dunkirk Boiler. Sound familiar?

It’s time to say goodbye to Chicago and hello to a new city, new home and new opportunities.

They are not going away any time soon and every response to their vitriol just further serves their cause. Efforts of being reasonable, polite, humble and displays of self-deprecation will be in vain.

I've dreamt about it, planned for it, designed for it, changed it a million times, and was never quite sure it would happen. Getting out of the trenches gave me more time so I could design and build the perfect beast in my home.

I delayed doing something because I imagined all the worst things that could happen but didn’t. What’s holding you back from trying something new?

When the physicality of the work takes its toll on your body, it’s time to start thinking about that next chapter in your career

Technological advances in tools and equipment have transformed the plumbing and heating industry.

It started innocently enough. It was just one every now and then. Until it became a daily routine — an obsession, if you will. Once I had one, I couldn’t stop myself. I had to have more.