Heating

Reviewing all of our installations in recent years, every customer has reported fuel usage reduction of 40% and more. Impressive — and yet humbling. More importantly is how we have…

Why ever buy a used boiler? For economic advantage, obviously. The motivations may vary widely, from a low budget fixer-upper owner project to a pro bono effort by a well-intended…

Our apologies to Thomas Paine who coined his famous phrase to inspire the American Revolution, but in a prophetic sense it seemingly applies to all things mechanical. This is particularly…

Here in Central New England we have recently experienced a catastrophic ice storm, certainly the worst in my memory. As a result power to most of the area was lost…

When we think of heating systems it is logical to assume that the larger the building, the larger the boiler required to heat it. Most of us have seen the…

A ‘Heating Cost Calculator’ is a very useful tool to compare the costs of various heating fuels. They convert each of these into a “cost per million BTU’s’, the accepted…

Plagued with a part of your home, a room, a heater that just doesn’t heat the way you might like it to? First let’s be assured your system is able…

In the 1800’s steam was king! It ran the trains, industries, ships, heated the largest buildings and the finest homes. Steam heating continued in this respect into the early 1900’s…

While recently taking delivery of a large Weil-McLain Ultra Oil Boiler, our distributor’s driver commented: “I hate to deliver these boilers, they are so (mild expletive) heavy compared to the…