At a nearby assisted living facility in Gorham, Maine, which featured a failing atmospheric boiler—with no redundancy—and aging indirect tanks, the building was fraught with hot water disaster potential. The 18,000-sq.-ft. building relied on radiant heat throughout the 50-unit residential units for the health of its elderly residents, and they relied on continuous hot water Read more
John Mesenbrink
Seniors, Uninterrupted: Assisted Living Facility Provided Continuous Hot Water During Boiler Upgrade
Depends on how you look at it, but DIYers could either be killing the trade or providing contractors with more work, when these installs ultimately fail. But one thing is for sure: purchasing plumbing and heating equipment through back channels or online is not an advisable route to take. It usually ends up—in the long Read more
Hershey, Pa. — Taco Comfort Solutions has signed on as a top level Expo Sponsor for Eastern Energy Expo 2019 to be held at Hershey Lodge & Convention Center, Hershey, PA, May 19-22, 2019. According to Ken Watson, Vice President of Corporate Marketing for Taco Comfort Solutions, based in Cranston, R.I., “Eastern Energy Expo has Read more
Ontario, Calif. — Building on the foundation of a great tool and with more than one year of additional input from engineers, contractors and building owners, the Hydronic Industry Alliance-Commercial (HIA-C), a committee of the Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA), has upgraded its total commercial building HVAC system efficiency comparison tool that continues to be available Read more
U.S. Boiler Company has introduced a new thermoplastic-lined, indirect-fired water heater for residential and light commercial applications. The new Alliance LT is a corrosion-resistant tank designed to provide outstanding thermal performance. The tank itself is light, offering ease of transport and installation, but has a faster recovery rate than competing electric, gas or oil-fired water Read more