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Home » Topics » Columnists » Dan Holohan: Heating Help

Dan Holohan: Heating Help
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Is that cheating in the heating business?

Dan Holohan
October 23, 2015

I’ve learned there are many imaginative contractors in the heating business, and many have a fine way with words.


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Inside the contractor's head

Dan Holohan
September 29, 2015

I’ve been thinking about the tens of thousands of contractors I’ve met in my travels since 1970.


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Search vs. research

Dan Holohan
August 12, 2015

A young person asked me a question about a troublesome steam-heating system


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A heated exchange

Dan Holohan
July 18, 2015

The boiler-feed pump, which we also had sold, was overflowing and the contractor had a telephone, so he used it.


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How to heat old churches

In an attempt to prevent additional church-heating-related conundrums, I give you this.
Dan Holohan
June 29, 2015

A few issues ago I wrote about the chaos caused by installing motorized zone valves in older steam-heating systems found in places of worship.


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What if we all sold like Amazon?

Dan Holohan
May 20, 2015
Amazon will be answering with drones.


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Don't used motorized valves on steam systems

I know this because so many of these ridiculously misapplied valves wind up in houses of worship.
Dan Holohan
April 21, 2015
Do you know who invented the motorized zone valve used on older steam-heating systems?
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Believing is seeing

People often create analogies by comparing something they don’t fully understand to something they do understand.
Dan Holohan
March 23, 2015
I’ve found most contractors to be very visual people. They see pictures in their minds rather than numbers.
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Heating and cooling lessons at the grocery store

Dan Holohan
February 28, 2015
Mama, Marie and me.
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This steamfitter knew what he was talking about

Dan Holohan
January 31, 2015
You may never have heard of Hugh J. Barron. He was an Irishman by birth and a steamfitter by trade.
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