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Dan Holohan

Dan Holohan

Dan is the hydronics contributing editor for Supply House Times. He founded the popular www.HeatingHelp.com web site where you'll find just that - Heating Help. Post your technical challenges on The Wall bulletin board and get input from some of the best in the business. You can reach him at dan@heatinghelp.com. He loves hearing from you!

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Dan Holohan: Your body is a radiator

Use understanding of body temperature to sell radiant heating.
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Dan Holohan
February 26, 2021
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Ever been to Ocean City, Maryland? It’s a summertime wonderland, and I was lucky enough years ago to get hired to do a seminar on hydronic radiant heating for a group of contractors who were having a conference there.


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Dan Holohan: What is heat?

If you want to be a heating expert, you first have to understand what heat is.
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Dan Holohan
January 28, 2021
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Before I retired in 2016, I’d get a lot of calls from lawyers who wanted to hire me to be an expert witness at a trial. They were almost always representing a building owner. I always said “no thank you,” because I like to keep stress out of my life.


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Dan Holohan: Nearly famous heating quotes

Certain quotes always stick with you.
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Dan Holohan
December 28, 2020
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Gil Carlson, who was the first person to come up with many of the hydronic concepts we take for granted today, was also my teacher. He would often say, “For a difference to be a difference, it has to make a difference.”
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Dan Holohan: Trade resolutions

Ideas for a new year.
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Dan Holohan
November 30, 2020
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It’s that time of the year when we’re supposed to get ready to make a resolution or two that will last a few weeks until we slouch back into our usual routines. You know how it goes. The stationary bike sure makes for a great clothes hanger, doesn’t it?
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Dan Holohan: Will it help?

Asking yourself this question before speaking can change your outlook.
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Dan Holohan
October 28, 2020
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If you’re lucky in life, you’ll occasionally have a conversation with someone that will stay with you forever. Maybe it was something your spouse said when you least expected it, or perhaps it was your child showing you a reflection of the sky in a puddle after a storm.
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Dan Holohan: The first rule of stupidity

Everything you need to learn is available in books, new and old.
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Dan Holohan
September 25, 2020
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When you do something stupid, you will always receive an award, which will lead you to do things of greater stupidity.
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Dan Holohan: Go figure

Are you stuck in your ways?
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Dan Holohan
September 9, 2020
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Our daughter Erin, concerned about the heavy rains Maryland had been having, wanted to have some window wells on her basement checked out. 


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Dan Holohan: Teddy's lucky day

Plumbers can pay it forward, too.
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Dan Holohan
July 27, 2020
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Jane had given Teddy a coupon on his way out the door that morning. He was looking at it as he waited in line at the Burger King drive-through. 


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Dan Holohan: It’s not me; it’s you.

The blame is often placed on the one who delivers truth.
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Dan Holohan
June 29, 2020
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I was sitting next to a 99-year-old woman in an auditorium. I knew she was 99 because she introduced herself as Irene and told me her exact age. Then she sat back and waited for me to say something.   


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Dan Holohan: What's in a name?

Questioning the plumbing industry's lexicon.
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Dan Holohan
June 8, 2020
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We have so many names for common things and tools that we use in this business; and because I have way too much time on my hands, I started wondering how those names came to be.


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