I spotted this question on The Wall at HeatingHelp.com. It was from a brand-new parent and it made me smile because brand-new parents think they can control everything their brand-new child does.

Ever wonder why the Dead Men painted so many of those old, free-standing, steam- and hot-water radiators silver?

In Frankfurt, they just smile at you and tell you to stick your keycard in the wall slot if you’d like electricity.

Carl Georg Munters, founder of air-treatment solutions company Munters, has been recognized as an ASHRAE Pioneer of the Industry.

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.

At the turn of the 20th century, the American Radiator Company was the big cheese when it came to hydronic heating.

I’m in the last 20 months of doing seminars and that has me reflecting on the places I’ve been and the sometimes strange and always wonderful things I’ve seen when it comes to heating.

Since I am now officially old, I get to pontificate on things that I have come to believe are always true in the hydronic-heating business, probably true in the rest of the heating business and certainly true when it comes to wet heat.