A profitable, non-growth business Spring is the shoulder season between heating and air-conditioning and the time for trade shows. Dan Holohan June 15, 2016 The hydronics industry is more about sociology than it is about engineering.Read More
Solving problems with compression tanks There should be a Bell & Gossett Airtrol tank fitting at the bottom of every old-school compression tank. Dan Holohan May 11, 2016 That I can get excited about compression tanksprobably means that I’d be a lousy lunch companion, right?Read More
Heating system problems in prison Remembering John Broderick. Dan Holohan April 20, 2016 John called me one day a long time ago and asked if I would look at a couple problems he was having with the heating system in the place where he worked.Read More
Association people in the plumbing and heating industry They borrowed the offices of the Mechanical Engineers Association, which was to become ASME. Dan Holohan March 18, 2016 This group would become ASHRAE and I just wanted to see if I could feel the leftover energy. Read More
Form follows function Back in the days when we all burned coal, most folks were busy shoveling that heavy black stuff into boilers and furnaces. Dan Holohan January 19, 2016 In 1896 American architect Louis Sullivan cameup with the idea that form should follow function. Read More
My father's American Dream involving a house, hydronics and plumbing Dan Holohan December 18, 2015 He was working for a plumbing and heating supply house in New York City back then.Read More
Steam heat and forced hot-water circulation Dan Holohan November 13, 2015 Tapestry of our lives in terms of heating.Read More
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.Read More
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.Read More
Search vs. research Dan Holohan August 12, 2015 A young person asked me a question about a troublesome steam-heating systemRead More