Assembling prior columns, updating older information, along with some new content for the four eBooks has been an interesting review of my 48-years as a mechanical contractor.
When our local water company started adding Watts No. 7 dual-check backflow preventers to all water services, we soon discovered water heaters were failing at a rapid pace, with gas fired models exhibiting telltale signs where the cold/hot water lines skewed off making them look like a bow-legged cowboy!
We just finished unpacking and sterilizing our peapod grocery delivery this morning: Anything going in the house was wiped down with paper towels soaked in Clorox disinfectant.
A top-notch heating and/or air-conditioning system that delivers comfort and economical operation performing at peak efficiency is relatively easy to accomplish but seldom seen.
We are a non-union mechanical contracting firm, so I’m always a bit uneasy when we end up on large construction jobs where all the other contractors are union shops.
Design-build projects often present interesting challenges, and Tiller’s Garage Service Center would prove to be no exception, except for the unique and unpleasant challenge presented near the project’s end.