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! 

Looking back to 1991 when we first started searching for home designs, there was a radiant heating revival underway in the USA. 

Waterborne diseases were, at one time, the largest health threat to human life.

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. 

We are proud to present the first in a four-part eBook series that chronicles Dave’s “Adventures in Hydronic Heating.” 

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. 

Radiant heating can often be a hard sell when uneducated potential customers have an unrealistic expectation of the installed costs. 

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.