It started with a typical call and a typical request from a favorite contractor. He wanted pricing on a pair of high efficiency boilers which is pretty routine, but in this case would be replacing a ...

Dear Jerry: We have lived in our 1922 Tudor home in Brighton for the past 38 years. Our current boiler is 20 years old. The unit has been regularly serviced by the same company and still works well.

When a water heater is connected to a closed system, an expansion tank must be installed to prevent excessive pressure in the water. To help understand what this is all about, please read on. Why most ...

Hover over main image for caption information. A typical oil fired forced hot water heating system, installed in 1980 was ready for replacement. The original boiler room equipment was removed, which ...

These open-air expansion tanks would be mounted high up on a wall, and there would be two pipes running to them. One would supply water, and the other would be the overflow pipe. If too much water was ...