As I mentioned in last week's blog post, expansion tanks are required when water in a home can't expand back into the water main. This might be caused by a check valve, a backflow preventer, or a ...

When a closed system exists on the water distribution piping in a home, an expansion tank needs to be installed somewhere on the plumbing system. This is a fairly simple and straightforward fix; an ...

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.

Did you know that the same pound of steam requires different pipe sizes at different pressures? This video covers how specific volume influences your boiler system's pipe dimensions. Safety notice: ...