Thermostatic Mixing Valves, do I need one?

January 6, 2010 Other plumbing topics
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Hot Water Danger!
Every year, thousands of people in the U.S.A. suffer serious thermal shock  or scalding injuries in their bathtubs, sinks and showers. This problem doesn’t happen to often with traditional water heaters, but indirect water heaters, and booster (any kind of storage tank running off of the boiler) can cause serious problems.   Boilers in [...]

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Water heater safety.

January 5, 2010 Tips And Suggestions
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Below is basic help information about safety for tank type water heaters.
Safety Concerns:
If you smell gas, do not try to light the water heater. Do not turn on or turn off any electrical switch. Immediately contact your gas supplier, but if ur gas supplier doesn’t answer your call, call your local fire department.
Never store gasoline, [...]

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Therma-flow/Everhot – Indirect fired water heaters

January 4, 2010 Tankless Coil & Indirect Water Heaters
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Therma-Flow/Everhot Indirect water heaters.
Company Bio – Therma flow was founded in 1986 by partners Ed Hill, and Robert Suffredni.  The Everhot line was acquired in 1990 and continues to provided value via it’s timeless combination of state of the art engineering and initiative design.
Therma-flow/ Everhot products are produced at their company headquarters few miles away [...]

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How to Flush your water heater.

January 1, 2010 Tips And Suggestions
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How to Flush your water heater:
Before flushing the tank you should turn of your electric supply off in the circuit breaker panel just in case their is some strange problem. (elements will burn out if left on without water) Their is no need to turn the gas off for a gas water heater.
To complete this [...]

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How to drain a water heater in a basement.

December 31, 2009 Tips And Suggestions
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Draining a water heater is easy to do if it’s in the garage, or any where other than underground, but sometimes it can be quite tricky if it’s in a basement. Threw my experience I’ve come across some different useful tactics which I will share here.
First thing we need to realise is that we need [...]

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Federal Tax Credits for Energy Efficiency- Water Heating products

December 17, 2009 Other plumbing topics
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Note: All this information is from Engery star’s website.  Luckily for you  I (Jay) spent a few hours going threw every link there is on the Energy stars website pertaining to subject of water heating systems, the tax credits that pertain to them, and posted my findings here.  This is all the information in one [...]

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Frozen and broken pipes

December 15, 2009 Other plumbing topics
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Attention citizens of Connecticut: We want to prevent your pipes from freezing and breaking with our winterization services. If it’s to late for that do not fret we can also fix your broken or frozen pipes tonight.  If you live in CT and need a plumber call us any time day or night at  203-850-5359 [...]

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How to Maintain a tankless water heater.

December 14, 2009 Tankless Water Heaters
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Tankless water heaters are now designed to last 20- 30 years.  This is done by 1 owning a high quality tankless water heater, and 2 preforming a little maintenance on it. Without maintaining your tankless water heater investment you might only get half that time, so be sure to protect your investment by having a [...]

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Solar = Security?

December 13, 2009 Solar Water Heaters
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When you commit to a secure alternative energy source to protect you and your family, you send an unspoken message that asserts your belief in self-reliance, and freedom from energy companies rate hikes & mishaps.
Today’s modern culture has developed an infrastructure that brings us incredible convenience, it has also created a complex and intertwined [...]

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Say hello to the most efficient electric water heater on earth.

December 12, 2009 Heat Pump Water Heaters
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Heating water with electricity is the least efficient way to heat water.  Depending on the cost of electricity in your area an electric water heater could cost more than twice what a gas water heater costs to run.  Electric water heaters for a family of 4 could cost over a thousand dollars a year [...]

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Obama proposes 10B on new “energy efficient” economic stimulus package.

December 9, 2009 Uncategorized
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Obama proposes energy efficient economic stimulus package.
President Obama proposed a new program Tuesday that would reimburse home owners for energy-efficient appliances and insulation, part of a broader plan to stimulate the economy.
The administration didn’t provide immediate details, but said it would work with Congress on crafting legislation. Steve Nadel, director at the American Council [...]

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