Articles Tagged with ''boiler''

PUREFIRE gas-fired condensing boilers are now available in seven commercial sizes ranging from 399 to 1,500,000 Btu. Boilers are ENERGY STAR-certified.

Here’s a countdown of the top 10 articles you read the most in 2021 based on the number of unique pageviews on www.pmmag.com. 

A homeowner hires a heating contractor to upgrade his propane-fired cast-iron boiler to a mod/con boiler. The cast-iron boiler is only 15 years old and in good shape. 

A multiple boiler system using sectional cast-iron boilers has been configured to supply two loads as shown below. A “crossover pipe” is installed in case the flow rate in the primary circuit is different from the flow through the boilers. There are several piping errors in this proposed design. Can you spot at least five of them?

Looking over the new home plans in order to provide the builder with pricing, I noticed there was no chimney included.

An installer is asked to provide a system that supplies two zones of fin-tube baseboard and two zones of floor heating.

The major trend in the commercial boiler market, which will continue in 2021 and beyond, is the predominance of packaged boilers installed in multiple boiler cascade systems. 

Laars Heating Systems’ ultra-high-efficiency floor-standing FT series combination boiler and water heater is the only residential combi boiler that simultaneously supplies abundant home heat and endless hot water without interruption, the company states. 

It’s without question that technology has improved the mechanical world around us. From my smartphone, I can instantly see the health of hundreds of our boiler plants across the country.