Heating Help Podcast
Heating Help Podcast
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The Heating Help podcast is your source for HVAC tips and stories. Listen, learn, and laugh with us as we uncover interesting tales of the trade and share advice from experienced pros.
Working With Your Spouse
In this episode, Dan Holohan shares some advice on working with your spouse. He and his wife, The Lovely Marianne, have been married for 47 years and in business together for 31 years. These are the secrets to their success.
Feb 3, 2020
9 min
How to Size a Hot-Water Boiler
In this episode, Dan Holohan shares tips on how to properly size a hot-water boiler, as well as some things you should avoid so you don’t end up in hot water.
Jan 15, 2020
7 min
Snowmelt Systems
In this podcast, Dan Foley offers us expert advice about designing and installing snowmelt systems, as well as some lessons he's learned the hard way over his decades on the job.
Nov 13, 2019
15 min
Fixing a Heating Problem With A Paperclip and An Old Book
In this episode, Dan Holohan tells us about the time he channeled MacGyver and fixed a heating problem with just a paperclip and an old book. This is the story of Dr. Bob’s radiator.
Oct 7, 2019
6 min
Life's Painful Lessons
Remember to wear a hat with a brim. Walk slowly. Look up, as well as down. And sideways. Oh and watch out for that chicken. In this episode, Dan Holohan shares some lessons learned (the hard way).
Jul 15, 2019
7 min
Solving an Indirect Heating Mystery
In this episode, heating expert Dan Holohan keeps us on the edge of our seats with a who-dunnit mystery involving a sprawling mansion and its indirect heating system. Take it away, Dan.
Jul 2, 2019
7 min
Water Quality in Hydronic Systems
In this episode, we discuss water quality in hydronic systems with Bob "Hot Rod" Rohr of Caleffi Hydronic Solutions. Learn about the problems that can occur when water quality is ignored and how to prevent them.
Jun 17, 2019
12 min
Stopping Water Hammer in Steam Heating Systems
Discovering that water hammer has moved into any hydronic heating system is never fun, but finding the cause of it can be. Hey, you get to be a detective. Heating expert Dan Holohan recently stopped by to give us this list of common causes for water hammer and how to prevent noisy pipes. Have a listen and consider yourself the Sherlock of Steam Heating.
Jun 3, 2019
17 min
Lessons Learned with Ray Wohlfarth
In this episode, we talk with Ray Wohlfarth, commercial-heating expert and industry author. Ray’s Lessons Learned book series offers a common-sense approach to everything from servicing and installing commercial boilers to brewing with steam. Ray will give us advice for those starting in the industry, tips on commercial boiler replacements, and tell us what can kill a steam boiler (and how to avoid it!). He’ll also tell us about the haunted thermostat and what it means to spill your candy in the lobby. Listen, laugh, and learn some lessons right along with us.
May 16, 2019
12 min
Never As Smart
Thanks for joining us for the first episode of the Heating Help podcast! We started this podcast to bring you great stories and tips of the trade. We hope you’ll have some laughs with us and we’ll all learn a thing or two along the way. This first story takes us back to the 1980s. Everybody’s workin’ for the weekend, including Dan Holohan. Dan was in his 30s at the time. He was working long days and going to school at night. Oh and he also had a wife and four young kids at home. So in the words of Queen and Bowie, he was under pressure. And then one day Dan’s boss called him into his office and said, “Dan, you’ll never be as smart as me.” And here’s why Dan says that those cruel words were the greatest gift his boss would ever give him.
Apr 10, 2019
9 min