Do you buy bottled water?  I’m looking for you!  Bottled water is such  a waste of money and time. Who knew that the big soft drink companies would get rich selling water from faucets. If you look at a lot of the bottled water labels you’ll see PWS listed as the source. That stands for Public Water Supply. In other words, a faucet!! The only difference between you and them, is they have a water filter. If you buy just ..read more

You know, it’s really funny that I’ve already written about high efficiency oil fired boilers, and about steam boilers, when the majority of the boilers that we install aren’t either one!

Nowadays, with the cost of fuel escalating, and with our country’s reliance on foreign energy products, we feel it’s really our duty to recommend installing high efficiency boilers whenever it’s possible.  It’s in everyone’s best interest.

A boiler is a large and long term investment, and to not install  the best, ..read more

In previous blogs I’ve covered  some of the many technical topics that I can comment on, and I’ll do more of that in the future. I’ve talked about low flow toilets that flush, sump pumps that pump and super efficient oil fired boilers. I’ll have more to say about gas boilers, water heaters, and many other plumbing and heating related topics and products, but right now I’d like to talk about money!

Dennis Foley Plumbing is a flat rate plumbing contractor. ..read more

I have a friend who depends on her sump pump. I mean, it’s really vital that it works. When it failed last week, the top of her oil burner was 6 inches UNDER the water, and since her hot water comes from the boiler, her water heater also stopped working.

That’s an expensive inconvenience! And dangerous because the oil tank was under water as well.

I don’t know yet what this latest episode is going to cost her. She was lucky to have ..read more

I just spent 8 hours learning the ins and outs of Buderus’ new oil-fired hot water boiler. It has a new kind of burner that uses a special set up, hence the 8 hours.

This boiler is amazing. They offer it in 2 configurations, a non condensing version that is rated at 89% Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency (AFUE), and a condensing version that is rated at 94% AFUE. This is good news for those of you that don’t have gas available, ..read more