I was just going to a call and drove past a large house that we had done a 2 pipe steam to hot water conversion. That house had over 25 radiators. It occurred to me that a lot of people may not know that this is even possible. If more people knew about the possibility they would consider it. Can any two pipe system be converted?  That’s a firm maybe.

One of the best things about converting a large house, and ..read more

You know, it never occurred to me that people wouldn’t know about gas lights in their houses. Here is the story: The first gas lighting for a home was done in the late1700′s in England, and the first gas lighting in a home in the USA was about 100 years later. Gas lighting became widespread with the advent of public utility gas companies, and new houses were built with gas lighting until the first world war.  The incandescent bulb was ..read more

This may not be just a plumbing issue, but before you go out and buy a condominium, or if you already own one, here are a few of our stories about condo living. Caveat emptor!!

Let me tell you a few stories.

We went to look at a leaking waste pipe in  the basement of one condo, it was a converted two family house, so there were only two units. The leak was in an old cast iron drain that served both ..read more