By Ron Beck, Outside Technical Advisor and Manager of Training for U.S. Boiler Company It is late in the day, you’re tired, hungry, dirty and looking forward to going home and spending time with the family over a cold beer. Before heading home, you take a few minutes and marvel at the heating masterpiece you …Read More
Gateway Plumbing & Heating Perfects Steam
It was 1976 on Staten Island, NY. John Cataneo Jr. was seven years old and his brother David was 11, and they were in the basement of their home learning to thread pipe. Their father had recently left the plumber’s union to found his own plumbing company, Gateway Plumbing & Heating. John Cataneo Sr. named …Read More
The Alliance Indirect Water Heater Goes Lightweight
Mass and strength are often closely associated. And why not? Guys like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Andre the Giant and Reggie White had both, in spades! Yes, it’s a relatively safe bet that the heavier something – or someone – is built, the more robust it will be. However, it’s not a hard and fast rule. Light …Read More
Heavy Duty Recycling
As a consumer, you do your part to recycle the items and containers you use on a daily basis. But you use – indirectly – far more material and equipment than you might expect. Your vehicle’s brake rotors eventually fail and get replaced. Old bulldozers that graded the lots in your development eventually can’t doze …Read More
Can You Bear the Market??
Have you ever done this: Called up one of your competitors, assumed a fake voice and asked, “How much do you charge?” Go ahead. Admit it. We’ve all done it. If you took Economics 101 in high school or college, you learned that selling prices for goods and services are determined by “what the market will …Read More