by Dave Yates | Apr 6, 2022 | pmmag.com Articles
This article originally posted at: https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104140-dave-yates-id-vs-od-and-flare-joints Don’t over-tighten your flare joints. The fun of being an apprentice starts with a steep learning curve. Being sent to the nearest supply house for two...
by Dave Yates | Jan 4, 2022 | pmmag.com Articles
Another lesson learned in the school of hard knocks. You ever have one of those jobs where nuisance heating system lockouts drove you crazy? The issue was with a propane-fired boiler and, of course, the lockouts were happening when we were swamped with no heat calls...
by Dave Yates | Nov 3, 2021 | pmmag.com Articles
The tale of an oil hot-water boiler project and a hot head customer. Looking over the new home plans in order to provide the builder with pricing, I noticed there was no chimney included. Way out in the country, where no natural gas was available and the owner had...
by Dave Yates | Sep 7, 2021 | pmmag.com Articles
Considerations for designing and installing radiant snow-melt systems Snow is coming, and my back recoils in fear at the thought. I should have added snow-melting for our driveway, but I was 30 years younger when we built our forever home. Our home is the first of...
by Dave Yates | Apr 5, 2021 | pmmag.com Articles
Texas PHVAC contractors face unprecedented challenge. BanksPhotos/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images As Texas settled into a deadly-serious Polar Vortex, you could predict the pattern emerging based on your own past experiences with bitter-cold sustained...