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Over the years while working in many phases of this industry, I have come to realize that one of the most often overlooked groups of people in our industry is the women who work for our companies

The many of you who know me know that I have been an advocate for training since my career in the oil industry began, and I always will be. I'm always amazed at how many people seem to say 'I'm all set" when it comes to training or how little their enthusiasm seems to be

Draft regulators or barometric dampers are devices used to regulate the draft on oil-fired furnaces, boilers, and water heaters

            Last month you should have learned that when I look at a system, I think like the system in order to ‘see” the possible problems that can arise.  This time you will be confronted with the infamous ‘Warm Air Heater” or as my friend Dan Holohan likes to refer to it as ‘Scorched Air.”  You may have already received ...

              As we leave behind some of the hottest New England record temperatures, with some reaching over the 100 degree mark, we begin thinking about another heating season, starting with the question that I hear almost on a daily basis. What will the price of oil be this year? If you’re expecting an answer from me, as I have ...

Summer is almost over. The lazy days of doing the annual tune-ups and the occasional service call are over. Now is time to wake up those sleeping heating systems

Many of you are probably still suffering from the pain of last season's oil prices, past due accounts and possibly repaying your bank for the money, which was so graciously loaned in the form of an extension to your line of credit

The lazy days of doing the annual tune-ups and the occasional service call are over

  Natural gas can offer the homeowner some compelling arguments for conversion. However, one advantage with oil or propane heat is that, as a homeowner, you control your own destiny. Recent summer storms have knocked out power for millions in the Midwest. It’s not uncommon for winter ice storms to do the same in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. What ...

I'm sure over the past several years the readers of this article will more than once have heard the term efficiency