If you love a good, hot soak in the bath or a steamy shower, you probably have your water heater to thank. Water heaters are often essential for keeping hot water steadily flowing in your home, ...

Why does the water heater in my new house have another small tank hanging off the side of the pipe above it? That is an expansion tank installed on the water supply pipe to the water heater. Its ...

It started with a typical call and a typical request from a favorite contractor. He wanted pricing on a pair of high efficiency boilers which is pretty routine, but in this case would be replacing a ...

As I mentioned in last week's blog post, expansion tanks are required when water in a home can't expand back into the water main. This might be caused by a check valve, a backflow preventer, or a ...

In both residential and commercial buildings, heating and cooling cycles can take a toll on piping systems. When pipes expand due to heat and contract when they cool, they stress joints, supports, and ...