Dead Men Tales

In this episode, Dan Holohan shares the history of expansion and compression tanks, along with some troubleshooting tips.

In this episode, Dan Holohan tells the story of Irwin “Jal” Jalonack and his decision to use hydronic radiant heating in 18,000 Levitt homes in the 1940s and 50s.

There are always undeniable truths when you're troubleshooting, but sometimes we miss them because we arrive at the job with our minds made up already. In this episode, Dan Holohan solves heating problems by getting back to basics.

In this episode, Dan Holohan tells the comical tale of a life lesson learned the hard way.

In this episode, Dan Holohan shares the solution for a common problem in areas where contractors add hot-water zones to steam boilers.

In this episode, Dan Holohan tells you a tale that will keep you spellbound, of Dangerous Dan and the hole in the ground.

In this episode, Dan Holohan shares the story of how the air vent made quite an impression on those who were able to afford this relatively new thing called steam heat in 1924.

From 1879 to 1891 there were 2,159 reported steam boiler explosions in the US. In this episode, Dan Holohan shares the story behind a piping configuration that saved boilers and lives.

Boilers don’t come from catalogs. In this episode, Dan Holohan takes you to a foundry where boilers are born.

In this episode, Dan Holohan takes you to a circa-1871 loft building in NYC and shows you how Paul and Joe are running a large steam-heating system without steam traps using tricks from the Dead Men.