When a water heater is connected to a closed system, an expansion tank must be installed to prevent excessive pressure in the water. To help understand what this is all about, please read on. Why most ...

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 ...

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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 ...