Avoiding Legionella in Nursing Homes in the Time of COVID-19
Nursing homes have instituted a number of safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, changing many aspects of their daily operations in order to protect the health and wellbeing of residents and employees. These measures, along with reduced occupancy, have often limited overall foot traffic throughout a facility and have led to reduced usage of some […]
Springtime Boiler Maintenance: Dry Boiler Lay Up
In the springtime, facility management teams start to prepare their cooling systems to come back online; you operate a facility with a commercial steam boiler that runs for 6 months out of the year and then sits idle for 6 months. When a boiler is not required to produce heat for those extended periods of […]
Springtime Boiler Maintenance: Wet Boiler Lay Up
When Spring arrives, it is time to consider how your boiler system will spend the next few months while it sits dormant offline. If you own and/or operate a facility with a commercial steam boiler that only gets seasonal use, then this topic is for you. When a boiler is not required to produce heat […]
How to Avoid Boiler Failure During Cold Weather
The coldest months of the year arrive during the winter months. If you operate a commercial property, especially in the Northeast or Midwest, winter is not a good time to have a boiler failure. If you operate an industrial or manufacturing facility, there is NEVER a good time to lose a boiler! Unfortunately, this a […]
Proper Boiler Commissioning and Boiler Inspections Keep the Public Safe
There is a potential hidden danger that may be lying in wait in your neighborhood’s hospital, your kid’s school, your town shopping center or even your apartment complex. High pressure boilers deliver hot steam under pressure to be used in comfort heating and manufacturing processes. They are commonly used in hospitals, laundromats, dry cleaners, hotels, […]
Proper Commissioning and Initial Startup Procedures Extend Boiler Life
Every boiler is unique. Even when they are the same exact models, they are still unique from each other. Metal thickness, skin temperatures, heat tolerances are all direct evidence of this. One of the most important steps in boiler’s lifetime (regardless of make, model or serial number) is when it goes through its initial startup […]
Every Boiler is Different! Are You Using the Right Boiler Water Treatment Program?
When winter approaches, many facility managers begin firing up their boilers for the first time of the season. For those that are, the key to fewer boiler-related headaches throughout the winter is proper boiler water treatment. So how do you know if your water treatment program is the right one? What are the best practices […]
Water Treatment Wisdom: Bioslime in a Cooling Tower is Bad
Cooling towers are notorious for growing things; especially microscopic things… they are warm and moist. They have areas that get a lot of sunlight and other areas that kept fairly dark. Whether it’s algae or bacteria, it’s no wonder that cooling towers provide the perfect environment for all kinds of little organisms to proliferate. In […]
Hot Summer Days and a Dirty Evaporator Coil Mean Big Headaches
It is every building owner’s worst nightmare in the dead of summer. It is 98 degrees outside and your phone starts ringing… and ringing… and ringing. During the hot summer months your building’s air conditioning system becomes the lifeblood of your facility. If your A/C goes down completely, or even if just has a day […]
Steam Trap Maintenance is a Key to Boiler Efficiency
Would the owners of your company be happy if you took $50,000 of their money and set it on fire? I know it seems like a silly question – because of course they wouldn’t! Yet every day, in thousands of facilities across the United States, failing steam traps go unchecked and the dollars in lost […]
