Now in 2017-2018: Frozen pipes, cracked boilers, heating equipment stressed beyond capacities for weeks without relief, people who have never had pipes freeze, and I’m talking folks well into their ...

Field testing determines how to best locate the source outside the boiler and coordinate both detector and source. It also involves quantifying the system’s crack detection and sizing ...

In today's economy, many families depend on wood boilers or furnaces as their main source of heat. The cost of natural gas or propane continues to rise, and wood heat is much more economical ...

The metal structure encasing the boiler cracked, and the built-up steam was forced out through a sudden split, “breaking the boiler from its carriage and launching the multi-ton cylinder ...

About 782 units also were sold in Canada. The boiler’s flue collector, a component that collects and channels flue gases, can crack if exposed to a high-impact event in the burner chamber.

A year-long study of just 36 of the city’s 123 facilities turned up evidence of an aging boiler “that could go any day,” unsupported rafters, steel windows that leak cold and hot air ...