GSMT - The Art of Steam Heating: The General Society's Classic Steam System with Dan Holohan, Author

[@eddiew.6485]

So I just watched this from beginning to end in one sitting. Truly a remarkable presentation by a remarkable man. Your Love and passion for the Art really shows. Well done, Dan!

[@danholohan]

My friend, Paul Yunnie, who lives in Australia watched this program and sent me a note I must share. Paul is a mechanical historian and lived most of his life in England. He says, and I stand corrected: "Now to be a smart arse - I've just watched your super address to The General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen. But, the house you showed at the beginning was not that of James Watt but of his partner Matthew Boulton who's image you showed. The house, Soho House in Birmingham UK, is now a museum and well worth a visit as it has the remains of an early warm air heating system served from an cockle stove in the basement. I'll try and look out some info for you. Interestingly, Mike Barber from Liverpool Uni & Secretary to the CIBSE Heritage Group, and I did a smoke test to see where the warm traveled through the building. The curator claimed the stair were carpeted and the holes in the risers were for ventilation. In fact the holes emitted our smoke to show some form of 'central' heating in the stair well." Thanks, Paul! It's good to have friends who are smarter than I am. Dan Holohan

[@conantdog]

Very interesting historical information and practical info too.

[@mrb7094]

Just caught up with your marvellous talks Dan, from England. Thank you very much!

[@VamooseRooter]

3:30 and here’s is DAN HOLOHAN

[@anthonyarealgoodplumber]

I was actually there that day for this, I was the one that said hey Paul Shay (my boss) is here lol. Good times. When anyone asks what I recommend I always say steam on oil! Lol the hottest on the coldest day of the year. Also the orfice plates are drilled to the max of a radiator. After so many years we figured out the hole size x radiator.

[@JMSobie]

My trade is the automotive industry. Never worked in HVAC, except minor DIY furnace repairs. But one day I was in a friend's 1921 Detroit basement and clapped eye on their boiler and was completely mystified. I picked up The Lost Art and that was that. Ian Fleming once wrote that James Bond was prepared to listen to an expert on a subject, any subject. That's how I feel about listening to Dan or Siggy. I don't even work in the dang trade and I love to learn from them.

[@danparker3744]

Great presehtatioh. I worked for 25 years as a start-up engineer on power plasmas and petrochemical plants..I fought with design engineers from the "home office" who had insufficient knowledge of steam, water, vacuum, etc. When I worked at the jobsite, I checked all the stearn traps to verify the correct trap was installed, in the proper orientation, and with the proper piping arrangement. Some pipes should haVe had steam traps, but didn't, and we saw some spectacular displays of the power of water hammers.

[@joncarroll5965]

I have been in the trade for 10 years no and I have asked multiple people about steam and they said, You don't need to learn about that it's a dying trade. The irony is I work on steam every winter at least once a week. Steam has always interested me.

[@CheiithooCat]

i have been involved in steam and heating trade cause i am plumber in ny. is very interesting knowing this,

[@Lemonpepperclub]

One day I’m gonna be the best boiler /hvac tech ever

[@glyph241]

Please Watch Community. You Might Be The Chosen One.

[@Lemonpepperclub]

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[@glyph241]

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[@jeffsmith2022]

Who invented the 'Hartford Loop'?...675,000 folks died in the US, much less than from Covid...Wonderful vid Dan, thank you...

[@Shahrdad]

I love watching Dan's videos and reading his books, but we have houses in St. Louis that were built in the a decade or two before the 1918 flu epidemic that had indirect heating. In my neighborhood, there is an 1894 as well as a 1903 house that have indirect radiant heating, so I'm not really sure how much it had to do with the deadly flu epidemic.

[@madfran6]

The false water line i would need more info on.

[@johnniecarter3013]

It’s about sharing of knowledge

[@Ratman_Bejo]

Have you ever wondered how steam heating, the standard heating feature of so many of New York's

[@VamooseRooter]

Bernoulli’s law 38:21

[@jd3497]

Problems in NYC is probably multi fold,: boiler operators are custodial staff; cookie-cutter approach to system design; apathy. You would think they would have some very clever and experienced boiler technicians working for BOE and others city agencies.

[@TwaCoId]

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