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  • July/August 2010

  • Plumbers by day Ghost Hunters By Night Jason Hawes & Grant Wilson
  • Oil Tanks The Corrosion Conundrum
  • Refrigeration Tackling Supermarket Compressor Racks
  • PVF Report Resins in Short Supply
  • Right-Sizing the Rad

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Past Issues

2010

May/June 2010

May/June 2010

  • Riding High with Road Warrior Kyle Lumsden
  • Oil Heat Q&A Fielding Customer Questions
  • Moisture Management Keeping Structures Dry
  • Pumped on Pumps Going for Efficiency
  • K&B Trend Spotting Sophisticated, yet Practical
  • The Cooling Report

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March/April 2010

March/April 2010

  • Doing our Rock N Roll Duty with Kim Mitchell
  • One Boiler or Two?
  • Zoning for Forced Air
  • Preventing Frozen Pipes
  • ERVs vs. HRVs
  • Plus: The MB Guide to CMX·CIPHEX

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January/February 2010

January/February 2010

  • Champion of the Blades Craig Simpson
  • Modern Controls for Commercial Buildings
  • Sliding for Gold at the Olympics
  • Filtration for IAQ and Efficiency
  • Dealing with Drains
  • Refrigeration Systems: Reclaiming Heat

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2009

November/December 2009

November/December 2009

  • Out of this World with Julie Payette
  • Accessibility in the Bathroom
  • Refrigeration: System Designs, Phase-outs, Detection & More
  • Conservation H2O
  • Dry Air Avoidance

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September/October 2009

September/October 2009

  • Trackside with Hall of Fame Jockey Sandy Hawley
  • The heating Report Efficiency Standards, Technology & More
  • Kitchens & Bath Trending to Comfort
  • superheating & Sub-cooling
  • Infra-red Elementary Sizing Up Radiant Baseboard

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July/August 2009

July/August 2009

  • Keeping it REAL with Jim Caruk
  • Looking Beyond Incentives
  • Plumbing: Site Servicing
  • Refrigeration: Chiller-ing Out
  • Wall-Hung Boilers
  • Bathroom Makeover on a Budget

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May/June 2009

May/June 2009

  • Chris Wallace
  • The PVF Report
  • Check the Fuel; Choose the Vent
  • A/C Goes Ductless
  • The Geothermal/Radiant Partnership
  • Passing the Inspection with New Plumbing Technology

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March/April 2009

March/April 2009

  • Steve Shutt
  • The Cooling Report: Technology bring efficiency
  • Commercial Vans: New models on the horizon
  • Big, Bigger, Commercial: Handling hydronics efficiently
  • Plumbing Inspection 101

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January/February 2009

January/February 2009

  • Mario Lemieux
  • Refrigeration: Subcooling your way to savings
  • Safety Showers: Plumbing for emergencies
  • Troubleshooting: Service call adventures
  • High Performance HVAC

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2008

November/December 2008

November/December 2008

  • Paul McRoberts
  • Tackling HVAC leakage
  • Two takes: compressor technologies
  • HVAC Translator: cutting though the jargon
  • Saving H2O Taps go low flow

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September/October 2008

September/October 2008

  • Red Green
  • Investigating Toilet Technology
  • Tools for the HVAC Tech
  • Fall Heating Report
  • Going Upscale in Kitchens & Baths

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July/August 2008

July/August 2008

  • Ron Robinson
  • The World of Hydronics
  • HVAC Tips
  • Pipe Joining In the Groove
  • Water Heaters Tank vs. Tankless

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May/June 2008

May/June 2008

  • A state of the industry address
  • Gaining control on backflow
  • Keeping your cool hydronically
  • Balancing valve technology

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March/April 2008

March/April 2008

  • David Suzuki
  • Options abound in service vehicles
  • Shower technology making a green splash
  • Manifold matters
  • CMX·CIPHEX 2008

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January/February

January/February 2008

  • Rick Mercer
  • Choosing a fluid balancing design strategy
  • Keeping water pressure safe and practical
  • Stop oversizing those furnaces
  • Filter driers

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2007

December 2007

December 2007

  • Water-saving toilets
  • Yes, balancing is important!
  • Refrigerant Recovery: Which method is right for you?
  • Furnace Filters

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Octber/November 2007

October/November 2007

  • Richard Trethewey & Friends on hydronics
  • Safety and your sewer machine
  • The 10 rules of fall start-ups
  • Keeping your ice nice
  • Electronics invade the final frontiers

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