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Volume 14 Number 2 March/April <strong>2004</strong><br />
An oil-fired stove will bring warmth<br />
and fuel efficiency to your oil-heating<br />
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INSIDE<br />
• New toilet study, same results<br />
• Acrylic solution in Ontario<br />
• Construction industry on a roll<br />
• B.C. apprenticeship shakeup<br />
• Atlantic MEET show preview<br />
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PERFORMANCE<br />
UNDER PRESSURE<br />
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A new plumbing line brings a friendlier<br />
look to institutional faucets.<br />
Welcome news on page 59<br />
This new torque wrench makes installing<br />
no-hub couplings a breeze.<br />
Read all about it on page 61
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Brand D 6 %<br />
Brand AS 2 %<br />
Brand K 2 %<br />
Brand PP 1 %<br />
Brand P 1 %<br />
Brand W < 1 %<br />
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AND OBVIOUSLY, THEY’RE THINKING MOEN.<br />
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In This Issue<br />
Special Feature:<br />
The CEO Edition 27<br />
The industry’s<br />
leading companies<br />
talk about<br />
their latest<br />
products and<br />
the business<br />
philosophies<br />
that spell<br />
success.<br />
Features:<br />
Departments<br />
Hot Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5<br />
Industry News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7<br />
Atlantic Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64<br />
Western Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65<br />
People and Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66<br />
Coming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67<br />
Literature Showcase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68<br />
Shop Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38<br />
Products & Technologies<br />
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19<br />
Hot Water Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20<br />
Ventilation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23<br />
Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25<br />
E-Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26<br />
Faucets & Fixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59<br />
Pipes, Valves & Fittings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60<br />
Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61<br />
Smooth jetting 16<br />
Water jet drain machines for difficult<br />
jobs<br />
Truck graphics II 55<br />
Choosing the right truck artist<br />
Learning experience 62<br />
Newest technologies, seminars<br />
highlight <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong><br />
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Please see our story on page 14.<br />
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Hot Seat<br />
Know your<br />
customer<br />
Acommon complaint from contractors<br />
in competitive bidding situations<br />
is that another contractor<br />
will take a job away by offering a lower<br />
price, without explaining to the customer<br />
that he is also offering inferior<br />
equipment.<br />
And at the other end, there are many<br />
customers who rightly complain that<br />
the contractor didn’t provide what they<br />
expected. This holds true on everything<br />
from the smallest residential job to the<br />
largest commercial project.<br />
For example, the customer is assured<br />
by one contractor that the furnace that<br />
they are suggesting is just as good as the<br />
furnace that another contractor recommended,<br />
but at a reduced price. Based<br />
on the information that everything is<br />
equal except the price, the customer<br />
accepts the lower estimate.<br />
But the old adage that one gets what<br />
they pay for applies. The customer will<br />
likely experience a noticeable difference<br />
in comfort and energy costs.<br />
The same holds true in large commercial<br />
projects, where the manufacturer/wholesaler/contractor<br />
has low-balled<br />
the bid to get the job, and then ‘cheapens’<br />
the mechanical/<strong>HVAC</strong>R component<br />
to avoid loosing money. It is difficult for<br />
the building manager to get changes<br />
after the installation is complete.<br />
But this is why it is so important to<br />
know the customer. Some contractors<br />
think they have to offer the absolute<br />
minimum price to get a job. But price<br />
isn’t the major factor for many customers,<br />
particularly where they are also<br />
the end user.<br />
It’s a sad reality today that many<br />
commercial buildings are built with the<br />
lowest possible capital cost in <strong>HVAC</strong><br />
systems because it is the tenant, not the<br />
building owner, that pays operating<br />
costs. The same applies on the residential<br />
side where once a tract home is sold,<br />
the builder is no longer concerned<br />
about the heating and air conditioning<br />
system. And, with brand new equipment,<br />
it usually takes a long time for the<br />
building/home owner to realize that<br />
there is something better available. (Or,<br />
let’s face it, even where the customer<br />
knows better, who wants to replace a<br />
brand new system?)<br />
But most customers have expectations<br />
when it comes to their <strong>HVAC</strong>/<br />
mechanical systems. They know what<br />
they want in terms of comfort, efficiency<br />
and longevity and if it will cost more<br />
to meet those expectations, they are<br />
willing to pay. But they rely on the contractor<br />
– the expert – to supply the right<br />
system.<br />
Even where the customer is overly<br />
price conscious, it is important that the<br />
contractor doesn’t install a system that<br />
he isn’t comfortable with. Regardless of<br />
the ‘great deal’ for the home/building<br />
owner, if the system doesn’t work well<br />
the customer will still complain to<br />
friends and business associates about<br />
their ‘lousy heating system.’ They won’t<br />
bother to mention that they beat the<br />
contractor down on price.<br />
It is important to give options. The<br />
‘good, better, best’ selling philosophy<br />
has been around for some time. It’s an<br />
established fact that few home or building<br />
owners will go with the lowest-cost<br />
alternative when presented with a number<br />
of options, along with a good explanation<br />
of the pros and cons of each.<br />
As a general rule of thumb, the higher<br />
the capital cost on equipment, the<br />
lower the operating cost. If the contractor<br />
can show the customer that the<br />
higher cost/higher efficiency equipment<br />
will actually prove less expensive in the<br />
long run, the sale can become relatively<br />
easy. Ever increasing energy costs mean<br />
that the payback will actually be shorter<br />
than with an estimate based on today’s<br />
rates.<br />
And with technology constantly<br />
changing, it is important to take advantage<br />
of the seminars and information<br />
provided by manufacturers to keep up<br />
to date. The customer looks to the contractor<br />
for expert advice.<br />
I don’t want to preach, but knowing<br />
the products, offering options, and<br />
sizing up the customer are all key<br />
elements in sales success.<br />
Incorporating<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong> Piping<br />
and Heating magazine<br />
and <strong>HVAC</strong>/Refrigeration<br />
magazine<br />
March/April <strong>2004</strong><br />
Volume 14, Number 2<br />
ISSN 1499-5271<br />
Editor<br />
Simon Blake<br />
(416) 614-5820<br />
sblake@nytek.ca<br />
Executive Editor/President<br />
Ronald H. (Ron) Shuker<br />
(416) 614-5816<br />
rshuker@nytek.ca<br />
Contributors<br />
Roy Collver<br />
John Carr<br />
Ron Coleman<br />
Warren Law<br />
Publisher<br />
Bill Begin<br />
(416) 614-5819<br />
bbegin@nytek.ca<br />
National Sales Manager<br />
Jim Gillen<br />
(416) 614-5817<br />
jgillen@nytek.ca<br />
Design and Production<br />
Tim Norton<br />
production@nytek.ca<br />
Circulation Manager<br />
Pat Glionna<br />
Corporate Services<br />
Anthony Evangelista<br />
PLUMBING & <strong>HVAC</strong> PRODUCT NEWS Magazine is<br />
published six times annually by Nytek Publishing<br />
Inc. and is written for individuals who purchase/specify/approve<br />
the selection of plumbing, piping, hot<br />
water heating, fire protection, warm air heating, air<br />
conditioning, ventilation, refrigeration, controls and<br />
related systems and products throughout Canada.<br />
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SOLUTIONS FOR INDUSTRY<br />
MEET (Mechanical Electrical Electronic Technology) returns to<br />
Moncton for its 16th edition, May 5-6, <strong>2004</strong>. This show is<br />
Atlantic Canada’s most comprehensive event giving visitors the<br />
unique opportunity to assess and compare the very latest in<br />
products and services. MEET attracts mechanical and electrical<br />
companies from across North America and has become the<br />
place industry professionals come to source solutions to help<br />
them move to the next level of competiveness. Moreover, they<br />
know they will see the full spectrum of technology and the latest<br />
trends available. Don't miss it!<br />
BOOK YOUR SPACE TODAY!<br />
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SEMINAR PROGRAM<br />
MEET's four sponsoring associations will once<br />
again be bringing you a wide range of seminars<br />
featuring relevant and cutting edge topics.<br />
Here's a quick glimpse at what you can expect.<br />
Make sure to check our website at<br />
www.masterpromotions.ca for future updates as<br />
the seminar program comes together.<br />
• Safety in the Workplace<br />
• <strong>Plumbing</strong> Code Changes for 2005<br />
• IESNA RP-7, Update of Current Practice for<br />
Industrial Lighting<br />
• Grounding for Industrial Applications<br />
• Continuous Monitoring of Partial Discharges in<br />
Electrical Equipment<br />
• The Benefits of High Resistance Grounding<br />
• Light Curtains and Industrial Safety<br />
• Industrial Control and Information Networks<br />
• New Upcoming Arc Flash Safety Standard for<br />
Industry<br />
SKILLS CANADA COMPETITION<br />
MEET <strong>2004</strong> will host a portion of the Skills<br />
Canada New Brunswick Provincial Competitions.<br />
These competitions bring students together<br />
from across New Brunswick to complete<br />
projects which will be judged based on skills and<br />
accuracy. These industry related contests are<br />
an incredible display of hands-on expertise,<br />
talent, and determination showcasing the many<br />
promising futures to be found in trades and<br />
technology.<br />
The Skills Canada NB Competitions being<br />
hosted at MEET <strong>2004</strong> are made possible with<br />
help from New Brunswick Community College,<br />
Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification<br />
branch of the Department of Training and<br />
Employment Development, CIPH, ASHRAE,<br />
Electro Federation, and IES.<br />
careers as a first choice career option for<br />
Canadian youth. Our mandate is to look for<br />
ways to guide students toward the professional<br />
opportunities available in the skilled trade and<br />
technology fields. Along with our private and<br />
public sector partners, we are helping to secure<br />
Canada's future skilled labour needs.<br />
Skills / Compétences Canada est un organisme<br />
national sans but lucratif qui collabore avec des<br />
employeurs, des éducateurs, des syndicats et les<br />
gouvernements pour repositionner les métiers et les<br />
techniques comme une option de carrière de premier<br />
choix pour les jeunes Canadiens. Notre mandat est<br />
de chercher les façons de guider les étudiants vers<br />
les possibilités professionnelles disponibles dans les<br />
domaines des métiers spécialisés et techniques.<br />
Avec nos partenaires des secteurs privé et public,<br />
nous contribuons à répondre aux besoins futurs en<br />
matière de main-d'oeuvre qualifiée au Canada.<br />
Industry Dinner<br />
Wed, May 5<br />
Excellent entertainment,<br />
great food and unparallelled<br />
networking opportunities are<br />
just a few of the reasons to<br />
make sure you don't miss<br />
this very popular event.<br />
Our entertainer this year is the hilarious<br />
Bill Carr. Bill Carr earns rave reviews with<br />
convention audiences as a humorous keynote<br />
speaker and after-dinner entertainer. Carr<br />
takes witty and acerbic stabs at political and<br />
social issues delivering fresh insight and thought<br />
-provoking perspectives on today's reality. Your<br />
world will not be the same after you've seen it<br />
through the eyes of BILL CARR! If laughter is<br />
the best medicine, then a healthy dose of BILL<br />
CARR is just what the doctor ordered.<br />
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organization, which works with<br />
employers, educators, labour groups and the<br />
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Industry News<br />
Low flush revisited<br />
Test accuracy improved, results still poor<br />
By Simon Blake<br />
Ajoint Canadian/U.S. study on the<br />
flush performance and water-use<br />
of six-litre toilets goes to extreme<br />
lengths to ensure that the information is<br />
accurate. Unfortunately, the results<br />
weren’t much better for the manufacturers<br />
than in previous tests.<br />
Conducted by the Canadian Water<br />
and Wastewater Association (CWWA)<br />
on behalf of 19 municipalities in<br />
Canada and the U.S. along with the<br />
Canadian Mortgage and Housing<br />
Corporation (CMHC), the primary<br />
financial backer, and the B.C. Buildings<br />
Corporation, the $150,000 the test<br />
looked at over 80 popular low flush toilets.<br />
Of these, 44 were purchased off the<br />
shelf. The other 37 were supplied by<br />
manufacturers and tested separately.<br />
Municipalities that offer subsidies to<br />
home/building owners have long been<br />
concerned that flush performance tests<br />
outlined in the CSA B-45 standard<br />
don’t accurately reflect toilet performance,<br />
reported Duncan Ellison, CWWA<br />
executive director. “Municipalities were<br />
concerned that if they were to offer a<br />
75-dollar subsidy for installing a sixlitre<br />
toilet, that they should actually<br />
flush six litres.”<br />
Manufacturers criticized a study conducted<br />
two years ago, saying the breakfast<br />
cereal used to measure flush performance<br />
didn’t accurately imitate<br />
human waste.<br />
A test team lead by William Gauley,<br />
P. Eng., went to great lengths to get it<br />
right this time. Canadian tests were<br />
conducted at Veritec Consulting Inc. in<br />
Mississauga, Ont. The ‘Maximum Performance<br />
Test’ used a soybean-based<br />
paste developed with a density, moisture<br />
content, etc. very close to that of<br />
human waste.<br />
A British medical study determined<br />
that the average size of human waste<br />
(We’re trying to be as polite as possible<br />
here – ed) is 250 grams for a male and<br />
slightly less for a female. Therefore, the<br />
soybean paste was formed into stools<br />
measuring four inches long and just less<br />
than one inch in diameter. Four loosely<br />
crumpled balls of toilet paper were<br />
included in each test.<br />
All toilets were assembled, placed on<br />
a test stand and connected to a water<br />
supply. Tank water levels were set to the<br />
water line and flush volumes were<br />
recorded. Adjustments were made<br />
where required to ensure all samples<br />
flushed at the rated volume (typically<br />
six litres).<br />
However, approximately half the toilets<br />
tested failed to efficiently flush the<br />
benchmark 250 grams.<br />
The soybean ‘turds’ were loaded in<br />
50-gram increments until the toilets<br />
failed to efficiently flush. Of the 44 offthe-shelf<br />
models, 20 flushed less than<br />
250 grams, 13 flushed between 250 and<br />
500 and 11 models flushed over 500.<br />
Two models – one gravity operated and<br />
the other pressure assisted – flushed<br />
over 800 grams.<br />
All models tested achieved a minimum<br />
water exchange (change-out) rate<br />
of 98 per cent, even those toilets that<br />
cleared only 100 grams of solids, leading<br />
researchers to question the validity<br />
of this test to identify superior performing<br />
toilets.<br />
About one-third of the off-the-shelf<br />
models flushed more than six litres of water,<br />
with a high of 9.5 litres, and a low of 3.6.<br />
A number of models were tested with<br />
a standard (universal) replacement flapper.<br />
(This wasn’t performed on models<br />
where a standard flapper couldn’t be<br />
used.) More than 70 per cent showed a<br />
significant increase in water use, with<br />
the highest jumping to almost 16 litres<br />
per flush.<br />
The full test report, with names of<br />
manufacturers, toilet models and test<br />
results, is available on the CWWA web<br />
site at www.cwwa.ca.<br />
Randy, left, and Dave Bykowsky of Energy Saving Products Ltd., Edmonton, Alta.,<br />
hauled their 6000 hp nitro-methane burning drag racer to the AHR Expo and<br />
drew considerable interest for their high velocity heating/cooling equipment.<br />
Largest west coast show<br />
The recent AHR Expo set records for a<br />
west coast show in virtually every category.<br />
North America’s largest annual<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong>/R show took place at the<br />
Anaheim, Calif. Convention Centre<br />
Jan. 26-28.<br />
In total, 22,000 registered visitors<br />
(not including exhibitor personnel)<br />
viewed products from 1,652 exhibiting<br />
companies on 324,590 sq. ft. of exhibit<br />
space. Roughly 100 Canadian exhibitors<br />
participated. The event coincided<br />
with the ASHRAE technical sessions.<br />
The next AHR EXPO will take place in<br />
Orlando, Florida, Feb. 7-9, 2005.<br />
Ontario plumbers,<br />
builders dodge a bullet<br />
By Simon Blake<br />
The province of Ontario will allow<br />
acrylic tubs in buildings over 18<br />
metres or six stories, without requiring<br />
a fire sprinkler system.<br />
The Ontario Ministry of Municipal<br />
Affairs amended the Ontario Building<br />
Code, effective Feb. 20, to allow fixtures<br />
with a smoke developed classification<br />
up to 500 – which acrylic fixtures meet<br />
– if they are ‘installed in buildings used<br />
for residential occupancies, and the<br />
plumbing fixture is located in a room<br />
where the wall surfaces have a smoke<br />
developed classification not more than<br />
200.’ Or in other words, as long as the<br />
building materials surrounding the fixtures<br />
have a smoke developed classification<br />
of less than 200, the fixtures themselves<br />
can exceed that level.<br />
A ruling last fall by a building inspector<br />
in Burlington, Ont. sent panic<br />
through the Ontario construction<br />
industry by invoking a seldomenforced<br />
section of the Ontario Building<br />
Code that barred the use of acrylic<br />
tubs in high-rise buildings because they<br />
couldn’t meet the minimum requirements<br />
for smoke developed in the event<br />
of a fire. Thousands of acrylic soaker<br />
tubs have been installed across Ontario<br />
over the past ten years.<br />
The situation became even more<br />
critical on Feb. 9 when the City of<br />
Toronto sent a notice to building permit<br />
applicants, the design community<br />
and builders that Ontario Building<br />
Code Article 3.1.13.7, which prohibits a<br />
smoke-developed level over 300, would<br />
be enforced. While not prohibiting<br />
occupancy, the city announced that it<br />
would issue deficiency notices where<br />
acrylic fixtures were installed.<br />
The Canadian Industry of <strong>Plumbing</strong><br />
and Heating, along with the <strong>Plumbing</strong><br />
Industry Advisory Council, lobbied the<br />
ministry to amend the code. Had they<br />
not been successful, builders would have<br />
had to revert to steel tubs. And there were<br />
also liability concerns over the thousands<br />
of acrylic tubs already installed.<br />
Ontario is the only province that<br />
doesn’t require sprinkler systems in residential<br />
high-rise buildings over six<br />
stories.<br />
In Brief<br />
RMC wants cylinders<br />
40 per cent full<br />
Refrigerant Management Canada<br />
(RMC) advises contractors that<br />
refrigerant cylinders must be at<br />
least 40 per cent full to be accepted<br />
by the RMC refrigerant collection<br />
program for disposal. RMC<br />
participating wholesale staff are<br />
being asked to weigh cylinders<br />
when they come in to ensure the<br />
minimum capacity is met. RMC<br />
warns that if under-filled cylinders<br />
continue to be turned in, collection<br />
costs will rise and the current<br />
$1/kg levy may have to be<br />
increased. For more information,<br />
contact RMC at 1-866-622-0209.<br />
RMC reports CFC stocks<br />
Speaking of refrigerants,<br />
Refrigerant Management Canada<br />
also reports a mid-2003 survey of<br />
refrigerant stocks that estimates<br />
there are a total of 820,000 kilograms<br />
of CFC R-502 still held by<br />
various sources and end-users. The<br />
survey also estimated 192,000 kg<br />
of CFC R-12 is still in inventory<br />
across Canada.<br />
Furnace rebate<br />
program extended<br />
Natural Resources Canada has<br />
extended the deadline allowing<br />
furnaces to be installed under the<br />
EnerGuide for Houses (EGH) retrofit/rebate<br />
program where an audit<br />
of the home hasn’t yet been done.<br />
The pre-audit exemption has been<br />
extended to March 31 from the<br />
original expiry date of Feb. 12.<br />
The program rewards homeowners<br />
based on the efficiency of the<br />
equipment they install. An<br />
EnerGuide for Houses energy efficiency<br />
audit must be done on the<br />
home. Rebates are based on the<br />
amount of improvement in efficiency.<br />
Contact HRAI at 1-800-<br />
267-2231 or go to www.hrai.ca.<br />
Sales by wholesalers up<br />
Sales by Canada’s plumbing, heating<br />
and cooling wholesalers topped<br />
out at a record $3.5 billion for<br />
2003, reports the Canadian<br />
Institute of <strong>Plumbing</strong> and Heating<br />
(CIPH). This reflects a seven per<br />
cent increase over 2002. All<br />
regions were up with the Atlantic<br />
provinces up 15 per cent, B.C. up<br />
13 per cent, the West up 10 per<br />
cent, Quebec up eight per cent<br />
and Ontario up four per cent,<br />
reports Ralph Suppa, CIPH<br />
president and general manager.<br />
Honeywell thermostat<br />
patent challenged<br />
Honeywell’s monopoly on the<br />
round thermostat design is being<br />
challenged. A U.S. District Court<br />
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In Brief<br />
(continued from page 7<br />
set April 11 as the trial date for<br />
Eco Manufacturing’s challenge of<br />
Honeywell’s patent following a<br />
hearing on Jan. 16. Eco, Lebanon,<br />
Indiana, plans to re-file a motion<br />
for summary judgement contending<br />
that Honeywell’s trademark is<br />
invalid. On Dec. 31 Eco also won<br />
a ruling from the U.S. Court of<br />
Appeals allowing it to move forward<br />
with the manufacturing and<br />
distribution of its EcoStat X-15<br />
round thermostat released early in<br />
2003. A federal judge had stated<br />
in October 2003 that “The round<br />
shape…cannot be protected by a<br />
valid trademark…and was the subject<br />
of a long-expired utility<br />
patent…Honeywell is unlikely to<br />
prevail on the merits of its trademark<br />
claims …”<br />
ICI construction up 5.7%<br />
Statistics Canada reported in<br />
January that total annual nonresidential<br />
construction investment<br />
in 2003 was $26.0 billion,<br />
an increase of 5.7% over 2002.<br />
In the fourth quarter, governments<br />
continued to pump additional<br />
funds into the sector<br />
(+2.8% to $2.4 billion) while<br />
businesses reduced their expenditures<br />
(-1.9% to $4.2 billion).<br />
Investment in industrial buildings<br />
ended the fourth quarter<br />
down 1.7% to $1.2 billion,<br />
while investments in commercial<br />
building construction fell 2.0%<br />
to $3.0 billion.<br />
Apartment owners refrubish<br />
Apartment landlords have spent<br />
millions on refurbishing their<br />
apartment buildings across Canada<br />
– and continue to do so. Those<br />
renovations created about 30,000<br />
jobs in each of the six years from<br />
1995 to 2000, the Fair Rental<br />
Policy Organization of Ontario<br />
(FRPO) reported. Boardwalk<br />
Equities, Calgary, Alta., Canada’s<br />
largest apartment landlord with<br />
31,000 units in Alta., Sask., Ont.<br />
and Que., spent more than $300-<br />
million since 1998, the firm<br />
reported. The Canadian Apartment<br />
Properties Real Estate Investment<br />
Trust (CAP REIT) of Toronto, which<br />
owns 13,500 rental apartments<br />
and town homes in N.S., Que.,<br />
Ont., Sask. and Alta., spent<br />
$17-million in just nine months of<br />
2003 after spending $17.5-million<br />
in all of 2002. Ontario’s apartment<br />
renovation boom began when rent<br />
controls were reduced in 1987.<br />
Capital expenditures in Ontario<br />
rose to an annual average of<br />
$1,178 per unit between 1995<br />
and 2000. The previous average<br />
was $368. This was from a survey<br />
of 800 FRPO members.<br />
Construction growth<br />
will continue<br />
The Canadian construction industry<br />
is expected to record impressive<br />
growth over the next two years,<br />
reported Informetrica, economic forecasters<br />
for the Canadian Construction<br />
Association (CCA), in its annual construction<br />
industry economic forecast.<br />
Many sectors of the construction<br />
industry are coming off a relatively flat<br />
year in 2003. In <strong>2004</strong>, the gross output<br />
of the construction industry is expected<br />
to rise by 4.5 per cent, while in 2005,<br />
anticipated growth is in the range of 3.9<br />
per cent. Growth is then expected to<br />
moderate to two per cent by 2006.<br />
With Canadian gross output just over<br />
$1 trillion, the construction industry<br />
will continue to account for just over 12<br />
per cent of Canada’s GDP.<br />
Following several years of strong<br />
employment growth (4.6% in 2002 and<br />
4.4% in 2003), it is expected that the<br />
labour market will tighten in <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
However, employment growth will pick<br />
up again in 2005 with an increase in the<br />
construction labour force of 3.4%.<br />
Non-residential on a roll<br />
The figures become even more interesting<br />
when breaking the industry down<br />
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into its various sectors: residential construction,<br />
non-residential building construction,<br />
engineering, and repair construction.<br />
Because of projected investment in<br />
public infrastructure, non-residential<br />
building construction is expected to<br />
outpace on average most other construction<br />
sectors over the next three<br />
years with growth rates of 4.3 per cent<br />
in <strong>2004</strong>, six per cent in 2005, and 6.3<br />
per cent in 2006.<br />
Only engineering construction activity<br />
is expected to outpace non-residential<br />
growth in <strong>2004</strong> with a growth rate<br />
of 7.5 per cent.<br />
Much of the above growth can be attributed<br />
to mega-projects such as<br />
Voisey’s Bay in Labrador, hydroelectric<br />
developments in Quebec and the oil sands<br />
in Northern Alberta, the report stated.<br />
With nearly 50 Beckett years<br />
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and efficiency are terrific,” says<br />
Garth Hunt of his team of 6.<br />
For customers, that means<br />
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successor? Kid sister Jessica.<br />
They’re the heart of Beckett’s<br />
customer service. “Beckett is about<br />
respect,” says Nathan. “We’re with<br />
family at work.”<br />
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Letters<br />
Hydronic heating efficiencies need<br />
to be backed by hard figures<br />
(Editor’s note: P&<strong>HVAC</strong> hydronics columnist Roy<br />
Collver received the following letter.)<br />
Dear Roy,<br />
I found your recent article entitled ‘Motivate the<br />
builder to offer hydronic heating’ in the Nov/Dec 2003<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News very interesting and<br />
informative.<br />
In the article you mentioned two educational points<br />
that builders need to be aware of; one of lower fuel bills<br />
and second, save the environment. What we would find<br />
beneficial is any quantitative data or information available<br />
which would further support these statements.<br />
For example, if a typical home could save “X” on<br />
their gas bill by utilizing hydronic heating, what range<br />
could these savings be? Also on the environmental<br />
side, what is the message or how does this application<br />
help the environment?<br />
I would appreciate any information that we could<br />
reference when talking to our industry channels.<br />
Regards,<br />
Dave Garner<br />
Program Manager, Mass Markets<br />
Enbridge<br />
Scarborough, Ont.<br />
Roy Collver responds:<br />
Hello Dave, thanks for your interest in my article.<br />
You have raised a very important point that doesn’t<br />
have an easy answer.<br />
We know from talking to customers and from looking<br />
at some industry case studies that hydronic heating<br />
in general, and radiant floor heating in particular, can<br />
give spectacular savings over forced-air systems. The<br />
problem is, we do not have a North American scientific<br />
study that proves this.<br />
The good news is that a variety of groups are working<br />
on this and we should have unassailable proof in<br />
the near future. From the satisfied customers I have<br />
talked to in recent years, we are seeing savings in the<br />
20% to 50% range, but we have to be careful in making<br />
such claims as there are so many variables.<br />
I will do a bit of research and put together an article<br />
in the next few months detailing the studies done to<br />
date and the expected results of ongoing studies.<br />
Thanks for the feedback, and the idea. It is an article<br />
that is long past due.<br />
Roy Collver<br />
Mechanical Systems 2000<br />
Calgary, Alta.<br />
Gas safety<br />
an ongoing<br />
concern<br />
Dear editor:<br />
I let my techs read your article<br />
(‘Be your customer’s safety<br />
watchdog’ , (Hot Seat, Jan./<br />
Feb./04).<br />
You are right. Those ‘experts’<br />
should have informed you of<br />
the potential hazard.<br />
The biggest problem that we<br />
were finding is that the experts –<br />
the authority having jurisdiction<br />
– (is not doing its job).<br />
If the jobs were inspected<br />
properly for safety and workmanship,<br />
and if they would<br />
back us up if we find an infraction<br />
for a potential hazard created<br />
by another <strong>HVAC</strong> contractor,<br />
then and maybe only then<br />
would the customer believe us<br />
that there is something seriously<br />
wrong.<br />
One of my techs came back<br />
from a job and had asked the<br />
client where the inspection slip<br />
was. None could be found. The<br />
customer did not believe us that<br />
the gas line was installed incorrectly,<br />
or for that matter safely.<br />
The high pressure was coming<br />
from the meter, through the<br />
regulator, than the shut off, to<br />
the appliance. But said client<br />
informed us that it had been<br />
inspected.<br />
After many years of reporting<br />
infractions, and absolutely<br />
nothing ever been done about<br />
them, you can see why we have<br />
become cynical.<br />
The clean trucks belonging to Joe the Plumber Inc., Whitby,<br />
Ont., attract attention.<br />
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Cover Story<br />
Ground source<br />
heating/cooling<br />
Passion for energy efficiency sparks<br />
Canada’s largest geothermal project<br />
By Simon Blake<br />
Making the argument for energyefficient<br />
buildings is becoming<br />
easier in a time of ever-increasing<br />
energy costs. But selling it to an<br />
owner can still be difficult, particularly<br />
where a tenant will pick up the operating<br />
costs.<br />
There were no such problems at the<br />
new University of Ontario Institute of<br />
Technology north of Oshawa, Ont.<br />
“(University officials) have a passion<br />
for high energy efficiency systems,”<br />
reported Bruce Bunker, P.Eng., director<br />
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understatement.<br />
The energy efficiency goal for this<br />
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facility is 30 per cent below<br />
that required under the ASHRAE 90.1<br />
standard. Officials are also stiving for<br />
Leadership in Energy & Environmental<br />
Design (LEED) Gold certification for<br />
this facility.<br />
That passion has resulted in the<br />
largest geothermal heating/cooling system<br />
in Canada and the second largest in<br />
North America. Drilling was completed<br />
in November.<br />
The first university building opened<br />
in September. Three more buildings are<br />
scheduled to greet students next<br />
September.<br />
The well field<br />
The central plant provides heating and<br />
cooling for the facility largely through<br />
the geothermal Borehole Thermal<br />
Energy System. (BTES).<br />
Bruce Bunker: “We have a passion for high energy efficiency systems.”<br />
Construction takes place down below.<br />
Ken Bright displays one of the chiller plants with its seven compact 90-ton centrifugal<br />
compressors. (These Turbocor units will be on display at <strong>CMX</strong> in Toronto.)<br />
The 128 by 64 metre geothermal well<br />
field consists of 362 wells – 12 or 14 per<br />
manifold – drilled to a depth of 700 feet<br />
(213 metres). Wells are laid out on a<br />
nine-metre grid with 12 or 14 per<br />
manifold.<br />
The heat transfer fluid, a 15 per<br />
cent glycol/water mix, circulates<br />
through over 150 kilometres of fourinch<br />
polypropylene piping which was<br />
pressure tested to 300 psi. The piping<br />
can route as much as 7,000 kW of<br />
condensing water through the geothermal<br />
field.<br />
Heat is absorbed from the geothermal<br />
loop into the ground during the<br />
summer. In the winter, the heat pumps<br />
are reversed and heat is drawn from the<br />
ground to provide low temperature<br />
52°C (126°F) hydronic heating to most<br />
of the campus.<br />
The university may replace the glycol/water<br />
mix with Enviro-Kool, a high<br />
performance heat transfer fluid from<br />
Clearwater Inc., Houston, Tex., that will<br />
effectively increase the capacity of the<br />
system by 20-plus per cent and is environmentally<br />
safe, reported Ken Bright,<br />
CET, manager special projects, for<br />
UOIT.<br />
Supplemental (trim) heating will<br />
be provided by six 95 per cent-plus<br />
efficient Viessmann Vertomat 3.5 million<br />
Btuh condensing boilers.<br />
Wesmech extraction fans are mounted<br />
on top of the flues to assist in governing<br />
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enhancing efficiency. The Vertomats<br />
supply 82°C (180°F) heated<br />
water for vestibules, radiant panels<br />
and backup heat if required.<br />
High efficiency cooling<br />
There are two primary mechanical<br />
rooms in the central plant, the first<br />
houses the boiler system and geothermal<br />
pumps, the second is home to the<br />
chillers.<br />
Initial cooling estimates came in at<br />
4,400 tons, noted Bright. However,<br />
energy efficient building design combined<br />
with first-class equipment allowed<br />
engineers to reduce the cooling<br />
capacity by over 50 per cent to 2,000<br />
tons. That can be modulated down as<br />
low as five to nine tons, he added.<br />
Chilled water is supplied from two<br />
Multistack chillers, each having seven<br />
90-ton modules. There are two sets of<br />
geothermal heat pumps (also by Multistack)<br />
with seven 50-ton modules each.<br />
The chillers utilize Turbocor compressors,<br />
the first use of these super<br />
high efficiency units in Canada. Made<br />
in Montreal, these extremely compact<br />
centrifugal compressors use magnetic<br />
bearings and spin to over 40,000 rpm.<br />
(A detailed article appeared in the<br />
October/November, 2002 issue of<br />
P&<strong>HVAC</strong> and can be found in the<br />
Contractors Resource Centre at<br />
www.plumbingandhvac.com.)<br />
A series of plate-type heat exchangers<br />
with a 30 per cent glycol mixture protects<br />
the secondary side and, thus, the<br />
coils from freezing in winter. “This is<br />
the approach we take with all new<br />
buildings,” noted Bright. “Mechanical<br />
cooling is run year round in the new<br />
buildings,” he added.<br />
Perhaps surprisingly – this is<br />
Canada after all – the cooling load<br />
actually exceeds the heating load,<br />
noted Bunker.<br />
Heating and cooling is controlled<br />
based on scheduled demand and ambient<br />
outdoor reset.<br />
An underground service corridor<br />
rings the geothermal field and connects<br />
the central plant to individual mechanical<br />
rooms in each building.<br />
Central air handlers<br />
The general mechanical concept for the<br />
project consists of using central air handling<br />
units with outside air and a return<br />
air mixing plenum, reported Keen<br />
Engineering’s Mike Godawa, P. Eng.<br />
Piping and electrical conduit runs in<br />
mechanical corridors.<br />
Classroom buildings are equipped<br />
with an energy recovery wheel located<br />
just below the rooftop to preheat the<br />
outside air with heat recovered from<br />
exhaust air. In the case of laboratory<br />
buildings, where air contamination is a<br />
major concern, a run-around loop system<br />
is used to reclaim waste heat.<br />
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Cover Story<br />
The UOIT well field. Uncapped well heads show up as black dots. Four-inch piping runs from the wells into the mechanical corridors that circle the field.<br />
Scott Springfield (Calgary) air handlers<br />
up-feed a series of medium velocity<br />
duct risers on either side of the atria.<br />
The duct risers connect to variable air<br />
volume (VAV) terminal boxes, complete<br />
with reheat coils. The office buildings<br />
utilize VAV terminals to feed zoning<br />
options partitioned within a raised<br />
floor pressure cavity. Ventilation air is<br />
supplied from the raised floor through<br />
swirl-type floor diffusers.<br />
This adds complexity to the building<br />
design, but there’s a good reason for it.<br />
“Under floor air delivery promotes<br />
stratification, which reduces cooling<br />
loads while enhancing natural ventilation<br />
through buoyancy effects,”<br />
explained Godawa.<br />
Laboratory buildings also use VAV<br />
terminals, but are designed with overhead<br />
air distribution to minimize the<br />
risk of contamination associated with<br />
potential spillage of laboratory materials<br />
into the raised floor cavity.<br />
All air handlers feature four-inch<br />
thick insulated walls. Each contains<br />
heating and cooling coils along with an<br />
ultrasonic humidifier.<br />
Ultrasonic humidifiers turn water to<br />
a ‘dry’ mist through high frequency<br />
vibration. They have a couple of key<br />
advantages, noted Bright. They supply<br />
humidity instantly when turned on and<br />
“they use a fraction of the energy of gasfired<br />
humidifiers.”<br />
All air handlers are designed with<br />
Air handlers are built with efficiency and maintenance in mind.<br />
maintenance in mind. They are well<br />
lighted with wide doors and standing<br />
room for a 6'2" maintenance worker.<br />
There is a lifting railway to swing the<br />
motor out. Windows are at eye level.<br />
Coils are accessible on both sides for<br />
cleaning. The air handlers are spaced far<br />
enough apart that coils can be pulled<br />
straight out.<br />
The ventilation system is designed<br />
with operable windows that allow some<br />
level of natural ventilation and improve<br />
control of indoor air quality. Atriums in<br />
some buildings have been designed for<br />
a green or breathing wall – that’s right,<br />
with vegetation covering the wall – to<br />
enhance indoor air quality.<br />
Designed for efficiency<br />
At UOIT, the mechanical system is only<br />
part of the equation. Heating and cooling<br />
loads are minimized through energy<br />
efficient building design.<br />
Walls are R-20. A green roof covers a<br />
portion of each R-30 roof. Storm water<br />
is retained on the roof(s) through the<br />
natural retention of grass and soil. The<br />
surplus runs off into an underground<br />
storage cistern and is used for irrigation.<br />
As well, each building has been<br />
designed with a second plumbing system,<br />
independent of the potable water<br />
system, so that storm water can be used<br />
for flushing sewage if necessary.<br />
Windows, by Sunlite Insulating Glass<br />
Manufacturing (Mississauga, Ont.), are<br />
high efficiency R-9 with thermally broken<br />
frames and no thermal bridging.<br />
They incorporate HM-TC88 film and<br />
are gas filled with krypton. This allowed<br />
a significant savings in capital cost for<br />
the perimeter heating system.<br />
The payback<br />
The high efficiency <strong>HVAC</strong> equipment<br />
and geothermal well field at UOIT were<br />
an expensive option. The biggest drawback<br />
was the higher capital cost.<br />
However, engineers have calculated<br />
an energy savings of 40 per cent per year<br />
in the heating mode and 16 per cent in<br />
the cooling mode. The use of ground<br />
source heating allowed a considerable<br />
reduction in boiler plant capital cost.<br />
The geothermal system has fewer moving<br />
parts than a conventional cooling<br />
tower system and therefore requires less<br />
maintenance.<br />
As well, there will be a reduction in<br />
potable water and chemical use of six<br />
million U.S. gallons per year.<br />
Compared to a conventional heating/cooling<br />
system, the payback on the<br />
high efficiency <strong>HVAC</strong> equipment will<br />
be three to five years and the payback<br />
on the well field is estimated at seven<br />
and a half years.<br />
Increasing energy costs will make the<br />
long-term savings to the university<br />
substantial, reported Bright. This is<br />
what sold university officials on the<br />
project.<br />
High efficiency condensing boilers provide trim heat.<br />
Air handlers are equipped with ultrasonic<br />
humidifiers.<br />
The team<br />
The architect for the new University<br />
of Ontario Institute of Technology is<br />
Diamond & Schmitt Architects Inc.<br />
Keen Engineering Co. Ltd. of<br />
Toronto was selected to do master<br />
planning along with the design of the<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong>, plumbing, fire protection<br />
and automation systems for the eight<br />
academic buildings and central<br />
plant. Beatty & Associates, Toronto,<br />
designed the geothermal field. In<br />
early November, SDS Drilling Co. of<br />
Calgary finished digging the geothermal<br />
well field. Ground Heat Systems<br />
of Toronto installed the geothermal<br />
piping.<br />
Mechanical contractors involved<br />
in the project to date are Comstock<br />
Canada, Mississauga, Ont., (Building<br />
1), Urban Mechanical, Toronto<br />
(Buildings 2 and 3), and George A.<br />
Kelson & Co., Newmarket, Ont.<br />
(Building 6). The general contractor<br />
is Ellis Don Corp.<br />
The controls contractor is Jet<br />
Electric of Ajax, Ont. utilizing<br />
Siemens controls.<br />
(Editor’s note: This is not a comprehensive<br />
list. Only the companies<br />
that were involved in the mechanical<br />
aspect of this project are named.)<br />
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Drain Tech<br />
Smooth jetting<br />
Water jet drain<br />
machines for<br />
difficult jobs<br />
By Warren Law<br />
Manual or<br />
power driven<br />
cable drain<br />
cleaners are used to<br />
unblock the greatest<br />
majority of problem<br />
drains. However,<br />
they are not the<br />
most efficient in<br />
certain situations.<br />
High water pressure drain machines are<br />
designed for specific applications.<br />
Jetting machines are the most efficient<br />
when used for blockages of grease,<br />
soap, slime, sand and ice. Yes, ice.<br />
Typical applications include restaurants,<br />
fast-food outlets, and food processing<br />
plants. Restaurants are particularly<br />
good prospects because downtime<br />
is lost revenue. Grease buildup is<br />
also a health hazard and could result in<br />
a mandated closing by health inspectors.<br />
Other common applications include<br />
service garages, underground parking<br />
garages and removing sand from<br />
excavations or drains in beach areas.<br />
A drain cable will pierce through the<br />
grease blockage but will only do a partial<br />
job. The cable is not able to efficiently<br />
clean the entire inside of the<br />
drain due to the nature of the snake.<br />
When the cable is withdrawn the hole<br />
will eventually close up again, repeating<br />
the blockage. While this ensures that the<br />
plumber will be called back sooner<br />
rather than later, it is not serving the<br />
customer.<br />
A jetter uses a different principal to<br />
clear drains. A cable machine rotates the<br />
cable while advancing it. The attached<br />
cutting head works away at the blockage.<br />
A jetter hose does not rotate. Water<br />
pressure is variable to allow for refined<br />
control of the hose.<br />
Typically, the action of the nozzle<br />
occurs at the rear of the nozzle, except<br />
for one specifically designed nozzle. The<br />
nozzles have a series of holes of differing<br />
angles that push the blocking material<br />
towards the rear, instead of pushing<br />
it forward.<br />
The one exception is the nozzle with<br />
a forward hole. This is designed to<br />
pierce a hole in the blockage to let<br />
excess water pass through. It is also<br />
extremely practical for cutting into<br />
frozen drains.<br />
While a cable machine cleans when<br />
the cable advances, a jetter does exactly<br />
the opposite. The hose is pushed down<br />
the drain as far as possible then pulled<br />
back a few feet at a time. During this<br />
pull-back the rear-jet nozzles clean the<br />
drain, then it is advanced again and<br />
pulled back again.<br />
Randy Woodruff, left, and Troy Biard of Braywood Mechanical Services, Newmarket, Ont., bleed air from the water jet hose<br />
prior to beginning work. The gas powered machine will remain outdoors.<br />
Excess water<br />
An inherent problem with jetters is the<br />
excess water being introduced into the<br />
drain during the unblocking process. All<br />
manufacturers’ machines on the market,<br />
except one, are similar. The one exception<br />
has a pump mounted on the unit.<br />
However, the problem is really not as<br />
serious as it sounds. In some cases the<br />
surroundings are already flooded due to<br />
the blocked drain. A little more water is<br />
not a big problem.<br />
A shop vacuum or other sort of<br />
pump can be used to collect the excess<br />
water being pushed back towards the<br />
drain entry until the drain is beginning<br />
to be unblocked, letting the water flow<br />
forward. In any case, the most common<br />
electric powered jetters use 1.7 gallons<br />
per minute of flow. A good length of<br />
drain can be unblocked in a short time.<br />
Heated water<br />
Most jetters are designed to use water<br />
heated to 140°F or, in other words, the<br />
normally heated water temperature of a<br />
household. Hotter water may damage<br />
the pump cylinders and rings. However,<br />
most jetters have an integrated thermal<br />
relief valve for protection. If hot water is<br />
used, or if the motor is left running but<br />
the water is not circulating, it will<br />
release water from the pump. This action<br />
allows cold water to enter the<br />
pump, therefore preventing any possible<br />
damage. This is a good thing, but<br />
requires attention on the job because it<br />
releases onto the floor if you do not put<br />
a bucket under it.<br />
Jetters also have a vibration action<br />
built-in. Jet hoses will advance slowly by<br />
themselves with the pushing action of<br />
the rear-jetted water. But they do not<br />
advance automatically. Because of this<br />
and the weight of the hose and water<br />
inside, plus the friction of the hose<br />
material, a lot of resistance occurs<br />
inside the drain.<br />
A rough material drain, such as cast<br />
iron, can be especially resistant. The<br />
vibration action takes the weight of the<br />
hose off the bottom surface of the drain<br />
because it is vibrating in the air half the<br />
time. Try advancing or retrieving a hose<br />
with the vibration activated. Then try it<br />
with the vibration off just to see the difference.<br />
So far we have spoken mainly about<br />
electric jetters. Almost all electric jetters<br />
from any one manufacturer are identical<br />
in that they produce about 1,500 psi,<br />
1.7 gpm and use 1 1/2 hp motors. Some<br />
use triplex pumps.<br />
Cleaning the jet nozzle is another critical<br />
first step. Latex gloves are durable<br />
and disposable.<br />
The differences in these machines are<br />
simply in the way they are put together.<br />
You can purchase models without<br />
accessory holders, with or without<br />
wheels or models where the hose reel is<br />
above the motor/pump or below it.<br />
Price differences are accounted for by<br />
the length, diameter of hoses and selection<br />
of nozzles. But the basic machine is<br />
interchangeable.<br />
Gas powered jetters<br />
Larger jetters are powered by gasoline<br />
engines. Here there is more variety<br />
because models can vary in pressure,<br />
engine power, gpm, etc. The efficiency<br />
of a unit is the result of the combination<br />
of all three. A 16 hp, 3,000 psi/5.5 gpm<br />
machine is much more efficient that an<br />
11 hp, 2,000 psi/three gpm unit.<br />
Current regulations do not allow the<br />
use of a gas engine inside a building, so<br />
gas powered jetters are mostly restricted<br />
to outside use. Some models can be<br />
operated inside with the use of a hose<br />
chariot incorporating controls on the<br />
handle. The gas unit is outside but the<br />
operation is inside. These units<br />
absolutely require two men to operate<br />
for obvious safety reasons.<br />
Small trailer-mounted units come<br />
with a 200-gallon water-holding tank.<br />
An example is one that uses a 24 hp<br />
engine with electric start. This powers a<br />
2,500 psi, 12 gpm pump through a twoto-one<br />
V-belt reducer.<br />
Use the right nozzle<br />
The nozzle is a key element in determining<br />
how well a jetter works. Among<br />
some drain technicians, the impression<br />
is that a nozzle is a nozzle. But they do<br />
differ.<br />
Each machine comes with an assortment<br />
of nozzles. Each nozzle is designed<br />
for a particular machine. And within<br />
that one machine, each nozzle is designed<br />
for each size of hose being used and<br />
for the type of blockage as well as the<br />
diameter of the blocked drain.<br />
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Drain Tech<br />
There are specialty nozzles that<br />
rotate. These are usually used after the<br />
blockage is cleared because they are<br />
passed through to assure that the entire<br />
inside of the drain is cleaned.<br />
Nozzles do wear out. The harder the<br />
nozzle material the more resistant it is<br />
to wearing. Soft brass nozzles will wear<br />
out quicker. Harder alloys will last<br />
longer. They can be replaced as a kit or<br />
individually.<br />
The holes in the nozzle are very<br />
important to the efficiency of the unit.<br />
For each 100’ of hose length there is a<br />
loss of 100 lbs. pressure. Pressure loss<br />
can occur if at least one of the holes is<br />
blocked. Most units come with nozzle<br />
cleaning tools. Pressure can decrease if<br />
the nozzle hole has widened through<br />
usage. It does not take much, but when<br />
it happens it is time to replace it. Clean<br />
the nozzles regularly, maybe even during<br />
the cleaning operation, because<br />
even a grain of dirt can block these tiny<br />
holes.<br />
Nozzles have holes with different<br />
angles. This is simply to allow for use in<br />
Water jet hose is protected by sleeves<br />
where it goes around corners, through<br />
doors, etc.<br />
smaller or larger diameter drains.<br />
A 15-degree angle is for 1 1/4" to 2"<br />
drains, a 30-degree is for 3" to 4" and a<br />
40-degree for 4" to 10". Jetter hoses also<br />
In the service corridor of a busy shopping<br />
mall, Woodruff feeds the jetter<br />
hose into the drain while in continuous<br />
contact with Biard who is feeding<br />
hose from above while keeping an eye<br />
on the machine.<br />
come in different sizes, most sized by<br />
I.D. A 1/8" hose is for 1 1/4" to 2" drains,<br />
a 1/4" for 3" to 4" and a 3/8" is for 4" to<br />
10" or even 12" drains. But remember to<br />
get the right nozzle for the machine and<br />
hose. A nozzle designed for an electric<br />
jetter 3/8" I.D. hose will not work on a<br />
gas powered 3/8" I.D. hose, or vice<br />
versa.<br />
Hose sizes range from 1/8" I.D. to<br />
3/8" I.D. in lengths from 30’ to 300’.<br />
Most units also come with a 10’ or<br />
20’ hose attached to a spray wand.<br />
This wand may have one or two fixed<br />
nozzles.<br />
The spray wand can be used for<br />
cleaning pretty well anything: cars, gutters,<br />
sidewalks, driveways, pool aprons,<br />
garden furniture, aluminum siding and<br />
so on.<br />
Of course, safety is always a priority.<br />
Some safety rules are:<br />
On the job<br />
It’s early February and journeyman plumber Randy Woodruff and apprentice<br />
Troy Liard are busy cleaning drains at one of Southern Ontario’s<br />
largest shopping malls.<br />
Their employer, Braywood Mechanical Services Inc. of Newmarket, Ont.<br />
is a full-service plumbing and drain service company that offers high<br />
pressure drain cleaning in lines to 48" diameter, closed circuit digital<br />
television drain inspection, pipe and septic tank locating, etc. primarily to<br />
commercial and industrial customers.<br />
Needless to say, company employees have developed some tricks and<br />
techniques. Here are just a few:<br />
■ Disposable latex gloves work well and can be thrown away at the end<br />
of the day. Liard notes that it is almost impossible to get the smell out of<br />
conventional rubber or work gloves after a few uses.<br />
■ Different colors of tape are applied to the water jet hose at certain<br />
intervals so that employees know how far the hose has penetrated the drain<br />
system.<br />
■ Woodruff doesn’t turn on the vibration until the hose meets a blockage,<br />
or an elbow that it has difficulty getting through.<br />
■ The crew feeds the line a few feet, pulls back, and then feeds a few<br />
more feet for a thorough cleaning. “The quality of the cleaning occurs in<br />
direct relationship to the speed at which you do it,” notes Woodruff.<br />
In this job, the customer doesn’t require a video record. However, once<br />
the cleaning – done every six months on a service contract – is<br />
completed, the Braywood Mechanical crew runs a camera through the<br />
drains to ensure that everything is in good order and for their own records,<br />
noted Woodruff. “We are responsible for it.”<br />
A thorough job done by employees who care is key in maintaining the<br />
contractor’s customer base.<br />
■ Use caution when working with<br />
high pressure water jets.<br />
■ Do not point water spray at anyone.<br />
■ Do not put your hand in front of<br />
water spray.<br />
■ Wear safety goggles and rubber<br />
gloves.<br />
■ Be familiar with operating instructions.<br />
■ Keep all pressure lines, hoses and<br />
fittings in good condition.<br />
■ Tighten or repair immediately if<br />
leaks occur.<br />
Using a water jet machine is not difficult.<br />
But there are a few things to keep<br />
in mind: Choose the right machine for<br />
the job. Choose the right size hose for<br />
the majority of your work. Choose the<br />
right nozzle for the diameter of drain<br />
and the type of blockage. Keep the<br />
nozzles clean.<br />
And finally, THINK SAFETY, WORK<br />
SAFELY!<br />
Warren Law is a semi-retired manufacturer’s<br />
agent. He can be reached at<br />
law.w@sympatico.ca.<br />
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The Kamco Copper Stopper is ideal<br />
for gas installations. This custom termination<br />
flange transitions the copper<br />
tube back to standard pipe, reducing<br />
the amount of Gas-Tec tubing required<br />
for a job and protecting the line from<br />
damage. It also leaves a clean and professional<br />
finish. See it at booth 819 at<br />
<strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Kamco Products Circle no. 302<br />
Industrial gas ignitor<br />
Three new models of gas ignitors provide<br />
constant duty and draws only 1/2<br />
amp for great energy efficiency. This<br />
meets or exceeds requirements for<br />
EMI/RFI conditions.<br />
This<br />
unit operates<br />
on 120 volts<br />
and 50/60 Hz.<br />
There is a<br />
choice of three<br />
connections:<br />
mounting tabs<br />
with primary plug set or traditional<br />
bottom exit or a primary wire plug, all<br />
with pigtails. See them at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Allanson Environmental Circle no. 303<br />
Straight gas fitting<br />
The Gastite XR Series straight fitting for<br />
corrugated stainless steel gas piping systems<br />
is engineered to prevent corrosion<br />
in such connections with its patented<br />
Radiant for residential garages or light<br />
industrial use is now CSA approved for<br />
roof venting and for outdoor use. Series<br />
RE is available in 30,000 and 45,000<br />
BTU/hr, natural gas or LPG, pre-assembled<br />
construction provides simplified<br />
installation. See it at <strong>CMX</strong> Booth #1441.<br />
Superior Radiant Circle no. 305<br />
Baseboard heaters<br />
The Cozy model direct-vent gas-fired<br />
baseboard heaters come in 5,000 Btu/hr<br />
(4-ft.) and 10,000 Btu/hr (6-ft.) sizes.<br />
These high efficiency models need a<br />
vent opening of 2 or 2-1/2 inches.<br />
Controls operate on 24 volts. Three<br />
baseboards can be controlled from thermostat.<br />
See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Ontor Ltd. Circle no. 306<br />
Tee vent connector<br />
Connecting the horizontal base<br />
ClipSnoutTEE is dead simple. The<br />
heating tech<br />
simply slides in<br />
the vent pipe,<br />
spins and locks<br />
and its done.<br />
There are 14,<br />
24 or 36-inch<br />
long snouts<br />
available. Private<br />
labelling is also available. See it at<br />
<strong>CMX</strong> Booth 2526-27 with other vent<br />
and chimney accessories.<br />
Trans Continental Equip. Circle no. 307<br />
Oil-fired stove<br />
Boreal and Mistral oil-fired stoves by<br />
Drolet/Godin are designed for areas of<br />
400 to 1,700-sq. ft. Features include a<br />
top cooking<br />
area, oil starter,<br />
anti-soot operation,<br />
vacuum<br />
pump, wall<br />
thermostat<br />
control kit, cast<br />
iron door with<br />
borosilicate<br />
glass and blue flame burner. This units<br />
put out maximum outputs of 22,600<br />
and 26,000 Btuh at an efficiency of 76%<br />
and 72%. See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Stove Builder Int. Circle no. 308<br />
Hanging solutions<br />
The DynaTite CL23 cable lock and wire<br />
rope system is designed for hanging<br />
duct and <strong>HVAC</strong> equipment. It reduces<br />
installation<br />
time compared<br />
to<br />
threaded<br />
rod. Hangers<br />
can be<br />
positioned<br />
either vertically or at an angle. Oneeighth<br />
inch galvanized wire rope supports<br />
up to 250-lbs. while 3/16-in. can<br />
handle up to 600 lbs. The rope adjusts<br />
in either direction. A cable cutter available.<br />
See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Duro Dyne Corp. Circle no. 309<br />
Oil safety systems<br />
Oventrop offers a full line of safety<br />
equipment for heating oil systems,<br />
including clear plastic filters (UL<br />
approved) with an integrated safety<br />
valve, anti-siphon valves and floating<br />
suctions for those problem tanks.<br />
See the line at <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong> in<br />
Toronto.<br />
Mark 1 Engineering Circle no. 311<br />
Oil leak detection<br />
Oil Yeller will protect up to 909-litre<br />
capacity fuel oil storage tank systems<br />
against leaks by quickly detecting any<br />
oil leaks from the entire oil storage system<br />
and sounding the alarm. Models<br />
are available for new or retrofit installations.<br />
See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Mark 1 Engineering Circle no. 312<br />
A full range of infrared space heating equipment<br />
Model RE (for workshops, residential garages)<br />
• rates from 30 and 45 MBTUH<br />
• balanced flue construction<br />
• 85% thermal efficiency<br />
• fully assembled for installation ease<br />
Product Profile<br />
New control reduces<br />
energy consumption<br />
The manufacturer of a line of new<br />
controls claims energy consumption<br />
savings of 10 to 30 per cent on heating,<br />
cooling and refrigeration systems.<br />
The Heat Manager is an energy-saving<br />
fuel economizer. It is one of eight<br />
new controls by Intellidyne. Developed<br />
and manufactured by Intellidyne LLC<br />
of Glen Cove, N.Y., the IntelliCon-HW<br />
The Heat Manager control offers<br />
will be marketed in North America<br />
energy savings through more precise<br />
control of existing equipment.<br />
exclusively by R.W. Beckett Corp.,<br />
North Ridgeville, Ohio, but under the<br />
Heat Manager private brand label.<br />
This economizer monitors and analyzes the load on heating (or cooling)<br />
systems in real time. It then modifies the way that the system is controlled<br />
or cycled to produce measurable reductions in energy consumption, more<br />
consistent comfort levels and more efficient use of the overall system. The<br />
more precise control also alleviates wear and tear on equipment and<br />
improves the environmental efficiency of the system.<br />
The unit has been tested by an independent laboratory and in a real-time<br />
market application, both of which verified the energy savings claims, reports<br />
the manufacturer. Intellidyne products are UL listed in the U.S. and Canada<br />
and have been tested by Brookhaven National Laboratories, ETL/Inchcape,<br />
and major utility companies.<br />
Along with the Heat Manager, Beckett recently introduced two new low<br />
Nox/clean combustion oil burners, the NX and NXLE models.<br />
R. W. Beckett Canada Circle no. 310<br />
Model UA (workhorse of the line up)<br />
• rates from 40 to 220 MBTUH<br />
• jet stream burner design maximizes<br />
radiant output<br />
• deep dish reflectors are 100% efficient<br />
• warranty: 3 yr. on parts, 5 yr. on heat exchanger.<br />
Jacket Lock fitting which eliminates any<br />
exposed CSST beyond the nut in a connection<br />
and includes an adapter, nut<br />
and bushing, in seven sizes from 3/8 to<br />
2 inches.<br />
Gastite Div., Titeflex Corp. Circle no. 304<br />
CSA approved garage heater<br />
The Series RE heater from Superior<br />
Model Premier VS (engineered performance)<br />
• a vacuum operated burner-in-series system that is<br />
engineered for the customer’s specific requirements<br />
• burner rates 60 to 250 MBTUH<br />
with multiple branch capability<br />
• system outputs to one million BTUH<br />
• state of the art electronic control panel<br />
SUPERIOR RADIANT PRODUCTS<br />
23 - 428 Millen Road, Stoney Creek, Ontario L8E 3N9<br />
Phone: (905) 664-8274 • Toll Free: 1-800-527-HEAT (4328) • Fax: (905) 664-8846<br />
www.superiorradiant.com sales@superiorradiant.com<br />
Model UX (more features, more<br />
performance)<br />
• fully enclosed construction<br />
• operating status lights<br />
• standard 24v thermostat<br />
• post purge function<br />
• 10 yr. heat exchanger<br />
warranty option<br />
Circle Number 118 for More Information<br />
www.plumbingandhvac.ca March/April <strong>2004</strong> – <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News 19
Hot Water Heating<br />
The perfect way to heat<br />
a garage or workshop<br />
By Roy Collver<br />
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HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT SOURCE<br />
INJECTION MIXING PUMP<br />
RADIANT FLOOR - STAGE ONE HEAT<br />
HYDRONIC UNIT HEATER - STAGE TWO HEAT<br />
UNIT HEATER ZONE VALVE<br />
Experience is a<br />
great teacher. I<br />
have listened to<br />
many complaints<br />
over the years from<br />
people who wanted<br />
the ultimate in hydronic<br />
luxury and<br />
paid a big price to get it – only to be disappointed<br />
by the end result. I’m not<br />
talking about hydronic towel warmers,<br />
radiant bathroom warm floors or great<br />
room panel rads – I’m talking about<br />
something far more important – the<br />
heated garage/workshop. (Now you’re<br />
talking! – ed)<br />
You can tweak the interest of many<br />
consumers with granite counter tops,<br />
hot tubs, theater rooms and other such<br />
trivial luxuries for their new house, but<br />
one of the most appealing upgrades you<br />
can offer is a heated garage where they<br />
can keep not only their precious classic<br />
car, but keep themselves comfortable<br />
while they pursue their favorite hobby.<br />
The decision to heat a garage is a logical<br />
one when you have already decided<br />
to put in hydronic heating. The addition<br />
really adds minimal cost to the<br />
heating system and is easily done. The<br />
trick is to do it properly and avoid some<br />
of the most common mistakes I have<br />
seen over the years:<br />
Common complaint No. 1: Water<br />
collects on the floor and the air<br />
becomes laden with humidity.<br />
This year, we have had a pretty ugly<br />
winter all across this fine land. In years<br />
like this the complaints are numerous as<br />
people bring their snow encrusted cars<br />
cost of fuel these days, it is common to<br />
set the temperature in the garage down<br />
low (usually 5°C to 10°C), and turn it<br />
up to a more comfortable temperature<br />
only when it is being used. There are<br />
two very important design details that<br />
can make this type of operation work<br />
very well with a radiant slab-on-grade<br />
heating system.<br />
First of all, make sure the slab is insulated<br />
beneath the concrete so you aren’t<br />
sending all of your heat straight down<br />
to China. There is some controversy<br />
over the benefits of insulating under a<br />
slab where dry soil conditions exist,<br />
with some people claiming that once<br />
such a slab is up to temperature, the<br />
underlying soil acts as a big heat sink<br />
and stabilizes the temperature of the<br />
floor. These people may have a point<br />
with some specific slab heating applications,<br />
but not in buildings that are subject<br />
to rapidly fluctuating outdoor temperatures<br />
or systems where setback is<br />
regularly used.<br />
So definitely insulate, but even when<br />
you do, it can take quite a while for a<br />
garage to heat up even a few degrees<br />
and you run the risk of overheating the<br />
space. Temperature swings occur because<br />
there is always a lag between the<br />
time a thermostat is satisfied with the<br />
air temperature and the time the floor<br />
stops pumping heat into the room. A<br />
concrete slab is still a pretty big heat<br />
sink, even if it is properly insulated –<br />
which brings us to our second detail.<br />
Use a two-stage thermostat to operate<br />
a high output, low-mass heating unit to<br />
boost your air temperature in conjunction<br />
with your radiant slab. Some examples<br />
are: Fan coil type heaters (such as<br />
hydronic unit heaters, forced-flow heaters<br />
or air handlers), fin-tube convectors<br />
with lots of element, or panel radiators<br />
with lots of surface area. Each specific<br />
application will favour a different type of<br />
‘booster’ heat terminal unit.<br />
Some suspended unit heaters are no<br />
bigger than a breadbox, but put out<br />
many thousands of Btus and can bring a<br />
large garage up through 10°C in a matter<br />
of minutes. However, you would not<br />
want to use such a heater in a garage that<br />
also doubled as a woodworking shop,<br />
due to the fire hazard with sawdust.<br />
Panel radiators might be a better<br />
choice (no air blowing around and no<br />
coils to fill up with dust). Keep in mind<br />
that you may have two different water<br />
temperature requirements for this<br />
approach, mixed water for the slab, and<br />
high temperature water for the low<br />
mass heater. If you design the low mass<br />
heater for lower water temperatures you<br />
might get away with using a single<br />
mixed water temperature for both.<br />
into their nicely heated garages and<br />
watch helplessly as the snow and frozen<br />
mud plops off onto the floor and forms<br />
a rapidly expanding pool that soaks into<br />
the drywall, rusts any metal object on<br />
the floor (like that brand new table saw)<br />
and freezes the overhead door shut.<br />
When the water does evaporate, it<br />
fills the air with humidity which<br />
streams down and frosts over the windows<br />
and creates a clammy, mold-inducing<br />
atmosphere sure to cause no end<br />
of trouble down the road.<br />
A few simple design details can help<br />
you avoid all of this grief and give your<br />
customer the system they thought they<br />
were going to get when they hired you.<br />
First of all, put in a floor drain and<br />
properly slope the garage floor towards it<br />
so that excess moisture can drain away.<br />
Make sure you use a good quality drain<br />
that can be cleaned easily of all of the<br />
sand, gravel and other flotsam and jetsam<br />
that is brought in by your average car.<br />
Second, install a good exhaust fan (I<br />
have seen some people go as far as to<br />
put in an HRV) and operate it with a<br />
de-humidistat so you can chase that<br />
moist air outside. These two details are<br />
hugely important and, in my opinion,<br />
are an absolute necessity in order to<br />
make a cozy, clean work environment.<br />
Common complaint No. 2: Many<br />
garages in newer homes use a radiant<br />
slab as the heat source. This is a particularly<br />
elegant way to heat such a space,<br />
since it will help with problem No. 1<br />
(above) by speeding the evaporation of<br />
excess water on the floor, as well as providing<br />
a quiet and extremely comfort-<br />
Real life operation<br />
This may all seem a little extravagant<br />
for a mere garage, but let’s look at how<br />
this perfect garage system works in<br />
real life:<br />
You pull into your driveway after a<br />
hard day and you are looking forward to a<br />
good dinner and a couple of quiet hours<br />
to yourself afterwards: restoring your latest<br />
baby – a vintage Norton Commando<br />
able working space.<br />
you picked up last summer. (Sounds like<br />
1 WARM WATER HEAT SOURCE<br />
2 RADIANT FLOOR - STAGE ONE HEAT<br />
The problem is that it<br />
pure Heaven, but the wife might have<br />
3<br />
3 HYDRONIC UNIT HEATER - STAGE TWO HEAT<br />
takes too long to<br />
something to say about it! – ed)<br />
4 UNIT HEATER ZONE VALVE<br />
bring the garage up to<br />
You pop the garage door and the air<br />
4<br />
a comfortable working<br />
temperature from<br />
drops from plus 10°C to minus 10°C as<br />
temperature in your garage immediately<br />
M<br />
setback.<br />
it fills with cold outside air. Your twostage<br />
thermostat reacts immediately and<br />
1<br />
2<br />
Most homeowners<br />
only use their<br />
brings both your radiant slab and your<br />
garage/workshop on<br />
18,000 Btuh unit heater on full blast.<br />
- TWO STAGE GARAGE/WORKSHOP HEATING WITH A WARM WATER HEAT SOURCE (CONDENSING BOILER,<br />
HEAT PUMP, ELECTRIC BOILER, ETC.) - THE BOILER SUPPLIES WARM WATER TO BOTH THE RADIANT FLOOR<br />
SLAB AND THE UNIT HEATER AND THIS STARTS TO GET QUITE TRICKY -<br />
weekends or after<br />
After the door closes, the room immediately<br />
starts to warm up. You crank<br />
THE UNIT HEATER MUST BE OVER-SIZED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT HEAT AT THE LOWER WATER<br />
TEMPERATURES TYPICAL OF A RADIANT SLAB HEATING SYSTEM AND IN ADDITION, THE WATER TEMPERATURE work, and then for<br />
TO THE SLAB MAY HAVE TO BE ELEVATED MORE THAN NORMAL TO MAKE THE UNIT HEATER EFFECTIVE<br />
only a few hours at a<br />
the thermostat up to 20°C as you go into<br />
On the other hand, this system works well too.<br />
time. With the rising<br />
the house for dinner. All of the snow and<br />
slush drops off of the underside of your<br />
car and quickly melts on the warm floor.<br />
The water runs down the floor drain or<br />
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the moisture to the outside.<br />
By the time you’ve had dinner and<br />
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watched the evening news, the garage is<br />
up to 20°C, the floor is dry and the unit<br />
Bolt-on Extensions available in two<br />
configurations for flexibility<br />
heater has kicked off leaving the radiant<br />
floor to quietly and gently warm the<br />
room. You go out into your warm garage<br />
and start stripping down the motor-<br />
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up the dishes. (Yikes!)<br />
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Circle Number 119 for More Information<br />
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- TWO STAGE GARAGE/WORKSHOP HEATING WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT SOURCE -<br />
THE MIXING SYSTEM SUPPLIES WARM WATER TO THE RADIANT FLOOR SLAB AND THE UNIT HEATER<br />
IS SUPPLIED WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE WATER DIRECTLY FROM THE BOILER LOOP<br />
There are many ways to pipe garage heating. This is one good way, says Roy.<br />
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Instant hot water<br />
The Pronto RTG-42PV on-demand gasfired<br />
tankless water heater delivers up to<br />
4.2-gal. of 100 to 140°F hot<br />
water/minute at a 45°F rise with a<br />
Btu/hr range of<br />
31,500 to 118,000.<br />
This self-modulating<br />
unit weighs 35-<br />
lbs., measures 22-<br />
1/4 x 13-3/4 x 5-<br />
1/8 inches and has<br />
an energy factor of<br />
.81. See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
The whole-housecommercial<br />
RTG-7<br />
debuts this summer.<br />
Rheem Canada Circle no. 313<br />
Condensing oil boiler<br />
See the Monitor FCX condensing oilfired<br />
boiler at <strong>CMX</strong>. This unit features a<br />
steel primary non-condensing heat<br />
exchanger coupled<br />
to a condensing<br />
stainless steel secondary<br />
heat exchanger,<br />
a built-in<br />
three-way mixing<br />
valve, dual-temperature<br />
circuit capability<br />
and is rated<br />
at 76,100 Btuh output at 95% efficiency.<br />
Enairco Circle no. 314<br />
Tankless water heater<br />
The Takagi’s T-KJr, a compact 30 lb.<br />
wall-mounted on-demand DHW<br />
heater, provides 19,500 to 140,000<br />
Btu/hr. of continuous<br />
hot water at<br />
output temperatures<br />
up to 182˚F.<br />
Approved by<br />
CSA for DHW<br />
and combination<br />
systems, the wallmounted<br />
T-KJr<br />
features an 83%<br />
efficiency rating,<br />
no stand-by heat loss, no pilot light, and<br />
savings up to 45% of total hot water<br />
heating costs. See the full line of Takagi<br />
solutions at the <strong>CMX</strong> show.<br />
Takagi Circle no. 315<br />
Four-pass boiler<br />
The 4S four-pass wetback scotch boiler<br />
for low and high pressure steam features<br />
positive water flow circulation and<br />
maximum heat transfer from waterbacked<br />
surfaces, high volumes for low<br />
volumetric release rates, innovative<br />
high tech rear access door with lightweight<br />
vacuum formed insulation.<br />
Burnham Commercial Circle no. 316<br />
Steam trap monitor<br />
SteamEye is a wireless steam trap monitoring<br />
system using FM radio waves to<br />
monitor critical steam systems. It saves<br />
energy by instantly identifying leaking<br />
and failed steam traps. It is compatible<br />
with building automation-energy management<br />
systems. Provides measurable<br />
reductions in energy and maintenance<br />
costs, product loss and improves profit<br />
and safety. See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Preston Phipps Circle no. 317<br />
Electronic descaler<br />
The LiquiPlus electronic water descaler<br />
conditions hard water to prevent and<br />
remove scale deposits as an alternative<br />
to salt, harsh chemicals or on-going<br />
maintenance. Its advanced technology<br />
is based on proven heavy-duty industrial<br />
applications. Equipment-specific<br />
units and models are available for residences,<br />
agriculture, and industry come<br />
with 180-day performance guarantee<br />
and five-year warranty.<br />
LiquiPlus Solutions Circle no. 318<br />
Steam heat exchanger<br />
EasiHeat steam heat exchanger modules<br />
are designed for process, domestic<br />
and hydronic water heating applications.<br />
These modular packages also<br />
include all control instrumentation<br />
necessary to control heat transfer and<br />
condensate removal, and are available<br />
in both standard and custom configurations.<br />
See them at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Spirax Sarco Circle no. 319<br />
Steam trap kits<br />
Eight Edison<br />
steam trap repair<br />
kits feature a<br />
factory-calibrated<br />
and live<br />
steam-tested<br />
thermostatic element<br />
with stainless<br />
steel valve,<br />
seat and body.<br />
Attach the designated<br />
colour-coded spring to the correct<br />
size element and the cage unit is ready<br />
to install. Kits are also available for thermostatic<br />
air vent and F&T traps. See<br />
them at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Keystone Steam Supplies Circle no. 320<br />
RFH insulation<br />
Reflecto-Foil is a high-performance<br />
reflective insulation that helps radiate<br />
the energy in the slab, is installed over<br />
sand or concrete, aluminum side down,<br />
has a 60 psi crushing resistance. Adding<br />
one-inch of sand over the foil allows for<br />
water drainage from the concrete during<br />
curing.<br />
Kovacs Enterprises Ltd. Circle no. 321<br />
Zoning aid<br />
The Hydrolink by Caleffi is a new device<br />
combining a hydronic separator and<br />
distribution manifold, to be used in<br />
heating and air conditioning systems to<br />
allow different heat adjustments of the<br />
various rooms when there is only one<br />
boiler or chiller. The various configurations<br />
are compact and can be easily fitted<br />
in any kind of hydronic circuit, with<br />
the advantages of ease of installation<br />
and a saving of useful living space.<br />
Gas Solutions Inc. Circle no. 322<br />
Oil-fired condensing boiler<br />
the only small fired condensing boiler<br />
available in North America<br />
Many advantages<br />
to work with the FCX<br />
- Fully condensing<br />
- Direct vented or chimney venting<br />
- Sealed combustion<br />
- Silent<br />
- Dual-temperature circuit capability<br />
- Clean and nicely finished<br />
Dealers wanted, contact us<br />
www.enairco.com<br />
MONITOR FCX<br />
Features<br />
- Steel primary, non-condensing heat<br />
exchanger coupled with a condensing<br />
stainless secondary heat exchanger<br />
- Burner with pre-heat<br />
- Completely assembled with the<br />
expansion tank, pump, safety pressure<br />
valve, three-way mixing valve, etc.<br />
- Residentials applications<br />
Toll Free :<br />
(800) 463-8019<br />
Fax : (418) 228-8028<br />
<strong>CMX</strong><strong>2004</strong> booth#525<br />
Hot Water Heating<br />
Radiant manifolds<br />
Precision Hydronic Products offers a<br />
full range of pre-fabricated manifolds<br />
for radiant floor heating, snow melting<br />
and general hydronic use. They come in<br />
various sizes to serve from two to 12<br />
loops with sweat, compression, MIP<br />
and PEX-barb fittings. Manifolds are<br />
also available with ball valves attached.<br />
Gas Solutions Inc. Circle no. 323<br />
“We aim to be the burner of<br />
choice from the company of<br />
choice,” says general manager<br />
Garth Hunt. That means<br />
building the best burner, then<br />
doing everything that is<br />
required to meet the Canadian<br />
customer’s needs. Beckett’s<br />
roots are in Canada, and<br />
“our team is passionate about<br />
the industry here.”<br />
1-800-665-6972<br />
info@beckettcanada.ca<br />
After 30 years in oilheat, sales<br />
manager Glen Austin says<br />
it’s all about the people. “I value<br />
trust and relationships.” That’s<br />
why he spends most of his time<br />
visiting customers where they<br />
work. Listening. Learning.<br />
“Without partnership, how can<br />
we understand<br />
our customer?”<br />
Circle Number 120 for More Information<br />
Circle Number 121 for More Info<br />
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tekmar’s Complete Line of Multiple Boiler<br />
Controls with Outdoor Reset & DHW Control<br />
Boiler Control 265<br />
• Up to 3 Modulating Boilers<br />
• 0-20 mA or 4-20 mA Outputs<br />
• Parallel or Sequential Modulation<br />
Boiler Control 268<br />
• Up to 9 On/Off Stages<br />
• 1, 2, 3 or 4 Stage Boilers<br />
Boiler Control 264<br />
• Up to 4 On/Off Stages<br />
• 1, 2, 3 or 4 Stage Boilers<br />
Common Features<br />
• Characterized Heating Curves<br />
• Pump Exercising<br />
• Supply and Return Sensors<br />
• Automatic Boiler Differential<br />
• Equal Run-Time Rotation<br />
• Fixed Last Rotation<br />
• Boiler Mass Setting<br />
• Fire Delay Setting<br />
• Fixed Lead Rotation<br />
• Combustion Air or Alarm Contact<br />
• Boiler Running Hours<br />
• Setpoint Priority Operation<br />
• DHW Pump or Valve<br />
Operation<br />
Domestic Hot Water Modes<br />
• Parallel or Primary-<br />
Secondary Piping<br />
• DHW Priority<br />
Boiler Pump Operation<br />
• Individual boiler pumps provide pre-purging and post-purging of each boiler<br />
External Input (265 and 268)<br />
• For 0 - 10 V (dc) signal from a Building Automation System (BAS)<br />
visit the tekmar web site at www.tekmarcontrols.com<br />
tekmar Control Systems Ltd., Canada, tekmar Control Systems, Inc., U.S.A.<br />
Head Office: 5100 Silver Star Road, Vernon, B.C. Canada, V1B 3K4 Tel. (250) 545-7749 Fax. (250) 545-0650<br />
Circle Number 122 for More Information
Ventilation<br />
Air conditioner<br />
The SmartComfort Enviromax 2400 air<br />
conditioner from ICP features R-410A<br />
refrigerant, a 14<br />
SEER rating with<br />
Copeland scroll<br />
compressors,<br />
two-speed fan,<br />
service access<br />
without removing<br />
the control panel<br />
cover, coil guard<br />
inlet grille with a<br />
durable resin mesh, slant-top discharge<br />
and is UV resistant.<br />
International Comfort Prod. Circle no. 324<br />
Whole-house ventilators<br />
These compact SHR Series HRVs/ERVs<br />
from Fantech feature washable electrostatic<br />
filters, a three-position external<br />
rocker switch for continuous ventilation,<br />
preset<br />
5-minute<br />
defrost,<br />
EBM motors<br />
with 7-<br />
year parts<br />
warranty,<br />
airflow balancing with ‘True’ motor<br />
adjustment and an electronic control<br />
board with several control upgrade<br />
options.<br />
Fantech Circle no. 325<br />
Chiller controller<br />
The SC6 chiller controller from Berg is<br />
a sixth generation technology. It provides<br />
maximum information about the<br />
refrigeration<br />
system while<br />
requiring a minimum<br />
of input, a<br />
touch-screen<br />
display gives the<br />
operator detailed<br />
information<br />
about temperatures, compressor status<br />
and alarms and other features.<br />
Berg Chilling Systems Circle no. 326<br />
Energy Star qualified and HVI certified.<br />
Includes an enclosed condenser with<br />
permanently lubricated motor, built-in<br />
damper and double hanger bar system.<br />
Ontor Ltd. Circle no. 328<br />
Aluminum <strong>HVAC</strong> frames<br />
A new company, Arosio, will introduce<br />
structural aluminum framing to the<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong> industry at <strong>CMX</strong>. Extruded aluminum<br />
profiles connect to aluminum<br />
corner joints to<br />
create a solid, rigid<br />
frame with no<br />
welding needed.<br />
The Italian line<br />
features louvers,<br />
mist eliminators,<br />
V-bank filter frames,<br />
front loading<br />
filter frames, handles,<br />
hinges, portholes, panels and<br />
dampers. See them at booth 185.<br />
Arosio Canada Inc. Circle no. 329<br />
Whole-house HEPA<br />
Two duct mount HEPA filters for the<br />
whole house feature two-speed fans:<br />
150 - 235 cfm at 100 Watts and 200 -<br />
375 cfm at 230<br />
Watts. There is a<br />
two-inch pleated<br />
pre-filter<br />
with carbon, 61<br />
sq.ft. of surface<br />
area of true<br />
HEPA media. It<br />
weighs 40 lbs.<br />
and mounts on<br />
the return air duct. See it at <strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Enerzone Inc. Circle no. 330<br />
Ceiling exhausters<br />
UQS Series exhausters feature a<br />
‘Millenia’ low profile grill, universal casing<br />
for inline configuration or multi<br />
room connections, inter-changeable<br />
blower assembly, seven capacities from<br />
30-300 cfm, static range of 0-0.6 inches<br />
and low Sone<br />
levels. The<br />
five blower<br />
assemblies<br />
offer twospeed<br />
operation<br />
with a<br />
continuous<br />
low speed that may eliminate odour,<br />
mold and mildew problems. See it at<br />
<strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
Magnavent Inc. Circle no. 331<br />
Vapour retarder<br />
MemBrain is a unique vapour retarder<br />
that breathes and allows excess moisture<br />
to escape from wall cavities, replacing<br />
polyethylene. It features a<br />
polyamide nylon-based film that<br />
changes permeability (altering its pore<br />
size) from less than one perm at low<br />
humidity to greater than 20 perms at<br />
high relative humidity.<br />
CertainTeed Corp. Circle no. 332<br />
Ductless mini-splits<br />
Hyundai ductless mini-split air conditioners<br />
and heat pumps come in 12 single<br />
and dual zone wall-mounted cooling<br />
capacities from 9,200 to 24,000<br />
Btu/hr and new floor models to 30,000<br />
Btu/hr with low ambient kit. They feature<br />
three-step bio-filters, three-speed<br />
operation, auto restart, flip style remote<br />
controller, ventilation only, self-diagnosis.<br />
See them at the EMCO booth at<br />
<strong>CMX</strong>.<br />
DevelCORP Enterprise Circle no. 333<br />
Media air cleaner<br />
The F100 air cleaner is a whole-house<br />
system that works with all gas, oil and<br />
electric forced<br />
warm air furnaces<br />
and air handlers.<br />
It can be mounted<br />
in any position, is<br />
83% efficient in<br />
trapping particles<br />
of 10 microns or<br />
more, comes in<br />
six sizes and has an optional AirWatch<br />
performance indicator that tells when<br />
to change the filter.<br />
Honeywell Ltd. Circle no. 334<br />
Adjustable airflow<br />
The Adjustable Airflow Device is a first<br />
in-duct system for regulating fabric<br />
duct airflow and static pressure with a<br />
polyester<br />
mesh cone.<br />
There is a<br />
factory set or<br />
field adjustable<br />
hemmed<br />
drawstring<br />
aperture<br />
for air<br />
balancing fabric air dispersion models.<br />
It connects by zipping a six to 72 inch<br />
diameter collar between duct lengths.<br />
DuctSox. Circle no. 335<br />
IAQ monitor<br />
The AirAdvice IAQ System is a complete<br />
IAQ diagnostic and monitoring solution.<br />
It measures fine particulates, CO,<br />
CO2, relative humidity and temperature<br />
simultaneously. It<br />
supports multiple<br />
monitors,<br />
automatic<br />
remote data collection<br />
and forwards<br />
via a builtin<br />
modem to its<br />
web site where<br />
reports and other<br />
data can be viewed.<br />
Evolution Air Circle no. 336<br />
12 SEER efficiency<br />
This horseshoe-style package PAPC air<br />
conditioner from ICP features 12 SEER<br />
efficiency. Features include scroll compressors,<br />
pre-painted condenser coil<br />
and base pan<br />
(with water<br />
dam), round<br />
duct flanges<br />
and external<br />
gauge ports.<br />
A breakerstyle<br />
electric heater allows the installation<br />
of a unit circuit breaker with external<br />
access, slip-in electric heat of 5-20<br />
kW. It is available in 2-4 ton sizes.<br />
ICP Circle no. 327<br />
Ventilation fan<br />
The Whisperfit ceiling ventilation fan<br />
features a low profile 5-1/2-inch deep<br />
housing and an<br />
adapter for 3 or<br />
4-inch duct. It<br />
provides up to<br />
110 cfm, a sound<br />
level to 0.7 - 2.0<br />
sones, and is<br />
Give Them What They Really Want ...<br />
Better Indoor Air Quality!<br />
• Heat Recovery Ventilators<br />
• Energy Recovery Ventilators<br />
• Whole House HEPA Filtration<br />
• In-Line Bathroom Exhaust Fans<br />
• Mixed Flow Fans and Silencers<br />
for Kitchen Range Hood Venting<br />
There’s no better way to increase sales and profits than by<br />
giving your customers what they really want ... better indoor<br />
air quality in the buildings where they work and live.<br />
Look to Fantech for a complete line of Indoor Air Quality<br />
products that are manufactured to exacting quality standards<br />
for long life and dependable performance.<br />
Fantech’s new innovative designs simplify installation. See for<br />
yourself at <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong> in Toronto, Booth 1543.<br />
For more information contact:<br />
Web site: www.fantech.net<br />
E-mail: info@fantech.net<br />
Ontario & Western Canada<br />
10-6665 Tomken Rd., Unit 10<br />
Mississauga, ON • Canada L5T 2C4<br />
(T) 800.407.6195 • (F) 800.407.8965<br />
(T) 905.696.9241 • (F) 905.696.9236<br />
Québec & Atlantic Provinces<br />
50 Kanalflakt Way<br />
Bouctouche, NB • Canada E4S 3M5<br />
(T) 800.565.3548 • (F) 877.747.8116<br />
(T) 506.743.9500 • (F) 506.743.9600<br />
Circle Number 123 for More Information<br />
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Easy To Install. Hard To Beat.<br />
Expanding The Heil ®<br />
QuietComfort Condensing Line.<br />
Heil ® QuietComfort air conditioners<br />
and heat pumps were designed<br />
to be installation- and servicefriendly<br />
right from the start.<br />
And now these<br />
same features are<br />
available with<br />
R410A refrigerant.<br />
The placement<br />
of the compressor<br />
makes it easy for<br />
you to position<br />
the condensing<br />
unit. There’s an<br />
enhanced coil guard that provides the coil<br />
with better protection. And all connections<br />
are conveniently located on the side of the unit,<br />
along with a new shortened access panel that<br />
makes the unit easier than ever to service.<br />
Service calls will be a breeze, thanks to<br />
the design of the control panel. It’s mounted<br />
at a 45-degree angle to make it easy to work<br />
on. Everything is easily accessed from the side<br />
panel. Even the top is designed to give you easy<br />
access to the fan motor and compressor.<br />
QuietComfort condensing units are available<br />
in 10 SEER, 12 SEER, and 14 SEER models, along<br />
with 12 and 14 SEER R410A models. Each one<br />
comes with outstanding warranties—a 5 year<br />
limited warranty on all functional parts and<br />
a 10 year limited warranty on the scroll<br />
compressor. Heil products<br />
are available in Canada<br />
exclusively through<br />
Wolseley. For more<br />
information, call your<br />
local Wolseley branch.<br />
The control panel is<br />
mounted at a 45-degree<br />
angle for easy installation<br />
and easy servicing.<br />
The scroll compressor is<br />
positioned to make the<br />
condensing unit easy<br />
to maneuver into place.<br />
All connections are sidemounted,<br />
with a new<br />
shortened access panel,<br />
for ease of service.<br />
www.heildlr.com<br />
© <strong>2004</strong> International Comfort Products, LLC<br />
Circle Number 124 for More Information
Refrigeration<br />
Fast charging manifold<br />
Imperial's Kwik-Charger service manifold<br />
features a built-in dual-action control<br />
valve to charge systems up to eight<br />
times faster than<br />
conventional<br />
manifolds, with<br />
non-flutter gauges,<br />
visible faceplates<br />
for temperature<br />
and pressure<br />
readings. It<br />
can charge all refrigerants in a liquid state<br />
to a flow below compressor capacity.<br />
Stride Tool Inc. Circle no. 337<br />
Diagnostic module<br />
Heatcraft introduced its ServiceMate<br />
refrigeration diagnostic module at AHR<br />
Expo in Anaheim, Calif. in January. It<br />
features a single connection for all<br />
wiring. LED indicators show the status<br />
of each control circuit component,<br />
along with compressor, solenoid and<br />
input control voltage. The ServiceMate<br />
will become standard on all Heatcraft<br />
brands of single-dual compressor vertical<br />
condensing units and 3-40 hp semihermetic<br />
horizontal condensing units.<br />
Heatcraft Refrig. Circle no. 338<br />
R-22 replacement<br />
NU-22 from ICOR International is a<br />
direct replacement for R-22 in refrigeration<br />
applications. This non-toxic/nonflammable<br />
refrigerant<br />
is compatible with<br />
standard refrigerant<br />
oils and has ‘R-22-<br />
like’ operating characteristics<br />
in a broad<br />
application range for<br />
low, medium and<br />
high temperature systems. It is ASHRAE<br />
designated and safety classified A1.<br />
ICOR International Circle no. 339<br />
Product Profile<br />
Accurate refrigerant leak monitoring<br />
Innovative sensing device picks up<br />
AHR Expo technology award<br />
A Quebec-based instrument manufacturer drew considerable<br />
interest at the recent AHR Expo in Anaheim, Calif.<br />
with its infrared refrigerant gas transmitter.<br />
In fact the VA 301IRF from the Vulcain division of BW<br />
Technologies took top spot in the Tools and Instruments<br />
class in the AHR Expo Innovation Awards.<br />
The VA 301IRF is unique in that the sensor and transmitter<br />
are separate modules, permitting real-time remote<br />
sensing at distances up to 100 feet without the need for<br />
pumps and other mechanical parts. This served a real<br />
need in the industry that company sales and service reps<br />
kept hearing about out in the field, reported company<br />
president Guy Gervais, P. Eng.<br />
The sensing<br />
module functions<br />
on a diffusion<br />
basis and communicates<br />
concentration<br />
rates back to the<br />
transmitter on a<br />
Smiles all round: Guy Gervais, centre,<br />
accepts the award from ASHRAE<br />
president Richard Rooley, left, and<br />
ARI chairman David Pannier.<br />
Compatible with Pyxis<br />
Two medical-grade under-counter refrigerators<br />
are compatible with Pyxis medication<br />
inventory and dispensing systems<br />
with a door bracket that interfaces with<br />
the Pyxis lock box when refrigerated<br />
medication is selected: REF4-ADA is<br />
31.5-in. high and 4.0 cu.ft. capacity; REF5<br />
Product Profile<br />
Canadian firm launches R-22 replacement<br />
An Ontario-based company has launched a retrofit replacement for HCFC R-<br />
22 in air conditioning applications. SP22C from Protocol Resource<br />
Management, Aurora, Ont., does not require a system oil change and works<br />
well with the existing mineral oil. The company was granted a U.S. patent on<br />
Dec. 30.<br />
The pressure, temperature and operating characteristics of<br />
SP22C are designed to match R-22 in AC applications. It<br />
achieves this through a formulation of HFCs and oil miscibility<br />
additives.<br />
The manufacturer reports that performance in an optimized<br />
system exceeds that of R-22. In a direct retrofit<br />
application with no system modifications, SP22C performed<br />
within four per cent of the original equipment manufacturer’s<br />
capacity rating. In retrofits, the drier and TX valve<br />
should be replaced and the super heat should be adjusted.<br />
SP22C is non-flammable and has been tested for flammability<br />
according to UL2182.<br />
Company president James Flowers notes that SP22C<br />
fulfils a need in the refrigeration market. “Current OEM<br />
replacements for R-22, such as R-410a, are unsuitable<br />
for retrofit applications because of significantly higher<br />
operating pressures and the requirement for additional<br />
safety approvals for system components.”<br />
This new refrigerant<br />
from<br />
Protocol provides<br />
a replacement<br />
for R-22 in retrofit<br />
applications<br />
Protocol will feature its SP22C R-22 replacement refrigerant at the <strong>CMX</strong><br />
show in Toronto March 26-27.<br />
Protocol Resource Mgt. Circle no. 343<br />
RS-485 communication<br />
bus,<br />
eliminating issues<br />
related to sample<br />
draw systems such<br />
is 34.5-in. with 4.8 cu.ft., stainless construction,<br />
locking door latch, adjustable<br />
temperature set points, digital temperature<br />
display and are UL, cUL and NSF<br />
certified.<br />
Follett Corp. Circle no. 340<br />
Frictionless chillers<br />
McQuay chillers are now available<br />
with frictionless, oil-free centrifugal<br />
compressors from Turbocor, Montreal.<br />
These variable speed units feature<br />
Distributors of<br />
these Quality<br />
Products !<br />
General Electric<br />
Zoneline Horizontal & Vertical Series P.T.A.Cs<br />
Room Air Conditioners<br />
Applied Comfort Products<br />
Comfortline Series P.T.A.C’s<br />
Keeprite Seasonal & Chromalox Replacements<br />
Adirondack Aire / Cold Point<br />
Replacement Water Source Heat Pumps<br />
Xpediair<br />
Quality Fan Coil Cooling Solutions<br />
MovinCool<br />
Portable Spot Coolers<br />
Delonghi Pinguino<br />
Portable Room Air Conditioners<br />
Panasonic<br />
Super Quiet Ventilation Fans<br />
Sharp<br />
Plasmacluster Air Purification<br />
GORDON R. WILLIAMS<br />
C O R P O R A T I O N<br />
3250 Ridgeway Dr. Unit # 9<br />
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5Y6<br />
Ph. 905-820-1400 1-888-209-0999<br />
www.williamshvac.com<br />
as dwell time.<br />
The single beam<br />
dual sensor provides<br />
stable and<br />
accurate monitoring<br />
of refrigerant<br />
leaks far exceeding<br />
ASHRAE 15<br />
and International<br />
Mechanical Code<br />
requirements.<br />
And the transmitter<br />
module provides<br />
remote readitor<br />
allows accurate and stable re-<br />
The Vulcain infrared refrigerant monouts<br />
instantly mote monitoring of refrigerant leaks.<br />
through its backlit<br />
LCD and LED alarm status display.<br />
This unit is easily customized to specific projects.<br />
Options include: analog outputs, modbus, three relays,<br />
strobe light and horn. The unit is compatible with<br />
Vulcain’s VA201C controller.<br />
Gervais told P&<strong>HVAC</strong> that the company has had to<br />
shift into overdrive to keep up with demand since the<br />
product was introduced last September. “It’s complete<br />
turn-key solution for the mechanical room,” he added.<br />
Vulcain Div., BW Technologies Circle no. 342<br />
magnetic bearings<br />
and digital electronic<br />
controls.<br />
They offer full-load<br />
performance as low<br />
as .62 kW/ton, part<br />
load as low as .375<br />
kW/ton, sound<br />
pressure ratings as low as 77 dBA,<br />
lower maintenance costs and operate<br />
with environmentally friendly R-134a<br />
refrigerant.<br />
McQuay International Circle no. 341<br />
www.astravan.com info@astravan.com<br />
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E-Business<br />
CSST design<br />
Gastite recently announced an agreement<br />
with Accubid Systems Ltd. to have<br />
its entire product line incorporated into<br />
the Accubid line of estimating software.<br />
Gastite manufactures corrugated stainless<br />
steel tubing (CSST) for gas systems.<br />
As well, Gastite recently released its<br />
Sizing Utility for AutoCAD software. It<br />
covers all sizes of Gastite piping from<br />
3/8 to two inches. It will also calculate<br />
pressure drops for rigid pipe and<br />
underground polyethylene piping. The<br />
manufacturer cautions that flow characteristics<br />
vary from one brand of CSST<br />
to the next and therefore this software<br />
should only be used with Gastite piping.<br />
For more info, go to www.gastite.com.<br />
Titeflex Corporation Circle no. 344<br />
Chimney selection<br />
The SuperVent 2100 Installation<br />
Planner guides users through four main<br />
steps in selecting a wood stove chimney<br />
installation, produces a parts list and<br />
provides an estimated total cost (based<br />
on manufacturers’ suggested list prices).<br />
It helps direct answers to such questions<br />
as ‘where will the chimney run? —<br />
through the roof (what is your roof<br />
pitch?) or up-and-out the side wall?’ Try<br />
it at www.selkirkcanada.com.<br />
Selkirk Canada Corp. Circle no. 345<br />
Elkay plumbing website<br />
The full line of Elkay plumbing products<br />
are now at www.elkayusa.com,<br />
including sinks, faucets, water coolers,<br />
fountains, accessories and specialty<br />
Ice equipment sizing<br />
Product sizing guidelines for ice storage<br />
and transport, ice, water and beverage<br />
dispensers by Follett are are available at<br />
www.follettice.com. The sizing of ice<br />
bins, ice and water and beverage dispensers<br />
is now easier with this Equipment<br />
Sizing Guide, with a link on the<br />
left side of the website.<br />
Follett Corp. Circle no. 347<br />
Water heater sizing<br />
The enhanced LochSPEC water heater<br />
sizing programs from Lochinvar can be<br />
downloaded from www.Lochinvar.com.<br />
It allows the user greater input flexibility<br />
on job specs and includes an energy<br />
savings calculator. The two programs,<br />
Quick Sizing and Formula Sizing, feature<br />
conversions from U.S. to Metric<br />
units, custom applications, ability to select<br />
multiple heaters and storage tanks,<br />
specify venting, fuel type, options and<br />
accessories plus custom reporting in<br />
Word.<br />
Lochinvar Corp. Circle no. 348<br />
Circle Number 127 for More Information<br />
sinks. Featured is an undermount sink<br />
selector showing a graphic look of what<br />
the kitchen might look with various<br />
combinations. It includes a project cost<br />
calculator, plus electronic undermount<br />
sink templates. The corporate site is at<br />
www.elkay.com.<br />
Elkay Mfg Co. Circle no. 346<br />
Refrigerant compliance software<br />
ESS has enhanced its Refrigerant<br />
Compliance Manager 2003 software for<br />
inventory management to allow users to<br />
import refrigerant equipment data<br />
from computerized maintenance management<br />
systems. A trial version is available<br />
for download. Contractors can<br />
now use RCM to export and send service<br />
records directly to facility owners for<br />
accurate and timely reporting. Users<br />
can track refrigerant activities at multiple<br />
locations and buildings with security<br />
access codes, a back-up data alert,<br />
add bar codes to printable labels, and<br />
expanded reporting.<br />
Environmental Support Sol. Circle no. 349<br />
Gas Solutions Inc.<br />
Your source for hydronic solutions…<br />
Schwank offers the widest selection<br />
of heaters in the industry for<br />
wide-open patios, “tight spots”<br />
and even under canopies. And<br />
only Schwank offers portable or<br />
fixed options for either propane<br />
tank or natural gas connection<br />
with all of our models.<br />
So choose one of our patio<br />
heaters and raise a glass to<br />
patioSchwank.<br />
Patio customers are staying<br />
for last call.<br />
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This is one of the most compact<br />
and efficient boilers available<br />
on the market today. Proven<br />
European technology, quiet<br />
operation and stainless steel<br />
construction, manufactured in<br />
North America.<br />
Bernd Schwank,<br />
Chairman<br />
Schwank International<br />
Group of Companies<br />
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MANITOBA<br />
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Precision Hydronics<br />
Plug and go modules, you just bolt the M1 Module on the wall and in a<br />
few minutes most of the mechanical room is done! Slide together the M2<br />
secondary Component <strong>Plumbing</strong> Modules to have quick simple primary<br />
secondary piping. Clamp or sweat and presto…the job is done!<br />
For a distributor in your area contact:<br />
GSI 519 579-7124 e-mail:scambria@rogers.com<br />
Circle Number 128 for More Information<br />
Circle Number 129 for More Information<br />
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Advertising Supplement
Accubid Systems<br />
Software solutions<br />
Your estimate is on time, you<br />
haven’t made mistakes, and you<br />
didn’t have to transcribe notes or<br />
retype data. Your clients are pleased<br />
because you addressed their questions<br />
and requests while they were with you.<br />
Relax and bask in the glow of a job well<br />
done.<br />
This could be your reality if you use<br />
Accubid Systems’ newest estimating and<br />
change order tools: Pocket Bid and<br />
Pocket ChangeOrder.<br />
These software programs run on any<br />
handheld computer that uses<br />
Microsoft’s Pocket PC 2002 operating<br />
system, or its successor, the Windows<br />
Mobile 2003 operating system. Both<br />
programs use commands familiar to<br />
Windows users, and both can synchronize<br />
and share with their desktop<br />
cousins:<br />
• Pocket Bid works seamlessly with<br />
the Accubid Estimating Version 6 product<br />
line.<br />
• Pocket ChangeOrder integrates<br />
with Accubid’s change order management<br />
software, ChangeOrder and<br />
ChangeOrder Pro.<br />
Pocket Bid gives you the ability to<br />
perform a complete estimate, generate a<br />
bill of materials, and produce a final<br />
price, right on the job site.<br />
Pocket ChangeOrder allows price<br />
changes while you’re still at the job site,<br />
so your clients are not kept waiting. You<br />
can also download projects onto Pocket<br />
ChangeOrder to allow for on-site project<br />
management.<br />
While other handheld estimating<br />
software focuses exclusively on takeoff,<br />
Pocket Bid and Pocket ChangeOrder<br />
provide a complete solution from takeoff<br />
to bid summary and/or final pricing,<br />
including extension. Both can update<br />
from Pocket PC to desktop and back,<br />
unlike some solutions that can only<br />
update in one direction. Both support<br />
the complete Accubid desktop database<br />
and can contain multiple databases and<br />
projects simultaneously.<br />
As the user interface for both programs<br />
is similar to the desktop interface,<br />
users experienced with Accubid’s<br />
desktop software will not need much<br />
time to adjust to the pocket-sized<br />
versions.<br />
The new Accubid Pocket Bid and<br />
Pocket ChangeOrder programs are<br />
designed for handheld PCs.<br />
Pocket ChangeOrder was a hit at the<br />
November 2003 ISH North America<br />
show in Las Vegas. It won first prize at<br />
the New Software Product Showcase!<br />
Estimating 6<br />
Accubid has been busy in the office, as<br />
well. Released in January, Estimating<br />
Version 6 enhances Accubid’s family of<br />
desktop estimating solutions.“Version 6<br />
reflects our continued commitment to<br />
lead the way with estimating software<br />
that provides cutting-edge features<br />
while still remaining intuitive, fast, and<br />
easy to use,” reports Giovanni Marcelli,<br />
president and CEO of Accubid.<br />
Version 6 affects three products<br />
scaled to meet the needs of large and<br />
small mechanical contracting firms –<br />
Accubid Pro, BidWinner Plus, and<br />
BidWinner. The software includes a<br />
number of exciting new features and<br />
enhancements to increase accuracy and<br />
productivity:<br />
• Power Substitution allows you to<br />
quickly change material throughout the<br />
bid by substituting items and related<br />
components within existing takeoffs<br />
(Accubid Pro only).<br />
• Temporary assemblies can be created<br />
on the fly and saved as part of your<br />
job instead of your material database.<br />
• Print preview saves you time and<br />
paper.<br />
• The Schedule screen can now be<br />
sorted to control the order in which<br />
jobs are listed, and filtered to control<br />
the jobs that appear on the list.<br />
• A new Job Info screen lets you keep<br />
track of the bid details, contact information,<br />
and related job files. You can<br />
also store links to bid documents, blueprints,<br />
and walk-through photos.<br />
• Regardless of the Estimating 6<br />
solution you choose, all work seamlessly<br />
with Pocket Bid.<br />
Accubid is the leading provider of<br />
estimating, billing, and change order<br />
software for mechanical, electrical, and<br />
structured cabling contractors. Over<br />
10,500 active users employ Accubid<br />
software solutions at over 3,500 companies<br />
across North America.<br />
Accubid offers proven solutions for<br />
all aspects of the construction process,<br />
from estimating to purchasing to project<br />
management and billing. Accubid<br />
also offers a wide range of professional<br />
development courses and product<br />
training labs.<br />
Circle Number 130 for More Information<br />
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A.M.T.S. Canada Limited<br />
Proven quality, reliability in every product line<br />
If there is anything <strong>HVAC</strong>R contractors<br />
and technicians want in their<br />
products it’s reliability. They want<br />
full confidence that the equipment they<br />
are selling and then installing for customers<br />
will work for years. Contractors<br />
don’t want call-backs!<br />
Distributors equally want to be<br />
known for the quality and reliability of<br />
their product lines. Their reputation is<br />
also on the line every day.<br />
A.M.T.S. Ltd., Ancaster, Ont., is the<br />
Canadian master stocking distributor for<br />
Advanced Distributor Products and Packless<br />
Industries and a stocking manufacturer’s<br />
representative for Rubatex Corp.<br />
The core product lines of A.M.T.S.<br />
can make a very strong case for quality.<br />
For example, every single evaporator<br />
coil manufactured by ADP is leakchecked<br />
before it leaves the plant. ADP<br />
quality, and in turn, customer satisfaction,<br />
is reflected in the miniscule number<br />
of customer returns.<br />
ADP is one of the world’s largest<br />
manufacturers of evaporator coils.<br />
That explains ADP’s theme: ‘Leading<br />
by example!’<br />
A.M.T.S. also distributes the complete<br />
line from Packless Industries,<br />
Waco, Texas, including water-source<br />
heat pump coils, vibration absorbers<br />
and heat exchangers.<br />
A complete line of elastomeric and<br />
polyethylene insulation products from<br />
Rubatex Corp. features tube and sheet<br />
insulation and protective coatings and<br />
adhesives.<br />
tions (as condensers or evaporators) for<br />
1/2 to 15 ton systems;<br />
■ 16 models of vibration absorbers;<br />
■ two refrigerant heat exchanger series<br />
in coaxial designs for 1/3 through 80<br />
ton capacity systems.<br />
Rubatex products are:<br />
■ tubing insulation from 3/8 to 1-inch<br />
wall thickness;<br />
■ flat insulation from 1/8 to 2-inch<br />
thickness in 36x48-inch sheets;<br />
■ rolled insulation from 1/8 to 2-inch<br />
thickness and 48-in. wide;<br />
■ adhesives, protective coatings and<br />
anti-vibration pads.<br />
■ Added to the A.M.T.S. lineup is a<br />
comprehensive line of brazed plate heat<br />
exchangers produced by WTT America,<br />
Bohemia, New York.<br />
All products are sold only through<br />
wholesalers and to OEMs. All lines are<br />
leaders in their respective product categories<br />
in terms of quality, reliability,<br />
durability and performance. A.M.T.S.<br />
also stocks replacement parts and components<br />
for all product lines.<br />
‘We do it every day!’<br />
A.M.T.S., established in 1983, specializes<br />
in providing same-day or next day<br />
shipments of orders as standard service<br />
from its modern 25,000 sq.ft. distribution<br />
centre. Located in Ancaster, Ont.,<br />
near Hamilton, it has easy access to all<br />
major trucking routes such as Hwys.<br />
403, 401 and the QEW.<br />
Direct-from-the-factory shipments<br />
are also available for certain products if<br />
quantity warrants.<br />
A.M.T.S. supports its lines with<br />
knowledgeable Canadian technical support<br />
and customer service personnel<br />
among its staff. The company regularly<br />
provides training for <strong>HVAC</strong> personnel<br />
as arranged through wholesalers.<br />
The company’s website –<br />
www.A.M.T.S.Canada.com - provides<br />
direct links to its suppliers where all<br />
technical literature can be downloaded.<br />
Come and see us at the CIPHEX<br />
Ontario and <strong>CMX</strong> shows, both in<br />
Toronto in March, and the MEET show<br />
in Moncton, N.B., in May <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
Our experienced sales and technical<br />
staff will be happy to answer all your<br />
questions about each product and their<br />
applications to solve your customers’<br />
requirements.<br />
“At A.M.T.S., we provide quality<br />
products, that extra customer service<br />
and technical support – all at the best<br />
price – and we do it every day!”<br />
Sold only to wholesalers, OEMs<br />
New to its line of unit heaters is the<br />
Cayenne, a separated combustion unit<br />
currently available in five sizes. The full<br />
line of ADP heaters includes:<br />
■ the four-model CUH line of 80-81%<br />
efficient compact unit heaters plus the<br />
10-model SEP Series and seven HED<br />
Series of duct furnaces;<br />
■ New to the ADP air handler lineup is<br />
the ADP/A.M.T.S. Compact Air<br />
Handler, available in two sizes (1.5 to 2<br />
ton capacity and 2.5 to 3 ton capacity).<br />
This unit is a hydronic heating-only<br />
model with available cooling coils<br />
optional. It is ideal for jobs where size is<br />
an issue—it is less than 30-in. high. The<br />
full line features 10 models of multiposition<br />
air handlers with electric heat<br />
and 10 with hydronic heat; and<br />
■ the widest range of evaporative and<br />
specialty cooling coils. Featured is the<br />
award-winning drain pan (best new<br />
product at MecanEX 2003 in<br />
Montreal!), designed with the<br />
Microban Antimicrobial additive into<br />
the polymer pan to resist the growth of<br />
bacteria, mould and mildew. It has also<br />
been redesigned to drain away most of<br />
the standing water left at the end of a<br />
run cycle for improved indoor air<br />
quality.<br />
AMTS Canada Ltd.<br />
Packless products include:<br />
1348 Sandhill Drive, Ancaster, Ontario L9G 4V5<br />
■ 15 water-source heat pump coils in<br />
905-648-1832 • sales@amtscanada.com<br />
helix, spiral and trombone configura-<br />
Circle Number 131 for More Information<br />
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Bradford White Canada<br />
Products only for<br />
professionals<br />
In September 2002, Bradford White<br />
Corporation of Ambler, PA purchased<br />
Aero Environmental and<br />
formed Bradford White Canada Inc.<br />
(BWC) BWC is a leading manufacturer<br />
of gas and electric water heaters,<br />
while Aero Environmental was<br />
Canada’s largest manufacturer of oilfired<br />
water heaters and associated<br />
products. Bradford White Canada now<br />
offers the most comprehensive line of<br />
water heaters in Canada.<br />
In July 2003, Bradford White introduced<br />
its new Defender Safety System<br />
flammable vapor ignition resistant gas<br />
water heaters. The Defender Safety<br />
System was developed in response to a<br />
new ANSI Standard that required all<br />
30, 40 and 50 gallon atmospheric gas<br />
fired water heaters to include design<br />
features and components that resist<br />
ignition of flammable vapors outside<br />
the water heaters.<br />
The heart of the Defender Safety<br />
System is the flame arrester design of<br />
the patented ScreenLock technology. It<br />
prevents the burner flame from traveling<br />
outside of the combustion<br />
chamber. The system is engineered to<br />
be one of the safest, most reliable flammable<br />
vapor ignition resistant system<br />
in the industry.<br />
This Standard has been adopted by<br />
CSA and will be mandatory in Canada<br />
on July 1, <strong>2004</strong>. Bradford White Canada<br />
is ready to supply water heaters with the<br />
Defender Safety system to the Canadian<br />
market.<br />
The company’s eF Ultra High Efficiency<br />
water heaters are now available in four<br />
100 and three 60-gallon models with<br />
Btu’s ranging from 125,000 to 300,000.<br />
All models feature remarkable Thermal<br />
Efficiency ratings - as high as 99.1%.<br />
The eF Ultra Series water heaters are<br />
second to none in ease of installation<br />
and flexibility, as all models can vent<br />
vertically, horizontally and are approved<br />
for unbalanced direct vent combustion<br />
applications.<br />
B R A D F O R D W H I T E ®<br />
The eF Ultra Series is also ultra quiet<br />
and features the Hydrojet® Sediment<br />
Reduction System, a self-cleaning feature<br />
that helps extend the life of the<br />
water heater. When you need a water<br />
heater that meets high hot water demand,<br />
saves energy and installs in diffi-<br />
WE CUT<br />
cult locations, think eF Ultra Series.<br />
Bradford White offers a most comprehensive<br />
line of residential and com-<br />
THE CORD!<br />
mercial water heaters, from propane &<br />
natural gas to electric and oil-fired, as<br />
well as CombiCor® and indirect. Our<br />
Introducing commercial water heaters<br />
gas water heaters range in sizes from 30<br />
with Millivolt technology exclusively from<br />
to 100 gallons, with firing rates from<br />
Bradford White. In a nutshell, an external<br />
32,000 to 720,000 Btu’s, and are available<br />
in atmospheric, power vented and<br />
electric source is not required, making<br />
Millivolt equipped water heaters easier and direct vent models. Electric water heaters<br />
range in size from 2 to 120 gallons,<br />
less complicated to install and operate.<br />
with voltages from 120 to 600 and kilowatts<br />
from 6 to 54.<br />
Bradford White MAGNUM Series ®<br />
commercial water heaters with Millivolt<br />
Bradford White Canada has an<br />
technology produce their own energy<br />
approved UL Bench, which permits us<br />
from the pilot and<br />
to reconfigure the wattage input and<br />
thermopile assembly to<br />
voltage for any commercial electric<br />
operate the flue<br />
water heater. This will allow us to<br />
damper. But this<br />
meet any requirement you may have<br />
self-generated<br />
for a commercial electric water heater.<br />
power is not the<br />
We can supply kilowatt inputs from 6<br />
only benefit.<br />
to 54, voltages from 208 to 600 in<br />
either single or 3-phase. Therefore,<br />
Millivolt technology<br />
whatever your requirement is for a<br />
also incorporates a<br />
commercial electric water heater, we<br />
continuous<br />
can supply it.<br />
No<br />
pilot, which<br />
Bradford White continues to provide<br />
External<br />
eliminates the<br />
quality Aero Series oil-fired water heaters.<br />
For residential use we offer sizes<br />
Electric<br />
nuisance of the<br />
Source<br />
“lockout” associated<br />
from 30 to 50 gallons with GPH inputs<br />
Required<br />
with many of today’s<br />
from .65 to 1.50. The commercial product<br />
offerings are available from 38 to 100<br />
electronic ignition systems.<br />
The Millivolt Seriesgallons<br />
with GPH inputs of .85 to 5.00.<br />
We recently introduced our new<br />
Welcome to the family.<br />
Multi Flue water heaters in 38, 80 and<br />
100 gallon sizes. These Multi Flue water<br />
heaters can fire up to 5.0 GPH with<br />
recovery rates up to 665 GPH. The 80<br />
There's more to Bradford White’s MAGNUM Series ® Commercial water heaters. Take a closer look— everything we do<br />
and 100 gallon Multi Flue water heaters<br />
has the professional installer in mind. Ask about our complete line of products made exclusively for the professional plumbing trade. are built to ASME Standard. We also<br />
offer air handlers, storage tanks and oilfired<br />
pool heaters.<br />
Mississauga, ON<br />
www.bradfordwhite.com<br />
866-690-0961<br />
www.bradfordwhitecanada.com<br />
Whatever the water heating needs,<br />
P R O D U C T S O N L Y F O R P R O F E S S I O N A L S<br />
Bradford White has the product to meet<br />
all applications for the plumbing and<br />
©<strong>2004</strong>, Bradford White Corporation. All rights reserved.<br />
heating professional.<br />
Circle Number 132 for More Information<br />
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GO CORDLESS WITH<br />
Bradford White eF Ultra Series water<br />
heaters achieve remarkable energy<br />
thermal efficiency ratings as high as<br />
99.1 per cent.
Copeland Canada<br />
Look for<br />
certification in a<br />
rebuilt compressor<br />
If it’s not a certified remanufactured<br />
compressor, how does the contractor<br />
know what he is getting in a rebuilt<br />
unit?<br />
Copeland offers its customers a surefire<br />
way of knowing. The Certified<br />
Copeland nameplate with the official<br />
blue ribbon authentication ensures the<br />
contractor that he is getting a Certified<br />
Copeland Compressor.<br />
What does it mean to be Certified? It<br />
means your reputation. It means your<br />
customers are getting the best compressor.<br />
Certification makes the difference<br />
because Copeland technology makes<br />
our compressors better – right up to the<br />
latest factory specifications for optimum<br />
reliability and performance!<br />
Copeland completely disassembles<br />
every compressor to the bare core.<br />
Every essential component is tested for<br />
operational integrity.<br />
All outdated and discontinued parts<br />
are replaced – but only with Copeland<br />
components that meet the company’s<br />
latest engineering and manufacturing<br />
guidelines.<br />
“Inevitably, over<br />
500 parts are either<br />
replaced or upgraded to<br />
that Copeland standard!”<br />
Inevitably, over 500 parts are either<br />
replaced or upgraded to that Copeland<br />
standard! Who else can say that?<br />
The end result is the most reliable remanufactured<br />
compressor in the world<br />
– from the most reliable re-manufacturing<br />
process on the planet. And it’s<br />
only from Copeland.<br />
We know exactly how it will perform<br />
once it is back online in your customer’s<br />
system.<br />
Again, that’s your reputation, too.<br />
Because you don’t want a system failure,<br />
or costly customer callbacks, installation<br />
hassles, and certainly not safety<br />
issues or anything else.<br />
There are numerous improvements<br />
made on all Copeland compressor<br />
models every year. That includes updated<br />
specifications as well as enhanced<br />
parts. Those enhancements come from<br />
our re-manufacturing process and our<br />
extensive R&D activity by our engineering<br />
departments.<br />
For example, Super K/Discus compressors<br />
get new suction reed valving,<br />
stainless steel reeds and positive displacement<br />
oil pumps. And certain<br />
Discus models receive Delta reed modifications<br />
to ensure extended life for<br />
demanding applications. Can anyone<br />
else say that?<br />
Every Copeland remanufactured compressor is put through a stringent test program.<br />
We put the pressure on<br />
so you’ll keep your cool.<br />
Certified Copeland compressors undergo a rigorous<br />
pressurized “burst test” to ensure they meet, and even<br />
exceed, UL standards. “Burst tests” are our way of guaranteeing<br />
you and your consumer receive the best service<br />
compressor available. It’s also one of the reasons why<br />
Copeland is a global leader of the <strong>HVAC</strong> industry.<br />
So relax – our “burst tests” ensure Copeland compressors won’t<br />
melt under pressure.<br />
Give Copeland your toughest test. We’re built to take it.<br />
Certified Copeland compressors are only available at Copeland Primesource Wholesalers.<br />
www.copeland-corp.com • 145 Sherwood Drive • Brantford, Ontario N3T 5S7 • 519.756.6157<br />
Circle Number 133 for More Information
Decor Grates Inc.<br />
Make vents a<br />
style statement<br />
Heating contractors and homebuilders<br />
miss a great opportunity<br />
to make a quality statement to<br />
their customers when they throw just<br />
any register over their supply and return<br />
vents. They should be thinking of how<br />
they can properly finish the job with<br />
decorative grates …jewels for the floor.<br />
“Consumers are always looking for<br />
decorative ideas for their homes – and<br />
decorative floor registers are one visible<br />
but often overlooked item that can<br />
enhance every room in their homes,”<br />
suggests Ralph Oosterhuis, president of<br />
Decor Grates Inc., North York, Ont.<br />
“Our marketing research had determined,<br />
back in the late 1980’s, that consumers<br />
wanted more than painted<br />
metal or chromed registers. They wanted<br />
choice, in materials, in finishes,<br />
styles, sizes and pricing to match their<br />
own specific decor,” he reported.<br />
“Decorative floor registers had come<br />
of age in the consumers’ mind at that<br />
time,” he stated.<br />
“Decor Grates has provided the retail<br />
Your Decorative Partner in Flooring,<br />
Decor and <strong>Plumbing</strong>.<br />
The black cast iron look is popular<br />
with homeowners.<br />
market and consumers with the broadest<br />
range of choice since 1988. But the<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong> market, which has the initial<br />
contact with the customer, both in new<br />
homes and in retrofits and renovations,<br />
has the opportunity to take back a large<br />
share of this market… if they want to,”<br />
said Oosterhuis.<br />
“How else can a heating or ventilation<br />
contractor enhance what they do –<br />
and what is mostly hidden – their duct<br />
system? You want to impress on the<br />
consumers’ mind your high quality<br />
installation with a quality stylish register<br />
over the very visible floor vents in<br />
every room.<br />
“Homeowners want more than a close<br />
colour match on metal or plastic. They<br />
want a wood style to match their wood<br />
floors, or a solid cast brass floor register<br />
with a high luster finish for a luxury<br />
home. Those are just two of many examples<br />
we offer that can add a style statement<br />
to any floor vent,” he said.<br />
For the <strong>HVAC</strong> contractor to be able<br />
to meet their customers’ decorative<br />
requests, <strong>HVAC</strong> wholesalers must realize<br />
this can be a high volume product<br />
for both of them. By stocking a range of<br />
registers, they can best serve both the<br />
volume new construction sector and<br />
the varied decorator needs of the renovation-replacement<br />
markets, reported<br />
Ray Gatt, vice president, <strong>HVAC</strong> sales.<br />
Decor Grates provides merchandiser<br />
displays to help wholesalers show the<br />
choices to their customers. The shipping<br />
cartons convert to tabletop displays. A<br />
two-foot wide wire merchandiser is<br />
available for a compact floor display.<br />
Over the years, Decor Grates has<br />
developed an extensive data bank on the<br />
geographical distribution of sizes<br />
required across North America and the<br />
decorating habits of consumers. The<br />
company now offers floor, wall and ceiling<br />
registers, grilles and air returns<br />
made of solid brass or aluminum, solid<br />
Help the customer match registers to<br />
the floor finish… and improve your<br />
profit margin.<br />
hard woods, pre-finished steel in brass,<br />
chrome, antique brass and brushed<br />
pewter, powder-coated steel and 20 different<br />
colours of plastic. Decor’s range<br />
now is 14 different sizes, including 15<br />
and 18-inch oak baseboard registers, and<br />
nine decorative designs in more than 30<br />
colours and finishes, Gatt explained.<br />
The plastic deflector floor registers, for<br />
example, feature slanted deflectors for<br />
better airflow and diffusion into the<br />
room. All models include a damper box<br />
for easy shutoff for partial or 100% closure<br />
and thick crossbeams for added stren-<br />
Creates<br />
gth. They also include indentations where<br />
Strong Impulse<br />
holes can be added for ceiling installation.<br />
The Premium registers are of solid<br />
cast brass and aluminum with scroll,<br />
Sales<br />
geometric or contemporary slotted designs,<br />
including a slightly arched style.<br />
Quality Assortment Packaging Merchandising<br />
They feature a high luster, brushed satin<br />
and other finishes and a protective lacquer<br />
coating. The Classic line of plated<br />
and painted finishes now features a<br />
black cast iron look, which is very popular<br />
with today’s consumers.<br />
As of last year, Decor Grates relocated<br />
to its very efficient and renovated<br />
head office and distribution center in<br />
“Grate” Pricing<br />
North York, where they have consolidated<br />
all their products under one roof<br />
with plenty room for expansion.<br />
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Flexible Eutectic<br />
You have to love a boiler<br />
you can beat up on<br />
Throw thermal shock at a De<br />
Dietrich boiler and with 30% higher<br />
elasticity in the eutectic cast iron<br />
than standard rigid cast iron, it just<br />
shrugs it off.<br />
■ Low water condition, by far the most<br />
common failure in boiler operation?<br />
The homogeneous cast iron maintains<br />
its structural integrity.<br />
■ Down time for maintenance? What’s<br />
going to go wrong? It doesn’t have any<br />
moving parts. The doors do swing open<br />
fully. However, you should brush the<br />
flueways from time-to-time, and the<br />
baffles are removable to clean, too.<br />
■ All the material in the boiler construction<br />
is the same, so it contracts and<br />
expands together — in balance. It’s the<br />
only boiler assembled on an underframe<br />
like a rail to allow the boiler to<br />
expand and contract evenly. It’s another<br />
innovation from a French manufacturer<br />
that started back in 1684.<br />
■ Corrosion? The eutectic cast iron<br />
more than meets the highest standard<br />
for resistance to pitting, thinning and<br />
other corrosion.<br />
■ De Dietrich boilers are designed to<br />
have some condensation at low temperatures<br />
– but that water flows into the<br />
firebox where it is vapourized. No harm<br />
done and no need for a drain.<br />
Simplifies RFH systems<br />
You can also love a boiler that makes infloor<br />
heating systems much simpler to<br />
design and install. First, you need<br />
equipment that can withstand temperatures<br />
as low as 105°F without damage.<br />
Most boilers manufactured today<br />
require three-way valves and pumps to<br />
blend the return water back up to 130-<br />
140°F to protect them from damage.<br />
However, a De Dietrich system operates<br />
as if it was a three-way valve. There<br />
is no low temperature problem so the<br />
system temperature can be reduced right<br />
at the boiler inlet and be controlled<br />
down to 105°F, or lower on the outlet.<br />
When the boiler is tied into vertical<br />
fan coils or a radiant floor heating<br />
(RFH) system, a supply temperature of<br />
140°F is all that is required. At this temperature,<br />
DHW can also be supplied,<br />
through a heat exchanger, from the<br />
main heating loop.<br />
Officials at the Waterloo Region District School Board are pleased with their new<br />
De Dietrich boilers.<br />
greater versatility and flexibility in<br />
applying these boilers to all types of<br />
institutional-commercial-industrial<br />
(ICI) hot water heating systems.<br />
You will want to replace existing boilers<br />
with a De Dietrich where you can apply<br />
the same run-through as before. Why<br />
change it for a higher installed cost? And<br />
you can apply a building management<br />
system to its operation to bring the temperature<br />
down to meet actual demand or<br />
move it up to a blend of 130-140°F.<br />
When designing a system, you<br />
will like the choice of five brands of North<br />
American burners: Pendell/ FuelMaster,<br />
Riello, Weishaupt, Power Flame and<br />
Gordon Piatt/GP Combustion. And for<br />
customers that want very low levels of<br />
combustion emissions, there are European<br />
burners that integrate well with the<br />
large firebox to bring NOx, CO and CO2<br />
levels well down, for example.<br />
Regional assistance close<br />
And you can get all the design and technical<br />
assistance from manufacturer’s<br />
reps you know, nine across Canada:<br />
Bruce Sutherland in the Atlantic;<br />
S.E.R.L. Inc. in Quebec; Applied Engineering<br />
Systems in Greater Toronto;<br />
Waterloo Mfg. in southwestern Ontario;<br />
C.K. Howard in northern Ontario;<br />
Airtech Sales in eastern Ontario;<br />
Central Boiler Supply in Manitoba-<br />
Saskatchewan; Westcan <strong>HVAC</strong> Sales in<br />
Southern Alberta, Farrell Engineering<br />
in Northern Alberta and Cadillac<br />
Agencies in British Columbia.<br />
Why would I buy a<br />
DeDietrich Boiler?<br />
Quality, Shock Resistant, Low<br />
Maintenance and Energy Savings.<br />
Simply The Best!<br />
What our customers are saying:<br />
Waterloo Region District School Board<br />
“We at the W.R.D.S.B. have been using De Dietrich boilers for the last<br />
6 or 7 years and have had excellent results with them.We are using<br />
them to replace single marine boilers with two De Dietrich boilers.<br />
With these boilers we have reduced our utility costs and drastically<br />
reduced our boiler service.There is no expensive repairs such as retubing<br />
and tube sheets with these boilers and no expensive<br />
parts.Parts are available at the local wholesalers.<br />
We have had great support from the distributor when it comes to<br />
replacing existing boilers.We are also pleased with the efficiency we<br />
are achieving with these boilers and the ability to run lower water<br />
temperatures through our energy management systems thus allowing<br />
us to save even more money.<br />
We have approximately 35 of these boilers installed at this time<br />
and will continue to use them in the future.”<br />
Leo Smith, Foreman H.V.A.C.<br />
Efficiencies reach 85.2%<br />
You will also love this boiler for its<br />
operating efficiency to strict testing<br />
under CSA 4.9-2000 standards.<br />
Approved by ULC to an average efficiency<br />
rating of 85.2% at high-fire<br />
www.dedietrich-canada.com<br />
across the models available (from 170 to<br />
6,206 MBH) and with low modulated<br />
temperatures, energy savings quickly Flexible Eutectic Boilers<br />
add up over the 30-year life of a De<br />
P.O. Box 1763<br />
Tel: 1 519 348-8200<br />
Dietrich boiler.<br />
Mitchell, Ontario N0K 1N0<br />
1 800 943-6275<br />
You will also like the fact that working<br />
E-mail tom.turner@ezlink.on.ca<br />
Fax: 519 348-8404<br />
pressures range from 59 to 75 psi, depending<br />
on the model selected. That gives you<br />
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Honeywell Genetron<br />
Technology Lets AC Industry<br />
Avoid Refrigerant Chaos<br />
The reduction in availability of R-22<br />
due to Environment Canada regulations<br />
has many in the <strong>HVAC</strong> trade<br />
asking, “What’s going to replace R-22?”<br />
For air-conditioning contractors,<br />
there has been fear that they might face<br />
the same “refrigerant chaos” faced by<br />
refrigeration technicians when R-12<br />
was phased out. The phaseout of R-12<br />
resulted in dozens of replacement products<br />
with competing, and sometimes<br />
misleading claims about performance,<br />
reliability and safety. Many refrigeration<br />
engineers still find themselves toting<br />
around several different R-12<br />
replacement refrigerants to be able to<br />
service the different systems they run in<br />
to each day.<br />
Someone Put a Cap on R-22?<br />
The widespread introduction of central<br />
air conditioning systems using R-<br />
410A refrigerant by the major manufacturers<br />
has made life for <strong>HVAC</strong> dealers<br />
appear to have been given a clear message<br />
by manufacturers that they only<br />
need to stock two refrigerants on their<br />
truck to carry them through the phaseout:<br />
R-22 for servicing R-22 systems,<br />
and R-410A for installing and servicing<br />
R-410A systems.<br />
Some dealers have asked “Why R-<br />
410A? Why not a replacement that acts<br />
more like R-22?” Testing has shown that<br />
although R-22s “drop-in” and “direct”<br />
replacements are designed to mimic R-<br />
22, they typically suffer from losses in<br />
Beginning January <strong>2004</strong>, Environment Canada will implement a “cap” on the amount of HCFC<br />
that can be either manufactured or imported in Canada. Yet the demand for R-22 could continue<br />
to increase due to higher residential SEER requirements.<br />
If you service, manage, or specify air-conditioning systems we invite you to learn more about the<br />
quiet operation and outstanding reliability of systems charged with R-410A... because you can teach<br />
an old dog a new trick.<br />
St. Lawrence Chemical<br />
Exclusive distributor of Genetron refrigerants in Canada<br />
Ontario and Western Canada Tel: (416) 243-9615 Fax: (416) 243-9731<br />
Quebec and the Maritime Provinces Tel: (514) 457-3628 Fax: (514) 457-9773<br />
capacity, efficiency and oil return to the<br />
compressor compared to R-22.<br />
Invented by Honeywell, R-410A represents<br />
an advancement in refrigerant<br />
technology with several themophysical<br />
properties that improve on the performance<br />
of R-22 in new equipment. Various<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong> manufacturers have taken advantage<br />
of the superior properties of R-<br />
410A in different ways, by making systems<br />
that are smaller, quieter, or even<br />
more reliable than their R-22 versions.<br />
There are now millions of R-410A air<br />
conditioners running around the world,<br />
and the proven safety and reliability of<br />
these systems has allowed R-410A to<br />
become the new global standard.<br />
Many <strong>HVAC</strong> dealers have found that<br />
consumers are typically unaware of the<br />
phaseout of R-22, which is why<br />
Honeywell launched the consumer website<br />
www.410A.com earlier this year.<br />
For more information on R-410A<br />
systems, tools, and Genetron AZ-20 R-<br />
410A service refrigerant, Honeywell<br />
recommends that technicians contact<br />
their preferred equipment manufacturer<br />
and Genetron refrigerant wholesaler.<br />
St. Lawrence Chemical<br />
Exclusive distributor of Genetron<br />
refrigerants in Canada<br />
Ontario and Western Canada Tel: (416)<br />
243-9615 Fax: (416) 243-9731<br />
Quebec and the Maritime Provinces Tel:<br />
(514) 457-3628 Fax: (514) 457-9773<br />
Find us at genetron.com<br />
Circle Number 136 for More Information<br />
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ISH NORTH AMERICA <strong>2004</strong><br />
ISH NORTH AMERICA <strong>2004</strong> Comes To Boston<br />
The 3rd edition of ISH North tracks: Kitchen & Bath, <strong>Plumbing</strong>, formative program showcases the most trends and regulations. Over 1,000<br />
America is scheduled to take place <strong>HVAC</strong>, Hydronics, Radiant Heating, prominent speakers in the corresponding<br />
industries and draw crowds eager October 14-16, <strong>2004</strong> in scenic Boston,<br />
people are expected to take part in the<br />
October 14-16, <strong>2004</strong> in Boston,<br />
exciting seven-track seminar program.<br />
Massachusetts. It is the only consolidated<br />
trade show incorporating prodevant<br />
and diverse topics as mold, code<br />
Schedule sessions will include such relucts<br />
and services in Kitchen & Bath,<br />
updates, Legionnaires disease, employee<br />
motivation and much more.<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong>, PVF, Heating and Air<br />
Conditioning in an expansive hall of<br />
For more information about the<br />
over 250,000 square feet of exhibit<br />
consolidated trade show for Kitchen &<br />
space at the brand new Boston<br />
Bath, <strong>Plumbing</strong>, PVF, Heating and Air<br />
Convention and Exhibition Center on<br />
Conditioning, visit www.ish-na.com.<br />
the South Boston waterfront. With<br />
ISH North America <strong>2004</strong> will take<br />
over 500 exhibiting companies and<br />
place in the brand new Boston Convention<br />
and Exhibition Center on<br />
nearly 15,000 attendees ISH North<br />
America is the place for contractors, Business Management & Marketing,<br />
wholesalers, engineers, architects, and Environmental Systems. This in-<br />
to learn about the issues, solutions, Massachusetts.<br />
designers, and facility managers to<br />
meet the product manufacturers they<br />
need to see in one convenient location.<br />
Trade show consolidation has been<br />
the starting premise and mission for<br />
ISH North America. Currently the<br />
show is a cooperative effort of four<br />
prominent associations, American<br />
Supply Association (ASA), Canadian<br />
Institute of <strong>Plumbing</strong> & Heating<br />
(CIPH), Radiant Panel Association<br />
(RPA) and <strong>Plumbing</strong>-Heating-Cooling<br />
Contractors - National Association<br />
(PHCC), along with international<br />
trade show organizer, Messe Frankfurt.<br />
The 2003 event was proud to include a<br />
number of additional industry leading<br />
sponsor associations such as the<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong> Contractors of America<br />
(PCA), Construction Contractors’<br />
Alliance (CCA), American Backflow<br />
Prevention Association (ABPA), Refrigeration<br />
Service Engineers Society<br />
(RSES), The PVF Roundtable, and<br />
many more. As the only show committed<br />
to complete trade show consolidation,<br />
ISH North America partners continue<br />
their concerted effort toward<br />
meeting that goal.<br />
Numerous on-site events are held at<br />
ISH North America to enhance the<br />
attendee experience. The New Product<br />
Showcase allows exhibiting companies<br />
the opportunity to display their new<br />
product offerings in a featured location<br />
on the exhibit hall floor. In 2003<br />
almost 100 new products where introduced<br />
in eight categories: Kitchen &<br />
Bath, <strong>Plumbing</strong> & Piping, Heating &<br />
Ventilation, Software & Electronic<br />
Equipment, Industrial Products, Tools<br />
& Equipment, Air Conditioning/Refrigeration<br />
and Hydronic Heating. For<br />
<strong>2004</strong>, awards will be presented in each<br />
of the product categories and a best<br />
overall product award will honor<br />
deserving companies innovative submissions.<br />
Another highly anticipated<br />
event is PHCC’s International Apprenticeship<br />
Contest. The contest drew<br />
record-breaking participation in 2003<br />
and looks to exceed that for the<br />
upcoming show. <strong>Plumbing</strong> apprentices<br />
from all over the world gather to compete<br />
for scholarships and recognition.<br />
A comprehensive seminar program<br />
is a major complement to the trade<br />
show. The educational component is<br />
arranged into seven industry specific<br />
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Kamco Products<br />
We’ve got you covered<br />
Since 1996, Kamco Products has been dedicated to<br />
providing our customers with superior quality<br />
products that cover all their installation needs.<br />
As the leading manufacturer of polyethylene coated<br />
copper tubing in North America, Kamco’s customerdriven<br />
focus ensures that quality, service and innovation<br />
are at the center of our business. We are devoted<br />
to simplifying product installations, improving customer<br />
safety, and protecting the environment through<br />
the products we provide.<br />
Kamco’s family of products help make your installations<br />
run more smoothly and efficiently. Our polyethylene<br />
coated copper tubing is flexible, easy to join, and<br />
uses standard flare fittings. The factory coating brings<br />
you added corrosion protection and peace of mind with<br />
continuous line markings that clearly identify tube contents,<br />
ASTM specification, size and lot number.<br />
To complement our lines of tubing, we offer several<br />
accessories including a custom termination flange,<br />
spring benders, PVC tape, heat shrink kits and a deburring<br />
tool.<br />
Customer Driven Quality.<br />
Customer Driven Service.<br />
Customer Driven Innovation.<br />
For Natural Gas and LP/Gas Lines<br />
Gas-Tec® is yellow coated copper tubing and can be<br />
used for both above and below ground installations.<br />
Gas-Tec tubing is flexible, easy to install and provides<br />
clearer identification of tube contents. Kamco also<br />
offers Gas-Pro, an inner tin-lined coated copper tubing<br />
that allows it to be installed in areas that do not<br />
permit the use of bare copper due to concerns of excessive<br />
sulfur in the gas.<br />
For Fuel Oil Transfer Lines<br />
Oil Pro-Tec is coated orange and is designed to protect<br />
both the environment from oil contaminants and<br />
the copper tubing from corrosion. It features special<br />
grooves between the coating and the copper that assist<br />
with leak detection should a copper failure occur. For<br />
special application installations, where additional physical<br />
protection is required, we have developed Pro-Tec<br />
Plus an outer sleeved coated copper tubing.<br />
For Potable Water Lines<br />
Aqua Shield provides added corrosion protection<br />
and is available in many sizes, allowing it be used for<br />
Kamco offers a full-line of coated copper tubing<br />
and accessories.<br />
both plumbing and municipal applications.<br />
For plumbing applications, the tubing can be directburied<br />
underground and also run through concrete<br />
slabs. It is available in both blue for cold water and red<br />
for hot and eliminates on-site sleeving in many areas.<br />
For municipal applications, straight lengths are available<br />
and it can be used alone or in conjunction with<br />
cathodic protection to increase the life of the tubing.<br />
A Customer-Driven Company<br />
At Kamco, our goal is to cover all of your installation<br />
needs. We want to hear about them. And we want to<br />
meet those needs. We have a responsive customer<br />
service team anxious to hear how we can make your<br />
next installation easier and hassle free. In fact, we are<br />
proud to say that every product we manufacture was<br />
inspired by customer feedback.<br />
We encourage you to call us today at 1.800.891.0800.<br />
Shield Gas Lines from<br />
Aggressive Soil Conditions<br />
Get added corrosion protection with Gas-Tec ® ,<br />
a polyethylene coated copper tubing from<br />
Kamco. The factory coating allows you to<br />
carry only one inventory for both above and<br />
below ground installations, and provides clear<br />
identification of tube contents. Gas-Tec’s<br />
continuous line-marking indicates ASTM<br />
specification and lot number, enabling<br />
the tube to be traced back to the origin<br />
of manufacture. Gas-Tec is flexible,<br />
lightweight and compatible with<br />
standard flare fittings.<br />
And if that doesn’t make your next installation<br />
easy enough, Kamco has a dedicated<br />
customer service team available for any<br />
technical questions, concerns or comments.<br />
Quality tubing. Quality service. Call Kamco.<br />
www.kamcoproducts.com TOLL FREE 1.800.891.0800<br />
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KeepRite Refrigeration - The Right Choice For The Refrigeration Professional<br />
New and Improved<br />
"KLV" Unit Coolers Feature<br />
Wider Capacity Range and<br />
Improved Energy Efficiency<br />
KeepRite Refrigeration's redesigned<br />
KLV Low Velocity Unit Cooler offers a<br />
wider capacity range and improved<br />
energy efficiency.<br />
Designed for 35°F rooms and higher,<br />
the KLV allows for positive low air<br />
movement and even temperatures<br />
throughout the refrigerated space, while<br />
maintaining desired humidity conditions.<br />
KLV units feature a cleanable, durable<br />
textured aluminum cabinet, corrosion<br />
resistant fasteners, low speed plug-in<br />
motor/fan assemblies and a positive<br />
sloped drain pan assembly. These units<br />
are ideal for use in cutting, aging,<br />
packaging and storage rooms, dough<br />
retarding rooms, floral boxes, meat and<br />
fish coolers and prep. rooms.<br />
New "KV"-Series Condensing Units join the<br />
KeepRite Refrigeration family of products<br />
The New KVS/KVD features single or dual compressor(s) and a<br />
vertical discharge air-cooled condenser that is suitable for large walk-in<br />
coolers and freezers, blast freezers, warehouse applications and air<br />
conditioned spaces where roof mounted condensers are most practical.<br />
Featuring a standard semi-hermetic compressor, the unit is also<br />
available with hermetic, scroll, or screw compressors along with two-stage<br />
and parallel piped options.<br />
Condenser cores feature our<br />
unique "THERMOSPAN TM " coil<br />
and consist of a sub-cooling circuit<br />
constructed of tubing designed to<br />
produce lower refrigerant charge,<br />
increased compressor reliability and<br />
lower energy costs.<br />
The KV-Line meets all application needs from<br />
15 to 100 Hp (high and medium temperature) and<br />
10 to 80 Hp (low temperature). A wide range of factory-installed options<br />
are available for specialized applications.<br />
KeepRite Refrigeration “KVC” Air Cooled Condensers<br />
Designed for refrigeration or air conditioning duty, the KVC air-cooled<br />
condenser is available in sizes ranging from 11 to 206 nominal tons THR, for<br />
use with refrigerants R12, R22, R502, R134a, R404A, R407A, R407B,<br />
R407C and R507.<br />
Constructed of heavy gauge galvanized steel, the cabinet features zinc<br />
plated huck bolt assembly, individually baffled fan sections, clean out panels,<br />
heavy gauge galvanized steel motor mounts and quiet 850 RPM low speed<br />
fan motors.<br />
Construction features include 3/8" or 1/2" O.D. copper tube, mechanically<br />
expanded on to aluminum fins, and the THERMOSPAN TM<br />
coil design that effectively eliminates tube<br />
failure on tube sheets.<br />
Single fan width models (up to<br />
6 fans long) and double fan width<br />
models (total 12 fan models) are<br />
available with 1 Hp 850 RPM<br />
(standard) or optional 1/2 Hp 550<br />
RPM or 2 Hp 1140 RPM motors.<br />
A wide variety of fan cycling control<br />
and tube circuiting options are offered to suit all<br />
specification requirements. Optional fin materials and<br />
spacing also available.<br />
KeepRite Refrigeration's<br />
Most Popular Unit Cooler<br />
is a Proven Performer<br />
Designed for maximum performance<br />
and dependability, the KUC is a mainstay<br />
in the KeepRite Refrigeration family of<br />
products, boasting years of reliable<br />
service in demanding environments.<br />
The KUC unit cooler features flush to<br />
ceiling textured aluminum cabinet,<br />
stainless steel and nylon hardware, quick<br />
disconnect shaded pole fan motors, high<br />
density polyethylene fan guards with<br />
built in throw boosters and a pre-formed<br />
reversible drain pan. Storage space is<br />
optimized by the compact, slim profile,<br />
which provides uniform air distribution<br />
through the coil for optimal heat transfer<br />
performance.<br />
Available in air, electric and hot gas<br />
defrost models for -30°F and above room<br />
temperatures, ranging in capacity from<br />
4,100 to 30,600 BTUH at 10°F TD.<br />
Optional fin spacing, materials and<br />
coatings, PSC motors, and painted<br />
cabinet are available.<br />
"Point And Click" KeepRite<br />
Refrigeration is on line<br />
KeepRite Refrigeration's website is<br />
ready to service customers 24 hours a<br />
day, seven days a week.<br />
The web site includes information on<br />
the company; product listings, free<br />
software, contact information, warranty<br />
etc. and is accessible to browsers around<br />
the world.<br />
A complete library of product<br />
literature and technical specifications can<br />
be viewed, downloaded or printed.<br />
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Performance,<br />
Reliability,<br />
Value,<br />
by<br />
Design<br />
Introducing KE-Line Semi-Hermetic<br />
Condensing Units.<br />
Our newest condensing unit line is another example<br />
of how our mix of experience, state-of-the-art<br />
technology and engineering ingenuity results in an<br />
exceptional product that delivers performance,<br />
reliability and value.<br />
KE Line models range in capacity from 3 to 7.5 HP for<br />
outdoor applications, and are equipped with an optimized<br />
condenser design utilizing the most efficient enhanced tubing.<br />
The open front design affords easy access and serviceability,<br />
while the spacious control panel allows ample room for<br />
installing optional components.<br />
Options include a new electronic<br />
defrost time clock, an electronic fan speed<br />
controller, plus many more factoryinstalled<br />
accessories to customize your<br />
package.<br />
Like every product we build, the<br />
KE-Line condensing unit delivers the<br />
quality our customers have come to<br />
expect, along with the options they<br />
demand for their specialized<br />
applications.<br />
For more information, visit www.k-rp.com<br />
or call us at 1-800-463-9517<br />
The Right Choice For<br />
The Refrigeration<br />
Professional<br />
© <strong>2004</strong> National Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Canada Corp.
Madok Manufacturing<br />
Meeting the customer’s needs<br />
Simple formula proves a successful recipe<br />
Madok Manufacturing Limited of<br />
Brantford, Ont. has found success,<br />
in large part, through its<br />
•<br />
ability to respond to the needs of its<br />
customers, reports company president<br />
Allan Antcliffe, P.Eng.<br />
In a nutshell, the company’s formula<br />
revolves around its ability to provide<br />
high quality heat transfer coils which are<br />
custom-designed to the specific application,<br />
competitively priced and delivered<br />
fast and on time – every time, he added.<br />
Incorporated in 1975, Madok is a<br />
Canadian manufacturer of custom designed<br />
copper tube/aluminum plate-fin<br />
heat transfer coils and has been licensed<br />
to distribute and apply Heresite(r) protective<br />
coatings in Canada since 1987.<br />
“Our early growth was based on our<br />
ability to supply ‘exact’ replacements,<br />
within very short lead times, for heating<br />
and cooling coils which had failed due<br />
to freezing, corrosion or other causes.<br />
While rapid delivery of replacement<br />
coils remains an important part of our<br />
business, we supply many new coil<br />
applications as well,” Antcliffe reports.<br />
Madok currently supplies:<br />
Booster coils<br />
Fluid (cooling and heating) coils<br />
Standard steam coils<br />
• Evaporator coils<br />
Condenser/heat reclaim coils<br />
• Special coils<br />
Standard lead time is four weeks,<br />
with a one-week ‘fast delivery’ option<br />
normally available.<br />
The addition of Heresite protective<br />
coatings was a logical extension of the<br />
coil business. Heresite prolongs the life<br />
of heating and cooling coils, air/fume<br />
handling equipment and other components<br />
that must be installed in a corrosive<br />
atmosphere, including salt water,<br />
Antcliffe explained.<br />
While Heresite coating can be<br />
applied to Madok products, the majority<br />
of the company’s coating business is<br />
applied to coils and other components –<br />
including complete units – supplied by<br />
customers across Canada.<br />
Madok will showcase its line of heat<br />
transfer coils and Heresite coatings at<br />
<strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong> in Toronto March 25-27. “As<br />
a small business with no outside sales<br />
force and a limited travel budget, the<br />
<strong>CMX</strong> show provides an opportunity for<br />
face-to-face meetings with many current<br />
and potential customers whom we<br />
would otherwise only communicate<br />
with by telephone or fax,” reports<br />
Antcliffe.<br />
The company has established a web<br />
site at www.madok.com and is seeing an<br />
increasing percentage of business communications<br />
by e-mail.<br />
Like any successful company, those<br />
individuals who deal with customers on<br />
a day-to-day basis play a major role.<br />
They include: Antcliffe, a mechanical<br />
engineer and 27-year veteran of the<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong>/R industry. He joined Madok in<br />
1994 after 17 years with KeepRite and<br />
purchased the company in 1996.<br />
Randy Catherwood, inside sales, joined<br />
Madok in 1983 and is best able to discuss<br />
how Madok’s coil-making capabilities<br />
can match customer requirements.<br />
Frank Hignell, inside sales, is also a Keep-<br />
Heat Transfer Coils &<br />
Corrosion Protection Coatings<br />
The Madok team, from left, Randy<br />
Catherwood, Allan Antcliffe and<br />
Frank Hignell.<br />
Rite veteran. He joined Madok in 1994 and<br />
is primarily involved with custom products,<br />
including heating/cooling coils.<br />
Success also means support for the<br />
industry as a whole. Madok contributes<br />
to ASHRAE research at the ‘Investor’<br />
level. Antcliffe is currently president of<br />
the Brantford chapter of RSES and has<br />
been a speaker at the organization’s<br />
national conferences in the past. The<br />
company is the founder and ongoing<br />
sponsor of the Irvin M. Bodine Memorial<br />
Award presented annually to the<br />
individual achieving the highest RSES<br />
certificate examination mark (for CM<br />
designation) during the previous year.<br />
What does the future hold for this<br />
small manufacturer? In <strong>2004</strong> and<br />
beyond Madok Manufacturing will<br />
pursue new markets and customers for<br />
its current products, look at new heat<br />
transfer surfaces and equipment necessary<br />
to expand its line, and expand its<br />
manufacturing capability to meet growing<br />
customer needs.<br />
■ New Coil Applications<br />
■ Exact Coil Replacements<br />
■ Rapid Delivery<br />
■ Heresite Protective Coatings<br />
Madok Manufacturing is the<br />
Canadian licencee for<br />
Heresite Protective Coatings Inc.<br />
Manitowoc, WI<br />
MANUFACTURING LIMITED<br />
50 Morrell St., Brantford, Ontario N3T 4J5<br />
Tel (519) 756-5760 Fax (519) 756-5768<br />
mail@madok.com www.madok.com<br />
Circle Number 140 for More Information<br />
38 <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News – March/April <strong>2004</strong> www.plumbingandhvac.ca
MITS MEANS THE BEST!<br />
Specializing in unconventional climate controlled environmental needs. No ductwork? No problem!<br />
Economical, efficent, flexible, versatile, quiet climate control for those unique applications.<br />
Fresh Air IAQ<br />
Available in 5, 7.5 & 10 tons<br />
With multiple indoor units<br />
Now Available For Light<br />
Residential & Commercial Application<br />
LOSSNAY<br />
Fresh Air IAQ<br />
CITY MULTI<br />
by<br />
Mr. Slim "M" Series<br />
Ductless Air Conditioning<br />
and Heat Pumps from 9000<br />
to 24000 BTU/h's<br />
Mr. Slim "P" Series<br />
from 1 to 3.5 ton capacity in<br />
various configurations.<br />
Ceiling and wall mounted<br />
Mitsubishi Electric<br />
Diamond Air with Lossnay® core<br />
Energy Recovery Ventilators<br />
Water Source Air Conditioners<br />
and Heat Pumps<br />
BARD Horizontal Discharge<br />
Air Conditioning Units<br />
See us at <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong><br />
Booth# 1822, 1824, 1826<br />
Circle Number 141 for More Information
City Multi ® Variable Refrigerant Flow Hvac Systems<br />
The <strong>HVAC</strong> Division of Mitsubishi<br />
Electric Sales Canada, Inc.,<br />
headquartered in Markham, Ont.,<br />
has launched its new CITY<br />
MULTI® series. This is a variable<br />
refrigerant flow zoning (VRFZ)<br />
system featuring inverter<br />
compressor technology and<br />
simultaneous cooling and heating,<br />
according to Anton Wolmarans,<br />
General Manager <strong>HVAC</strong> Division.<br />
Mitsubishi Electric has been<br />
manufacturing CITY MULTI<br />
VRFZ systems for nearly 20<br />
years," said Anton. "For hospitals,<br />
multi-level office buildings and<br />
hotels around the world, this<br />
technology has proven to be more<br />
energy efficient and provides a<br />
higher degree of comfort than<br />
traditional systems currently on the<br />
market in Canada.<br />
"CITY MULTI VRFZ systems are<br />
ideal for various applications<br />
because they allow building<br />
owners to provide each individual<br />
space with its own personalized,<br />
zoned comfort system and realize<br />
energy savings in the process,"<br />
Anton added.<br />
The key to comfort, he explained,<br />
is Mitsubishi Electric's inverter<br />
technology, which includes a<br />
variable speed compressor for<br />
precise comfort control. The<br />
inverter technology varies the<br />
speed of the compressor to deliver<br />
the exact amount of cooling or<br />
heating demanded by each zone. In<br />
fact, the layout of CITY MULTI<br />
VRFZ systems allows users to cool<br />
and/or heat only the spaces<br />
occupied, while saving valuable<br />
resources that would otherwise be<br />
wasted by conditioning air in<br />
unoccupied spaces.<br />
This unique zoning characteristic<br />
maintains a constant and<br />
comfortable indoor environment.<br />
The CITY MULTI VRFZ system is<br />
a fully integrated system with the<br />
MELANS DDC control system<br />
tying together the outdoor unit, the<br />
branch circuit (BC) controller, the<br />
indoor units, and the remote and<br />
central controllers. MELANS<br />
stands for Mitsubishi Electric Air<br />
Conditioning Network System.<br />
Gateway units are also available<br />
for use with industry leading BMS<br />
systems.<br />
Four different Series CITY MULTI<br />
systems are offered:<br />
The S-Series: For large homes and<br />
small offices an 50,000 BTU<br />
condensing unit with up to 8<br />
connectable indoor units are<br />
available.<br />
The Y-Series: For larger offices<br />
and commercial applications an<br />
80,000 BTU condensing unit with<br />
up to 13 connectable indoor units and<br />
a 100,000 BTU condensing unit<br />
with up to16 connectable indoor units<br />
available.<br />
R2 Series: Allows for heat<br />
recovery and simultaneous cooling<br />
and heating operation of connected<br />
indoor units, an 80,000 Btu/h unit<br />
with up to 15 connectable indoor<br />
units; or a 100,000 Btu/h unit with<br />
up to 16 connectable indoor units<br />
are available.<br />
Wr2 Water Cooled Series:<br />
Allows simultaneous cooling and<br />
heating operation of connected<br />
indoor units, an 80,000 Btu/h unit<br />
with up to 15 connectable indoor<br />
units; or a 100,000 Btu/h unit with<br />
up to 16 connectable indoor units<br />
are available. Double heat recovery<br />
is made possible in both the<br />
refrigerant and the Water Circuit<br />
with the Wr2<br />
All systems can use ducted or<br />
ductless indoor units.<br />
Each indoor unit has a linear<br />
electronic expansion valve that<br />
enables the indoor units to operate<br />
with variable capacity, adding to<br />
the overall system efficiency.<br />
Multiple controller options for<br />
remote or central operation of the<br />
individual indoor units or the<br />
entire system are also offered.<br />
S-SERIES<br />
The Complete Solution............<br />
Connect up tp 8 Indoor units to 1 outdoor unit.<br />
Individual indoor unit zone control.<br />
Inverter compressor control technology.<br />
Compressor Capacity control 8% to 108%.<br />
Indoor Capacity Control 25% to 100% by LEV.<br />
Network controls included.<br />
Easy Installation, only 2 small diameter pipes.<br />
Quietest operation.<br />
Fresh Air can be Supplied to indoor unit mixing chamber.<br />
ERV and HRV compatible.<br />
Air-condition areas that are impossible to reach<br />
with other systems.<br />
S-Series<br />
Outdoor Unit<br />
Fresh Air Supply<br />
Small Diameter<br />
Duct<br />
Energy Recovery<br />
Ventilator<br />
Exhaust Air<br />
Small Diameter<br />
Duct<br />
Refrigerant Pipes<br />
Indoor Units<br />
(Ducted and/or Ductless)<br />
Under Floor Radiant Heat<br />
Electronic<br />
Environments<br />
According to Anton, heat recovery<br />
and simultaneous cooling and<br />
heating operation is made possible<br />
when using the R2 and Wr2<br />
systems through the use of the BC<br />
controller, which redirects<br />
refrigerant flow between the<br />
indoor units and the outdoor unit.<br />
"We've taken Mitsubishi Electric's<br />
microchip technology expertise<br />
and applied it to the <strong>HVAC</strong> needs<br />
of Canadian buildings, " said<br />
Anton. "The solution is a smarter,<br />
more efficient cooling and heating<br />
system for today's indoor<br />
environments and be sure to see it<br />
at <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong>."<br />
Air-conditioning Systems<br />
City Multi S-Series<br />
The Air-Conditioning And Fresh<br />
Air Solution For Buildings With<br />
Radiant Floor Heating Systems.<br />
Underfloor radiant heating products have<br />
been an ever-growing force in the highend<br />
custom home market. The economics<br />
of the product, as well as it’s flexibility in<br />
applications, have helped increase<br />
demand for this heating technology. These<br />
systems are quiet, reliable and create the<br />
most comfortable environments<br />
imaginable.<br />
Homes with underfloor radiant heating<br />
systems typically do not have central<br />
forced-air heating systems with duct work<br />
that carries air to rooms throughout the<br />
house.<br />
This creates special considerations when<br />
selecting an air-conditioning system that<br />
will create the same reliability,comfort<br />
and quiet operation as the underfloor<br />
radiant heating system.<br />
Fortunately, Mitsubishi Electric has the<br />
answer, the City Multi S-Series Air-<br />
Conditioning System.<br />
See us at <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong>, Booths# 1821/23/25/27<br />
Circle Number 142 for More Information<br />
40 <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News – March/April <strong>2004</strong> www.plumbingandhvac.ca
Moen Inc.<br />
High tech faucet<br />
has low tech appeal<br />
Aunique marriage of form and function,<br />
Moen’s new Aberdeen pulldown<br />
kitchen faucet offers classic<br />
beauty with smart design solutions.<br />
Easy to install, and even easier to use,<br />
the Aberdeen meets all the requirements<br />
of today’s busy kitchen faucet.<br />
The Aberdeen kitchen faucet’s unique<br />
features include a one-of-a-kind pause<br />
button, allowing the user to interrupt<br />
the flow of water, and a single-button<br />
activation spray that instantly changes<br />
the water stream from aerated to spray.<br />
Filling a vase on the countertop is a<br />
breeze – the pulldown hose can reach<br />
outside the sink and the pause button<br />
allows the user to direct water only<br />
where it is wanted.<br />
“Today, style-savvy homeowners<br />
crave traditional styling combined with<br />
modern functionality, like a higher and<br />
slightly longer spout to allow for better<br />
clearance when washing dishes or filling<br />
large pots,” says Ted Harrison, director<br />
of marketing for Moen Canada.<br />
“Aberdeen’s high arc spout and<br />
ergonomically-designed pulldown hose<br />
offer the features that more and more of<br />
our customers are looking for,”<br />
Plumbers and do-it-yourselfers will<br />
appreciate Aberdeen’s ease of installation.<br />
The new Hydrolock installation<br />
system, patented by ITT Industries and<br />
featured on all Moen pull-out and pulldown<br />
kitchen faucets, snaps together<br />
with a telltale “click” so the installer<br />
knows the connection is secure.<br />
“The Hydrolock system is already<br />
used in the automotive industry to connect<br />
fuel lines,” says Harrison. “The<br />
quick-connect system allows for easier<br />
and faster faucet installation and removal,<br />
reduces labor, eliminates the possibility<br />
of cross-threading during installation,<br />
and eliminates the need to use tools<br />
to attach the water line to the faucet.”<br />
Homeowners who prefer the traditional<br />
look of a two-handle faucet, but<br />
demand the functionality of a pulldown<br />
faucet, now have a unique style<br />
choice. Aberdeen is available in the twohandle<br />
and single-handle styles, with an<br />
optional coordinating soap/lotion dispenser.<br />
The Aberdeen is also available in a<br />
variety of eye-catching finishes that easily<br />
fit into today’s popular design<br />
themes, including: Chrome, Glacier,<br />
Chrome/LifeShine® Polished Brass<br />
Accents, LifeShine Stainless, and<br />
LifeShine Copper. LifeShine finishes are<br />
guaranteed not to tarnish, corrode or<br />
discolor. With LifeShine, consumers can<br />
expect long-lasting beauty, year after<br />
year, and faucets that are easy to clean<br />
and maintain.<br />
Like all Moen faucets, Aberdeen<br />
faucets contain Moen’s patented onepiece<br />
washerless cartridge, which means<br />
no washers, springs or discs — the most<br />
common causes of annoying drips. The<br />
self-contained unit has fewer parts,<br />
meaning greater reliability and worryfree<br />
performance, year after year.<br />
For more information about Moen’s<br />
new Aberdeen line of faucets and the<br />
new Hydrolock quick-installation system,<br />
visit www.moen.com or call 1-800-<br />
465-6130.<br />
Moen Inc. (www.moen.com) is<br />
Canada’s leading brand of faucets for<br />
the new home construction, renovation,<br />
repair and replacement markets.<br />
Circle Number 143 for More Information<br />
Moen’s new Aberdeen pulldown<br />
kitchen faucet offers classic looks<br />
with features that appeal to today’s<br />
homeowner.<br />
Moen Inc. is one of the world’s largest<br />
producers of residential and commercial<br />
plumbing products and the leading<br />
brand of faucets in North America.<br />
Moen Inc. is part of the Fortune Brands<br />
Home and Hardware group of Fortune<br />
Brands, Inc. (NYSE:FO), an international<br />
consumer products company<br />
with headquarters in Lincolnshire, IL.<br />
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MTP Instruments<br />
Innovative test instruments<br />
An innovative temperature logger is<br />
among the new measurement<br />
devices MTP Instruments will display<br />
at <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
The PROVA 69 Portable Temperature<br />
Logger stands out because of its<br />
small size and user friendly interface.<br />
Temperature loggers are used when<br />
temperatures must be monitored over<br />
an extended period. For example, they<br />
can be placed with perishable foods in a<br />
refrigerated trailer to monitor for temperature<br />
fluctuations during a trip.<br />
They can also be placed in air ducts and<br />
ventilation rooms, or used in temperature<br />
surveys on buildings.<br />
Users can set maximums and minimums<br />
and the unit will time stamp up<br />
to 24 instances of temperatures outside<br />
of those limits, with duration.<br />
The PROVA 69 has a several security<br />
features to prevent man-made false<br />
data. These include a unique 48-bit serial<br />
number and a total samples (ever<br />
recorded) data counter. Also, any<br />
attempt to change a status register will<br />
stop the process of recording.<br />
Battery life is ten years.<br />
TES 3600 Power Analyzer<br />
The new TES 3600 Power Analyzer is<br />
lightweight and small enough to fit in<br />
your hand.<br />
The 3600 offers single-phase, 2-wire;<br />
single-phase, 3-wire; 3-phase, 3-wire,<br />
and 3-phase, 4-wire power measurement.<br />
It has connectors for four current<br />
sensing clamps to allow electrical measurements<br />
to be taken from up to four<br />
circuits (single-phase 2-wire) simultaneously.<br />
It measures KW, KVAR, KVA,<br />
PF, harmonics, Hz and energy KWh,<br />
KVARh and KVAh.<br />
It has an LCD display that shows 10<br />
readings at once, saving a lot of paging.<br />
Power analyzers are necessary when<br />
you want to conduct a consumption survey<br />
to identify machines that are using too<br />
A temperature/data logger is useful<br />
when temperatures must be monitored<br />
over an extended period.<br />
much electricity, or when you want to<br />
assess the quality of an energy source.<br />
The instruments are also useful for<br />
troubleshooting. For example, if a piece<br />
of sophisticated equipment is failing,<br />
the 3600 can monitor it to determine if<br />
voltage from the energy source is steady.<br />
Typical applications for a power analyzer<br />
include testing of heating and air conditioning<br />
units, and motor controllers.<br />
TES 3079 <strong>HVAC</strong><br />
TRMS Clamp Meter<br />
The TES 3079 is a complete tool for any<br />
technician in ventilation or air conditioning.<br />
It works as three units in one. It<br />
has the features of a clamp-on meter, a<br />
temperature indicator and microAmp<br />
capability.<br />
The unit analyzes temperature, voltage,<br />
amperage and resistance over hours<br />
or days and records the minimum and<br />
maximum with time stamping.<br />
A technician can use it to check current<br />
draw in motors and compressors,<br />
assess efficiency, check temperature, test<br />
run or start capacitors, confirm low voltage<br />
control signals, measure flame safeguard<br />
device current draw, and confirm<br />
power sources.<br />
It has a 3-3/4" digital LCD with a bar<br />
graph.<br />
TES 1326/1327 Infrared<br />
Temperature Gun<br />
Just point and pull the trigger, and the<br />
TES 1326/1327 Infrared Temperature<br />
Gun will tell you the surface temperature<br />
of ducts, pipes, steam traps, and<br />
more. Comfortable in your hand, the<br />
unit’s built-in laser sighting and 8:1<br />
ratio will save many trips up a ladder to<br />
measure airflow temperatures in heating<br />
and cooling ducts.<br />
Both the 1326 and 1327 operate in<br />
Fahrenheit or Centigrade, and have a<br />
back-lit LCD display, laser targeting and<br />
a Max/Min function. The 1327 also<br />
offers adjustable emissivity; an audible<br />
and visible alarm, and a data memory<br />
and read function.<br />
The units resolve temperature readings<br />
to within 1/10th of a degree C in a<br />
range from -20 to 500 degrees C. They<br />
weigh about 200 grams each.<br />
TES 3660 Autoranging<br />
Insulation Tester<br />
An insulation tester is an instrument used<br />
for checking insulation resistances on motors,<br />
compressors, feeders, buss bar systems,<br />
grounds, and branch circuit wiring.<br />
Most insulation testers are in trouble<br />
if there is voltage on the line, but not the<br />
TES 3660 Autoranging Insulation Tester.<br />
If it senses that the line is energized,<br />
it instantly switches from insulation<br />
testing mode (up to 4000 Mohm) to<br />
voltage testing mode (AC/DC, up to<br />
1000V). This uncommon safety feature<br />
prevents damage to the unit and helps<br />
the technician avoid shocks.<br />
The 3660 features a large LCD with<br />
analog bar graph and digital display. It has<br />
a 250V, 500V, 1000V output voltage for<br />
insulation Megaohm testing and a low<br />
ohm function for testing connections.<br />
Handheld, the device automatically<br />
discharges capacitive voltages, and has a<br />
manual data memory and read function<br />
with nine sets.<br />
The 3660 meets EN61557 and<br />
IEC1010-1, CAT III 1000V.<br />
Circle Number 144 for More Information<br />
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NTI Inc.<br />
Trinity boiler is<br />
quietly efficient<br />
Canadian <strong>HVAC</strong> manufacturer NTI<br />
(formerly NY Thermal) promises<br />
that its Trinity Ultra High-<br />
Efficiency Boiler and Water Heater will<br />
create a new standard for efficiency and<br />
flexibility in North America’s residential<br />
boiler market.<br />
EnergyStar rated, the Trinity offers<br />
two models (150 and 200) modulating<br />
between 50 and 200 MBH. Both have a<br />
proven efficiency of up to 92% AFUE.<br />
Fueled by natural gas or propane, the<br />
units are flexible because they can be<br />
installed in many locations within a home.<br />
Mounted on a wall, they open up<br />
floor area. Compact at 15" x 20" x 23"<br />
(38cm x 50.8cm x 58.4cm), they go<br />
many places other boilers cannot.<br />
Tankless, they reduce energy losses from<br />
standing hot water.<br />
The boilers operate at only 40 dB<br />
thanks to a casing design that virtually<br />
eliminates combustion noises. Jim<br />
Derry, owner of Middletown Sheet<br />
Metal in Bradford, Ontario, says “It’s<br />
amazing how that thing runs, what kind<br />
of range it has, but to actually see it<br />
there... it’s so quiet.”<br />
The Trinity’s combustion system is<br />
totally sealed off from the house, decreasing<br />
heating costs. All combustion<br />
air is drawn from outside, used for<br />
combustion and then expelled.<br />
The units require zero clearance to<br />
combustibles and can be direct vented<br />
through the wall to the outside using 2"<br />
or 3" ABS or CPVC pipe.<br />
Suitable for new construction, custom<br />
homes and retrofits, Trinity boilers<br />
have many applications. Middletown<br />
has used them to heat “everything from<br />
swimming pools to hot tubs, Jacuzzis,<br />
ice melters and in floor heating systems,”<br />
Derry says.<br />
As is, the Trinity can supply the hot<br />
water for baseboard and hydronic heating<br />
systems. Add a fan coil and they are<br />
forced air furnaces. A “Combi” model,<br />
which comes with a second heat<br />
exchanger, can do double duty, providing<br />
households with both heat and<br />
domestic hot water. Mr. Derry’s company<br />
has used the Combi model for most<br />
of its installations. “Installation is quick,<br />
easy with no space required because<br />
they hang on the wall,” he notes.<br />
and auxiliary indirect pump or valve.<br />
It also provides an outdoor sensor for<br />
automatic boiler temperature reset, and a<br />
routine that activates the pump for five<br />
seconds every 72 hours to prevent seizing.<br />
Mr. Derry says that properly<br />
installed and “tweaked” the units are<br />
incredibly efficient. “The Bacharach<br />
printouts” rate the Trinity “from 94%<br />
to 99.5% efficient...that doesn’t lie, they<br />
are that good.”<br />
Another feature of the Trinity is<br />
NTI’s new, state-of-the-art combustion<br />
system. This system allows modulation<br />
of the burner flame to the appropriate<br />
size depending upon the water flow and<br />
required temperature. It incorporates a<br />
Pneumatic Augmented Modulated<br />
(PAM) valve to precisely reduce the<br />
amount of gas that is injected into the<br />
burner, to ensure proper combustion<br />
throughout the full range of modulation.<br />
The system also compensates for<br />
extended venting, removing the need<br />
for adjustments between short and long<br />
vent runs.<br />
An innovative condensing heat<br />
exchanger constructed from 316-L<br />
stainless steel provides virtually endless<br />
hot water at 70-85% efficiency. One<br />
The attractive casing contributes to<br />
the Trinity’s quiet operation.<br />
boiler unit delivers up to 5.5 US gallons<br />
(21 litres) of water per minute at a constant<br />
temperature of 120°F.<br />
The Trinity is manufactured to CSA<br />
and AGA standards and codes.<br />
Our small but mighty boiler<br />
just got smaller.<br />
NTI’s popular Trinity wall-mounted condensing gas boiler<br />
offers reliable and efficient performance, but now in a 35%<br />
smaller package that’s guaranteed to fit into the tightest<br />
space your job demands! This compact but powerful boiler<br />
is also more service-friendly as our customers requested:<br />
components are more accessible so your maintenance call<br />
will go as smoothly as possible.<br />
All this and the Trinity still offers the same advanced features:<br />
whisper-quiet 40 db operation, 92% seasonal efficiency, plastic<br />
venting up to 105 feet, outdoor reset, 100% stainless boiler<br />
construction and up to 5.5 GPM of domestic hot water.<br />
Sentry 2100 controller<br />
At the heart of the Trinity is NTI’s<br />
Sentry 2100 microprocessor controller.<br />
The Sentry 2100 replaces “several controllers<br />
that congest conventional boiler<br />
cabinets,” says Kevin Dennison, NTI’s<br />
president. “The digital programming<br />
Big things DO come in small packages.<br />
system provides the installer with several<br />
operational options and unmatched<br />
www.nythermal.com or<br />
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An impact-resistant cover fully encloses<br />
the Sentry 2100. The control uses<br />
NY THERMAL INC.<br />
a digital set point for high precision; provides<br />
all safety and operational functions,<br />
and operates burner, heating pump,<br />
Circle Number 145 for More Information<br />
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ECR International, Olsen Division<br />
Boiler offers contractors<br />
impressive innovations<br />
As a leader in the <strong>HVAC</strong> industry,<br />
ECR International has been manufacturing<br />
quality boilers since<br />
1928. Over the years, the Olsen brand<br />
has built a solid reputation, with both<br />
contractors and homeowners, by providing<br />
dependable, innovative <strong>HVAC</strong><br />
products that embrace the forefront of<br />
new technology.<br />
With the introduction of the new<br />
Olsen Q90-200 boiler, ECR International<br />
once again demonstrates this<br />
commitment to providing the latest in<br />
hydronic heating innovation.<br />
Utilizing revolutionary heat transfer<br />
technology, the Q90-200 achieves a new<br />
level of home heating comfort at exceptionally<br />
high efficiencies. In a typical<br />
hydronic heating application, this hot<br />
water gas-fired boiler attains a remarkable<br />
90% AFUE efficiency. When integrated<br />
into a low water temperature<br />
radiant system, even higher efficiencies<br />
are achieved.<br />
Lightweight heat exchanger<br />
At the heart of the Olsen Q90-200’s<br />
Individually, our brands have been well known<br />
in the <strong>HVAC</strong> community for many years.<br />
Together, they comprise the ECR International<br />
family of quality products, providing you with a<br />
seamless, integrated source for all your heating<br />
and cooling project requirements. ECR makes<br />
specifying easier while giving you more<br />
cross-selling flexibility.With extensive training<br />
programs, marketing & technical support,<br />
plus on-going research and development,<br />
ECR International offers all the advantages<br />
of a solid partnership.<br />
Tel: 888-259-7253<br />
Fax: 519-627-4719<br />
www.ecrltd.com<br />
Visit us at CIPHEX Booth #1020 and<br />
<strong>CMX</strong> Booth #1834!<br />
Gas & Oil-Fired Furnaces / Residential Split Air-Conditioning Systems / Gas & Oil-Fired Hot Water Boilers<br />
Hydronic Controls / Baseboard Radiation / Indirect-Fired Water Heaters / Ductless Mini-Split Air-Conditioning Systems<br />
Hydronic Air Handlers / Heat Pump Water Heaters<br />
The new Olsen Quantum 90-200 boiler<br />
utilizes revolutionary heat transfer<br />
technology.<br />
success is its revolutionary lightweight<br />
cast aluminum heat exchanger that features<br />
an amazing one-piece design. This<br />
eliminates leaks, which can occur with<br />
section interface in sectional heat<br />
exchangers.<br />
The aluminum heat exchanger is<br />
designed to operate at less than 1/2 psi<br />
pressure drop, which eliminates the<br />
need for costly high head pumps or primary/secondary<br />
piping. An added benefit<br />
is the package boiler’s light weight,<br />
only 278 pounds, making it easy to<br />
maneuver and install.<br />
This hot water<br />
gas-fired boiler<br />
attains a remarkable<br />
90% AFUE efficiency.<br />
Another Q90-200 feature is its simplicity<br />
of design, making it user friendly<br />
for contractors. Simplified controls<br />
have been engineered to optimize reliability,<br />
while an integrated boiler control<br />
with high limit and factory wired and<br />
installed probe type low water cut-off<br />
ensures proper operation, safety and<br />
diagnostics.<br />
Since cooled flue gases can be safely<br />
vented through inexpensive, readily<br />
available PVC pipe, the Olsen Q90-200<br />
is considerably easier to install, minimizing<br />
contractor installation costs for<br />
material and labor.<br />
And its sealed combustion, directvent<br />
forced draft system doesn’t compete<br />
with occupants for air. Reduced<br />
CO and NOx emissions make the Q90-<br />
200 environmentally friendly.<br />
An ideal choice for both retrofit and<br />
new home construction, the Olsen<br />
Q90-200 is the latest addition to ECR<br />
International’s complete line of gas and<br />
oil-fire hot water and steam boilers and<br />
related <strong>HVAC</strong> products for residential<br />
and commercial applications.<br />
Circle Number 146 for More Information<br />
44 <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News – March/April <strong>2004</strong> www.plumbingandhvac.ca
Redmond/Williams Distributing<br />
Amana–trusted for a century<br />
With the need for summer air<br />
conditioning not far away,<br />
Redmond/Williams Distributing<br />
presents two Amana air conditioners<br />
– and an Amana furnace too – that<br />
offer great value and energy savings for<br />
homeowners, along with reliability and<br />
performance for <strong>HVAC</strong> contractors and<br />
home builders.<br />
Amana is a trusted name that has<br />
stood for innovation and dependability<br />
on appliances for almost a century with<br />
products designed and manufactured to<br />
exceed customer expectations. Amana,<br />
and other lines that Redmond/Williams<br />
Distributing stocks in Mississauga, Ont.,<br />
will be on display at <strong>CMX</strong> in Toronto<br />
March 25-27.<br />
system, and heats incoming and return<br />
air through its stainless steel heat<br />
exchanger with its unique patented<br />
wrinkled tubular design.<br />
All these features, plus a two-stage gas<br />
valve, achieve a 96%+ AFUE high efficiency<br />
rating and an Energy Star listing.<br />
The GUVA was also a “Best Buy”<br />
feature in the Consumers Digest September/<br />
October 2003 issue. The<br />
American Council for an Energy-<br />
Efficient Economy (www.aceee.org)<br />
also ranked it the “Best-of-the-Best” in<br />
energy-efficient appliances and is the<br />
“Top-Rated” gas furnace in four out of<br />
six Btu/hr ranges.<br />
Asure Extended service coverage<br />
Amana and Redmond/Williams offer<br />
customers further peace of mind with<br />
their Asure Extended Service Plan coverage.<br />
Asure covers all functional parts<br />
in Amana one-to-five-ton single-phase<br />
residential equipment. Warranty options<br />
are a 10-year parts, labour and a<br />
five-year limited unit replacement coverage<br />
for condensers, furnaces, heat<br />
pumps and blowers.<br />
The 10-year parts and labour-only<br />
warranty covers the above and package<br />
systems, as does the 10-year parts only<br />
and five-year limited replacement plan.<br />
There is also a five-year labour-only<br />
plan which also includes PTACs – all<br />
with Amana parts, of course.<br />
Redmond/Williams Distributing was<br />
formed when President Chris Redmond<br />
gained the franchise in April 2001 as the<br />
exclusive distributor for Amana <strong>HVAC</strong><br />
products in Ontario. He has more than<br />
20 years of experience in the <strong>HVAC</strong> and<br />
hearth industry.<br />
Since then, the company has added<br />
equipment and parts by Honeywell,<br />
White-Rodgers, Comfort-Aire, Enerboss<br />
by NU-Air Ventilation, Panasonic,<br />
VanEE, Rinnai, Plasco, Easy<br />
Radiant.<br />
Now a full line distributor, Redmond/<br />
Williams serves the Ontario and<br />
Canadian markets from a 10,000-sq.ft.<br />
distribution center in Mississauga.<br />
Check out their website www.redmondwilliams.com.<br />
For information on<br />
becoming a dealer, please contact Felina<br />
Mastromarco at 1-888-571-2627 or -<br />
email fmastro@redmondwilliams.com.<br />
RSG Ultron 16 – solid energy savings<br />
The RSG Ultron 16 central air conditioner<br />
more than meets customers’ need<br />
for energy savings with a Seasonal<br />
Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) of 16,<br />
performance with a two-stage Ultra<br />
Tech Copeland scroll compressor and<br />
R-410A refrigerant to meet environmental<br />
concerns.<br />
One of the strongest warranty programs<br />
in the industry demonstrates<br />
reliability and gives customers peace of<br />
mind. There is a lifetime unit replacement<br />
warranty on the compressor for<br />
the original owner and 10-year warranties<br />
on the evaporator and condenser<br />
coils plus 10 years parts coverage<br />
when installing Amana parts.<br />
Add a finish in neutral colours to<br />
blend into any landscape or architecture,<br />
a tightly-spaced heavy-gauge coated<br />
outdoor condenser grille for protection<br />
against damage, rippled-edged and<br />
louvered aluminum fins for efficient<br />
heat transfer plus a filter-drier, all add<br />
to long-term performance.<br />
RCC Whisper-quiet comfort<br />
The Prestige 12 SEER air conditioning<br />
system already meets future code<br />
requirements. The Whisper-quiet<br />
operation is achieved by acoustically<br />
engineering the components with<br />
design enhancements, mounting the<br />
compressor on rubber cushions to<br />
absorb vibration and providing a<br />
high-density foam sound-reduction<br />
blanket around the compressor.<br />
Ultron and Prestige models feature<br />
quiet eight-pole, 850 rpm fan motors,<br />
a filter drier, Copeland scroll compressors,<br />
built-in protection against overloads<br />
and high and low pressures in<br />
the system. They are Energy Star rated<br />
and cUL listed.<br />
Eat Right. Exercise<br />
And You Might Outlive It<br />
The Amana GUVA 2 stage variable speed furnace<br />
and RSG 16 seer R410A remote condenser offer a<br />
limited LIFETIME UNIT REPLACEMENT on<br />
heat exchangers/compressor. All Amana highefficiency<br />
retail furnaces have a 10 Year Unit<br />
Replacement on the primary and secondary heat<br />
exchangers, and a limited Lifetime Warranty.<br />
RCC prestige 12 seer air conditioners have a 10<br />
year compressor and parts limited warranty.<br />
All Amana air conditioners rated at 12 seer or<br />
higher have a 10 year parts replacement warranty.<br />
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When customers are looking to replace<br />
their older gas furnace, or other heating<br />
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a compact 40 inches high, is regulated<br />
by a modular electronic controller that<br />
Distributors of<br />
activates the silicon nitride ignition<br />
Circle Number 147 for More Information<br />
www.plumbingandhvac.ca March/April <strong>2004</strong> – <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News 45
Ridge Tool Expands Innovative<br />
RAPIDGRIP TM Wrench Product<br />
Line With Three New Sizes<br />
Ridge Tool Company has recently<br />
added three new sizes to expand its<br />
RAPIDGRIP TM wrench product line.<br />
The RAPIDGRIP wrench is an innovative,<br />
heavy-duty, self-adjusting pipe<br />
wrench that is designed for one-handed<br />
operation with a rapid ratcheting action.<br />
The company has added a 10", 14"<br />
and 18" size to replace its original 12"<br />
offering.<br />
The wrench’s spring-loaded hook jaw<br />
design quickly adjusts to any size work<br />
piece and its aggressive, patented tooth<br />
design ensures a secure grip. A unique<br />
thumb trigger allows users easy<br />
application and removal from the work<br />
piece. The wrench’s V-groove hook<br />
design enables the ratcheting action to<br />
be performed quickly and effortlessly.<br />
Faster and More Efficient<br />
Unlike traditional pipe wrenches, there<br />
is no need to tighten an adjustment nut<br />
with the RAPIDGRIP wrench, making<br />
it faster and more efficient than standard<br />
wrenches.<br />
“The overwhelming response we<br />
received after launching the 12<br />
RAPIDGRIP wrench led us to develop<br />
RAPIDGRIP in other sizes,” said David<br />
Schramm, product manager, hand tools,<br />
at Ridge Tool.<br />
The RAPIDGRIP wrench can be used<br />
on any type of pipe. The 10" model has<br />
a jaw capacity of 1-1/2"; the 14" model<br />
has a jaw capacity of 2"; and the 18"<br />
model has a jaw capacity of 2-1/2".<br />
Constructed of a forged steel jaw and<br />
a cast handle for durability and strength,<br />
the RAPIDGRIP wrench is backed by<br />
a lifetime warranty from Ridge Tool<br />
Company.<br />
Ridge Tool – Leading the<br />
Way in Product Innovation<br />
The innovative RAPIDGRIP wrench is<br />
just one example of Ridge Tool’s innovative<br />
spirit. The company has been<br />
manufacturing and selling quality tools<br />
to the pipeworking and contracting<br />
industry since 1923 when it was founded<br />
in North Ridgeville, Ohio to manufacture<br />
a revolutionary style of heavy-duty<br />
pipe wrench. Since then, Ridge Tool has<br />
developed into the largest supplier of<br />
tools to the professional pipeworking<br />
and allied industries in the world.<br />
As time passed, the company continued<br />
to expand its product line to include<br />
many other tools for the pipeworking<br />
industry. By 1943, growth was such<br />
that the company had to move its headquarters<br />
to a larger facility in Elyria,<br />
Ohio where it is located today.<br />
10"14"18"<br />
Ridge Tool manufactures over 300 different<br />
tools in more than 4,000 models<br />
and sizes ranging from the original<br />
RIDGID pipe wrench to hand threaders,<br />
pipe cutters, threading machines, power<br />
drives, and tubing tools of many different<br />
types and sizes.<br />
Ridge Tool also designs, develops and<br />
manufactures a large and comprehensive<br />
range of pipe and drain cleaning equipment,<br />
from hand-held tools to sectional<br />
machines, water jetters, and the latest<br />
diagnostic tools that use electronic<br />
cameras to examine drains for blockages<br />
and damage of all types.<br />
Ridge Tool products are now sold in<br />
over 140 countries and a key part of<br />
the company’s marketing strategy is the<br />
positioning of its manufacturing and<br />
warehousing operations throughout<br />
the world. For example, Ridge Tool has<br />
manufacturing facilities in the United<br />
States, Ireland, Brazil, Germany and<br />
China. These facilities are complemented<br />
by representatives, sales offices,<br />
and warehousing throughout the world,<br />
including North America, Europe,<br />
Latin America, the Middle East, India,<br />
Australia and the Pacific Rim.<br />
For additional information on RIDGID<br />
RAPIDGRIP wrenches, please contact<br />
Ridge Tool Company, 400 Clark Street,<br />
Elyria, OH 44036 U.S.A. Or, call toll<br />
free: 1-800-769-7743. www.ridgid.com<br />
Circle Number 148 for More Info<br />
tekmar<br />
tekmar moves into<br />
new facilities<br />
The new tekmar building features ground source heating/cooling.<br />
most efficient means of heating with the roof structure overhangs and shades<br />
electricity is through ground source office windows from direct sunlight. In<br />
In the spring of 2003, tekmar Control plifies tekmar’s commitment to working<br />
together with the environment. ing heat, rather than by converting indirect daylight, but minimal solar<br />
heat pumps. Heat pumps work by mov-<br />
the manufacturing area of the building,<br />
Systems moved into its newest facility.<br />
This facility is approximately<br />
chemical energy to heat through combustion—as<br />
heating load, is provided through<br />
60,000 square feet and is located on 10 Geothermal heat<br />
occurs in a furnace or boil-<br />
north-facing windows. The flat roof can<br />
acres in the city of Vernon, British The main source of heating and cooling er. In heating mode, the heat pump also be flooded with water to create a<br />
Columbia, Canada.<br />
for the building are geothermal heat extracts heat from the water in the large evaporative cooling system.<br />
The property allows for expansion of pumps. During construction, a heat ground source field and distributes the Since most electricity used for lighting<br />
the building as the company continues to pump field and a storm water field were heat to the building through the radiant<br />
ends up as heat and part of the cool-<br />
grow. This new facility houses the installed under the parking lot of the floor system and air ducts.<br />
ing load, each office has three levels of<br />
Research and Development, Administration,<br />
building. These fields play a key role in In the cooling mode, the process is efficient lighting. In practice, it is the<br />
Production and Sales and the operation of the heating and cool-<br />
reversed. Heat is extracted by the heat lower lighting levels that are normally<br />
Marketing departments of the company. ing system of the building.<br />
pump from the air in the building, and used by tekmar’s employees.<br />
The new building is located near several<br />
Hydroelectricity is the primary ener-<br />
dumped into the ground source field. The on-site rain water disposal and<br />
residential areas and is designed to gy source for the tekmar building. The Natural gas fired boilers supplement ground source fields are under the park-<br />
fit in with the surrounds. Special attention<br />
the heat pumps during peak loads, and ing lot. The storm water field percolates<br />
was paid to the landscaping in Natural gas-fired boilers supplement provide heat for snow melting. Heat is the water through the ground source<br />
order to enhance the overall look of the the heat pumps.<br />
distributed throughout the building by field. By keeping the soil moist, transfer<br />
area. Several employees either bike or<br />
an efficient and comfortable radiant of heat into the surrounding soil and<br />
walk to work on a regular basis.<br />
floor heating system. This system can efficiency of the heat pump is improved.<br />
In order to develop quality solutions<br />
also provide some cooling.<br />
Storage of rainwater on the flat roof<br />
for today’s <strong>HVAC</strong> control applications,<br />
Cooling and ventilation air for each allows water to be added to the storm<br />
tekmar has always had local <strong>HVAC</strong> systems<br />
room has a high efficiency filter system water field at a slow rate after a storm<br />
(applications) in which to test and<br />
and variable speed fans for reduced event instead of all at once during the<br />
refine its product developments. The<br />
energy consumption. The building has storm. Vegetated swales collect and filter<br />
latest test site is the new tekmar facility<br />
three types of air distribution systems: runoff from the parking lot before it<br />
which incorporates many features that<br />
variable air volume (VAV) with hydronic<br />
enters the storm water field.<br />
allow development of products for<br />
reheat, dual duct VAV, and constant Lastly, the rainwater replenishes the<br />
energy efficiency, reliability, ease of<br />
volume displacement.<br />
aquifer and creek as it did before the<br />
installation and servicing. It also exem-<br />
In order to reduce the cooling load, building was constructed.<br />
Circle Number 149 for More Information<br />
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Thermo Manufacturing<br />
Innovations And Inventions<br />
From Thermo Manufacturing<br />
After 30 years of selling and<br />
installing commercial and residential<br />
heating and air conditioning<br />
systems, Darryl Snyder combined new<br />
materials and innovative thinking to<br />
revolutionize the industry with his<br />
THERMO line of products. This year<br />
marks THERMO’s 12th year of providing<br />
clients “The Thermo Advantage.”<br />
NEW PRODUCTS<br />
The newest additions to the THERMO<br />
family are THERMO-WALL PLATES<br />
and THERMO-DAMPERS. Used in<br />
duct installations, WALL PLATES<br />
attach to the outside wall plate to form<br />
a strong wall support that won’t separate.<br />
THERMO-DAMPERS provide a<br />
custom fit solution to installing<br />
dampers on the job site. Units come<br />
in 6” and 7” sizes, and trim to any size<br />
down to 3”. They are made from galvanized<br />
steel and feature a locking<br />
handle.<br />
These new products lines join<br />
THERMO’s other fine <strong>HVAC</strong> installation<br />
products:<br />
THE THERMO-PAN® FAMILY<br />
THERMO’s flagship product, THER-<br />
MO-PAN®, is the first innovative panning<br />
material in the industry since the<br />
advent of sheet metal. A fire-resistant<br />
variety is now available with a Class 1<br />
fire rating.<br />
Pre-formed THERMO-HEADERS<br />
and THERMO-CONNECTORS combine<br />
with THERMO-PAN for professional,<br />
noise-free duct installations.<br />
THERMO LOW-E®<br />
THERMO LOW-E is a superior insulation<br />
product that stops up to 97% of<br />
radiant heat transfer. LOW-E is itchfree,<br />
non-toxic and contains no allergens,<br />
so no protective clothing or particle<br />
masks are needed during installation.<br />
Made of closed cell polyethylene<br />
foam, there are no bubbles to burst.<br />
The product absorbs no moisture, is<br />
lightweight, and carries a Class A/Class<br />
1 fire rating. LOW-E can be used under<br />
concrete, between studs and joists, and<br />
as a duct wrap.<br />
THE BUTTON-LOK SYSTEM<br />
THERMO BUTTON-LOK is a userfriendly<br />
duct hanger strap made from<br />
high-density polyethylene that supports<br />
up to 50 pounds.<br />
THERMO-SADDLES combine with<br />
BUTTON-LOK to create the first complete<br />
flex duct hanging system.<br />
THERMO FRAMES<br />
THERMO-FRAMES are precisionmolded<br />
frames used to install return air<br />
grilles in dry wall.<br />
THERMO Snap-Plugs keep dirt and<br />
debris out of the duct system.<br />
THERMO Register Covers are for<br />
jobs where the <strong>HVAC</strong> system is in use<br />
during the construction process.<br />
They feature a built-in filter to keep<br />
dirt and debris out of the system, and<br />
can be installed either before or after<br />
the boot.<br />
OTHER THERMO SOLUTIONS<br />
Metal THERMO-BRACKETS with a<br />
PVC body nail into place between<br />
joists to hold round furnace pipes in<br />
place.<br />
THERMO-TWIST and THERMO<br />
VIBRATION BLOCKS are used to level<br />
furnaces and dampen condenser unit<br />
vibration.<br />
THERMO-BRACE ANGLES make it<br />
easy to install supply air wall stacks by<br />
allowing ceiling rafters to float.<br />
THERMO-CUTOFFS are underground<br />
register extensions that can be<br />
installed before concrete is poured,<br />
resulting in a perfect hole.<br />
THERMO-SNAP CLAMPS are<br />
precision-made plastic clamps in five<br />
sizes that allow one man to install<br />
line sets.<br />
THERMO also produces the famous<br />
Hexdall® Hanger and Adjust-A-Bar<br />
lines, long an industry standard for<br />
installing pipe and ductwork.<br />
For more information on the latest<br />
innovations in heating and cooling<br />
equipment installation, contact THER-<br />
MO MFG., INC., 3709 Columbus Road,<br />
NE, Canton, OH 44705. Phone 888-<br />
678-3709. FAX 888-678-8711.<br />
www.ThermoPan.com<br />
Circle Number 151 for More Information<br />
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Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc.<br />
Training drives success for<br />
Viessmann and its customers<br />
Acomprehensive training program<br />
has been key in the North<br />
American sales success of Europe’s<br />
leading boiler manufacturer and its<br />
contractor customers.<br />
The leading edge technology in every<br />
Viessmann boiler and its related equipment<br />
offers numerous long-term benefits<br />
for today’s building owner who is<br />
struggling for solutions in the face of<br />
increasing energy costs and comfort<br />
requirements from end users.<br />
However, comprehensive product<br />
knowledge is essential for the contractor<br />
making the sale. “A lot of customers<br />
will spend more if you give them a good<br />
reason to do so,” noted Robert Waters,<br />
C.E.T., manager of product training<br />
and education, Viessmann Manufacturing<br />
Company Inc., Waterloo, Ont..<br />
A good technical knowledge – and<br />
Viessmann seminars are technical to the<br />
point that they can be overwhelming at<br />
times – gives the contractor the ammunition<br />
he needs to convince the customer<br />
to spend more up front to save<br />
money over the long term. “It’s tough to<br />
sell a Viessmann product if you’ve never<br />
been to a seminar,” Waters commented.<br />
As well, update training is important.<br />
“Our product has changed so much in<br />
the past 10 years that you wouldn’t recognize<br />
it. Viessmann is a company that<br />
doesn’t stand still.”<br />
Viessmann is constantly looking at<br />
different ways to keep its installing contractors<br />
up to date. However, the primary<br />
focus is on Viessmann Academy<br />
programs in Waterloo, Ont., Langley,<br />
B.C. and Warwick, Rhode Island.<br />
The learning experience begins as<br />
soon as participants enter the building.<br />
“There’s a certain ‘Wow factor’ when<br />
you walk in the door,” notes Waters. A<br />
static display in the lobby includes cutaway<br />
versions of Viessmann boilers and<br />
other hydronic heating products.<br />
Every Viessmann Academy is home<br />
to an operating lab. “We have the ability<br />
to live-fire everything we sell.” There is a<br />
large well-equipped classroom. A control<br />
demonstration/teaching display<br />
dominates one wall. At the Waterloo<br />
plant, participants also tour the burner<br />
test labs and assembly plant.<br />
Seven different types of seminars are<br />
available at the Viessmann Academy in<br />
Waterloo this year, with similar programs<br />
in Langley and Warwick.<br />
Topics cover just about everything a<br />
contractor or technician needs to know<br />
to install and service efficient hydronic<br />
heating systems:<br />
• The Advanced Boiler Technology<br />
program, for example, offers a comprehensive<br />
overview of Viessmann Vitotec<br />
technology, its applications and design<br />
requirements. This full-day program is<br />
ideal for those who are either new to<br />
Viessmann products or require an update<br />
on the technology.<br />
• Condensing Boiler Technology<br />
covers just that, along with a brief<br />
overview of the Vertomat commercial<br />
boiler and a detailed look at the<br />
Vitodens wall-mounted gas-fired unit.<br />
• Viessmann offers separate Service<br />
and Troubleshooting programs for<br />
Viessmann residential and commercial<br />
boilers with a detailed review of hydronic<br />
system problems and solutions.<br />
• The Viessmann Control Technol-<br />
The new Vitotec product line.<br />
Vitodens 200 gas-fired condensing boiler featured.<br />
Viessmann Manufacturing Company Inc.<br />
www.viessmann.ca<br />
Viessmann Manufacturing Company (U.S.) Inc.<br />
www.viessmann-us.com<br />
Robert Waters leads contractors in a boiler firing demonstration.<br />
ogy program gives contractors an<br />
overview of the company’s effective and<br />
reliable control technology and looks at<br />
things such as outdoor reset strategies,<br />
multiple temperature systems (zoning)<br />
and adding additional loads. • The twoday<br />
Commercial Boiler Room<br />
Concept course focuses on the issues<br />
involved with large boilers, DHW storage<br />
tanks and controls.<br />
• Finally, Solar Heating Technology<br />
includes a comprehensive overview of<br />
the Vitosol product line including flat<br />
plate and vacuum tube collectors,<br />
pumping stations and controls.<br />
Many contractors can’t find time<br />
for training because they are running<br />
just to keep up with existing business.<br />
But it doesn’t have to be that<br />
way. Viessmann seminars offer the<br />
contractor the information – the<br />
‘tricks of the trade’ – that allow<br />
him/her to do business more efficiently<br />
and effectively with a better<br />
profit margin while drawing rave<br />
reports from customers.<br />
For more information call (519) 885-<br />
6300 or go to www.viessmann.com.<br />
Compact. Quiet. Highest Efficiency.<br />
The intelligent way to heat your home.<br />
See us at the <strong>CMX</strong> Show,<br />
booth 507/509<br />
Circle Number 152 for More Information
VanTeriors<br />
Professional outfitting creates<br />
a safe functional truck<br />
Established in 1974, VanTerior<br />
assists owners and operators of<br />
service vehicles to organize the interiors<br />
of their vans. Whether you are a<br />
plumber, mechanical contractor or<br />
heating and air conditioning technician,<br />
the company offers configurations<br />
of shelving, drawers and racks oriented<br />
to your needs for most Ford, GM and<br />
Chrysler full-size vans and minivans.<br />
With a 51,000 square foot plant in<br />
Mississauga and distributors across<br />
Canada, VanTerior serves customers<br />
large and small, from leasing companies<br />
and their huge corporate clients to the<br />
one-man shop.<br />
“There’s not a day goes by that we<br />
don’t get small contractors showing up<br />
at our plant,” says Al Holley, the company’s<br />
Director of Marketing and Sales.<br />
For a small or medium-sized business,<br />
with one to 100 vehicles, process<br />
control is an important reason to consider<br />
an outfitting company like<br />
VanTerior.<br />
In response to the demands for quality<br />
and consistency placed upon them<br />
by the automakers, the company has<br />
evolved sophisticated systems to catch<br />
errors, measure progress, analyze procedures,<br />
and document everything. “We<br />
QC (quality control) every vehicle,”<br />
Holley says.<br />
Such rigour pays a dividend to all<br />
customers. “We have the best warranty<br />
in the business. We have a five-year,<br />
unlimited mileage warranty,” he notes.<br />
Quality control pays off in another<br />
surprising way. Because the automakers<br />
have faith in the company’s work,<br />
their customers can include<br />
VanTerior’s installations in their lease<br />
plan, meaning they can amortize the<br />
cost of the outfitting along with the<br />
cost of the vehicle.<br />
Safety is another reason to consider a<br />
professional outfitter. The components<br />
that VanTerior puts into vans are purpose-built<br />
and tested, Holley says. They<br />
are securely fastened and designed to<br />
In addition to its standard van and truck lines, VanTerior offers a complete line<br />
of shelving and accessories for the Unicell fiberglass-bodied van that is becoming<br />
popular with Canadian contractors.<br />
keep tools and materials from becoming<br />
missiles in the event of a sudden<br />
stop or accident.<br />
Among the many components<br />
VanTerior offers, every van owner<br />
should seriously consider at least<br />
two:<br />
The first is a strong partition between<br />
the cab and the cargo area. The other is a<br />
properly designed and fitted ladder rack<br />
to keep ladders where they are supposed<br />
to be and to discourage theft. The partition<br />
protects occupants of the van. Proper<br />
ladder racks protect people outside. Both<br />
may help cushion the van owner from liability<br />
claims should the van be involved in<br />
an accident, Holley says.<br />
VanTerior’s steel shelving, drawers<br />
and cabinets come in many shapes and<br />
sizes and are extremely durable.<br />
Other accessories include backup<br />
alarms, safety equipment, lights and<br />
cab organizers. Wire mesh screens for<br />
windows are available to guard<br />
against theft. A waterproof, non-slip<br />
floor system called DuraFloor,<br />
designed to provide a longlasting surface<br />
that resists chemicals and water,<br />
is a standard part of every installation.<br />
It protects the original floor,<br />
says Holley, improving the van’s<br />
resale prospects.<br />
The first thing that happens when a<br />
small contractor comes into VanTerior,<br />
Holley says, is that one of the sales specialists<br />
sits them down to discuss their<br />
needs. “They don’t know our range of<br />
products,” he continues. An important<br />
part of the process is showing them<br />
which components are right for their<br />
particular line of work.<br />
VanTerior will feature a plumbing<br />
and <strong>HVAC</strong> installation for Unicell’s<br />
Aerocell SRW Van Body at the <strong>CMX</strong><br />
show. The fiberglass Aerocell provides<br />
more space and headroom at an affordable<br />
price, says Holley. The unit also has<br />
a space-saving flip-up rear door and a<br />
built-in skylight.<br />
Circle Number 153 for More Info<br />
Victaulic<br />
Install more<br />
coils per day<br />
The Koil-Kit - a faster, simpler way to<br />
install <strong>HVAC</strong> coils<br />
Traditionally <strong>HVAC</strong> coils are timeconsuming<br />
to install. The Koil-Kit The Koil-Kit comes as a complete<br />
the need for additional reducing fittings.<br />
from Victaulic reduces the jumble three-component package from your<br />
of parts and effort into a three-component<br />
Victaulic distributor, so there are fewer<br />
system with six connections that parts to stock and manage on the job<br />
installs faster than traditional systems. site, and only one call to make to place<br />
The result? Increased productivity. your order.<br />
Fewer joints mean fewer potential Canadian customers are serviced<br />
leak points, and that translates into from Victaulic’s headquarters in<br />
fewer call-backs.<br />
Richmond Hill, Ontario and by five<br />
An integrated ball valve and strainer branch locations strategically positioned<br />
with blow-down valve prevents contaminants<br />
throughout the country for fast,<br />
from potentially damaging local service. With over 75 years of piping<br />
the coil and modulating valve. The<br />
innovation leadership, Victaulic is a<br />
blow-down valve is equipped with its worldwide supplier of unique and creative<br />
own miniature ball valve and standard<br />
solutions to piping needs.<br />
hose connection for easy strainer maintenance.<br />
The Union Port fitting and Kit and how it can increase your pro-<br />
For more information on the Koil-<br />
The Victaulic Koil-Kit reduces the time<br />
CBV have unions sized to accommodate ductivity, visit www.victaulic.com/coils required to install <strong>HVAC</strong> coils.<br />
standard modulating valves, eliminating or call 905-884-7444.<br />
Circle Number 154 for More Information<br />
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Weil-McLain Canada<br />
Win ultimate toys for<br />
Canadian basements<br />
Weil-McLain has always offered<br />
easily justifiable reasons for<br />
contractors to buy their<br />
renowned oil and gas-fired boilers:<br />
superior technology, reliable service<br />
and high efficiency. Now add to that<br />
another reason: a chance to win up to<br />
$10,000 worth of basement toys in<br />
Weil-McLain’s Ultra Cool Canadian<br />
Basement Toys Contest.<br />
This spring, between April 1 and<br />
June 30, contractors who purchase<br />
residential boilers shipped from<br />
Weil-McLain Canada in Burlington<br />
will automatically be entered in a<br />
contest to win an ultimate basement<br />
package. Three lucky individuals will<br />
win one of: a Sony home theatre system,<br />
a Ridgid tools home workshop<br />
or an ultimate games and beverages<br />
package.<br />
“We’ve been telling customers in<br />
our advertising that, at Weil-McLain<br />
Canada, we know Canadian basements,”<br />
says John Goshulak, P.Eng.,<br />
vice-president of marketing. “And we<br />
have always been committed to providing<br />
innovative products and<br />
dependable service. With this contest,<br />
we have a chance to give a little something<br />
extra to our clients.”<br />
Goshulak. “It offers the best in sight and<br />
sound, with a high-definition television<br />
and surround sound.”<br />
The second prize, with a combined<br />
value of at least $2,500, allows the winner<br />
to choose from a wide selection of<br />
Ridgid precision power tools.<br />
Third prize includes a Carrom<br />
Ultimate Superstick hockey table, a<br />
home game system and a W.C. Wood<br />
mini fridge with a total value of $1,500.<br />
“The basement is typically a retreat<br />
where people go to relax,” says<br />
Goshulak, “whether relaxing means<br />
building something in a home workshop<br />
or unwinding in front of the TV<br />
and playing games. We have chosen<br />
three basement prizes that will help to<br />
complete the ultimate basement. It’s<br />
just one of the ways we are saying<br />
‘thank you’ to our customers for<br />
choosing Weil-McLain boilers.”<br />
For more information, contact Weil-<br />
McLain Canada Sales Inc.:<br />
Tel: 905-456-8300<br />
E-mail: info@weil-mclain.ca<br />
www.weil-mclain.ca<br />
Home theatre system<br />
Three winners will be drawn on June<br />
30. The grand prize is a complete Sony<br />
GRAND PRIZE - $6,000 Sony Home Theatre System<br />
The grand prize includes this Sony<br />
DVD system.<br />
home theatre system including a 57"<br />
Widescreen TV, a five-disc DVD/CD<br />
player and a six-speaker sound system<br />
(Combined value of up to $6,000).<br />
“The ultimate Canadian basement<br />
wouldn’t be complete without an ultimate<br />
home theatre setup,” says<br />
The Ultimate in Sights & Sounds!<br />
• 57" Premium Hi-Scan TM Widescreen<br />
Rear Projection HDTV Ready TV<br />
• 5-Disc Slot Loading DVD/CD with<br />
6-speaker system<br />
2nd PRIZE - $2,500 Ridgid Home Workshop<br />
The Ultimate in Precision & Power!<br />
• Choose from a wide selection of<br />
Ridgid precision power tools<br />
3rd PRIZE - $1,500 Nintendo, Carrom & Wood<br />
Home Entertainment Package<br />
The Ultimate in Games & Beverages!<br />
• Carrom ultimate superstick bubble<br />
hockey table game<br />
• Nintendo GameCube TM system<br />
• 5 cubic-foot W.C. Wood mini fridge<br />
Tel: 905-456-8300 Fax: 905-456-8582<br />
E-mail: info@weil-mclain.ca<br />
Web site: www.weil-mclain.ca<br />
Contractors who purchase residential boilers shipped between April 1, <strong>2004</strong> and June 30, <strong>2004</strong> from Weil-McLain Canada in Burlington, ON<br />
will be automatically entered in the contest. Three winners will be drawn on July 15, <strong>2004</strong>. PRIZES MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS SHOWN. Three winners will<br />
be drawn on July 15, <strong>2004</strong> and notified by telephone. A winner’s name will be drawn from all shipments. Contest is valid everywhere in Canada except Quebec or where prohibited by law.<br />
Winners will be required to answer a skill-testing question. No purchase is necessary; enter the contest by sending your name, phone number and address on a postcard to Weil-McLain<br />
Canada Sales Inc., 4390 Paletta Court, Burlington ON, L7L 5R2. The odds of winning will be determined by the number of residential boilers shipped during the contest dates. Winners’ name<br />
and photos may be announced or published by Weil-McLain and/or external media outlets. Winners may also be contacted directly by the media for the purposes of interviews.<br />
This Sony widescreen television is<br />
also part of the winner’s package.<br />
Circle Number 155 for More Information<br />
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Uponor Wirsbo<br />
Mechanical room solution<br />
recognized for innovation<br />
Wirsbo proPanels can streamline<br />
your business, save time, simplify<br />
construction schedules, increase<br />
customer confidence and increase<br />
profitability.<br />
Fully assembled, fully wired and fully<br />
piped, the Wirsbo proPANEL comfort<br />
management system is designed around<br />
the functions and capabilities of the<br />
Wirsbo pro Series controls.<br />
Essentially, the Wirsbo proPANEL is<br />
a mechanical room in a box. The controls<br />
and piping are delivered in one<br />
package, virtually eliminating the timeconsuming<br />
process of planning and<br />
piping the mechanical room. The<br />
proPANEL family of panels reduces the<br />
need for a qualified technician for<br />
installation, which frees them for<br />
another project, saving manpower and<br />
labour costs.<br />
With built-in flexibility, contractors<br />
can use a stand-alone proPANEL for a<br />
small application or connect multiple<br />
panels together to meet the needs of a<br />
more demanding application.<br />
Wiring is effortless as a modular<br />
communication cable simply attaches<br />
one panel to the next. No additional<br />
controls or wiring is required.<br />
The compact installation is easy to<br />
mount and great for small mechanical<br />
rooms. The Wirsbo proPANEL series<br />
consists of:<br />
• The Wirsbo proPanel 101 features<br />
boiler enable and boiler protection and<br />
has a one-mixed-water temperature. The<br />
floating action mixing valve can work in<br />
conjunction with the outdoor reset to<br />
give the appropriate mixed water temperature.<br />
The contractor has the option<br />
of outdoor reset or setpoint mode.<br />
• The Wirsbo proPanel 201 has<br />
virtually the same features as the 101<br />
with boiler enable and boiler protection,<br />
one mixed water temperature setting<br />
and reset or setpoint modes. The<br />
difference is the proPanel 201 has variable<br />
speed injection mixing.<br />
• The Wirsbo proPanel 212, again,<br />
has boiler enable and boiler protection<br />
and reset or setpoint modes. The advantage<br />
of the proPanel 212 is in the energy<br />
savings and the flexibility of having two<br />
mixed water temperatures. The pro-<br />
Panel 212 also has variable speed injection<br />
mixing and another added feature<br />
– semi-automatic snowmelt. A simple<br />
flip of a switch enables the user to commence<br />
the snowmelt function.<br />
• The Wirsbo proPanel 311-P has<br />
boiler reset and boiler protection, one<br />
mixed temperature and variable speed<br />
injection mixing. The 311-P has variable<br />
speed injection mixing and semiautomatic<br />
snowmelt like the proPanel<br />
A Wirsbo proPanel, like this 311-P model, is essentially a ‘mechanical room in a box.’<br />
212, but has extra features that are<br />
exclusive to Wirsbo ProSeries 311 controls.<br />
Domestic Hot Water priority and<br />
high temperature zone capabilities (ie:<br />
baseboards or fancoil).<br />
• The Wirsbo proPanel 311-V is<br />
much like the 311-P with boiler reset<br />
and boiler protection, domestic hot<br />
water (DHW) priority, high temperature<br />
zone capabilities and one mixed<br />
temperature setting or semi-automatic<br />
snowmelt. The proPanel 311-V has the<br />
floating action mixing valve as<br />
opposed to the variable speed injection<br />
mixing.<br />
Your proPanel is essentially equipped<br />
to suit your application needs and preferences.<br />
If you could find a solution to<br />
simplify the process of piping a<br />
mechanical room, this would be it. The<br />
Wirsbo proPanels add a level of simplicity<br />
never before achieved and will<br />
free up your valuable time.<br />
Wirsbo, provides life, safety and<br />
comfort systems, and is the nation’s<br />
leading manufacturer of crosslinked<br />
polyethylene (PEX) tubing used in<br />
plumbing, fire sprinkler and hydronic<br />
radiant floor heating systems. More<br />
than five billion feet of Wirsbo PEX<br />
tubing is in service worldwide.<br />
Wirsbo’s proPANEL comfort management<br />
series was recently awarded<br />
first place in recognition of industry<br />
innovation in the heating and ventilation<br />
category at the International<br />
Sanitation and Heating North America<br />
(ISH NA) trade show.<br />
The Pilgrims<br />
leave Plymouth Harbor on a<br />
ship called the<br />
Mayflower.<br />
During that same year...<br />
Wirsbo is<br />
Established.<br />
www.wirsbo.ca<br />
info@wirsbo.ca<br />
For over 380 years Wirsbo<br />
has been revolutionizing pipe.<br />
From forging steel in 1620 to<br />
crosslinked polyethylene in<br />
1970. Wirsbo continues to be<br />
the name you trust.<br />
Circle Number 156 for More Information<br />
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Building Wolseley<br />
from the branch up<br />
Two customers of Wolseley Canada<br />
are featured in the 2003 Annual<br />
Report for wholesale-distributor<br />
Wolseley plc of the U.K. Dale Elliot<br />
from Whissell Contracting in Calgary<br />
made the front cover while Mark<br />
Dumont, also of Whissell, had an inside<br />
page.<br />
This is just one example of the focus<br />
that Wolseley companies worldwide<br />
have toward, not only their customers,<br />
but also their own employees. And that<br />
certainly comes out in talking to Paul<br />
Lachance, President and CEO of<br />
Wolseley Canada Inc., Burlington, Ont.<br />
“We believe in the<br />
economic power of<br />
Paul Lachance<br />
proper customer<br />
service. We believe if<br />
we are successful in<br />
determining and fulfilling<br />
our customer<br />
needs, it provides an<br />
opportunity for both<br />
companies to prosper,” he said.<br />
“The strength of the various divisions<br />
of Wolseley is their people,”<br />
Lachance states. “The most important<br />
factor is the relationship between our<br />
customers and ourselves. We have to<br />
know their business almost as well as<br />
they do.<br />
“We have to know what every customer<br />
buys, where and when to ensure<br />
we have those products in stock, and<br />
when and where he wants them day-today.<br />
Customers are all different. They<br />
have their own preferences and purchasing<br />
behavior that we need to be<br />
aware of at every branch to retain their<br />
business and help them grow,” he said.<br />
“Growing our businesses is behind<br />
the hiring of business development<br />
managers to look for those new sales<br />
opportunities which can be missed or<br />
not developed,” Lachance reported.<br />
“That can range from helping staff service<br />
their customers, to working with<br />
contractors, consultants and owners to<br />
win the material contracts for new<br />
projects and retrofits.”<br />
Showrooms the next step<br />
“Expanding the number of showrooms<br />
in our branches is another step for the<br />
benefit of our customers. We are renovating<br />
existing branch facilities to create<br />
space for product displays. This is a<br />
partnership with the contractor so he<br />
can see the range of products, where he<br />
can bring his customers or send them<br />
there and let our showroom staff provide<br />
the sales<br />
expertise in completing<br />
the sale on<br />
his behalf with a<br />
materials list for<br />
installation.<br />
“In many ways,<br />
branch managers<br />
are entrepreneurs<br />
taking care of their<br />
local markets. And<br />
it is their knowledge<br />
of their markets<br />
that feeds back through the company<br />
to advise purchasing, marketing and<br />
management in their decision-making.<br />
“We have taken more of a bottom up<br />
approach than in the past,” he said.<br />
“Finding the balance between local<br />
needs and economies of scale will<br />
always be a struggle here in Canada.”<br />
Lachance understands all this very<br />
well. A chartered accountant, he started<br />
in the Frontier <strong>HVAC</strong>R division in 1987<br />
from Clarkson Gordon. After six years<br />
in Ontario, he transferred to Calgary for<br />
seven years. During that period the<br />
mechanical and electrical divisions were<br />
separated.<br />
He chose the mechanical division<br />
and became vice president operations<br />
for North America and later Vice<br />
President and General Manager of<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong> in Canada.<br />
In June 2001 Wolseley plc acquired<br />
the business and Lachance became<br />
President and CEO for Canada.<br />
While visiting the 237 Canadian<br />
branches, Lachance has started to hold<br />
informal ‘town meetings’ with staff so<br />
Wolseley is renovating and expanding its branches.<br />
that the direction and focus of the company<br />
could be explained and discussed.<br />
They can ask any questions personally<br />
and learn management’s approach and<br />
goals for the company and the opportunities<br />
for employees.<br />
“We have the same strategy, including<br />
doubling the size of Wolseley<br />
Canada within five years. With the purchase<br />
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Circle Number 157 for More Info<br />
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Trucks for the Trade<br />
Truck Graphics, Part II<br />
Choose the right graphic designer<br />
There is more to graphics than<br />
putting stickers on a truck<br />
By Simon Blake<br />
In Part 1 of this article (Jan/Feb., <strong>2004</strong>), we talked about<br />
what goes into effective truck graphics. In Part II, we look<br />
at choosing a graphics supplier and the practical aspects<br />
of applying graphics to a truck.<br />
The graphics that a contractor<br />
applies, or doesn’t apply, to his<br />
truck become the company’s identity<br />
in the community. This makes<br />
choosing a graphic designer and deciding<br />
on graphics one of the most important<br />
decisions that a company owner –<br />
and it should be the owner – will make.<br />
“Many contractors fail by delegating<br />
the development of truck graphics and<br />
other promotional material to an employee,”<br />
notes Gordon McCallum, creative<br />
director for McCallum Graphics in<br />
Mississauga, Ont. Truck graphics should<br />
be part of a total marketing campaign. It<br />
is therefore important to choose a<br />
graphic designer that understands the<br />
company’s overall goals, he added.<br />
Just as a customer does when hiring a<br />
service contractor, a contractor should<br />
ask to see previous work, check references<br />
and talk to other contractors when<br />
commissioning graphics for his truck(s).<br />
The process is easier where the<br />
graphics company does its design work<br />
in-house, reports Julian Sarboiu of<br />
AXXENT Signs Inc. in Mississauga,<br />
Ont. Working with one company on the<br />
Beware of<br />
copyright<br />
Any contractor that wants to use<br />
something previously published<br />
elsewhere, such as a comic book<br />
or cartoon character, MUST obtain<br />
permission from the individual or<br />
company that owns the copyright.<br />
Calgary contractor Peter<br />
Archdekin, president of Pete the<br />
Plumber, actually phoned Marvel<br />
Comics to check the rules concerning<br />
the use of their superhero<br />
figures on his trucks. He was told<br />
the company could ask him to<br />
remove the characters, but as long<br />
as he didn’t use any individual<br />
character on more than one truck<br />
and because he was “a little guy<br />
up in Canada,” they probably<br />
wouldn’t bother.<br />
design and another to apply it to the truck<br />
can add cost, downtime and headaches.<br />
One other thing to keep in mind<br />
when hiring a graphics supplier is how<br />
long they intend to keep the truck.<br />
Because the design work is done on<br />
computer, there is no need for the truck<br />
to be at a graphics shop until the graphics<br />
are actually ready to be applied. A<br />
two-day turnaround is typical, advises<br />
Sarboiu. “Shy away from shops that<br />
cannot provide you with a specific<br />
timeline for your job’s completion.”<br />
The shop should also have valid liability<br />
and contents insurance that covers<br />
your truck while it is in their hands,<br />
he added.<br />
How it’s done<br />
Digital photography and computerized<br />
graphic design software have made the<br />
process of creating custom graphics for<br />
a truck relatively straightforward.<br />
Typically, the designer will work out<br />
the graphics with the contractor on a<br />
computer screen using a file graphic of<br />
the particular model of truck. “It should<br />
not be a complicated process from the<br />
customer’s point of view,” notes<br />
Sarboiu.<br />
Once the design is done, the artist<br />
will print or e-mail a ‘photo’ of the completed<br />
truck. That can be changed and<br />
adjusted until the contractor is satisfied<br />
with the result. Only then are the fullsized<br />
graphics produced.<br />
Today most truck graphics are done<br />
in vinyl. An enormous range of colours<br />
and special effects are available. “There<br />
are certain things that you can incorporate<br />
into graphics today that don’t cost a<br />
lot more money but have benefit –<br />
reflective graphics, for example. They<br />
light up when headlights hit them,”<br />
notes McCallum. Exploring options<br />
with several graphic designers can be<br />
time well spent.<br />
There are two methods of printing<br />
graphics – inkjet that prints the image<br />
onto the vinyl and thermal imaging,<br />
which fuses the ink to the vinyl with<br />
heat. Thermal imaging is generally considered<br />
more durable. However, some<br />
shops warranty inkjet work for five years.<br />
The vinyl itself comes in a number<br />
of different qualities – everything<br />
from extremely expensive material<br />
that will outlive the truck to cheaply<br />
Today’s graphic designers like Julian Sarboiu and Randall Thomas, seated, design<br />
truck graphics on templates of the actual truck body set up in a software program.<br />
made offshore products (Sounds like<br />
PVF products!). Good quality vinyl<br />
will come with a warranty. The vinyl<br />
manufacturer’s colour chart will also<br />
list durability. A vinyl that is rated at<br />
five years, for example, should stay in<br />
place regardless of how many times the<br />
van goes through a truck wash and<br />
should not show any visible signs of<br />
fading for five years.<br />
Design software compensates for distortion<br />
in the vinyl as it goes around<br />
corners, etc. There should therefore be<br />
no visible distortion once the vinyl has<br />
been applied.<br />
Randall Thomas, a partner at<br />
AXXENT Signs, believes lights, moldings,<br />
etc. should be removed and<br />
replaced after the vinyl has been applied.<br />
The goal is to minimize the number<br />
of edges exposed to the elements.<br />
Cost varies with the complexity of<br />
the graphics. Most shops charge by the<br />
running square foot for production<br />
and an hourly rate for installation.<br />
Some shops add a setup charge for<br />
production – make sure that is included<br />
in the quote.<br />
Collision repair with vinyl is straightforward<br />
because the shop will have the<br />
graphics on a computer file. This makes it<br />
relatively easy to print off only the damaged<br />
sections and reapply them to the<br />
truck once a body shop has made repairs.<br />
Vinyl can also be removed when a<br />
leased truck has to be returned, for<br />
example, notes Thomas. However, the<br />
paint will be faded where not covered<br />
by vinyl. If the vinyl has been in place<br />
for three years or less, they can usually<br />
buff it back to original. A repaint may<br />
(continued on page 56)<br />
Roy, left, and Bob Birnie have been experimenting with their truck graphics for years.<br />
They turned to Gordon McCallum to turn their ideas into an unforgettable design.<br />
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Trucks for the Trade<br />
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be required if the graphics have been in<br />
place longer.<br />
Hand-painted graphics<br />
Prior to vinyl, graphics were painted<br />
right on the truck. The cost and the difficulty<br />
in finding a good artist made<br />
many contractors shy away from elaborate<br />
designs. However, the art isn’t totally<br />
lost and it does offer advantages.<br />
Peter Archdekin, owner of Pete the<br />
Plumber in Calgary, has artist Valerie<br />
Nimchuk of No Limit Artistic Design,<br />
Calgary, do the superhero figures on his<br />
cube vans. The lettering is vinyl, but the<br />
figures are air brushed with some of the<br />
details painted by hand.<br />
Archdekin and partner Andrew<br />
Prince like the airbrushed graphics<br />
because the colors are vivid, durable<br />
and each truck is an individual and<br />
identifiable work of art that typically<br />
costs about $2,000 to decorate.<br />
Working with an artist like Nimchuk<br />
is the same as working with someone<br />
who does vinyl graphics. She typically<br />
does the Pete the Plumber cube vans<br />
over one three-day weekend at<br />
Archdekin’s shop. The areas to be<br />
painted are sanded, she draws and<br />
paints the design based on sketches she<br />
has worked up with the customer and<br />
then applies a coat of clear to preserve<br />
the image and bring out the colours.<br />
The key to successful truck graphics<br />
is in knowing what is possible and tying<br />
it in to an effective marketing campaign.<br />
It pays to spend the time and<br />
money to do it right.<br />
Truck bed coatings<br />
Dupli-Colour is a durable, highimpact,<br />
sprayable vinyl polymer coating<br />
that protects truck beds from<br />
impact, scratches, weather and rust.<br />
The skid-resistant barrier also reduces<br />
road noise, takes the shape of the<br />
vehicle, can be used under conventional<br />
liners, or on other parts such as<br />
inner fenders and running boards.<br />
Apply as an aerosol, spray gun or<br />
roller kit.<br />
Sherwin-Williams Canada Circle no. 350<br />
Cube van shelving<br />
Weather Guard has introduced a special<br />
line of shelving for taller vehicles<br />
such as cube vans. Special bulkheads<br />
are available to fit the new Dodge<br />
Sprinter. The powder-coated shelving<br />
is available in two different heights,<br />
three depths and three lengths to<br />
cover most applications. Features<br />
include pre-punched shelves and end<br />
panels for easy attachment of accessories,<br />
adjustable shelf dividers, steel<br />
straps to anchor shelves to the side of<br />
the van, formed steel mounting<br />
brackets that run the full depth of the<br />
shelf unit and 3” shelf lips, notched on<br />
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This new heavy-duty truck rack from<br />
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Circle Number 161 for More Information
Professional, responsive customer service<br />
Faster installation, adaptable connections and easier maintenance<br />
Most complete package of pipe connectors and hangers<br />
For the most painless pipe installation and greatest cost savings, choose the<br />
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It’s All About Balance…<br />
Many systems tend to be overdesigned, causing some circuits to have too much flow, while others have too<br />
little depending upon their proximity to the flow source. A balanced circuit saves energy and keeps temperatures<br />
more uniform, making occupied spaces more comfortable. Proper balance also ensures that pumps operate<br />
against the lowest possible pressure, reduces capital and maintenance costs, and ensures that the system<br />
operates according to the intent of the design.<br />
Balancing Valves<br />
GBV-G and GBV-A<br />
Features and Benefits:<br />
• Pressure differential ports on both sides of the valve<br />
• Convertible design, straight to 90˚ angle by removing and replacing four set screws<br />
• Positive shutoff for equipment servicing<br />
• Multi-turn adjustment<br />
• Micrometer type adjustment scale<br />
• Tamper-proof hidden memory stop<br />
• Model GBV-G and GBV-A available in sizes 2 1 ⁄2" to 12"<br />
• Suitable for maximum working pressure to 375 psi (2575 kPa) and temperatures to 230˚F (110˚C)<br />
Tri-Service Valves<br />
Model FTV-S, FTV-A<br />
Features and Benefits:<br />
• Designed for installation in pump discharge piping<br />
• Functions as a spring-loaded silent check valve, flow control<br />
valve and shutoff valve<br />
• Available in sizes 2 1 ⁄2" to 12", straight and angle configuration<br />
• Suitable for maximum working pressure to 375 psi (2575 kPa)<br />
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Faucets & Fixtures<br />
Programmable faucet<br />
The 3000 T series of electronic faucets<br />
from Delta come with a programmable<br />
controller to control run time, sense<br />
time, blocking/delay time, sensor range,<br />
auto timer and sense/cycle. Designed for<br />
healthcare<br />
environments,<br />
the<br />
3000T offers<br />
many<br />
spout and<br />
outlet options.<br />
The<br />
controller<br />
is factory<br />
preset for<br />
ease of installation.<br />
It can be hard-wired (24V<br />
AC) or operated with four AA batteries.<br />
Delta Faucet Canada Circle no. 353<br />
High volume use<br />
Delta’s 26C and 27C commercial faucet<br />
lines are designed to take high volume<br />
use, but with curved handles and<br />
rounded corners to present a less institutional<br />
look. Both include Delta’s new<br />
quarter-turn CER-TECK ceramic disc<br />
cartridge, which is designed to meet the<br />
needs of contractors with multiple valve<br />
requirements. Faucets are a solid onepiece<br />
brass casting with over 36 spout<br />
options.<br />
Delta Faucet Canada Circle no. 354<br />
Avant-garde design<br />
The new ‘unconventionally modern’<br />
Tenso line from Grohe is the first by the<br />
company to include a tall 13" deck<br />
mount vessel faucet in addition to the<br />
standard<br />
centreset<br />
lavatory<br />
design. The<br />
cylinder<br />
motif is<br />
carried<br />
throughout<br />
the line,<br />
which also<br />
includes<br />
pressure<br />
balance<br />
valve trim, tub spout, and bath accessories.<br />
Available finishes include<br />
chrome and satin nickel.<br />
Grohe Canada Circle no. 355<br />
Manual flush<br />
The Zurn MetroFlush manual flush<br />
valve includes siphon guard backcheck<br />
protection, vacuum breaker, flush tube<br />
wall escutcheon and fixture spud securing<br />
nut for back spud connection. It is<br />
offered in water closet and two urinal<br />
models – for 3/4" valves and 1 1/4"<br />
valves. It is also available in the Metro-<br />
Sense sensor-operated version.<br />
Zurn Industries Circle no. 356<br />
Back on the market<br />
Speakmann has re-introduced its<br />
Model 1 Anystream solid brass eight-jet<br />
showerhead. The model had been discontinued<br />
in 1994 due to its inability to<br />
meet government 2.5 gpm water use<br />
rules. The new model features a precision-molded<br />
faceplate and patented<br />
spray jets to achieve an invigorating<br />
shower spray while complying with<br />
water use regulations. This unit is available<br />
in chrome or polished brass.<br />
Speakmann Co. Circle no. 357<br />
New residential line<br />
Long known for its commercial products,<br />
Chicago Faucets has recently<br />
introduced a residential line of kitchen<br />
faucets.<br />
Available in<br />
numerous<br />
styles and<br />
finishes,<br />
typical features<br />
include<br />
ceramic<br />
cartridges<br />
and<br />
the company’s<br />
Softflo<br />
aerators. Pictured at left is a deckmounted<br />
pre-rinse with 23-inch riser<br />
and spring guide, self-closing spray<br />
valve, Quaturn operating cartridge, 44"<br />
flexible stainless steel hose and insulated<br />
handle.<br />
Geberit, Chicago Faucets Div. Circle no. 358<br />
Contemporary design<br />
Hansgrohe’s ultra-contemporary new<br />
Axor Citterio collection is the result of a<br />
two-year collaboration with internationally<br />
renowned<br />
architect<br />
Antonio<br />
Citterio.<br />
The collection<br />
includes<br />
faucets,<br />
showers and<br />
accessories.<br />
They are<br />
available in<br />
Product Profile<br />
Shower solution<br />
World’s largest mall<br />
saves on maintenance,<br />
reduces water bill<br />
West Edmonton Mall is the largest<br />
shopping facility in the world at 5.3<br />
million square feet with more than<br />
800 stores and services.<br />
It is also home to Galaxyland (the world’s largest indoor amusement park),<br />
World Waterpark (the world’s largest indoor wavepool) the Ice Palace (an<br />
NHL-sized rink) and other attractions.<br />
The facility has nearly 30 different public restroom areas, as well as<br />
locker facilities, to accommodate up to 138,000 visitors each day.<br />
Maintaining restrooms and locker rooms for a complex of this magnitude<br />
is a daily challenge. Restroom renovations are considered a small project<br />
and are part of an ongoing process.<br />
West Edmonton’s primary problem was maintenance on its 60 shower<br />
units in the locker rooms. “Our old showers were a maintenance nightmare<br />
for costs and time,” reports Brian Mykitiuk, mall maintenance manager.<br />
The facility management team began replacing the showers over the years,<br />
trying a number of different models.<br />
Some would work initially, but developed<br />
drips and other problems over<br />
time and proved too expensive to<br />
repair.<br />
Today, however, West Edmonton<br />
Mall has replaced nearly all of its previous<br />
showers with Bradley 1C-TT wall<br />
shower units and plans to add another<br />
These Bradley shower units have proven<br />
reliable and virtually vandal proof.<br />
chrome or platinum. Pictured is the single-lever<br />
basin mixer.<br />
Hansgrohe Circle no. 359<br />
Artistically inspired collection<br />
The new Grazia line from Bach includes<br />
a widespread lavatory faucet, tub and<br />
shower fixtures and a Roman tub<br />
faucet. Each is available in six finishes:<br />
polished chrome, nickel or brass, satin<br />
nickel, satin brass and oil-rubbed<br />
bronze. Construction is solid brass with<br />
ceramic disk valves. The line also<br />
Shower maintenance is no longer an<br />
ongoing nightmare for Brian Mykitiuk.<br />
10-15 additional units once the retrofits<br />
are completed. The 1C-TT units are<br />
in-wall, individual showers with an<br />
electronic push button and a chrome-plated brass showerhead.<br />
These metered showers save on water use and energy costs by ensuring<br />
that showers are not left running when not in use. Bradley’s Touch Time<br />
valve controls water flow at each station to reliably meter shower water. This<br />
push-button control with self-contained integral circuitry is a digital solid<br />
state ‘brain’ that electronically controls the timing of one solenoid valve.<br />
Showers are activated only when the push button is released, preventing<br />
‘hold-open’ activation.<br />
In addition, this unit features a number of vandal-resistant features. The<br />
chrome-plated brass is very durable and there are no necks on the showerheads<br />
that can be broken off. Units also do not have exposed fasteners, and<br />
the security screws are made to stand up to tampering.<br />
In the year-and-a-half since the Bradley shower units were installed, they<br />
have required no maintenance, reported Mykitiuk. “There are no drips and<br />
the shower rooms are dry…”<br />
Bradley Circle no. 360<br />
includes three kitchen faucets.<br />
Bach Circle no. 361<br />
Easy installation<br />
The Murano pedestal lavatory from<br />
Barclay offers a quick and easy way to install<br />
a lav. A molded lip frames the<br />
almost<br />
semi-conical<br />
shaped<br />
basin,<br />
which sits<br />
on a sturdy<br />
round<br />
column.<br />
Available<br />
in eighti<br />
n c h<br />
w i d e -<br />
spread, it measures 23" wide, 19" deep<br />
and 32" high.<br />
Barclay Products Ltd. Circle no. 362<br />
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Pipes, Valves & Fittings<br />
Ball valves<br />
Conbraco is now making its Apollo<br />
bronze ball valves available with twoinch<br />
copper tube extensions for easy<br />
installation with the Ridgid Viega nosolder<br />
ProPress crimping system. MSS<br />
SP-110 Apollo 77C-200-A0 full-port<br />
valves come in six sizes from 1/2 to 2-<br />
in., with solid chromium-plated balls,<br />
cast end caps, blow-out-proof stem<br />
design, multi-fill PTFE seats and seals<br />
and adjustable packing.<br />
Conbraco Industries Circle no. 363<br />
Turn This<br />
Into This<br />
The Above Floor<br />
Toilet System<br />
Balancing valves<br />
S.A. Armstrong says its venturi-style<br />
balancing valves produce a much higher<br />
balancing accuracy than conventional<br />
models. The compact 1/2 to 2-inch<br />
valves have five full 360-degree turns<br />
from open to closed, can be installed<br />
with measuring ports up or down, have<br />
a non-rising handle and are selected<br />
based on line size for optimal flow rate<br />
and pressure drop.<br />
S.A. Armstrong Ltd. Circle no. 364<br />
Reverse handle valves<br />
Apollo 78-100 and 200 series bronze<br />
cap and chain ball valves now feature a<br />
stainless steel reverse lever handle to<br />
simplify installation, threaded soft solder<br />
connections in 1/2, 3/4 and 1-inch<br />
sizes, with chrome brass ball, blowoutproof<br />
stem, adjustable packing gland<br />
and a brass dust cover with chain or an<br />
optional latch.<br />
Conbraco Industries Circle no. 365<br />
Penetration seal<br />
The CHEMCURBTM System Penetration<br />
Seal replaces labour-intensive<br />
metal pitchpans with versatile, pre-cast<br />
components and solvent-free pourable<br />
Faucet Fix trucks could become a familiar sight across Canada if the owners<br />
are successful in franchising their business.<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong> company<br />
looks to go national<br />
By Ron Shuker<br />
A plumbing service contracting business with three locations in the Ottawa<br />
area is planning to go national. Founded in 1988, Faucet Fix focused on the<br />
residential fixture service market.<br />
A large, stable and profitable market where the owner had expertise,<br />
superior working conditions over other sectors, and a real opportunity for<br />
long term growth all added up to a successful business, comments founder<br />
Gary Greco.<br />
“We built our business on what we called one-call service. We focused on<br />
this specific market, dispatched customer calls to our service techs and<br />
stocked virtually all parts and fixtures needed in our trucks.<br />
“Simply, we repair and replace faucets, sinks and drains. It’s fast, friendly<br />
and effective service, prompt, expert and priced very competitively. And we<br />
back it up with a two-year warranty …,” he said.<br />
There are three franchisees currently operating in the capital city. Faucet<br />
Fix provides a total business solution for individuals working in this sector of<br />
the plumbing industry.<br />
“We do everything for the franchisee: call screening, dispatch, marketing<br />
and advertising, accounts, payroll, remittances, weekly and monthly financial<br />
reports and tax preparation,” Greco reported. “And we encourage the franchisee<br />
to work just 40 hours a week so they have time for family and other<br />
personal interests.<br />
“We view every household as a potential lifelong customer. Repeat<br />
customers represent almost two-thirds of the existing Faucet Fix<br />
business …,” he noted.<br />
More information is available on the company website at<br />
www.faucetfix.com.<br />
• You decide where to put a toilet or bathroom,<br />
it is not dictated by the drainage situation.<br />
• Many models can be hidden behind walls.<br />
• Floors stay intact. No breaking, no mess.<br />
• Can be installed up to 12’ below the sewer<br />
level and/or 150’ away from a soil stack.<br />
• You only need small diameter 3/4” pipe,<br />
which can be run virtually anywhere.<br />
• Over three million sold worldwide<br />
• Clean, reliable, and virtually maintenance free.<br />
• More options - choose from pump only<br />
to complete toilet systems.<br />
The proven alternative<br />
sealants. Installation takes under 15<br />
minutes. ChemCurbs never require<br />
flashing or mechanical attachment.<br />
They are approved for use by many systems<br />
manufacturers. Warranted by<br />
Chem Link against leaks for 10 years.<br />
Chem Link Circle no. 366<br />
Red firestopper<br />
TREMstop Fire Mortar in rust red is<br />
now featured in ULC and UL systems<br />
for firestopping metallic pipe and<br />
blank openings through concrete, is<br />
asbestos-free, provides a high fire<br />
resistance, thermal barrier and high<br />
impact resistance.<br />
Tremco Fire Protection Circle no. 368<br />
Compressed air<br />
These two-stage air compressor systems<br />
are completely piped packages,in cast<br />
iron, with over-sized bearings, durable<br />
disk valves, in sizes of 1-1/2 to 30 hp,<br />
include an air cooled after cooler, air<br />
dryer and water separator plus coalescing<br />
filter.<br />
Saylor-Beall Mfg. Circle no. 369<br />
Submersible pumps<br />
The K Series centrifugal wastewater<br />
pumps from Pumpex are sealed, nonclogging,<br />
long-wearing pumps designed<br />
for extended<br />
and intermittent<br />
pumping in<br />
flood situations.<br />
They<br />
feature a<br />
Check valves<br />
The 80DICL ductile iron check valve<br />
and the 80S6CL 316 stainless steel check<br />
valves in 2 to 6-inch sizes from Danfoss<br />
feature Certa-Lock patented lock-type<br />
grooved<br />
pipe con-<br />
to traditional gravity<br />
grinder<br />
nections<br />
pump that<br />
flow plumbing.<br />
for PVC<br />
allows solid<br />
drop pipe.<br />
material to<br />
These iron<br />
pass. Other<br />
valves are<br />
features include<br />
e p o x y<br />
a<br />
coated inside-out,<br />
SmartSeal<br />
For a FREE brochure please call:<br />
mechanical<br />
1•800•36•FLUSH /1•800•363•5874 with a patented poppet assembly and<br />
seal cartridge<br />
To see the entire family of Saniflo products visit: stainless spring and Buna-N seal. and tank capacities of 80 to 240 (US)<br />
and<br />
www.saniflo.com<br />
Stainless models have Viton seals. gallons. An intake air filter removes up integrated cooling chamber.<br />
Danfoss Flomatic Circle no. 367 to 10 micron particles. Other features Pumpex Inc. Circle no. 370<br />
Circle Number 163 for More Info<br />
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Tools & Instruments<br />
Jobsite estimating<br />
The new Pocket Bid software program<br />
from Accubid, designed for pocket PCs,<br />
enables users to perform a complete<br />
estimate on the jobsite, with bill of<br />
materials, takeoffs, full extension, bid<br />
summary and a<br />
final price. It<br />
runs on portable<br />
devices using<br />
Microsoft’s<br />
Pocket PC 2002<br />
or Windows Mobile<br />
2003 operating<br />
systems, can<br />
update to a desktop<br />
and back,<br />
supports the Accubid desktop database,<br />
opens multiple databases and projects<br />
at the same time. See it at <strong>CMX</strong>! (Please<br />
see show preview on page 62)<br />
Accubid Systems Ltd. Circle no. 371<br />
Mini-Rooter extras<br />
The Mini-Rooter XP from General Pipe<br />
Cleaners features eight-inch wheels, a<br />
fold-down handle<br />
that locks for<br />
lifting, a drum<br />
that holds up to<br />
75-ft. of 1/2-inch<br />
cable with an<br />
inner drum cage<br />
to help prevent<br />
tangling and<br />
optional power<br />
feed controls.<br />
This unit accepts<br />
1/2 and 3/8-inch Flexicore rope centre<br />
cables.<br />
General Pipe Cleaners Circle no. 372<br />
Torque wrench<br />
The Ridgid 904 is a 3/8-inch-drive<br />
torque wrench designed for underground<br />
pipe installations that use nohub<br />
couplings. The 904 features 80-<br />
inch-lbs. of torque setting, a fast ratcheting<br />
action and it gives a distinctive<br />
‘click’ when the desired torque has been<br />
achieved. Construction is of stainless<br />
and painted steel.<br />
Ridge Tool Co. Circle no. 373<br />
Real-time display<br />
ACR’s SRP-Display Module is an external<br />
display for the SmartReader Plus<br />
line of data loggers for viewing realtime<br />
data of any channel using factoryset<br />
equations. The user scrolls through<br />
the list of channels and the LCD display<br />
to see data in the units of the base channel<br />
type, in Celsius and Fahrenheit<br />
scales for channels measuring temperature.<br />
It is portable, battery-powered and<br />
easy to use.<br />
Alpha Controls Circle no. 374<br />
Duct beaders<br />
General duct beaders are heavy duty<br />
machines made in Canada. They eliminate<br />
cross-braking and stiffen ductwork<br />
in seconds. Sixteen<br />
and 20-<br />
gauge models<br />
are available<br />
with adjustable<br />
steel bead rolls<br />
for depth of<br />
bead and along<br />
the shaft for<br />
beading of shorter duct and fittings. See<br />
them at <strong>CMX</strong>!<br />
Empire Machinery & Tools Circle no. 375<br />
Fiber optic scope<br />
TestoView is a lighted fiber optic visual<br />
inspection tool with flexible shaft, highpowered<br />
lens and halogen bulb, diagnoses<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong> and industrial problems<br />
from inside, such as blocked evaporator<br />
coils, and heat exchangers inside out. It<br />
can also be used for feeding thermostat<br />
wires and checking for duct clearance,<br />
in lengths of 18, 36, 48, 72 and 96-in.<br />
Testo, Inc. Circle no. 376<br />
Spiral saw<br />
The original RotoZip spiral saw, acquired<br />
by Bosch in 2003, features four new<br />
RZ models with a universal three-jaw<br />
chuck that fits any<br />
size bit, a wrenchless<br />
bit change<br />
system, sealed<br />
switch, structural<br />
steel ribs, seven<br />
attachments including<br />
a quickrelease<br />
handle,<br />
ZipMate rightangle<br />
cutting attachment,<br />
a flexible<br />
shaft for accessories, and a variety of<br />
features for each model such as a 5.5<br />
amp motor.<br />
Bosch Canada Circle no. 377<br />
Inside pipe cutter<br />
Mag Tool will demonstrate the Pipe<br />
Shooter at <strong>CMX</strong>, an inside pipe cutter<br />
for fast cutting of both PVC and ABS<br />
plastic pipe. This zinc-plated model<br />
cuts fast and is easy to use.<br />
Mag Tool Circle no. 378<br />
Gauge glass guard<br />
The Gauge Glass Guardian is a protective<br />
guard, required by code in Ontario,<br />
used to shield the front and sides of<br />
tubular gauge glass installations to prevent<br />
injury should it break. Made from<br />
clear, high temperature-shatter resistant<br />
Product Profile<br />
Drain camera<br />
line upgraded<br />
Ridgid/Kollmann has made a number of<br />
significant upgrades to the cameras for<br />
its video inspection system.<br />
SeeSnake camera heads have<br />
received significant upgrades.<br />
polycarbonate tubing in 2 and 2-1/2-<br />
inch OD x 1/8-inch wall, half-cylinder<br />
sections, it can be factory or field-cut.<br />
Keystone Steam Supplies Circle no. 379<br />
Air balancing smoke pen<br />
The Smoke Pen provides non-toxic test<br />
smoke where and when needed for air<br />
balancing, ventilation, testing smoke<br />
alarms, etc.<br />
Featured is<br />
a smokeemitting,<br />
cool-burning<br />
wick<br />
adjusted to<br />
3/8-inches exposed for lighting. It produces<br />
a continuous trail of smoke.<br />
Cover extinguishes the wick; includes<br />
six replacement wicks.<br />
Regin <strong>HVAC</strong> Prod. Circle no. 380<br />
Worksite generator<br />
The DeWalt 6,000-Watt DG6000 gas<br />
generator features a Honda 11-hp OHV<br />
GX engine with special air intake, choke<br />
and carburetian system for starting in<br />
all temperatures, and a super-quiet<br />
muffler. The power generator features a<br />
brushless 5,000-Watt alternator that<br />
This new self-leveling camera head<br />
keeps the video image upright.<br />
The new SeeSnake Plus self-leveling camera avoids disorientation caused<br />
by movement of the camera because the water is always pictured running<br />
along the bottom of the pipe.<br />
“Because the self-leveling camera provides an image as it was meant to<br />
be seen, it can give customers a clear understanding of what they are looking<br />
at,” explains Mark Fleming, product manager. “This in turn helps (the<br />
contractor) explain what repair is best needed.”<br />
The camera is also one of the<br />
smallest on the market at 1.365" in<br />
diameter and 2" long.<br />
Ridgid/Kollmann has also upgraded<br />
the standard SeeSnake Plus camera.<br />
The size has been reduced by 26 per<br />
cent for improved maneuverability<br />
inside the pipe. It now features 100<br />
per cent stainless steel construction<br />
plus a thicker light shield for better<br />
wear resistance. The heavy-duty lighting<br />
has also been improved for better<br />
visibility and wear resistance.<br />
All SeeSnake cameras feature a<br />
built-in 512 Hz transmitter that<br />
makes them compatible with Ridgid locators, as well as those from a<br />
number of other manufacturers.<br />
Ridgid/Kollmann Circle no. 382<br />
produces up to 8,250 Watts of surge<br />
capacity to start large tools. The unit<br />
has four 120 volt and one 120/240-v<br />
outlets with twist-locks.<br />
DeWalt Ind. Tools Circle no. 381<br />
Pipe clamp temp. gauge<br />
The Model 4005I cordless pipe temperature<br />
gauge features a retractable probe<br />
hidden in the handle that also measures<br />
liquids and solids. It features a digital<br />
LCD disp<br />
l a y ,<br />
automatic<br />
shutoff<br />
after<br />
five minutes<br />
nonuse,<br />
temperature range from -20 to<br />
300°F or -29 to 149°C, with a soft carrying<br />
case and belt loop.<br />
Cooper-Atkins Corp. Circle no. 383<br />
Oxy-fuel safety video<br />
All aspects of oxy-fuel cutting, welding,<br />
brazing and heating safety, including<br />
fuel gas characteristics, torch operation,<br />
are detailed<br />
in a 40-<br />
minute<br />
video,<br />
‘Oxy-Fuel<br />
Equipment<br />
Safety &<br />
Operations’.<br />
Learn proper handling techniques<br />
of gas cylinders, equipment and<br />
pressurized gases to avoid injuries,<br />
property damage and loss of life.<br />
Smith Equipment Co. Circle no. 384<br />
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<strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong><br />
Learning experience<br />
Latest technologies, full seminar schedule<br />
highlight Canada’s largest <strong>HVAC</strong>/R show<br />
If visitors to <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong> can count on<br />
one thing, it’s that they are in for a<br />
learning experience during the<br />
three-day show. Not only will over 300<br />
manufacturers display the latest in<br />
<strong>HVAC</strong>/R technology, but three days of<br />
seminars, workshops and skills demonstrations<br />
will show the contractor and<br />
his employees how to best take advantage<br />
of that technology.<br />
As well, an <strong>HVAC</strong>/R Heritage Centre<br />
display will give attendees a little history.<br />
And the skills competition will allow<br />
apprentices to show their stuff. Not surprisingly,<br />
the theme of this year’s event<br />
is ‘The Mechanicals Industry – Past,<br />
Present and Future’. <strong>CMX</strong> <strong>2004</strong> will take<br />
place March 25-27 at the Metro Toronto<br />
Convention Centre in downtown<br />
Toronto.<br />
<strong>CMX</strong> will offer an opportunity for contractors to talk directly with manufacturers.<br />
Victaulic, seen here at <strong>CMX</strong> 2002, will be back for <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
For more information visit gmcanada.com or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE.<br />
*1500 Extended Cab SLE models. ‡ On Sierra 1500 models.<br />
Taking centre stage will be the <strong>2004</strong><br />
Skills Canada-Ontario Heating Systems<br />
Technician Competition. Attendees will<br />
see some of the industry’s best young<br />
technicians compete in a test of their<br />
technical <strong>HVAC</strong> problem-solving skills.<br />
This is the second year that the event<br />
will be held as an official competition,<br />
organized by the Heating Refrigeration<br />
& Air Conditioning Contractors of<br />
Canada (HRAC).<br />
High school students will compete<br />
on Thursday, March 25. Apprentices<br />
will compete on March 26.<br />
Training and education will also be<br />
featured in the extensive Learning<br />
Forum of 40 featured industry-wide<br />
seminars.<br />
Seminar topics include: EnerGuide<br />
for Houses, Energy Star, funding for<br />
manufacturers, integrated <strong>HVAC</strong> solutions,<br />
commercial <strong>HVAC</strong> equipment<br />
effectiveness, high rise ventilation and<br />
solar opportunities, high performance<br />
buildings and mechanical systems,<br />
hydronic heating controls and radiant<br />
floor heating systems, R-22 and HCFC<br />
replacements, selling commercial projects<br />
and services, micro co-generation<br />
and many others. Exhibitors will also<br />
conduct seminars related to their areas<br />
of product expertise.<br />
For more information, call 416-<br />
444-5225, 1-800-282-0003 for preregistration,<br />
exhibiting and accommodation<br />
contacts, or go online at<br />
www.cmxshow.com.<br />
The Exhibitors<br />
Company Name<br />
Booth<br />
A.M.T.S. Ltd. 1109/1111<br />
Abatement Technologies 1018<br />
Accubid Systems Ltd. 2010/2012<br />
Adams Mfg. Co. 1124/1126<br />
Aeroflo Inc. 1106/1108<br />
Air King Ltd. 1639/1641<br />
Air Movement & Control Assoc.<br />
N3<br />
Air Solutions 1745<br />
Airdex Corp. 731<br />
Airlux Air Conditioning 2120<br />
Aitons' Equipment Inc. 823/825/827<br />
Alberta Custom Tee 1814<br />
Alfa Laval Inc. 1420<br />
Allanson Environmental 1713<br />
Alltemp Products Co. 1221/1321/23/25/27<br />
Alpha Controls & Instrumentation 1212/1214<br />
Andy Baumen Associates 1630/1632<br />
Applied Comfort Products 1413/1415<br />
Applied Energy Systems Inc. 624/626<br />
Ari - Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Institute 841<br />
Armstrong Air Conditioning 1619/1621<br />
Arosio Canada Inc. 1845/1944<br />
Asco Valve Canada 1425/1427<br />
Ashrae, Inc.<br />
N13<br />
Atmosphere Inc. 943/945<br />
Circle Number 164 for More Information<br />
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Atofina Canada Inc. 1007/1009<br />
Bacharach, Inc. 2022/24/26<br />
Belimo Aircontrols (Can) 2238/2240/42<br />
Belnor Engineering Inc. 837<br />
Biddle Air Systems Ltd. 917<br />
Bitzer Canada Inc. 1831/1833/35<br />
Blanchard/Ness 937/939<br />
Blygold America 1021<br />
Bnp Media/Air Cond., Heating & Refrig. News 736/738/740<br />
Bodycote Mtls Testing Canada 710<br />
Bradford White Canada 1412/1414<br />
Brant Radiant Heaters 625/627<br />
Breathe Free Technologies 2135<br />
Brenelle Enterprises 1136<br />
Brinmar Ltd. 923<br />
Britech 1744<br />
Buderus Hydronic Systems 402/404/406<br />
Camus Hydronics Ltd. 523<br />
Canadian Consulting Engineer 1422<br />
Canadian General Filters Ltd. 925<br />
Canadian Oil Heat Association<br />
N14<br />
Canadian Solar Ind. Assoc. 735<br />
Canarm Ltd. 1019<br />
Carlo Gavazzi 1924/1926<br />
Carremm Controls 1116<br />
Carroll Mf'g International 1208/1210<br />
Cb Sales Canada 2014/2016<br />
Change Air Prod. & Services 1417<br />
Chem Link Inc. 645<br />
Cimatec Environmental Eng. 2113<br />
Circon Systems Corp. 2322<br />
Climetec Ind. Ltd. 2115<br />
Clip Light Manufacturing 1120<br />
Coleman Heating & Air Conditioning 931<br />
Comfort Connections 1914/1916<br />
Computer Pundits Corp. 2037<br />
Contracting Canada Mag. 1034/1036<br />
Cooper-Atkins Corp. 821<br />
Cozy/Louisville Tin & Stove 916/918<br />
Csa International 938/940<br />
Custom Coils Canada 714<br />
Danfoss Inc. 424/426<br />
Data-Basics, Inc. 836<br />
Dayus Register & Grille 1012<br />
Decor Grates Inc. 2006/2008<br />
Dectron Inc. 1231<br />
Deflecto Canada Ltd. 1213/15/17<br />
Delhi Industries Inc. 1225<br />
Delta T Components 1941/1943<br />
Develcorp Enterprise 1816/1818<br />
Digital Comfort Systems 2041<br />
Diversitech 920<br />
Dominion Fittings 2023<br />
Don Park Inc. 1625/427/1634<br />
Ductmate Canada Ltd. 1113/1115<br />
Dundas Jafine Inc. 1930/1932<br />
Duro Dyne Canada 2331/33/35<br />
Dyn- Air / Hardcast (Ccwi) 730/732/734<br />
E&E Process Instrumentation 912/914<br />
E.J. Walsh 2210<br />
E.S. Gallagher Sales Ltd. 1512-26,30-36<br />
East Coast Cad/Cam 1344<br />
Ebm-Papst Inc. 1901<br />
Ecoflex Systems 1743<br />
Ecr International - Olsen Division 1834/1836<br />
Ecs - Empire Comfort Systems 1023 - 1027<br />
Efi Systems Group 1718/1720<br />
Emerson Climate Tech.(Copeland, Flow Controls, Cpc) 1509<br />
Emerson Climate Technologies (White-Rodgers) 1517<br />
Empire Machinery & Tools Ltd. 430/432<br />
Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. 2117/2119<br />
Energy Vent Ltd. 1114<br />
Enerworks 611<br />
Enerzone Inc. 815<br />
Engineered Systems Magazine 736/738/740<br />
Envira-North Systems Ltd. 744<br />
Enviro H20 1722<br />
Equiguard Inc. 1445<br />
Erico, Inc. 617<br />
Esab Group Canada Inc. 1544<br />
Fanam, Inc. 716/718<br />
Fantech, Inc. 1543<br />
Farmbro Inc. 2025<br />
Fedders Inc. 1143<br />
Fielding Chemical Technologies 1721<br />
Fleetline Products Ltd. 726<br />
Flexible Eutectic Boilers Ltd. 524/526<br />
Flexible Technologies 1122<br />
Flexmaster Canada Ltd. 1011 - 1015<br />
Fred J.Taylor Sales & Marketing 930/932/934<br />
Frontier - Wolseley Hvacr Group 1537/39/41<br />
Fuel Master Div. Pendell 1317<br />
Furneco International 2031/2033<br />
G&K Services Canada 1735<br />
Gary Jonas Computing 1312/1314<br />
Gary Morgan Sales Inc. 1842/1844<br />
Goodman Company Canada 2130/2132<br />
Gordon R. Williams Corp. 2216/2218/2220<br />
Gorski, Plener & Associates 711<br />
Greystone Energy Systems 1812<br />
Grundfos Canada Inc. 522<br />
Gsw Water Heating 701<br />
Hall-Chem Mfg. Inc. 1540<br />
Hi-Mark Occupational Skills Training Centre Ltd. 800/802<br />
Honeywell Asca Inc. 1134<br />
Honeywell Ltd. 1119<br />
Hpac Magazine, Rogers Media<br />
N11/N12<br />
Hrai - Heating, Refrigeration,<br />
Air Conditioning Institute Of Canada N6 - N10<br />
Hvac Xchanger 935<br />
Hvacr Heritage Centre Canada Career Skills Area<br />
Hydronic Parts Group Ltd. 610<br />
Hydronic Systems Can. Inc. 1931<br />
Hydronics Marketing Group 511<br />
Icc Industrial Chimney Co. 1045/1144<br />
Icor International 2223<br />
Icynene Inc. 2019/2021<br />
Imperial Manufacturing Group 707<br />
Indoor Air Systems/Rosenberg 1439<br />
Insulation Solutions 1118<br />
International Comfort Products 1607<br />
Invensys Climate Controls 630/632/634<br />
Inventex Inc. 621<br />
Ipex Inc. 1238/1240<br />
Islandaire, Inc. 1815/1817<br />
Itm Instruments 431/433<br />
Itt Fluid Products Canada 413<br />
J. Walter Company Ltd. 1140<br />
Jenkins - Nh Valves 1319<br />
Johnson Controls 1907,09,11<br />
Kamco Products 819<br />
Ke Fibertec Na 2122<br />
Kerr Heating Products<br />
Kerr Heating Products 1738/40<br />
Keystone Steam Supplies 1437<br />
Kmc Controls Canada 807/809<br />
Laars Heating Systems 513/515<br />
Lambro Venting Products 1245<br />
Leader Fan Industries 2131/2133<br />
Lennox Ind./Parts & Supplies 2015<br />
Lennox Industries 1807<br />
Lev-Co 1934<br />
Lg Electronics 1636,38,40<br />
Liquiplus Solutions 1723<br />
Little Giant Pump Co. 712<br />
Louisville Ladder 1717<br />
Lux Products 1637<br />
Madok Manufacturing 2121<br />
Mag Tool Inc. 906/908/910<br />
Marcell Industrial Inc. 1535<br />
Mark 1 Engineering Ltd. 941<br />
Maxxon Corporation 1017<br />
Mechanical Contractors Association Of Toronto N15<br />
Menova Engineering 1940<br />
Mep Drives Ltd. 1730/1732<br />
Merx 619<br />
Mestek Canada 612/614<br />
Mits Airconditioning 1822/24/26<br />
Mitsubishi Electric 1821/23/25/27<br />
Miura Boiler Co. 531/533<br />
Monitor Products/Enairco 525/527<br />
Mtp Instruments 410<br />
Multicam Canada 2235/2334<br />
National Refrigeration 1523<br />
Natural Gas Tech. Centre 1837<br />
Newmac Mfg. 1631,33,35<br />
Nextenergy Solutions 1734/1736<br />
Niagara Fog Ltd. 2123<br />
Ningbo Zhiqing Industrial 2213<br />
Nordyne 1838/40,1839/41<br />
Novel Aire Technologies 1316<br />
Nrcan 607<br />
Nrg Equipment Inc. 1039/1041<br />
Nti/Ny Thermal Inc. 723<br />
N-Two Cryogenic Enterprise 4<br />
Nu-Air Ventilation Systems 2125/2127<br />
Nu-Calgon Inc. 1419<br />
Nutech Brands / Lifebreath 1731<br />
Ontario <strong>Plumbing</strong> Inspectors Assoc.<br />
N2<br />
Ontor Ltd. 922/924/926<br />
Ozz Corporation 1138<br />
Pacer Industries, Inc. 1112<br />
Panasonic Canada Inc. 838 - 844<br />
Perfinex Inc. (Pya) 1341<br />
Plastec Ventilation, Inc. 2324/2326<br />
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Polaroid Canada Inc. 839<br />
Power Vac G.T.A. Ltd. 1715<br />
Powrmatic Of Canada 2230-36/2138,40<br />
Preston Phipps Inc. 414/416<br />
Primo Instrument Inc. 412<br />
Pro Kontrol 1442/1444<br />
Protocol Resource Management Inc. 2020<br />
Psg Controls, Inc. 1819<br />
Quickpen International 845/944<br />
R.W. Beckett Canada Ltd. 1008/1010<br />
Rae Corporation 936<br />
Rainbow Metal Co. 1538<br />
Raptor / Rothenberger Tools 2118<br />
Rbi Water Heaters 620/622<br />
Redmond Williams Distributing 1737 - 1741<br />
Refco Manufacturing 811<br />
Refrigerant Services Inc. 2035<br />
Refrigeration Kool-Air Inc. 2225/2227<br />
Rehau Industries Inc. 521 + 519<br />
Reliable Controls Corp. 1645<br />
Reliable Image Pricing System 1343/1345<br />
Reversomatic 1920/1922<br />
Rheem Ruud 1709<br />
Ridge Tool Co. 1913 - 1927<br />
Riello Burners 420/422<br />
Roberts Gordon 1110<br />
Roth Canada 407<br />
Royal Quickstop Fire Protec. 817<br />
Rpc 1038<br />
Rses - Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (Canada) N1<br />
S.M. Trading House Inc. 1016<br />
Sanuvox Technologies 2330/2332<br />
Sanyo Canada Inc. 2107<br />
Sbi Stove Builder Intern'l 2234<br />
Schwank Ltd. 831-35/1040<br />
Security Chimneys Int'l 1313/1315<br />
Selkirk Canada Corp. 2139 - 2143<br />
Sie Inc. 615<br />
Sigma Convector Enclosure 2222<br />
Skf Canada Ltd. 1531/1533<br />
Skymark International 2007<br />
Skytech 2137<br />
Smith Energy Inc. 1139/1141<br />
Snips Magazine/Bnp Media 736/738/740<br />
Soler & Palau Inc. 816/818<br />
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Sporlan Valve Company 2224/2226<br />
Standard Refrigeration 1623<br />
Stelrad (Canada) Ltd. 606/608<br />
Streamline Copper & Brass 1431 - 1435<br />
Sumner Manufacturing 1725/1727<br />
Suncourt Inc. 1423<br />
Superior Radiant Products 1441<br />
Takagi Canada Inc. 423/425<br />
Technical Standards & Safety Authority (Tssa) 1421<br />
Temp-Mizer Canada Ltd. 530/532<br />
Temprite - A Mestek Co. 613<br />
Test Products International 1936<br />
Testo, Inc. 717<br />
Thermadyne Canada 1042/1044<br />
Thermal Hydronic Supply 1135/1137<br />
Thermo 2000 Inc. 2214<br />
Thermo Manufacturing 909/911/913<br />
Thermolec Ltd. 921<br />
Thermoscreens Canada 1918<br />
Tili Electrical 1234/1236<br />
Tirino Corp. 618<br />
Trane Canada Dso 1131<br />
Trans Continental Equipment 2245/2344<br />
Trent Metals Ltd. 1416/1418<br />
Tsi Incorporated 2111<br />
Turbocor Inc. 834<br />
Tvm Building Products 623<br />
Uei Canada 813<br />
Underwriters' Laboratories 2211<br />
Unicell Ltd. 743/745<br />
Urecon Ltd. 915<br />
Vebteck Research 724<br />
Venmar Ventilation Inc. 1331<br />
Vermont Castings / Majestic 2231/33<br />
Versa Fittings & Mfg. Inc. 1719<br />
Vibrasystems 1035<br />
Victaulic Company 1424/1426<br />
Viessmann Manufacturing 507/509<br />
Vulcain Alarm, Inc. 2039<br />
W & F Mfg. 919<br />
Ward Couplox 2219<br />
Waterfurnace International 2321<br />
Watson Mcdaniel Co. 1241/1340<br />
Weil-Mclain Canada 703<br />
Weksler Glass Thermometer 1037<br />
Wennsoft, Inc. 2018<br />
Wesmech Technical Sales 1438/1440<br />
Westway Machinery 1820<br />
Wicor Industries 1020/1022<br />
Williams Comfort Products 720/722<br />
Williamson Industries 1339<br />
Wirex Controls Ltd. 1014<br />
York International 1031<br />
Zcl Composites Inc. 631/633<br />
Zone-A-Trol Div. Trolex 719<br />
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Atlantic Focus<br />
Larger MEET show<br />
Expanded venue<br />
draws increase<br />
in exhibitors<br />
The addition of a new exhibition<br />
building within the Moncton<br />
Coliseum complex in March 2003<br />
has enabled the Atlantic Region’s<br />
Mechanical Electric Electronic Technologies<br />
(MEET) show to grow once again<br />
with more exhibitors than in May 2002.<br />
The two-day event, scheduled to<br />
open May 5, already had 275 exhibitor<br />
spots reserved as of mid-February,<br />
reported Jeff Lacey of Master Promotions,<br />
show managers. “This includes<br />
30-40 new companies and a 20 per cent<br />
growth in the mechanical section,” he<br />
told P&<strong>HVAC</strong>.<br />
Once again, MEET will present a varied<br />
seminar program for all visitors (see<br />
below). And the Industry Dinner is certain<br />
to be sold out in advance again<br />
with Bill Carr as the headline entertainer,<br />
said Lacey.<br />
The MEET show returns to a newly expanded Agrena Centre in Moncton.<br />
New for this year, MEET will host the<br />
plumbing portion of the Skills Canada<br />
New Brunswick competitions. Students<br />
from across the province will complete<br />
actual plumbing projects, which will be<br />
Got a tough question? Ask the manufacturer. Roth’s Michel Beaulieu, right, fields<br />
questions at MEET 2000.<br />
judged on skills and accuracy with the<br />
winner advancing to the tenth national<br />
Skills Canada competition in Winnipeg<br />
as part of Team New Brunswick.<br />
The competition is hosted by MEET<br />
and sponsored by the N.B. Community<br />
College Apprenticeship and Occupational<br />
Certification branch of the N.B.<br />
Department of Training and Employment<br />
Development, and the four show<br />
sponsors: Canadian Institute of <strong>Plumbing</strong><br />
& Heating (CIPH), ASHRAE<br />
Atlantic chapters, the Electro Federation,<br />
and the Illuminating Engineers<br />
Society. The website is: www.skillscanada.nb.ca.<br />
Show hours are May 5 10 a.m. to 6<br />
p.m. and May 6 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.<br />
Further information is available by calling<br />
(506) 658-0018 or at www.masterpromotions.ca/meet.<br />
Seminar Program<br />
Wednesday, May 5:<br />
10:30 a.m. – The Benefits of High<br />
Resistance Grounding by IPC Resistors;<br />
and Continuous Monitoring of Partial<br />
Discharges in Electrical Equipment, by<br />
Eaton/Cutler Hammer.<br />
11:30 a.m. – Safety in the Workplace: An<br />
Overview of Standards and Practices; Bill<br />
C-45, What Does It Mean and How it<br />
Affects Your Organization? Both by various<br />
presenters.<br />
12:30 p.m. – Light Curtains and Industrial<br />
Safety, by Omron.<br />
1:30 p.m. – IESNA RP: Update of Current<br />
Practice for Industrial Lighting, by Bill<br />
Smelser, American Electric Lighting;<br />
Industrial Control and Information<br />
Networks, by Rockwell Automation.<br />
2:30 p.m. - <strong>Plumbing</strong> Code Changes for<br />
2005, by Raman Chauhan, National<br />
Research Council; and New Upcoming Arc<br />
Flash Safety Standard for Industry by<br />
Siemens Canada.<br />
3:30 p.m. – Grounding for Industrial<br />
Applications, by FCI Framatome Group.<br />
Thursday May 6:<br />
10:30 a.m. - <strong>Plumbing</strong> Code Changes for<br />
2005, by Raman Chauhan, National<br />
Research Council; and New Upcoming Arc<br />
Flash Safety Standard for Industry, by<br />
Siemens Canada (repeat).<br />
11:30 a.m. – IESNA RP: Update of Current<br />
Practice for Industrial Lighting, by Bill<br />
Smelser, American Electric Lighting;<br />
Grounding for Industrial Applications, by<br />
FCI Framatome Group.<br />
12:30 p.m. - Industrial Control and<br />
Information Networks, by Rockwell<br />
Automation.<br />
1:30 p.m. - Continuous Monitoring of<br />
Partial Discharges in Electrical<br />
Equipment, by Eaton/Cutler Hammer.<br />
2:30 p.m. - Light Curtains and Industrial<br />
Safety, by Omron.<br />
3:30 p.m. – The Benefits of High<br />
Resistance Grounding by IPC Resistors.<br />
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Western Update<br />
In Brief<br />
Calgary to host<br />
RSES conference<br />
The Calgary chapter of RSES<br />
Canada will host the 67th RSES<br />
International Conference Sept.<br />
30 - Oct. 2 at the Westin Hotel.<br />
The event will feature a trade<br />
show – the RSES <strong>HVAC</strong>R<br />
Technology Expo – along with<br />
leading industry speakers including<br />
Canadians Garth Denison,<br />
CMS, of Sporlan Valve and Brent<br />
Pennington of Hydrocarbon<br />
Training & Services. Other speakers<br />
include Jack Bartell of York<br />
International, Dennis Morgan of<br />
Kickstart, and Wes Taylor, CMS,<br />
of Carlyle Compressor. Tests for<br />
the RSES CM and CMS certificates,<br />
EPA Refrigerant Usage<br />
Certification, NTC and NATE<br />
Certification are also scheduled.<br />
For more information, call Kirby<br />
Kirkpatrick at Success Express at<br />
800-310-6853, 317-718-5910,<br />
Fax at 317-718-5912, or Email<br />
at: rses@successexpressmp.com.<br />
Commissioning<br />
courses created<br />
The Winnipeg Chapter of the<br />
Refrigeration Service Engineers<br />
Society of Canada has developed<br />
seven education sessions on<br />
equipment commissioning,<br />
reports Todd Brown, CM, education<br />
chair. The morning sessions<br />
cover furnaces (March 20), ventilation<br />
(April 3), instrumentation<br />
(April 17) and heat pumps (April<br />
24). Air conditioning, boilerscombustion<br />
and rooftop programs<br />
were held earlier, all at<br />
Red River College. Contact<br />
George Kurowski, CMS, at (204)<br />
632-2448, or e-mail: gkurowski@rrc.mb.ca<br />
for more information.<br />
Session sponsors include<br />
Ecco Heating, Emco Distribution,<br />
B.A. Robinson, Lennox, Nutech<br />
Energy, Refrigerative Supply,<br />
WWG Totaline and Wolseley<br />
Canada.<br />
Low flush program<br />
Vancouver’s three North Shore<br />
municipalities are offering residents<br />
$50 per toilet to switch to<br />
new low flush models, reports<br />
the Canadian Water and<br />
Wastewater Association. The<br />
municipality has signed up to<br />
take part in a GVRD pilot program<br />
to encourage more use of<br />
‘so-called ultra low flow toilets.’<br />
(Please see toilet test report on<br />
page 7.)<br />
B.C. Red Seal<br />
marks raised<br />
Aprobe into Red Seal (inter-provincial)<br />
marks in B.C. showed that it<br />
was common practice to raise the<br />
marks of apprentices that were slightly<br />
below the passing grade of 70 per cent.<br />
A review by the B.C. Financial<br />
Institutions Commission showed that<br />
279 marks were raised between January<br />
1995 and June 2000. An information<br />
bulletin from the commission states: ‘…<br />
raising marks by one or two percentage<br />
points to bring them to the passing<br />
grade established by the national Red<br />
Seal program was “not uncommon.”<br />
These adjustments were made under<br />
strict guidelines.”<br />
However, following a report by the<br />
B.C. Comptroller General’s office, the<br />
practice was halted (in June 2000).<br />
The practice restarted a month after<br />
Phil Turpin was hired to manage the<br />
province’s new Industry Training<br />
Centre (ITC) in Burnaby. A further 33<br />
marks were raised between April 2003<br />
and Jan. 21, <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
Turpin was fired. He maintains that<br />
he did not know the government had<br />
ended the practice and is suing for<br />
wrongful dismissal, abuse of authority<br />
and defamation, reported the<br />
Vancouver Sun.<br />
Of the 312 marks raised to 70 per<br />
cent, 259 apprentices scored 69 per cent,<br />
45 were raised from 68 per cent and<br />
eight had been hiked from 67 per cent.<br />
The commission did not look at<br />
marks prior to 1995 because the provincial<br />
database goes back only that far.<br />
Duncan MacRae, who the commission<br />
recognizes as ‘an authority on<br />
industry training acknowledged in B.C.<br />
and the rest of Canada’, was appointed<br />
interim director of the ITC. MacRae has<br />
established procedures to ensure that<br />
Red Seal guidelines are followed. These<br />
will remain in place when the new<br />
Industry Training Authority assumes<br />
responsibility later this year, the commission<br />
reports.<br />
Representatives of the Mechanical<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Contractors Association of B.C. could<br />
not be reached for comment.<br />
Sewers for Sooke<br />
Vancouver Island plumbing and sewer<br />
contractors will be busy for the next few<br />
years. Residents in the town of 9000<br />
voted in favour of borrowing $8.8 million<br />
to help finance a $23 million project<br />
to provide sewers and secondary<br />
sewage treatment for the town’s core<br />
area. And every building will be hooked<br />
up – it’s mandatory, reported the<br />
Canadian Water and Wastewater<br />
Association.<br />
Sooke is the largest community in<br />
B.C. that doesn’t have a sewer system.<br />
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People & Places<br />
Toilet maker<br />
on the move<br />
Johan Bouwer<br />
The manufacturer of the unique ‘toilet<br />
that flushes up’ for below-grade<br />
applications has changed its identity<br />
and moved its facilities.<br />
Sanitary for All Ltd. has changed its<br />
name to SFA Saniflo Inc. and will operate<br />
across North America under the<br />
trade name SANIFLO, reports Johan<br />
Bouwer, company president.<br />
The company is<br />
relocating to 1-685<br />
Speedvale Avenue West<br />
in Guelph, Ont., 45<br />
minutes west of Toronto.<br />
Saniflo will continue<br />
to operate its<br />
U.S. distribution center<br />
in Niagara Falls, New York.<br />
“Saniflo has ambitious expansion<br />
plans for <strong>2004</strong> and beyond, including a<br />
50 per cent growth in unit shipments<br />
within the United States,” reported<br />
Bouwer. “The larger premises in Guelph<br />
will enable us to better serve our distributors<br />
and dealers throughout North<br />
America.”<br />
For more information, contact<br />
Saniflo at 1-800-363-5874 or visit<br />
www.saniflo.com.<br />
Key oil industry<br />
players Join forces<br />
Two major players in the oil heating industry<br />
have joined forces. Granby Steel<br />
Tanks, Granby, Que., has purchased Kamco<br />
Products Ltd., Oakville, Ont., a manufacturer<br />
of specialized tubing products.<br />
Kamco president and founder Brad<br />
Sigouin will remain in his role as president.<br />
Bill McKinstry will join Kamco as<br />
The crew at HEATCO Supply, Brampton, Ont., are celebrating their first year in business.<br />
From left are: CEO Lew Bannerman, Norm Paterson (outside sales), Brenda<br />
Forbes (accounts), Tim McIntosh (inside sales) and Bev Maxey (office manager).<br />
Heating supplier<br />
marks first year<br />
It is often said that the first year is the toughest for any new business. A new<br />
hydronic heating supplier in Brampton, Ont. has achieved that milestone.<br />
HEATCO Supply offers a wide range of products for the heating and cooling<br />
contractor including boilers, furnaces, DHW tanks, pumps, air conditioning,<br />
air handlers, pipe, valves, fittings and safety controls.<br />
The company showroom, located at 225 Advance Blvd., features both<br />
floor and wall-mounted boilers and a working display showing an instantaneous<br />
water heater, in-floor heating, towel warmers and a heating/cooling<br />
high velocity air handler.<br />
For more information, call (905) 457-7002.<br />
chief operating officer.<br />
Granby is a major manufacturer of<br />
steel oil storage tanks. Kamco makes<br />
coated copper tubing for oil, gas, potable<br />
water and various industrial applications.<br />
Company officials expect to accelerate<br />
Kamco’s sales growth by utilizing the<br />
network of independent distributors<br />
established by Granby across North<br />
America over the past 50 years.<br />
S.A. Armstrong<br />
named to top-50 list<br />
S.A. Armstrong Ltd. has been named to<br />
Schwank invented the<br />
infra-red heater and we remain<br />
the leader over 50 years later.<br />
With our unmatched selection of<br />
pressure or vacuum type tube<br />
heaters there are no forced fits.<br />
No compromises.<br />
Bernd Schwank, Chairman<br />
Schwank International<br />
Group of Companies<br />
James, left, and Charles Armstrong<br />
are the third generation to run S.A.<br />
Armstrong.<br />
the list of Canada’s top 50 best-managed<br />
companies. The Toronto-based<br />
manufacturer of pumps and related<br />
fluid-flow equipment was established in<br />
1934 and operates six manufacturing<br />
plants in North America and Europe.<br />
Company president Charles Armstrong<br />
attributes the company’s success<br />
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Deloitte and Touche, CIBC and the<br />
National Post sponsor the ’50-Best’<br />
awards. Judging includes an extensive<br />
interview that examines management<br />
and business practices. An independent<br />
panel evaluates how each company<br />
embraces technology and globalization,<br />
and how it recognizes the significance of<br />
leadership, strategy, culture and brand.<br />
People<br />
Aqua Tech Sales & Marketing Inc.,<br />
Burlington, Ont., has appointed Frank<br />
J. Stempski vice president/general<br />
manager, Darryl Singleton national<br />
sales manager, Grant Erickson Ontario<br />
Region sales engineer, and Buster<br />
(Bryan) Read team leader and greater<br />
Toronto area (GTA) sales.<br />
Uponor Canada Inc.,<br />
Regina, Sask., has<br />
appointed Paul Micieli<br />
as Ontario commercial<br />
manager based in<br />
Brampton.<br />
Paul Micieli<br />
Wendy Joslin has been appointed<br />
member services representative-reception<br />
for the Heating Refrigeration & Air<br />
conditioning Institute of Canada<br />
(HRAI), Mississauga.<br />
Turbocor, Dorval, Que., has<br />
appointed J. Daniel Thatcher as vice<br />
president, aftermarket businesses.<br />
Leonard Valve Co., Cranston, R.I.,<br />
has appointed Richard Cota Jr. sales<br />
manager for Canada.<br />
R.W. Beckett Corp., Elyria, Ohio,<br />
has appointed Kevin A. Beckett president<br />
and CEO.<br />
The American Society of Heating<br />
Refrigerating & Air-conditioning Engineers<br />
(ASHRAE), Atlanta, GA, has<br />
appointed Jeff Littleton as executive<br />
vice president. He succeeds Frank Coda.<br />
Companies<br />
Thermal Hydronic Supply, Concord,<br />
Ont., has opened a new location at<br />
6750 Davand Dr., Unit 4, Mississauga,<br />
Ont. Call (905) 565-0011, Fax (905)<br />
565-1599, www.thermalhydronics.com.<br />
Portable Pipe Hangers (Canada),<br />
Aurora, Ont., has a new website at<br />
www.planthub.com.<br />
Canwest Agencies Ltd., Calgary,<br />
Alta., has changed its name to Barclay<br />
Authorized Schwank Stocking Distributors<br />
Sales (Alberta) Ltd., with offices in<br />
BOUTETTE & BARNETT<br />
S. ONTARIO WOLSELEY MECHANICAL GROUP W CANADA<br />
Calgary and Edmonton.<br />
NIAGARA PLUMBING SUPPLY S. ONTARIO B.A.ROBINSON CO<br />
MANITOBA<br />
Sluyter Company Ltd., Markham,<br />
MARKS SUPPLY<br />
S ONTARIO G.MITCHELL<br />
QUEBEC<br />
SINCLAIR SUPPLY<br />
W CANADA MACLEOD & GRANT<br />
MARITIMES<br />
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Techniques Nimatec Inc., Mercier,<br />
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Schwank Ltd. • Tel.: (905) 712-4766 • Fax: (905) 712-8336 • www.schwankheaters.com<br />
sales agent for Quebec.<br />
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Coming Events<br />
World Building Congress will take place in Toronto<br />
The CIB World Building Congress<br />
<strong>2004</strong> will be held May 2-7 in<br />
Toronto with the 5th International<br />
Conference on Indoor Air Quality,<br />
Ventilation and Energy Conservation in<br />
Buildings and the 6th International Conference<br />
on Multipurpose Highrise Towers<br />
and Tall Buildings. Current CIB<br />
President, Dr. Sherif Barakat of the<br />
National Research Council’s Institute for<br />
Research in Construction, Ottawa, will be<br />
the congress chairman. The event will<br />
occur at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel<br />
in Toronto. For more information, call<br />
(613) 993-0435, visit www.cib<strong>2004</strong>.ca or<br />
e-mail cib<strong>2004</strong>@nrc.ca.<br />
UMRA back in Fargo<br />
The Upper Midwest Regional Association<br />
of the Refrigeration Service Engineers<br />
Society will hold its annual conference<br />
in Fargo, North Dakota April 16-<br />
17. Just a short drive down the highway<br />
from Winnipeg, the group has a number<br />
of Manitoba members. This year’s<br />
event is titled ‘Return of the Red River<br />
Chapter’ and will take place at the<br />
Ramada Suites Hotel in Fargo.<br />
Calendar<br />
APR. 1-4: K/BIS <strong>2004</strong>, Kitchen/Bath<br />
Industry Show & Conference,<br />
McCormick Place, Chicago. Contact:<br />
(770) 291-5409, (800) 933-8735 or go<br />
to www.kbis.com.<br />
APR. 13-15: Earth Technologies Forum,<br />
15th annual Conference on Climate<br />
change & Ozone Protection, sponsored<br />
by 14 int’l groups including Environment<br />
& Industry Canada, endorsed<br />
by HRAI, EESC & MOPIA;<br />
Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill,<br />
Washington, D.C. Register and program<br />
at www.earthforum.com or Fax<br />
(703) 528-1734.<br />
Seminar topics include:<br />
• Hydronic piping design and application<br />
• Refrigeration equipment applications<br />
and sizing<br />
• Sporlan components – why they<br />
are used and where<br />
• Electric motors – things you<br />
should know but were afraid to ask<br />
Testing for CM, CMS and NATE certification<br />
will also take place.<br />
For more information, call Brian<br />
Baker at (204) 775-7744, e-mail custom@customvac.<br />
mb.ca or go to<br />
www.rses-umra.net.<br />
Victoria <strong>HVAC</strong>/R show<br />
Vancouver Island contractors and engineers<br />
will have an opportunity view<br />
some of the latest <strong>HVAC</strong>/R technology.<br />
The ASHRAE Vancouver Island<br />
Chapter Trade Show will take place<br />
April 22 at the Harbour Towers Hotel &<br />
Suites at 345 Quebec St., Victoria, B.C.<br />
The show will feature <strong>HVAC</strong>/R,<br />
electrical and energy management<br />
products for the residential, commercial<br />
and industrial markets. Advance<br />
APR. 18-22: Light+Building <strong>2004</strong>, Messe<br />
Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany. Contact:<br />
Neeta Correa, Canadian-<br />
German Chamber of Industry &<br />
Commerce, (416) 640-7079, Fax<br />
(416) 598-1840, Email: info@canada.messefrankfurt.com.<br />
MAY 5-6: MEET <strong>2004</strong>, Mechanical-<br />
Electrical-Electronic Technologies<br />
show, Agrena Complex, Moncton,<br />
N.B. Contact: Jeff Lacy, Master Promotions,<br />
(506) 658-0018, Fax (506)<br />
658-0750, www.show@nbnet.nb.ca.<br />
JUNE 3-5: OILHEAT <strong>2004</strong>, Saint John<br />
Trade and Convention Centre, Saint<br />
John, N.B. Call (905) 946-0264,<br />
www.coha.ca.<br />
registration is free.<br />
A full slate of technical seminars is<br />
planned as well. Details of seminars and<br />
exhibitors can be viewed at<br />
www.ashrae.bc.ca.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
For further information, call show<br />
manager Gail Hutchison at (604) 924-<br />
3940, fax (604) 929-0543 or e-mail<br />
gail_hutchison@telus.net.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Circle Number 172 for More Information<br />
<br />
ATMOSPHAIR<br />
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL<br />
REFRIGERATION, AIR-CONDITIONING<br />
& HEATING<br />
795 Warden Avenue,<br />
Scarborough, Ontario, M1L 4C4<br />
COOLING PRODUCTS<br />
◗ Condensers<br />
• Shell & tube<br />
• Tube in tube<br />
◗ Condensing units<br />
• Air cooled<br />
• Water cooled<br />
◗ Packaged chillers<br />
• Air cooled<br />
• Water cooled<br />
• Outdoor<br />
• Remote condenser<br />
◗ Chiller vessels<br />
• 2-225 tons<br />
◗ Compressors<br />
• Hermetic screw<br />
• Open drive screw<br />
• Hermetic reciprocating<br />
• Open drive reciprocating<br />
◗ Custom coils<br />
• Chilled water<br />
• Glycol<br />
• Direct expansion<br />
PUMP PRODUCTS<br />
◗ Boiler feed pumps<br />
◗ Steam condensate pumps<br />
◗ Steam vacuum pumps<br />
◗ Circulating pumps1/4-200 HP<br />
• Close coupled<br />
• Base mount<br />
• Inline circulator<br />
• Double suction<br />
HEATING PRODUCTS<br />
◗ Thermostatic valves<br />
◗ Balancing valves<br />
◗ Steam specialties<br />
• Low pressure thermostatic<br />
traps<br />
• High pressure thermostatic<br />
traps<br />
• Float and thermostatic traps<br />
• Bucket traps<br />
◗ Radiation products<br />
• Walvector<br />
• Convector<br />
◗ Unit heaters<br />
• Steam or hot water<br />
• Horizontal<br />
• Vertical<br />
• Cabinet<br />
◗ Custom coils<br />
• Steam<br />
• Hot water<br />
Extra! Extra! Extra!<br />
Cabinet Gas Unit Heaters - Stock to 2 Weeks<br />
Fan Coil Units/Air Handlers - Stock to 2 Weeks<br />
Heating/Cooling Coils - 1 to 4 Weeks<br />
◗ Vari-Vac®<br />
• Vacuum differential heating<br />
Control system<br />
Formerly Dunham-Bush Inc.<br />
Tel: (416) 751-7777 • Toll Free: 1-800-387-8059<br />
Fax: (416) 751-5637 or 757-1557 • Toll Free Fax: (888) 751-5637<br />
Formerly Dunham-Bush Inc.<br />
Circle Number 173 for More Information<br />
www.plumbingandhvac.ca March/April <strong>2004</strong> – <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News 67
Literature Showcase<br />
Following are some of the latest catalogues, manuals, software and product brochures from the<br />
industry’s leading manufacturers. To receive a copy, please circle the corresponding number on<br />
the Reader Service Card in this issue, fill out your contact information, and mail it or fax it to<br />
(416) 620-9790. Your requests will be forwarded to the appropriate companies. They, in turn,<br />
will send you the information.<br />
Accubid estimating solutions<br />
Accubid has introduced Version 6 of its family of estimating<br />
solutions: Accubid Pro, BidWinner Plus and<br />
BidWinner. The Version 6 eight-page brochure describes<br />
exciting new features and enhancements to increase<br />
accuracy and productivity, including power substitution,<br />
temporary assemblies, print preview, Schedule<br />
screen sorting and filtering, direct export to Excel, spell<br />
checking, and many more. Accubid delivers the power<br />
and flexibility the contractor and his staff need to produce<br />
accurate and detailed estimates quickly and easily.<br />
Visit www.accubid.com or call 1-800-222-8243.<br />
Accubid Systems<br />
Circle no. 179<br />
Steam humidifier<br />
The Elite Steam Humidifier for hydronic-heated<br />
homes is an investment that pays dividends for your<br />
customer every day. The GeneralAire Elite Steam<br />
humidifier was developed to provide a solution for<br />
dry winter air in homes heated with radiant heat or<br />
where other types of mechanical humidifiers just do<br />
not fit the application. Available in three installation<br />
options including a duct injection model, a direct<br />
room injection model for homes with no ductwork<br />
and – coming soon – a closet wall-mounted model<br />
for homes/offices with no ducts or basement.<br />
CGF Products<br />
Circle no. 180<br />
Specialty IAQ products<br />
A catalogue of more than 20 different products that<br />
will solve a variety of Indoor Air Quality problems is<br />
available from master distributor Evolution Air.<br />
Included are a variety of filters, including a new<br />
humidifier, the portable air cleaner from Friedrich,<br />
whole house HEPA units, ultraviolet sterilizer systems,<br />
odour eliminators, fans, telephone-controlled thermostats<br />
and a room HRV. The contractor will go on<br />
an update list as new items are added. Check the full<br />
line at www.evolutionair.com.<br />
Evolution Air<br />
Circle no. 181<br />
Automated leak detection<br />
FloodStopper provides 24-hour leak detection and<br />
control protection caused by flooding from internal<br />
plumbing failures and accidental overflows by automatically<br />
shutting off a 3/4 to 2-inch Honeywell<br />
valve to the water supply. Features include a controller<br />
to monitor sensors in single and four-zone<br />
models (can connect 250 hardwired sensors in a single<br />
system to 2,500 feet), 24 volt transformer, pushbutton<br />
reset, and wireless option. It interfaces with a<br />
phone dialer, security alarm or building automation<br />
system. GasSafe System also available.<br />
First Smart Sensor<br />
Circle no. 182<br />
Twelve reasons<br />
This eight-page full-colour brochure describes in<br />
colourful detail 12 reasons to select a De Dietrich<br />
boiler: their history starts in 1684, flexible eutectic<br />
cast iron, 88 per cent-plus efficiencies, modulation<br />
with indoor-outdoor reset, low noise and NOx levels,<br />
an industry-leading 95 psi working pressure, bispherical<br />
push nipple assembly to ensure a perfect<br />
fit, and other benefits. Also included are details on<br />
the four De Dietrich boilers in the GT Series with<br />
input ranges from 107 to 6,206 MBH.<br />
Flexible Eutectic<br />
Circle no. 183<br />
Affordable, efficient ventilation<br />
Finally, there is a simple ventilation solution for production<br />
homes, condos and apartments. The Breeze<br />
line by RenewAire includes the BR70 for up to 1500<br />
square feet of living apace and the BR130 for up to<br />
2700 square feet of living space. As a ‘balanced ventilator’,<br />
the Breeze unit simultaneously exhausts stale<br />
air and delivers an equal amount of fresh air back<br />
into the home. The Breeze mounts directly on furnace<br />
or AC return ductwork in half the time of conventional<br />
air exchangers.<br />
MITS Airconditioning Inc.<br />
Circle no. 184<br />
Cooling/heating solutions<br />
The S Series all-in-one air conditioning solution for<br />
large residences or light commercial applications<br />
integrates up to eight indoor units to one outdoor in<br />
a five-ton capacity. The Y Series inverter system in<br />
heating or cooling mode allows up to 16 indoor<br />
units to one outdoor, in 7.5 and 10 tons. The R<br />
Series, a world first and only simultaneous heating<br />
/cooling two-pipe system with total heat recovery, is<br />
available in 7.5 and 10 tons. Also offered is the WR2<br />
Series advanced water primary heat source unit.<br />
Mitsubishi Electric<br />
Circle no. 185<br />
Wolseley in Canada<br />
A six-page corporate brochure that details the operations<br />
of Wolseley in Canada is available from the<br />
company’s 200 branches. The former Westburne<br />
operations were acquired by Wolseley plc of England<br />
in 2001, one of the world’s largest and most<br />
successful distributors. The brochure details the<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong>, Engineered Pipe, Pipe Valves & Fittings,<br />
Hydronics, <strong>HVAC</strong>/R, Waterworks, Industrial<br />
Products and Fire Protection divisions, shows the 14<br />
companies retaining their own names, and lists<br />
every acquisition from 1951 to 2003.<br />
Wolseley Canada Inc.<br />
Circle no. 186<br />
In the<br />
Next Issue!<br />
■ MEET show edition<br />
Kitchen & Bath Product Guide<br />
Moen Inc. has produced a free 36-page full colour<br />
pocket-sized guide to all its kitchen and bath faucets,<br />
showerheads, and accessories. Included are pull-out<br />
kitchen faucets, kitchen and bar faucets, soap-lotion<br />
dispensers and pressure balancing valves. Featured<br />
products include the new AquaSuite in the range of<br />
PureTouch filtering faucets and the new Revolution<br />
massaging showerhead with its spin-twist-spiraland-swirl<br />
water sprays. Moen finishes, patented<br />
one-piece washerless cartridge and the M-Pact common<br />
valve system are also illustrated.<br />
Moen Incorporated<br />
Circle no. 187<br />
Reset control school<br />
The Reset Control School (S 110) covers the operation,<br />
selection, installation and setup of tekmar’s<br />
line of stand-alone boiler and mixing reset controls.<br />
The school discusses the concepts of Outdoor Reset,<br />
Characterized Heating Curves and mixing methods.<br />
The material is presented in a manner suitable for<br />
students that are new to tekmar’s product line and is<br />
an ideal introductory course.<br />
Visit www.tekmarcontrols.com for a list of upcoming<br />
school dates.<br />
tekmar Control Systems Ltd.<br />
Circle no. 188<br />
Multi-boiler control school<br />
The Multiple Boiler Control School (S 121) covers the<br />
operation, selection, applications and installation of<br />
controls for multiple boiler systems and commercial<br />
mixing systems. The school discusses different piping<br />
methods, staging and rotation concepts, boiler protection,<br />
as well as the different devices that can be<br />
used for mixing and their proper piping. In addition,<br />
the school will cover the operation and installation of<br />
tekmar’s Pump Sequencer Control 132.<br />
Visit www.tekmarcontrols.com for a list of upcoming<br />
school dates.<br />
tekmar Control Systems Ltd.<br />
Circle no. 189<br />
■ Annual Luxury<br />
<strong>Plumbing</strong> report<br />
■ Spring air<br />
conditioning<br />
■ Products, products<br />
and more products!<br />
68 <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News – March/April <strong>2004</strong> www.plumbingandhvac.ca
Mechanical Marketplace<br />
The bulletin board of products, services, professionals, employment<br />
opportunities and more for Canada’s Mechanical Contracting Industry.<br />
Fabric Air Diffuser Systems<br />
INDUSTRIAL<br />
MAKEUP AIR<br />
FLOWCON Air Diffusers<br />
are being used as a<br />
highly effective system<br />
for dispersing and mixing<br />
outside makeup air and<br />
are reversible.<br />
Patron Products Inc, Scarborough, Ont. M1V 5G4<br />
1-800-361-5451 Fax: (416) 298-1412<br />
Circle Number 191 for More Information<br />
There is a proposed Settlement of two class action lawsuits, Kelman<br />
et al. v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company et al. and Galanti v.<br />
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. The first lawsuit is pending<br />
in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The second lawsuit is<br />
pending in the United States District Court for the District of New<br />
Jersey. The lawsuits concern Entran II hose used in Canada and the<br />
United States. (The lawsuit does not include Massachusetts, New<br />
Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut and Rhode Island.) Entran<br />
II was manufactured and sold by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber<br />
Company and Goodyear Canada Inc. (“Defendants”).<br />
What is the Litigation About?<br />
Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants manufactured defective Entran<br />
II hose. The product was used in radiant heating and snowmelting<br />
systems. They claim the hose is prone to leaking when operated<br />
under normal conditions. Entran II was also known as Twintran,<br />
Nytrace, Entran II Trace, Entran II Wire, Entran 2, Entran 2 Trace,<br />
and Entran 2 Wire. Defendants deny all claims of wrongdoing made<br />
by Plaintiffs. Defendants believe that if properly maintained Entran<br />
II hoses do not cause a problem.<br />
Who is Involved?<br />
You may be a member of the Settlement Class if you are the current<br />
or former owner of property in which the Entran II hose has been<br />
installed. The property must be in Canada or the United States,<br />
including territories and possessions. If you own or owned property<br />
in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont,<br />
Connecticut or Rhode Island, in which Entran II was<br />
or is installed, you are not part of this lawsuit. To see<br />
if your hose is covered by this Settlement you should<br />
check the Settlement Web site or call the toll free<br />
number below.<br />
What are the Settlement Terms?<br />
The Settlement Fund will be between $196 million<br />
and $236 million (U.S.). Defendants will pay this<br />
amount over a five (5) year period. Depending upon<br />
the number of claims, Class Counsel estimate some<br />
Class Members may receive as much as 40% of the<br />
cost of remediation. Information on the specific relief Class<br />
Members can expect is detailed in a document called the Plan of<br />
Allocation and Distribution. Class Counsel developed the Plan with<br />
the assistance of the Special Master, appointed by the Court, and<br />
other interested parties. The Plan is available on the Settlement Web<br />
site or by calling the number below.<br />
LEGAL NOTICE FOR CANADIAN PROPERTY OWNERS<br />
Circle Number 192 for More Information<br />
If You Know the Current or Former Owner of Property in which<br />
Entran II Hose was or is used for Radiant Heating or Snowmelting<br />
Please provide them with the following information about this class action settlement.<br />
Entran II is an orange<br />
rubber hose used in<br />
radiant hydronic heating<br />
and snowmelt systems,<br />
usually stamped with the<br />
name “Heatway” or<br />
“Heatway Systems” on<br />
the outside.<br />
Class Counsel will petition the Court for reasonable attorneys’<br />
fees, in an amount not to exceed $58.8 million or 30% of the<br />
Settlement Fund, and expenses payable from the Settlement Fund.<br />
What Are My Legal Rights?<br />
• If you wish to remain a member of the Settlement Class, you do<br />
not have to do anything. But, to share in the Settlement Fund you<br />
must file a claim as discussed below. If the Courts approve the<br />
proposed Settlement, you will receive the benefits of the proposed<br />
Settlement. You will also be bound by all the courts’ orders. This<br />
means you will drop any claims you may have against the<br />
Defendants that are covered by the Settlement.<br />
• If you wish to file a claim, you must complete a Claim Form. You<br />
can get a Claim Form by contacting the Claims Administrator in<br />
writing, at the address given below, or by calling the toll-free number.<br />
It is also available on the Settlement Web site. Claim Forms must be<br />
signed and postmarked no later than October 26, 2009.<br />
• If you do not wish to be a member of the Settlement Class, you<br />
must sign a Request for Exclusion letter as outlined in the<br />
Settlement Agreement and Notice. Your request must be<br />
postmarked no later than May 7, <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
When Will the Settlement be Approved?<br />
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice will hold a Fairness Hearing<br />
to decide if the proposed Settlement is fair, reasonable<br />
and adequate October 26, <strong>2004</strong>. The Hearing will be<br />
held at 10 a.m. at the Ontario Superior Court of<br />
Justice, 361 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario<br />
M5G 1T3.<br />
In addition, the United States District Court for the<br />
District of New Jersey will hold a Fairness Hearing to<br />
decide if the proposed Settlement is fair, reasonable<br />
and adequate on October 19, <strong>2004</strong>. The Court will<br />
hold a separate second Hearing to consider Class<br />
Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees, November 3,<br />
<strong>2004</strong>. Both Hearings will be held at 10 a. m. at the<br />
United States District Court for the District of New<br />
Jersey, 402 East State Street, Room 2020, Trenton, N.J. 08608.<br />
If you remain a member of the Settlement Class, you or your<br />
counsel have the right to appear before the Court and object to the<br />
Settlement. However, in order to object, you must file a written<br />
objection, as outlined in the Settlement Agreement and Long Form<br />
Notice. Objections must be filed by May 7, <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
For Information on the Proposed Settlement, Your Rights and a Copy of the Notice and Claim Form:<br />
Visit: www.entraniisettlement.com Call: 1-800-254-9222<br />
or Write: Entran II Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 1051, Fort Erie, Ontario L2A 6C7<br />
PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE COURT<br />
TS Technical Training and Resources<br />
TSSA has given us authorization to open a<br />
Training Facility to provide OBT (Oil Burner Technician) training.<br />
An OBT 2 course will begin in May of <strong>2004</strong>.<br />
Location: Kitchener area • Cost: $2150.00 plus gst<br />
(books and exam will be billed separately)<br />
Format: Please call for course schedule<br />
Questions and Registration:<br />
David Kerr (519) 699-4681 (519) 699-4286<br />
dkerr@tstraining.com<br />
Index of Advertisers<br />
Advertisers<br />
Page<br />
Accubid 28<br />
AMTS 29<br />
Astravan 25<br />
Atmosphair 67<br />
Atofina 5<br />
Beckett 9<br />
Beckett 21<br />
Bradford White 30<br />
Camus 9<br />
CGF Products 65<br />
Chrysler 54<br />
Copeland 31<br />
Décor Grates 32<br />
Delta Faucet 8<br />
Digi-Cool 9<br />
Dupont 11<br />
Enmar 17<br />
Entran 69<br />
Fantech 23<br />
Flexible Eutectic 33<br />
Gas Solutions 26<br />
General Motors 62<br />
General Pipe Cleaners 10<br />
Gordon Williams 25<br />
Gordon Williams 66<br />
Heil 24<br />
Honeywell Genetron 34<br />
HRAI 70<br />
ISH NA 35<br />
Kamco 36<br />
Keeprite 37<br />
Keeprite 53<br />
Knaack Mfg. 58<br />
Lennox 3<br />
Madok 38<br />
Mag Tool 64<br />
Mag Tool 70<br />
MEET 6<br />
MITSair 39<br />
Mitsubishi Electric 40<br />
Moen 2<br />
MRG Drouin 21<br />
MTP Instruments 42<br />
Mueller Flow 58<br />
Mueller Flow 58<br />
Newmac 18<br />
NTI Inc. 43<br />
ECR-Olsen 44<br />
Patron 69<br />
P&<strong>HVAC</strong> Product News 41<br />
Redmond Williams 45<br />
Ridge 4<br />
Roberts Gordon 64<br />
Roth 26<br />
Saniflo 60<br />
Schwank 26<br />
Schwank/InfraSave 66<br />
Superior Radiant Products 19<br />
tekmar Control Systems 22<br />
Tempstar 12, 13<br />
Thermo Manufacturing 48<br />
Thermal Hydronic 11<br />
TS Technical Training 69<br />
VanTerior 56<br />
Victualic 65<br />
Victualic 67<br />
Viessman 49<br />
Watts 20<br />
Watts 63<br />
Weil McLain 51<br />
Wirsbo 52<br />
Wolseley 72<br />
Wolseley Frontier 71<br />
Literature Showcase: 68<br />
Accubid Systems, CGF Products,<br />
Evolution Air, First Smart Sensor,<br />
Flexible Eutectic, MITS Air, Mitsubishi,<br />
Moen, tekmar, Wolseley Canada<br />
Circle Number 174 for More Info<br />
www.plumbingandhvac.ca March/April <strong>2004</strong> – <strong>Plumbing</strong> & <strong>HVAC</strong> Product News 69
Shop Management<br />
Develop a financial<br />
structure that works<br />
Our business guru crunches the numbers<br />
By Ron Coleman<br />
Many contractors<br />
have difficulty<br />
understanding<br />
what<br />
their financial<br />
structure should<br />
look like. That<br />
may not be too<br />
surprising,<br />
given that it is different for each segment<br />
of the industry. Even within segments<br />
there are major differences<br />
depending on size and work mix.<br />
The following commentary is based<br />
on a survey of 25 members of the Heating,<br />
Refrigeration and Air Conditioning<br />
Contractors (HRAC) Association of<br />
Canada. The average company had sales<br />
of $1.27 million, with no company over<br />
$2 million. There is a combination of<br />
service and contracting work. We have<br />
not established what that mix is. The<br />
contractors are based across Canada,<br />
with most of them in Ontario.<br />
This particular group of contractors<br />
shows pre-tax profits at 5.7 percent,<br />
which is almost 50 percent higher than<br />
the average North American contractor<br />
in this market segment.<br />
The issues that we will explore are:<br />
• What is the typical overhead structure<br />
of these companies?<br />
• What is the level of break-even<br />
sales required to operate them?<br />
• How to reduce the level of breakeven<br />
sales and …<br />
• What is the capital structure of<br />
these companies?<br />
The following table shows the average<br />
overhead structure:<br />
Income Statement<br />
Average of 25 companies<br />
$1000s<br />
Total Sales 1270 100.0%<br />
Job Costs<br />
Materials 565 44.5%<br />
direct labour 216 17.0%<br />
Subs & other direct 16 1.3%<br />
TOTAL DIRECT 797 62.8%<br />
Gross Profit 473 37.2%<br />
Overhead<br />
Salaries* 196 15.4%<br />
Advertising & promotion 23 1.8%<br />
Vehicles 44 3.5%<br />
Depreciation 22 1.7%<br />
Insurance 15 1.2%<br />
Occupancy 28 2.2%<br />
Office and admin 59 4.6%<br />
Repairs, shop supplies etc 13 1.0%<br />
400 31.5%<br />
Net Profit 73 5.7%<br />
Note: Salaries include owner/manager at<br />
$75,000 per annum<br />
make a real impact on them. Most of<br />
them are virtually fixed.<br />
If you can’t do much to lower your<br />
overhead there are only three things you<br />
can do to make more profit – increase<br />
volume, increase selling price or improve<br />
productivity.<br />
However, a volume increase means<br />
more cost, while the other two options<br />
are 100% profit. Going for volume often<br />
means lower selling prices, expensive<br />
marketing, poorer productivity and<br />
higher overhead. So, it makes sense to<br />
focus on selling price and productivity.<br />
Increasing efficiency or increasing<br />
your selling price has the biggest impact.<br />
Your gross profit percent will<br />
increase.<br />
Your break-even sales number is calculated<br />
by dividing your overhead by<br />
your gross profit percent. Lowering<br />
your overhead or increasing your gross<br />
profit reduces the amount of sales you<br />
need to break even.<br />
You will see from the table that by<br />
increasing your gross margin from<br />
37.2% of sales to 44% of sales that your<br />
additional profit is $164,905, or the<br />
amount you need to break-even is<br />
$164,905 less. You should be easily able<br />
to generate this increase in percentage<br />
by a combination of increased pricing<br />
and improved productivity.<br />
A typical balance sheet looks like this:<br />
Balance Sheet<br />
Average of 25 companies<br />
Current assets $1000s<br />
Cash 70<br />
Receivables 121<br />
Inventory 113<br />
Other 12<br />
316<br />
Capital (Fixed) assets<br />
Vehicles & Equipment, at cost 284<br />
Depreciation -173<br />
Net capital assets 111<br />
Total assets 427<br />
Current liabilities<br />
Accounts payable 112<br />
Bank debt 34<br />
Other current 30<br />
176<br />
Term debt 40<br />
If you lease your vehicles<br />
Break-even table<br />
rather than buying<br />
them, your cash outgoings<br />
Overhead $400,000 $400,000 $400,000<br />
will be higher and<br />
Gross profit 37.2% 40.0% 44.0% your investment lower.<br />
It is very difficult to reduce your Break-even sales $1,073,996 $1,000,000 $909,091 On average these companies<br />
are turning over<br />
overhead. Overhead represents a relatively<br />
small percent of sales and, as you<br />
their working capital at a<br />
Additional profit $164,905<br />
can see, it is difficult to cut back. The<br />
rate of almost ten times a year.<br />
only area of significance that you could Capital structure<br />
Working capital is the net of the current<br />
reduce would be to reduce overhead So, if you want to set up a company like<br />
assets and current liabilities<br />
salaries. When you look at your own this, you need to put some money ($316,000-$176,000 = $140,000).<br />
numbers, you will realize how difficult together.<br />
Annual sales are $1,270,000. Divide<br />
this really is.<br />
You need to buy or lease vehicles, working capital into sales and in this<br />
In our sample we are showing overhead<br />
equipment and tools. You need to instance you get 9.2 turns a year. On this<br />
of $400,000 with almost half of finance the activities such as the inven-<br />
basis you need to provide approximate-<br />
that in salaries. The rest is spread over tory and the receivables and you must ly 10% of your expected sales in working<br />
so many categories that it is difficult to meet the payroll.<br />
capital for your business. That is the<br />
money to operate the business, excluding<br />
Why is this man smiling? the money for fixed assets. This is<br />
money that you have to provide.<br />
Our average owner has invested<br />
Reason<br />
$211,000 in his company, or approximately<br />
$1 in investment for every $1 in<br />
#7<br />
debt. These companies are very well<br />
financed. This $211,000 is (broadly<br />
Member Advantage<br />
speaking) providing $140,000 in working<br />
capital and $51,000 for fixed (capi-<br />
Programs<br />
HRAC membership means this man's<br />
tal) assets.<br />
company enjoys access to a variety of<br />
If you start up a new business,<br />
groupdiscount programs. Savings on<br />
remember that it is going to take up to<br />
vehicle leasing, business supplies, fuel for<br />
three years before you can turn a profit<br />
his company's trucks and Visa Merchant<br />
fees will more than pay for his company's<br />
and take a full salary. Many business<br />
membership. These are only a few of the<br />
owners run out of money before they<br />
saving programs offered by HRAC.<br />
have given the company a real chance to<br />
So, why is this man smiling?<br />
survive.<br />
For many start-up businesses the<br />
growth has to be financed by profits. So,<br />
Because his company is a<br />
unless you start off making money you<br />
member of HRAC.<br />
will never be able to finance your<br />
You should be to!<br />
growth.<br />
Ronald Coleman is an accountant,<br />
business management consultant, author<br />
and educator specializing in the construction<br />
1-800-267-2231 www.hrai.ca/hrac.html<br />
industry. He can be reached at<br />
rcoleman@coleman.bc.ca.<br />
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Total debt<br />
Owner's investment 211<br />
Total liabilities and investment 427
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