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From the Sun
New solar technologies allow
practical plumbing and
HVAC/R applications
Inside
Energy Star furnace spec upgrade
Renovation spending up dramatically
Atlantic show draws a crowd
Underground repair examined
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■ Contents
The Green Issue
Departments
Our Contributors ...........................5
Hot Seat .........................................7
Industry News ..............................9

Federal government axes rebate program
People & Places ...........................43

New people, companies join industry
Coming Events.............................45
HRAI in the Rockies
Shop Management......................45
What makes a good contractor?
Products & Designing for efficiency New boiler technologies offer new opportunities
Technologies
Green Showcase ..........................18
Heating ........................................20
Features
Air Conditioning ..........................23
Controls........................................27
Pipes, Valves & Fittings ...............33
Refrigeration ...............................35
Tools & Instruments ....................39

R22 phase out 23
Six months later, tech reps still getting calls
Cover photo:
Innovative new technologies are making
the use of solar energy more practical in
building mechanical systems. Underground repair 29
Solar makes inroads 14 Dig, line or burst – different situations,
New uses in hot water and warm air heating different solutions…
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■ This Month’s Contributors
July/August 2010
Volume 20, Number 5
ISSN 1499-5271
Publisher
Roy Collver is an author and consultant on Ronald Coleman is a Vancouver-based Mark Vreugdenhil
hydronic heating based in Peachland, B.C. accountant, management consultant, author and (416) 614-5819
He can be reached at otbc@telus.net. educator specializing in the construction industry.
He can be reached by e-mail at ronald@ronald mark@plumbingandhvac.ca
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Editor
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Design and Production

Tim Norton
production@plumbingandhvac.ca
Bob Bettles Brian Guttormson
HVAC author and trainer Robert (Bob) Bettles is HVAC author and trainer Brian Guttormson is National Sales Manager
lead technical service adviser and trainer for technical service advisor for Trent Metals Ltd. Jordan Chong
Wolseley HVAC/R Group Canada. He can be (Supply). He can be reached at (416) 614-5832
reached at Bob.Bettles@wolseleyinc.ca. techsupport@tmlsupply.com. jordan@plumbingandhvac.ca
Production Manager
Lilianna Kantor
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Circulation Manager
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Bruce Nagy is a Toronto-based freelance writer Ed Gravelle is a consultant on refrigeration,
that reports on green technologies and solutions. air conditioning and heating systems based in Corporate Services
He can be reached at bruce.nagy@rogers.com. Brentwood Bay, B.C. He can be reached at Anthony Evangelista
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■ Hot Seat
At the same time, some governments have pushed through significant tax increases
under the guise of “green fees” or “eco fees.” In Ontario, for example, on the same day
that the province hit residents with the new harmonized sales tax (HST), Stewardship
Ontario added an “eco fee” to numerous items. This money is supposed to go towards
the collection and recycling of those products, but it’s not at all clear how this is going
to occur as there are no recycling programs for many items. “It’s not a tax,” the
government says to flabbergasted taxpayers. Likewise, Ontario residents saw their hydro
rates jump about 25 percent under the guise of time-of-use billing, also marketed as a
green initiative.
So green is getting a bad rap! This means, for HVAC/R and plumbing contractors,
that many customers won’t take it on faith that a particular product is good for the
environment, saves energy, reduces water use, etc. They may be a little leery of a green
A bad rap sales pitch.

But that is actually positive. It means that to be successful the contractor must have
solid facts and figures to back up his presentation. If you don’t already have one, it
One of the things this industry has going for it is that the majority of its products would be beneficial to put together a pamphlet that explains the environmental benefits,
genuinely contribute to improving the environment here on planet Earth. along with comfort gains and fuel or water savings, of the equipment or package that
Combustion appliances have become more efficient, the use of electricity has been you are proposing.
reduced, new refrigerants don’t damage the ozone layer, and plumbing products use Many customers have already done considerable research on the Internet. But they
less water and are made of safer materials. need to know that you know what you are talking about and that green is more than
This is all good, but selling “green” to an increasingly skeptical public is becoming just a marketing ploy.
more of a challenge. In fact we had a discussion here as to whether we still wanted to
call the magazine that you hold in your hands the “Green Issue” given all the green
scams that have been reported in the media recently.
While government grants that promote green technologies have been an enormous
benefit to this industry through some tough economic times, they have also drawn the
attention of all kinds of fly-by-night scammers plotting to get their hands on as much
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■ Industry News
Energy Star furnace rating

boost in works
June 9. There was no indication of what the new a test lab. “It sounds as though it’s going in a
By Simon Blake specification will be, although the EPA expects to publish reasonable direction now; the question is whether they
the first draft in July with initial public comment are going to be able to get the political will to make it
T
he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will wrapping up in mid-August. The new specification will law,” added Heeley.
revamp the Energy Star gas furnace specification be announced in November and will take effect in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
and create a special Energy Star level for Canada August 2011. spokesperson Enesta Jones told P&HVAC in an e-mail
and other cold climate regions. Officials at the Heating, Refrigeration and Air that when minimum standards meet or exceed the
And not a moment too soon – currently equipment Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) had Energy Star requirement, it’s an indication that the
must achieve an annual fuel utilization efficiency previously been told not to expect a change to the program is achieving its goal of raising the efficiency
(AFUE) of 90 percent to qualify for Energy Star Energy Star furnace specification prior to 2013. of all equipment.
certification. However, since Jan. 1, the minimum
standard in Canada has also been 90 percent. And
Manitoba has already set its minimum gas furnace That timeline is a bit worrisome.
efficiency at 92 percent while B.C. is looking at boosting
its minimum efficiency.
This makes the Energy Star rating, which is “That timeline is a bit worrisome,” remarked HRAI “As products evolve to meet the Energy Star
supposed to recognize equipment in the top 25 president Warren Heeley. “We are still a little unsure requirements, EPA aims to revise the requirements,
percentile of efficiency, redundant in Canada. And yet about exactly what direction this whole thing is going making them more stringent and again providing an
many rebate programs require Energy Star certified to go in.” There has been considerable discussion over incentive to bring more efficient products to the market.
equipment. whether applied products like furnaces and air Other governments routinely reference Energy Star
The EPA, which administers the Energy Star program, conditioners should be approved in the field as part of requirements that have been in place in the market for
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■ Industry News
Dramatic increase reported In Brief

Sask. apprentice ratio changed
in renovation spending Contractors in the home of the Roughriders can now

hire two apprentices for every journeyperson thanks
to lobbying efforts by the Mechanical Contractors
heating and/or air conditioning equipment. The Association of Saskatchewan. It convinced the Sask.
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here may have been a recession, but renovation largest share of renovations aimed at increasing Apprenticeship Commission and Department of
spending increased dramatically in 2009, reports energy efficiency took place in Halifax (15 per cent) Advanced Education to change the ratio, which was
the Canadian Mortgage and Housing and Toronto (11 per cent). The most popular previously one to one.
Corporation (CMHC). renovations were remodeling of rooms (34 percent),
In fact spending was up by $4.5 billion across 10 painting or wallpapering (29 percent) and new EnerGuide revamp underway
major cities surveyed in CMHC’s Renovation and Home flooring (27 percent). Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) will upgrade the
Purchase Survey. The average cost of renovations was Over 50 percent of the households surveyed EnerGuide Rating System for Homes. Initial discussions
approximately $12,100. completed renovations, up from 40 percent in the last suggest the 0-100 rating system will be replaced with
“More than $25.8 billion was spent on renovations survey conducted in 2008. a measure of the home’s total energy use (including
in 2009 across the 10 major surveyed centres, an Half of the households surveyed reported that the electricity and gas, oil or propane) in GigaJoules,
increase of about $4.5 billion compared to 2008,” said cost of renovations undertaken in 2009 was in line with reports the Heating, Refrigeration and Air
Gustavo Durango, senior economist at CMHC. “As what they had budgeted, while 35 per cent said that they Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI). NRCan
well, when Canadian homeowners were asked about went over their planned budget for the renovation. hopes to have the latest version available for public
their renovation plans for this year, 43 per cent Forty-two percent said they contracted out the entire review by November.
indicated that they intend to spend $1,000 or more by project. The remainder either did the work themselves or
the end of 2010.” hired a contractor for a portion of it. Plumbing/HVAC/R sales recover
The study reports on actual renovation expenditures Renovation intentions for 2010, across the Strong sales in plumbing and HVAC/R across the
made in the previous year, as well as intentions to buy or 10 surveyed centres, are highest in St. John’s, where country continue to be an indication of a recovering
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A sellout crowd of 500 attended the industry dinner
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New innovation awards highlight cutting edge technologies at MEET Casino New Brunswick. However, Patterson noted that
it’s far from a done deal. The casino is out of the way
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■ Going Green
Solar heating industry sees

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However, uncertainty looms as
incentives draw to a close
By Bruce Nagy
T
he sun releases enough energy in one hour to power with real positive growth,” says Rob Waters at Viessmann
the earth for an entire year. There has to be a business Manufacturing Co., of Waterloo, Ont. The company has supplied
model that can take advantage of this. sizable commercial projects including a 200-collector array at a
Growth in sales of solar equipment was predicted at 84 recreation centre in Halifax and 50 collectors at the Toronto Zoo.
percent in 2009, following a very good 2008. In 2008 the Waters says the economics for solar heated domestic hot water are
industry forecast predicted 38 percent growth. It achieved very strong and the company seeks commercial and institutional
52 percent. These numbers are diluted by manufacturing projects where a lot of hot water is needed. They work on government
and exports; but for many Canadian solar thermal buildings, penitentiaries and are currently supplying 13 schools with
installers, the growth has been even more dramatic. six flat plate collectors and two 120-gallon internal
“Business has doubled in the past year,” says Tom coil storage tanks at each. However, he adds:
Allen, Design Engineer at Thermo Dynamics Ltd. in “There may be some uncertainty coming because
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. “We lost some big Quebec some of the incentives are ending.”
projects when EcoEnergy shut down, but there are a “There are all kinds of people currently being
lot of good signs,” he added. attracted to the industry; some good, some
“The industry is growing exponentially,” says amateurs,” says Bob Swartman, CEO at Solcan Ltd.
Kevin Monsour, vice president of partner in London, Ontario. “We need these people as the
development for RESCo Energy Inc., of Toronto. industry expands, but they will have to be properly
The company installs solar thermal, geo-thermal, trained.” Bob is a solar thermal heating veteran,
small wind and photovoltaic systems. whose company manufactures, distributes and
“It’s a paradigm shift,” says Victoria Hollick, vice installs solar thermal technology. It is now
president of operation for SolarWall, with beginning to focus on expansion to the U.S.
Canadian headquarters in Toronto. “Solar is being “In the past few years we’ve gone from six dealers to
catapulted to the forefront of the alternative energy 50 dealers and from 20 people at head office to about
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■ Going Green
14
Solar heating Continued from page 15
The site shows the daily and monthly The model was confirmed using another
usage of domestic hot water, total energy predictive tool called WATSUN.
produced, heating oil saved, and the CO2 Calculations included load, collector area,
offset. Savings are running at more than tilt, azimuth, input water temperatures,
7700 litres of oil per year or about 45 tank & pipe losses, dirt, snow and local
percent. The site also shows complete weather data.
technical details on how the system was Yet the actual saving was 183 GJ, not 200.
installed. That may not seem like a huge deal, but
usually the actual savings are higher than
Installations nationwide the model. The customer asked for an
At a huge new Air Miles building in explanation. Even with 30 years of solar
Ontario, RESCo Energy Inc. installed a experience, Swartman was stumped until
solar thermal array he happened to be chatting
producing five MWh/year with a local pilot who said
of solar thermal energy, that for some reason a big
delivering about 34 blanket of smog regularly
percent of the required hot settles itself down, right in
water load. The roof of the the middle of the area in
building also features the
largest photovoltaic
question. 0U[YVK\JPUNV\Y,ULYN`:[HY:[\KKLK3PUL\W
installation in the country. We need Cold temperature 14 new Energy Star certified models
Also combining solar these people as solar
thermal panels and PV in “Even in Alberta, where New, smaller-sized 6000 Btu/h indoor unit
a sunshade arrangement the industry natural gas is inexpensive, Extended heating operation range down to - 25°C
(over the party deck on there has been considerable
the roof) is a net-zero expands, but interest in solar,” says New, improved 6-year parts/10-year compressor extended warranty
condominium in they will have to Erhard Hermann, chief
Montreal called Le Soleil. designer of for Boyd Solar
Developed by Con- be properly Corp. in Didsbury. >L»YL[OPURPUNIS\LILJH\ZL^L^HU[`V\[V[OPURNYLLU
structions Sodero of Mont “Photovoltaic systems get a
St-Hilaire, the same trained. lot of interest from
Visit ^^^PU[LSSPNLU[/=(*ZVS\[PVUZJVT for more information.
company will build a governments facing energy
larger project next door, shortages and from the
again with net-zero energy press, but solar thermal
use. This time, they plan to heat is more efficient at 70
forego PV and geothermal or 80 percent than
and instead do space heating and domestic photovoltaic down around 20 percent.”
hot water, all with solar thermal hydronics In the frigid temperatures of the Prairies,
and a highly advanced building envelope. installers such as Kelln Solar of Lumsden.
Contractors should be warned that the Sask. hang panels vertically on south walls
sun doesn’t always shine on this business. down low to capture low angled rays and
Solcan installed a beautiful 30-collector hot reflection off the snow, reported company
water system at a nursing home in Durham, president Ken Kelln.
Ont. They used RETscreen, a popular Boyd has been successful with solar-
modeling software, to predict energy thermal, by pre-testing system designs and
savings of 200 gigajoules (GJ) against designing a custom control system for the
demand for 679 GJ or about 30 percent. local climate. It has fewer complicated
menus and is easier to connect (visit
erhardselectric.com). In one case they
heated an entire house and supplied most +<*;,+ +<*;3,:::730;:@:;,4:
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In most cases, their solar space heating
systems supplement a radiant hydronic slab
heating system.
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living in oil-rich, sub-zero Alberta, it
might be time for more Canadian ;/052
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loop from the DHW loop in this nurs- models that use energy from the sun for *When installed by an Authorized HVAC Installer.
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■ Going Green
THE TERM “GREEN” IS USED TO DESCRIBE SO MANY THINGS TODAY THAT INDUSTRY
PROFESSIONALS AND CONSUMERS ALIKE ARE BECOMING SKEPTICAL. HOWEVER, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS THAT REALLY DESERVE THE DESCRIPTION BECAUSE THEY
EARTH’S LIMITED ENERGY
SIGNIFICANTLY ADVANCE THE CAUSE OF CONSERVING THE
AND WATER RESOURCES WHILE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. SOME OF
THOSE “GAME-CHANGING” PRODUCTS ARE FEATURED ON THIS PAGE.
green
showcase
Efficient and adaptable Efficient commercial faucets
The Lambda Pro electronic combustion management Delta Faucet has found a way to harness municipal
system on the new Vitodens 200 gas-fired condensing water pressure to power electronic faucets. Using the
boiler from Viessmann ensures efficient operation water flowing through its water-ef-
regardless of gas quality, a factor that is becoming ficient lavatory faucet, the com-
increasingly important as gas pany’s HydroPower technology
supplies vary in heating continually powers the faucet
value. The system allows the and captures power to
boiler to adjust to all gas recharge its lithium ion
types (NG/LPG/LNG) and battery pack for up to 10
altitudes with a simple years. The electronics pack
electronic adjustment – no The Lambda pro combustion system keeps the identifies the flow-rate
conversions required. And boiler operating efficiently. and pressure to ensure the
while the efficiency gains are maximum charging capabil-
key, this also makes Other features include Viessmann’s stainless steel ity. An on/off switch pro-
installation very Inox-Radial heat exchanger, MatriX cylinder burner, and vides battery conservation
The Vitodens 200 straightforward for the control technology, ensuring long-term reliability, during seasonal usage, such
wall-mounted boiler. heating technician. performance and comfort. as in schools.
“Finding alternate
power is increasing in Delta’s HydroPower
popularity because it technology mini-
Harnessing the sun The Lennox Sun- replaces standard utility mizes maintenance
The new Lennox SunSource home energy system is Source system power and in doing so on electronic
designed to transform how people heat and cool their uses solar reduces operating costs,” faucets.
homes. It fully integrates solar power to reduce the voltaic power to remarked Peter Ashton,
amount of electricity used by heat pump or air generate elec- business development manager for Delta Commercial
conditioning systems, with any excess power available tricity for heat products in Canada. HydroPower technology is
to power other devices in the home or to go back to pumps and air available on several popular Delta commercial models
the grid. conditioning. and can also be easily retrofitted on all Delta surface
Homeowners can start small with just one solar panel mount electronic TECK and HDF lavatory faucets by
and expand the system over time to as many as 15 panels simply switching out the battery pack and installing a
per outdoor HVAC unit. “Eventually all of the most conversion kit.
efficient air conditioners and heat pumps manufactured today’s TV sets come ‘HD ready,’ said John Hurst, Masco Canada/Delta Div.
by Lennox will be sold as ‘solar ready,’ just as many of product manager for residential HVAC. www.deltacommercialfaucets.com

Self-powered Ultra-low flush

With water pressure On June 2 the Ontario government announced a
running about 60 psi in proposal to limit toilets to those that flush six litres or
municipal water systems, less. The announcement took place at a downtown
it was probably only a Toronto hardware store and, highlighting the event,
matter of time until was an Ontario designed and built toilet that effectively
someone figured out how flushes with only three litres of water. Hennessy &
to harness that power to Hinchcliffe Inc., of Mississauga, Ont., launched the
operate an electronic flush Water Matrix Proficiency ultra high efficiency toilet
valve. The New (UHET) last year. Designed by Phil Hennessy, it uses
HydroVantage hydro an air transfer system that pressurizes and
generator flush valve from depressurizes the toilet’s trapway with nothing more
Zurn Engineered Water than the displacement of air as water fills and empties
Solutions does just that. With the tank. “I started working on the concept of
every flush, as water passes through pressurizing the trapway back in 2002”, says Hennessy.
the valve, a turbine spins and creates “At that time, the most efficient toilets flushed at six
electrical energy, which is then stored litres, but I knew there was potential to go lower and
in a rechargeable cell. This powers still get the job done.”
the electrical needs of The market may be heading towards greener
the flush valve for The Zurn HydroVantage choices for the environmental benefits, but what
subsequent flushes flush valve generates its concerns many homeowners is a toilet’s ability to Ontario Environment Minister John Gerretsen,
and operates for 10- own power. flush waste—on the first push of the lever. “We knew left, views a demonstration of the Proficiency
plus years under there were bound to be skeptics,” says Hennessy. To three-litre toilet by inventor Phil Hennessy.
normal operating conditions. ensure the toilet’s performance, Bill Gauley, a
Engineered for optimal energy efficiency, low professional engineer and principal of Veritec program in 2003,” says Gauley, “half the toilets we
maintenance and ease of installation, Zurn’s 4.0 Consulting, of Mississauga, Ont. extensively tested the tested failed to meet the minimum performance
Sensor Technology continuously monitors ambient new toilet. Gauley is a recognized expert in the field criteria. The Proficiency three-litre model not only
light levels and traffic patterns, eliminating false of toilet performance, and Veritec is one of the offers a great flushing performance, it also saves more
flushing while maximizing power savings. primary testing labs for all toilet manufacturers in water than any other toilet…”
Zurn www.zurn.com North America. “When I developed the testing Water Matrix www.watermatrix.com

■ Hot Water Heating Natural Resources Canada

tests heating systems in
their Ottawa test houses.
energy efficiency
“T
here’s a hole in the bottom of the Sea, in control and system design that, combined with the
New boiler there’s a hole in the bottom of the Sea, more efficient boilers, will be soon able to guarantee
there’s a hooooooole, there’s a reductions of over 50 percent of energy input versus
technologies offer hole…….” and it’s spewing out conventional heating systems – new or retrofit. The colder
approximately 1,751 U.S. gallons of the climate, the more dramatic the savings become.
opportunity to crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico every Countries like Canada are widely accused of being
minute (against a static pressure of 2,146 Psig one mile profligate users of energy per capita, and we are. It’s easy
reduce customer’s down) and nobody’s “Plan B” seems to be working. for others to point the finger however, when their coldest
As we stumble from one painful environmental outdoor temperatures may only reach down to 0°C or
fuel bill disaster to another in our single minded pursuit of yet single minus digits and I for one am getting tired of it.
more cheap oil to feed our hungry combustion This country has some of the most innovative minds in
equipment, reflect proudly on the fact that the hydronic the world when it comes to using energy wisely, and the
By Roy Collver heating industry can help move society further and hydronics industry here has some of the brightest. Let’s
further away from this increasingly dangerous course we look at what we have been doing, and at what is just
find ourselves on. No sermon here, just fact. around the bend.
Switching building space and auxiliary heating
systems to hydronic delivery is an excellent way to utilize The research
not only lower temperature alternative heat sources like Research done in the last decade has proven out some
geothermal and solar, but to make the best possible use pretty basic concepts that we have been promoting for
of those dwindling fossil fuels that we do have left. many years. The intrepid researchers at the Natural
Modern condensing boiler equipment is becoming more Resources Canada, CANMET Energy Technology
efficient at getting all of the heat out of fossil fuels, and Centre, in Ottawa have vetted much of the information
becoming more reliable and affordable every year. I have studied on this topic. They generated the chart in
Even better, we are at the cutting edge of innovation Fig. 1 in order to be able to more easily test appliances for
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This chart is a game-changer and I actually. Modulating the boiler’s firing
think it will usher in a whole new era of rate to at least a 5:1 turn-down ratio will
efficiency innovations. It distills down a reduce its short cycling to only 14
whole bunch of information into an easily percent of the heating season. There are
understood graphic depiction of how our more and more boilers on the market
heating systems in Canada work. today that can fire at 20 percent (5:1) and
Based on climate data from many lower. They are becoming more
major cities in Canada, the dotted red affordable and reliable, and will likely be
line is an average load profile for these standard in a few years.
cities and they all fit the profile very In larger commercial installations,
closely. To simplify appliance and system staging of multiple boilers has the same
testing, the red line was broken down to effect as modulating a single boiler. Five
three discrete load capacities, illustrating identical boilers, for instance, will give
how – on average – our heating systems you 5:1 turn down in five discrete steps.
run at 15 percent or less capacity for 30 If those same boilers also modulate, Fig. 1: Variable firing rates result in considerable energy savings.
percent of the heating season, 40 percent exact load matching can be achieved for
or less capacity for 60 percent of the smooth operation pretty much all year.
season and full capacity for only 10 See how powerful the Fig. 1 chart is in
percent of the time. illustrating some of these principles. The
This directs us toward the fun- variation illustrated in Fig. 2 is a perfect
damental concepts we will be using in example of how we can utilize this tool.
the coming years to refine both Number three – Use precision gas/air
equipment and system designs for (or oil/air) mixing systems, forced and
greater efficiency. How can we take pressurized venting systems so that excess
advantage of this information to make air is controlled exactly throughout the
our heating systems energy misers? burner modulation range and building
pressurization/depressurization has
Energy saving strategies minimal effect on the combustion
Number one in importance is to – listen process. Premix burners are becoming
carefully – STOP OVER SIZING standard on most condensing boilers,
BOILERS ALREADY! and further refinements using oxygen
Short cycling boilers are big energy sensing and fuel/air automatic trimming
hogs. From the Fig. 1 chart we can see are starting to make their way into Five identical boilers will allow 5-1 turndown.
that even a “properly” sized on/off boiler residential boilers.
will short cycle for over 90 percent of the
heating season. If we are over sizing Reduce water temperatures required of any boiler. Some movement latent heat from the condensate – there’s
above the maximum input needed, we Number four – Use outdoor reset to in this country is afoot to legislate nothing left to recover – we can get it all.
are making the problem even worse. lower water temperatures as low as mandatory outdoor reset control for all Number six – design an “integrated”
Number two – match the heat output possible, whenever possible (See Fig. 3). boilers. However, there is significant mechanical system. This is the next step
to the actual load by staging or This is a no-brainer, and should be push-back from some stakeholders who in the evolution of efficient heating
have yet to embrace the concept of low system design, and it was the pursuit of
temperature hydronic boilers, and trying to come up with a way to test such
therefore do not have products that can systems that was the genesis of the chart
easily comply. in Fig. 1. With the advent of ECM
Outdoor reset is a proven strategy that motors for both fans and pumps, and the
saves energy big time for a very minor development of “smarter” controls and
outlay – many boilers today, especially clever control algorithms, we are going
low temperature and condensing boilers, to see rapid development in this sector.
simply throw it in to their on-board Boilers talking to air handlers, pumps
control for free. and thermostats, and everybody pulling
Number five – Use condensing boilers together is closer than you think – it’s
to maximize the benefit from outdoor here now. We will examine some of this
reset and to squeeze the last bit of energy technology in future issues and have a
from the flue gasses. We used to throw good hard look at the cutting edge.
hot flue gasses up the chimney (500°F at How much is this stuff going to cost?
the flue collar of an atmospheric boiler Much less than you might think, and as
is not uncommon), along with a whole developments progress, prices will come
bunch of dilution air and water vapour. down even more. How much is it going
Now we can cool flue gasses down to as to cost to clean up the Gulf of Mexico?
low as the boiler’s return water I’m guessing we could put a whole lot of
Fig. 3: Outdoor reset allows more precise control. temperature and condense the water technology in place for far less than the
vapour right in the boiler, recovering the bill for that fiasco. ✚

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six months later

Technical reps still getting calls on “new” refrigerants
stem caps not torqued sufficiently per the installation Ship without refrigerant?
instructions and general poor installation practices in Perhaps the time has come to have residential equipment
most part are to blame. One contractor may have over shipped without service valves and the refrigerant
100 installations with no leak problems while the next charge. This will accomplish several things:
contractor with 20 installs may have 10 to 15 leakers! • Units could be shipped with soft copper caps and a
These units will all have serial numbers intertwined. We nitrogen charge.
don’t run through the warehouse and determine who • Without service valves the alleged leak sources are
gets the leakers! removed.
These leaks are always the manufacturer’s warranty • Equipment cost could be reduced if shipped less valves
problem! We, as the manufacturers’ technical reps, and the alleged refrigerant footage values.
contact the manufacturer(s) for warranty • The installer, when completing his 500-micron
compensation, which, in 99 percent of the cases, is a evacuation, would then weigh in the correct volume.
resounding NO! • Each installation would require the installer to
Losses of refrigerant from the cooling system should purchase refrigerant for each installation.
Around since the mid-nineties, R410a has become not occur. A properly welded system will not leak.
the industry standard. No matter how often we stress in training sessions the
requirement to protect service valves, TX valves and
general good welding practice, these problems still occur.
By Bob Bettles & The purge it
Brian Guttormson Shipping valve woes out /top it up and get down
If we purchase a commercial split system of over five tons
ell, here we are six months after the in capacity, the equipment is shipped with a nitrogen the road group will have to
W phase out of HVAC equipment

containing R22 (HCFC) refrigerant.
Most of the R22 equipment has been
dispersed throughout the system and
R410 (HFC) equipment is now the norm!
We are still receiving field calls regarding this new
refrigerant from a few of the holdouts from the past! In
(N2) holding charge. The contractor then, after
installation and total evacuation, adds the required
refrigerant to the system. Whether it’s a small
refrigeration unit for a variety store or even a wine cooler
– and these are becoming “standard” in most of the high-
end homes – all of this equipment is shipped empty!
Why do we have to have two “shipping” valves on
conform to the current ODP
regulations. They may even
find a new occupation!
actual fact the use of this “new” product started in 1995 every piece of residential equipment? After the
with Honeywell and Carrier and their “Puron” brand equipment installation we end up with two potential Is there a drawback to this change? The purge it out
marketing. Old habits still die hard! leak sources, which, in reality, are now redundant! /top it up and get down the road group will have to
In their instructions, the compressor conform to the current ODP regulations. They may even
Refrigerant loss manufacturers state that the contractor cannot use find a new occupation!
One issue that comes up every spring has been the their compressor to pump down the system! The Maybe we can have a quick survey, from the field with
winter loss of refrigerant from split system installations. equipment manufacturers also state the same; do not a couple of questions for a yes or no answer. We will then
Admittedly, some manufacturers in years past had an pump down the system. approach the manufacturers with your results!
issue with O-ring failures in their early valves, but these Now there will be the naysayer that says “we need Would you prefer equipment shipped less refrigerant
problems were identified and rectified promptly. Field these valves if the TXV, or strainers/filter driers fail!” and valves?
investigation and autopsies of returned products have Guess what folks; a reclaim machine should always be Do you wish to leave things as is?
shown most failures attributed to installer errors! Have used to recover the refrigerant. Weigh out the charge, Go to www.plumbingandhvac.ca to do the survey or
we heard this before? Overheated valve bodies, valve repair the failed part and then recharge the system. contact the writers (ed)! ✚

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steam humidifiers and UV lamp air filters. has been upgraded with a
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ny plumber both the customer and
A working with
drains and
underground
repairs faces a
continuous challenge to
determine the best fix for
Dig, line or burst –
municipal works if there’s a
problem. That allows the
municipality to repair their
problem and covers the
contractor if there is a
backup caused by the
each situation. The repair
must be reliable in the
different solutions for different situations municipal sewer system in
the future.
long-term, cost effective for
the customer and do Multiple choices
minimal damage to the By Simon Blake Once the camera has found
building and property. the problem, the contractor
Like many things in life, must decide whether to dig
the preparation is as up the line, pipeline or use
important as the repair bursting equipment.
itself. Some large city contractors offer their
The first step is a very careful and customers a number of options, depending
thorough camera inspection of the line. on the type of repair and whether or not the
There is nothing worse than to miss a surrounding area can be disturbed.
connection in a line and then have to come Mr. Rooter of Toronto, for example, will
back later and dig up the repair when the dig, line the pipe or pull another pipe
homeowner’s storm drains start backing up, through with pipe bursting equipment,
remarked Stan Collini, president of Roto reports Derek Moreland, company
Rooter of Toronto. “The camera work is president. “If we send the camera down and
critical. You have to make sure you have it gets stuck, we know right away that we
(inspected) that line thoroughly…” can’t line, we can’t burst, we are going to
If the camera stops, he knows he has to dig have to do an excavation.”
and do a spot repair. At first the key is just to “You’ve got to know your neighborhoods,”
get the line flowing. In the past, this was notes Collini. While the tight spaces and
often all the customer wanted. But today’s landscaping, driveways, etc. make creating as
sophisticated cameras can pinpoint the little damage disruption as possible a key
cause of the problem, allowing the Mr. Rooter operations manager Fred Colley, right consideration, rocky soil conditions and
contractor to advise the customer on a long- and drain technician Manus Rooney check the other issues sometimes make digging the
term repair. placement of the lining with a camera prior to only option.
The line often turns out to be cracked, turning on the steam.
shifted, collapsed and/or plugged with tree The traditional way
roots and debris. “It’s my job to tell the homeowner. If they think it’s been “Call me old fashioned,” says Bruce Maly, president of Bruce Maly
fixed, they may hold you responsible if there’s a problem later,” said Roto Plumbing & Drains in Peterborough, Ont. When his crews have to go
Rooter field supervisor Stephan Brodar. underground to repair a water line or drain, he prefers that they dig it out.
Brodar advises the customer of the problems with their drain, and also
takes a good look at the connection to the municipal system and advises Continued page 31

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■ Drain Tech
Minimal impact key

Continued from page 29
“It’s the only way that you can ensure you expensive for the customer to dig, particularly Pipe bursting can be done where there is a
have proper bedding under the pipe,” he says. where they are doing a renovation or redoing relatively straight run and few connections.
Where other methods are required to minimize the landscaping and/or driveway anyway. “(Manufacturers) tell you can pipe-burst
damage to the property, he refers the job to “People really are paying for the technology around a 45-degree elbow, but it’s very difficult,”
another contractor with the specialized (with pipe lining and bursting).” says Collini. However, as long as drain
equipment. “I do use cables for pulling water technicians can open up the line enough to get
lines when possible. You do need to dig at the Pipe lining a chain through, they can pipe burst.
curb stop to do this,” he adds. Moreland’s company has done a considerable And pulling in a new pipe usually makes
There are certain situations where digging, amount of pipe lining. A two-layer fiberglass more sense than several spot repairs. In many
usually with a backhoe, is really the only sheath saturated with epoxy is prepared at the cases, “when we work out the numbers, we are
shop, taken to the job site better off just replacing the line,” says Collini.
and pulled through the pipe, “The cost of restoration is often more than the
usually by hand. A quick cost of sewer replacement.”
check with a camera ensures
it is properly in place. Cleaning up
Steam is pumped into a It’s important to leave the property in as good
mandrel – a rubber shape as possible. That can be a challenge
membrane – at 16 psi. It sometimes, particularly where the home has a
expands the sheath, holds it finished basement.
in place until the epoxy is dry However, a careful approach results in a
and speeds up the curing considerably less cleanup later. Drop sheets over
process. Working time is furniture and flooring minimize mess. The work
about two hours before the area should be taped off with plastic sheet from
epoxy begins to cure. the rest of the basement.
Once cured, lining creates Working in highly finished areas has
a strong epoxy pipe that will become a specialty for some crews, reports
last for years. One of the big Brodar. They pull up and replace carpet. They
The 30-foot double-layered epoxy fiberglass lining was advantages of pipelining is carefully cut tile floors in the grout between
made up in shop and transported to the job site. that it can be done with no tiles. They dismantle and remove laminate
digging at all. The lining is flooring.
option. If the pipe is completely collapsed or if fed from a reel into the basement drain and And while plumbing contractors aren’t
the grade is wrong, there is no option but to pulled with a rope through a manhole cover at expected to be landscape artists, Maly has his
dig. It’s not unusual to find a drain with a the other end. crews put back the topsoil and rake it out.
“belly” in it; that is, the drain is lower in the However, there are limitations. “You can line Concrete floors and sidewalks are carefully
middle. it if the pipe is in relatively good shape,” patched.
Likewise, multiple connections make pipe remarked Moreland. “If there are small shifts in
bursting or lining impractical. If there’s a the joint, you can line it…” However, if the pipe Safety issues
building trap, a common feature in older is partially collapsed, lining is not an option. Digging always involves the risk of a cave-in.
neighborhoods, it can often be the cause of the The company offers the same 25-year Safety must be a key priority for everyone on the
problem, collecting sediment and attracting warranty on pipe-lining or pipe bursting. job site. All holes and ditches have to be securely
roots. shored.
“Building traps were installed back in the Pipe bursting Collini prefers to rent shoring because the
day when “S” traps were installed on fixtures For Roto Rooter in Toronto, pipe bursting has requirements at every job site are different and,
and accepted,” remarked Maly. “S-traps can become the preferred method of replacement in in a large city like Toronto, all types of shoring
siphon when another fixture is part because the company’s crews are always are readily available from equipment rental
draining, allowing sewer gas into companies that deliver to job sites.
the house. Building traps were Every member of the crew must
installed so the main city sewers The camera work is critical. be well trained and diligent in
would not vent up though the practicing safe work procedures.
house stack. If you remove the You have to make sure you have Roto Rooter holds regular safety
building trap, the S-traps should meetings and service technicians
not be present and all fixtures (inspected) that line thoroughly… are required to study WSIB safety
need to be vented.” manuals.
Many contractors take them A diligent approach to the
out. Mr. Rooter crews, for example, “install a working in tight spaces. The equipment is repair, the cleanup and safety means the
double-Y cleanout so you can go upstream or hydraulic – a pipe bursting head is pulled contractor may never be in that home again,
downstream should you have any further through the existing pipe with 20 to 30 tons of but the word-of-mouth advertising from a
problems in the future,” said Moreland. pressure, breaking and expanding the old drain satisfied customer will pay dividends for years
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Victaulic hydronic balancing The actuator has a powerful algorithm

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Victaulic has been hosting a seminar indoor climate at the lowest energy Belimo www.belimo.ca
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demonstrates flow measurement owners and engineers. It covers the key For more information or to register: many shower configurations. Separation
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Fig 1: Mixing tanks used with one or more fan coil units with a single water-to-water heat pump.
Ground
source heat
with multiple
heat pumps
By Ed Gravelle
hen heating with water was a simple matter
W of having a boiler, pump and air handler,

things were quite easy. Then air-to-air heat
pumps entered the market and picked up some of the
heating costs though removing heat energy from
outdoor air and processing it through a refrigeration
cycle to raise the air temperature to a useful level.
They, however, need secondary heating as air-to-air
heat pumps loose capacity as the outdoor air
temperature drops. Fig 2: Mixing tanks used with multiple heat pumps and fan coils in the heating mode.
The introduction of water-to-water heat pumps
provided the means of drawing heat energy from more requires water flow in two different ways: Storage tanks on the load side of heat pumps have
stable sources such as lakes, oceans and geothermal 1) Variable flow: The demand for source and load been used to provide mass and to reduce cycling.
energy from the ground. water flow from ground sources and for heating devices However, while storage tanks can provide mass, they can
Sea and lake water sources are good heat energy varies with the temperature of the water. also be used to provide space and mixing for flows that
sources if used carefully. 2) Constant flow: The flow through heat pumps are different from one another.
cannot vary and must be constant while the heat pump
Ground source heat is running; the flow has to meet the flow rates specified Heat pump flow critical
When ground source heat energy is used for recovery of by the manufacturer when the heat pump is running. Flow through the heat pump is critical. Flow must be at
heat energy (or disposing of it), the medium most often Dealing with a system that has variable and fixed flow least 2.3 gallons per ton through the heat pump source side
used to move the heat energy is water. The process requirements can be challenging. when the HP is in the heating mode, and 2.3 X 1.30 when

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fixed rate, the flow only needs to be large enough to

provide or dissipate the heat energy to or from the heat
pump(s) involved in the system. Several methods can be
used to provide the flows required. Figures 1, 2 & 3 show
various arrangements using storage tanks to mix and
transfer heat energy from source to heat pump to load.
Using mixing tanks provides mass as well as system
flexibility will make a water-to-water heat pump system
more efficient.
Primary flow
The primary flow through the heat pumps has to be 2.3
or more GPM per ton, as heat pump heat exchangers are
designed for water flows that limit temperatures (rise or
fall) to around 10 degrees.
A ground loop or well with anywhere from 500 to 3000
feet of piping is also a heat exchanger, but not limited to a
10-degree Delta T. Using a single source pump with the well
or ground loop, in series with the heat pump heat
exchanger, requires a pump capable of pumping the
complete loop at the flow rate required for the heat pump.
Using two pumps and mixing the source water with a wider
Delta T with the heat pump water flow can reduce source
water pumping requirements as much as 50 percent.
Operating cost will be less when two smaller pumps
are used at different flow rates, especially if source water
Fig 3: Mixing tanks used with multiple heat pumps and fan coils in cooling mode. can provide a greater temperature rise (or fall) than 10
degrees. Applications that use a mixing tank can have a
the heat pump is in the cooling mode. When the heat speed pumps must be used (1.30 being the factor to look temperature control that cycles or runs two-speed pump
pump is a reversing model (heats and cools), then the for after compressor motor heat and heat of compression). motors or controls to operate a pump motor driven by
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The Rooter Corporation during the company’s Marketing will represent all Zurn Product lines in
People international convention in San Antonio June 20-23.
Lochinvar Corp., Lebanon, Tenn., recently
Saskatchewan. Quadra Sales Inc. will represent Zurn
products, except Zurn Pex, in the Manitoba and
honoured its 12 top-selling participants in its VIP Thunder Bay, Ont. territories. Spruce Marketing will
Contractor Program with an all-expenses paid trip to continue representing Zurn Pex products in that area.
Tennessee for the 2010 Nashville Experience. Canadian Can-Aqua International will serve Ontario
winners included Jack DeWaal of Triple H customers east of Belleville. Cardinal Sales will serve
Hydronics, Inc., Calgary, and Alex LaPierre of customers from Belleville and westward.
Plomberie Normand in Montreal. Peerless Pump Canada has relocated its facilities
from Burlington, Ont. to Grundfos Canada
headquarters in Oakville, Ont. Grundfos acquired
The Peerless in December, 2007.
Companies Refrigerant Services Inc. has relocated its
operations to 15 Williams Ave., Dartmouth, N.S. The
Noble Trade of Concord, Ont., will now be known larger facility will allow the company to process up to
simply as Noble. With 26 branches in Ontario and 20,000 cylinders of reclaimed refrigerant per year with
Quebec, the RONA affiliate also has a new logo and a further room for expansion if needed.
new web site at www.noble.ca.
McKeough Supply, Chatham, Ont., held their 12th
Annual Bill Porteous Memorial Golf Tournament In Memoriam
on June 3rd at the Burford Golf Links. The tournament
raised $32,500 in support of Camp Trillium, a camp for Sam Abramovitch
Lee Breton, more commonly known as the “Hackman” families affected by childhood cancer. Sam Abramovitch, former president and
for his appearances at wholesalers and special events 3M Cuno, Toronto, announces its name change to CEO of Westburne (Wolseley) passed away
across Canada where he would demonstrate Lenox saw 3M Purification Inc. on April 11 in Montreal at the age of 90. Sam
blades by cutting everything from cars to Zambonis in Watts Water Technologies Inc., North Andover, was born in Montreal, the son of Ukrainian
half, has hung up his reciprocating saw after 48 years Mass., has acquired Blue Ridge Atlantic Enterprises immigrants. He is survived by his wife
with Lenox Tools, East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. (BRAE), a provider of engineered rain water harvesting Michèle Drouin, children Vincent
Steve Kaldis, Patrick O’Connor and David solutions. Martineau and Yzabelle Martineau, five
Abrams, owners of the Mr. Rooter of Burnaby, B.C. Zurn Industries Ltd., Mississauga, Ont. has made a grandchildren, and other family members.
franchise, received the Franchisee of the Year from Mr. number of changes to its representation. Asta Sales &

■ People & Places
In Memoriam
Industry leader remembered

for hands-on approach
By Simon Blake
Trygve Husebye
T
he North American plumbing industry reins from her father in 2004. There were inline stops, partition stops and versions
recently lost one its greatest innovators. “The reps would come in and say we have a for radiant heating.
When Trygve Husebye died May 20 at age customer with a problem connecting these two However, the product he is most well known for is the
81, he left behind a long list of products systems and they also need this other feature…My dad 1/4-turn mini-ball valve supply stop he introduced in
that were developed on the shop floor at would call the tool and die maker and say: ‘Whip this 1984 as a solution for residential water shut-off valves
Dahl Brothers (Canada) Ltd., in many cases quite together on the lathe.’ He that are almost always
literally overnight. would send it out as a stuck when the plumber
“He was the type of person whose thinking was very mockup, get the or homeowner tries to cut
outside the box. His passion and understanding of feedback, put it into He created some water to a toilet or sink.
fulfilling customers’ needs really set the pace and the production and ship it Today that line alone
impetus for the things he did,” said Jannike Godfrey, his the next day – and we very unique configurations consists of well over 2,000
daughter and president of Dahl Bros. since taking the would be considered versions.
miracle workers.” to address challenges… Throughout his career,
And yet Husebye was Husebye was adamant
neither an engineer nor a about manufacturing in
plumber – he immigrated to Canada with wife Aase in Canada. As he loved to say, “No need to ship by ship.” At
1953 from Norway after completing a Masters Degree in the same time, a very human approach to management
Automatic Business Administration (MBA). But a mechanical mind kept morale high. “He was always very interested in
Pipe Threading Machines and a fiercely entrepreneurial spirit motivated both the maintaining an open-door family atmosphere…” said
Japanese Technology at Work
move to Canada and a hands-on “get-it-done” approach Godfrey.
to business. He was also active in various initiatives to develop
B25 “He was somewhat of a self-taught engineer,” added plumbing standards though ASTM International and
( ½"-1"-Cap.)
Godfrey. “He learned from experts around him and from other organizations.
trial and error.”
Community supporter
Asada Threader Features
• ½"-2" Ridgid® Style Dies
A new start As well as his very active business life, Husebye was
• Light Weight At first he did a number of odd jobs – everything from involved heavily in Toronto’s Norwegian community. He
• Automatic Die Head
• Built In Reamer
selling peepholes door-to-door to digging ditches. He was appointed Consul for Norway in 1982 and
Asada
• Through Head Oiling joined the Canadian branch of Dahl Brothers, a promoted to Consul-General in 1984, a position he held
• Built in Pipe Cutter
Automatic
Die Head • 2 Year Warranty Danish distributor of industrial equipment, in 1954. for 20 years. King Olav of Norway presented Husebye
By 1960 he had worked his way up to office manager with the Order of Merit as Knight First Class in 1988.
Roll Grooving when the company decided to close its North Ten years later, King Harald promoted him to
Attachment
B50
American operations. Husebye scrambled to raise Commander, the highest non-military rank in Norway.
( ½"-2"-Cap.) enough money to buy the Canadian office and started Husebye was instrumental in establishing Little
importing a small line of Italian valves. Norway Park on Toronto’s waterfront in 1987 to honour
He soon set up his first plant in Toronto and began the Norwegian pilots that trained at nearby Toronto
Internal
Nipple making All-Round pipe strapping, the type with wavy Island Airport and Muskoka during the Second World
Chucks edges that is common today. Over the years he War.
Model B100 (½"- 4" Cap.) transformed that small company with a handful of When he wasn’t working, Husebye enjoyed a life-long
Model B80 (½"- 3" Cap.)
employees into a major manufacturer of valves with passion for sailing, primarily in dinghies both as a youth
hundreds of employees. In 1966, he began construction in Norway and throughout his years in Toronto. “He
on the current plant, located in Mississauga, Ont. loved to sail and he was also a very accomplished wind
In the early sixties Husebye designed the first Dahl surfer. He was very active well into his 70s, racing in our
Pipe & HVAC Tools globe valve. “He created some very unique little regattas on Georgian Bay,” reported Godfrey.
Contact us for a wholesaler near you. configurations to address challenges in high rise office Trygve Husebye leaves behind wife Aase, sons Kim
Raptor Cutting Tools Inc. 1-877-727-2888
Email: sales@raptorcutting.com Web: www.raptorcutting.com towers and multi-unit residential buildings in and Thomas, daughter Jannike, and granddaughter
Western Sales:Delaney & Associates Tel: 403-589-6565 Toronto and across the country,” added Godfrey. Alexandra.✚

■ Shop Management
clever OR
wise?
Sometimes it’s difficult to gauge your own success
By Ron Coleman
I
recently completed 25 years running my own relationship he has with his kids. That might be partly that after all these years he didn’t really own a business
business and as I reflected over those years I because of his divorce about 15 years ago. His wife – he had bought himself a job.
asked myself the question: “Was I a poor complained that Joe put all his energy and time into the The independence he was looking for was not there
business person, an average one, a clever one business, keeping none for her and the kids because he was the one making all the decisions and
or a wise one”? Poor Joe is an HVAC contractor. He services and doing too much of the work. Each time he brought on
I haven’t answered the question yet. Even replaces residential systems, usually in single family other journeymen he either couldn’t keep them busy or
though my specialty has been helping trade and homes and some townhouses. He has always had at least they just didn’t do the work the way Poor Joe wanted.
specialty contractors move up the scale both in one helper and at one stage even had two other Each week he always worked 40 hours on the tools and
terms of money and lifestyle, I always have journeymen working for him. Now he is back to himself did his quoting and paper work in the evenings. Neither
difficulty giving myself advice or benchmarking my own of his two sons wanted to follow in his footsteps. When
results. As I often say, it’s not just about the money. they had established their own careers they told Poor Joe
In order to get a clearer answer to the question I have that they had seen how hard he worked, how frustrating
to reflect back on the contractors whose lives touched Poor Joe realizes that it always seemed to be for him and how little spare money
mine and see what were the traits that put them into one after all these years he didn’t there had been and they didn’t want that lifestyle. They
of those four categories – poor, average, clever, wise. I’ve were never able to go on holidays for more than one week
named them all Joe – Poor Joe, Joe Average, Clever Joe really own a business – he had at a time. Luxuries were few and far between.
and Joseph Wise. Poor Joe is contemplating contacting one of his
bought himself a job. former employees to see if he would like to buy him out.
Poor Joe You guessed it, he’s going to phone Joe Average. Getting
Poor Joe has just turned 64 and is contemplating getting close to 65 years of age and feeling totally worn out, he
out of the business. He has been on his own for 28 years. and one apprentice and bills out around $300,000 a year. picks up the phone.
His back aches a lot these days, his enthusiasm has He makes about $60,000 in wages and puts lots of
waned and installing yet another furnace is about as expenses through the business. He’s his own boss! The average Joe
exciting as a wet week. He’s become a lot more cynical. Now that Poor Joe is thinking of retirement he Joe Average worked for Poor Joe for seven years. He did his
He’s also a little frustrated with the lack of money that realizes that there isn’t much to sell. His apprentice apprenticeship there. Shortly after getting his ticket he
he has put away for retirement and the fairly distant certainly wouldn’t buy the business. Poor Joe realizes Continued on page 46
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Mechanical Contractors Association Clean Energy Dev. .....................43 NTI ............................................13
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80th Annual Meeting and (613) 232-0492, e-mail mcac@mcac.ca, Don Park ...................................37 ... Redmond Williams ....................26
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■ Shop Management
Continued from page 45 A bargain price A better deal
Clever Joe was one of Joe Average’s best apprentices and Joseph Wise had looked at the opportunity and decided
started getting frustrated with his work environment. Poor had stayed with Joe Average for 10 years. He then launched that it would take more effort than it was worth to
Joe always seemed to be on top of him, criticizing the way his own business, feeling that he was not being fairly make the acquisition.
he was doing things and claiming not to be making any rewarded for all the effort he put in. When Joe Average When Joseph Wise heard that Joe Average had
money on his jobs. Joe Average decided he could do better passed on the deal with Poor Joe Clever Joe snapped it up passed on the deal to buy Poor Joe he knew that
on his own. He knew the mistakes that Poor Joe was at a bargain price. He had money put away (after all he was the next company coming up for sale would be Joe
making and was determined not to repeat them. making an average of 10 percent pre tax profit on sales each Average. Clever Joe wouldn’t be able to buy him
So, he leased a truck and started on his own. He found year) and also had systems in place to manage the work. because he would be too busy digging himself out
a good apprentice, trained him well and developed a Clever Joe had grown to eight mechanics and was of the Poor Joe mess. This meant he could
good working relationship with him. Joe Average made taking about six weeks vacation a year. At 48 years of age approach Joe Average and make a fairly low offer.
some decent money, not great, but okay. He did work he felt that he had established a very nice residential This he did and for a little more than Clever Joe
fairly hard, but rarely spent any time on the tools. He had service business and that Poor Joe’s addition would be an paid for Poor Joe, Joseph Wise bought Joe Average.
four journeymen working for him. One of them stayed added bonus. By combining the two operations he got his pre tax
for 15 years and the others tended to turn over every five Clever Joe was great at trouble shooting. He knew that profit up to 14 percent of sales. Also he had one
years or so, except for one who stayed for 10 years. there would be problems in Poor Joe’s company but he technician who has threatening to quit and start
Joe Average kept in contact with Poor Joe and knew knew that he was clever enough to overcome them. It his own business. Joseph Wise gave him the
that he was doing better than him and would be able to would take a lot of work and strategies but he knew that opportunity of running the new acquisition and a
retire and have a reasonable lifestyle. He was able to put he could do it. tidy bonus package for getting good results. This
his kids through college and his wife worked part-time He was about a year into the process when Poor Joe was a real win-win situation.
in the business. Joe Average felt life was pretty good. let it drop that in fact Joe Average recommended he talk So, what’s the difference between Clever Joe and
He was quite surprised when Poor Joe approached to Joseph Wise about buying the business instead of Joseph Wise?
him about buying him out. Joe Average liked the idea Clever Joe and that after some deliberation Joseph Wise A clever contractor will work his way out of a situation
but he didn’t feel he had the cash to finance the deal and had turned down the opportunity and had encouraged that a wise one wouldn’t get into in the first place!
the extra work, so, very reluctantly he passed up the Poor Joe to approach Clever Joe. I know in my business I do a lot better that Poor Joe
offer. Also, he had just turned 55 and muttered “it smells Clever Joe couldn’t figure out why Joseph Wise had and Joe Average, but I am not sure yet whether I am Clever
of effort” He was quite taken aback as he reflected on passed on the deal. He felt that he had gotten one up on or Wise. You see it’s not just about the money!
this and wished he had the courage, the energy and the Joseph Wise. The new addition was working out fairly However, I am clever enough to know the difference.
resources to go for it. But it is so easy to lose control and, well. It was more work than Clever Joe thought but he The question is am I wise enough to operate the right
anyway, he was doing okay. Why take the risk? would get through it. business model? ✚

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