About

George Carey

George R. Carey Jr. is Vice President at Fluid Industrial Associates (FIA) which is a manufacturer’s representative of steam and hydronic products that are sold through Wholesale Distribution for all of New England. George is in charge of all of the Training and Education for FIA. He has been at FIA since 1994 and in the heating industry since 1985. George has taught steam and hydronic courses for Northeastern University’s Continuing Education program. He has created and presented training programs for the past two decades for thousands of technicians. He has written a monthly column in Oilheating Journal (now known as Indoor Comfort Marketing) since 2000 as well a columnist for other trade publications. He has contributed technical articles for several manufacturers over the past twenty years.

Uponor launches new Xpress Trak residential radiant heating panels

Uponor has introduced a new panel to its line of residential radiant heating panels: the Xpress Trak. Designed for residential new construction and remodels, Xpress Trak is a single-panel system with lightweight XPS foam at its core and laminated aluminum around the entire surface to provide exceptional heat-transfer capability. The XPS foam in Xpress Trak […]

Fujitsu unveils Sales Builder Pro app for contractors

Fujitsu General America has partnered with Intelligent Mobile Support to offer contractors the Sales Builder Pro professional HVAC sales software. The app includes all AIRSTAGE H-Series and Fujitsu Unitary product. Sales Builder Pro is an in-home sales app that allows HVAC salespeople to provide customers with a professional presentation, including company background, available products and […]

A look at Seitron’s other new Be Cool tools

Seitron Americas has introduced a new Be Cool product line of AC/refrigeration testing instruments. The four devices in the innovative series—the M4 Digital Manifold, B100 Refrigerant Scale, R1 Refrigerant Leak Detector and V1 Smart Vacuum Gauge—utilize the latest technology available to assist HVAC technicians in detecting and preventing costly leaks. Last week, we showed you […]

HHS helps support low-income households with heating costs

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Administration for Children & Families (ACF), has added over $560 million to the $1 billion awarded last month to help lower home heating and cooling costs in U.S. households. The grant awards, now totaling $1.56 billion, are part of the Low Income Home Energy […]

Seitron launches new Be Cool product line

Seitron Americas has introduced a new Be Cool product line of AC/refrigeration testing instruments. The four devices in the innovative series—the M4 Digital Manifold, B100 Refrigerant Scale, R1 Refrigerant Leak Detector and V1 Smart Vacuum Gauge—utilize the latest technology available to assist HVAC technicians in detecting and preventing costly leaks. Let’s take a closer look […]

Connecting the Dots

To survive in this era of climate-focused policy, the oilheat sector must decarbonize for the industry and its thousands of multigenerational family-owned businesses. Widespread adoption of higher blends of Bioheat® fuel, such as 50% (B50) biodiesel and eventually B100, is the only viable way for heating oil to achieve the carbon reductions needed to stay […]

General Guidelines for Propane Tank Placement, Part 2

The second part of this two-part series will discuss larger propane tanks, generally 250 gallon and greater, both above-ground and underground. Like the previous article on smaller tanks, larger tanks come with their own set of codes that need to be followed. In last month’s article, we looked at propane tanks of 125 water gallon […]

Water Hammer in Your Steam System?

Maybe a false water line will fix that… As this column is being written for publication, we have been experiencing a very strange Winter in the Northeast area with some fairly wild temperature swings. One weekend in February, it was -12°F in Gloucester, MA, on Saturday morning and by Sunday, the temperature had climbed to […]

The Importance of Using Technology for Propane Safety Documentation

If you’ve spent any length of time in the propane industry, you know that paperwork is a hassle to deal with. It’s a pain to fill out, carry around and then enter into the back-office system. Recalling specific paperwork when you need it for legal counsel or compliance checks down the line? Forget about it! […]

Watts launches webinar on safe mixing and precision flow control

Watts will offer Mitigate Waterborne Pathogens with Precise Flow & Temperature Control: Leveraging New Hot Water Management Technologies, an ASPE-accredited webinar worth 0.1 CEUs. The webinar will take place on Tuesday, March 28, at 12 p.m. Participants will discover how innovations in flow and temperature control have changed the landscape of hot water management. Participants […]