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When was the original HeatingHelp.com started?

Tim McElwain
Tim McElwain Member Posts: 4,612
I have been hanging around here for quite a while jut not sure when I first got involved. I know it was after I met Dan in New Hampshire. We were both presenters at a training seminar.

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  • Steamhead
    Steamhead Member Posts: 16,796
    It was around in the 1990s..............
    All Steamed Up, Inc.
    Towson, MD, USA
    Steam, Vapor & Hot-Water Heating Specialists
    Oil & Gas Burner Service
    Consulting
  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,276
    It was 1997. Here’s a walk down memory lane: https://heatinghelp.com/blog/a-timeline-of-heatinghelp-com/ Thanks for being part of it all!
    President
    HeatingHelp.com
    kcopp
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,513
    Thanks to all! When we started, Amazon had 250 employees and sold only books. I asked our web guy at the time to link to them. He told me they would never make it because people looking for books would never go to a URL with a name like that.
    Retired and loving it.
  • lchmb
    lchmb Member Posts: 2,997
    When I first started coming here, this place got me in SOOO much trouble at work!! People kept telling me "you cant learn off the internet" Hands on and listen to the old guys... well I'd go to work and say I learned it this way or the guys on Heatinghelp said "do this"... amazing fireworks!! LOL Now I'm the old guy and I tell everyone I can. go here and listen/learn!!
    Erin Holohan Haskellratiodelta T
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,513
    Great story!
    Retired and loving it.
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040
    I remember one long list of threads. Just The Wall.
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • Tim McElwain
    Tim McElwain Member Posts: 4,612
    1997 I was working for Honeywell back then and had just started going on the road with my Gas Appliance Service Training and Consulting company. I left the gas company in 1994 and worked for Honeywell 1994 until 1999. In 1999 I opened my training center in Warren RI. So if memory serves me I joined HH around 1998. I think that was right before I actually met Dan face to face in New Hampshire. It has been quite a journey.

    I want to say thank you to the Holohan family for allowing me to be here for so long. You have been a great help to my business along the way.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,513
    And thanks to you, Tim!
    Retired and loving it.
  • Erin Holohan Haskell
    Erin Holohan Haskell Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 2,276
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge and friendship with us, Tim.
    President
    HeatingHelp.com
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 15,453
    @DanHolohan & @Tim McElwain have been a great resource for all
    Erin Holohan HaskellTim McElwain
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,513
    Thanks
    Retired and loving it.
  • Big Ed_4
    Big Ed_4 Member Posts: 2,761
    "One more time down the Wall"
    I have enough experience to know , that I dont know it all
  • gerry gill
    gerry gill Member Posts: 3,078
    lchmb said:

    When I first started coming here, this place got me in SOOO much trouble at work!! People kept telling me "you cant learn off the internet" Hands on and listen to the old guys... well I'd go to work and say I learned it this way or the guys on Heatinghelp said "do this"... amazing fireworks!! LOL Now I'm the old guy and I tell everyone I can. go here and listen/learn!!

    yup- this site inspired me to pursue steam heat for a living!
    gwgillplumbingandheating.com
    Serving Cleveland's eastern suburbs from Cleveland Heights down to Cuyahoga Falls.

    Erin Holohan HaskellNoel