What Do Space Exploration, Beer, and Hydronic Heating Have in Common?

Bill (William) Coors was a good customer of mine. He hired our company to replace his existing poorly designed (DHW heaters as boilers) boiler system in his home on Lookout Mountain, As we were in the process of disassembling the existing plant, he came down into the boiler room and asked us to save the Grundfos circulator because it has one of his companys' ceramic seal assemblies built into it. Quite the interesting fellow. He had miniature steam engines throughout his home, connected to a compressed air system. He had built each and every one of them as a child in the Coors machine shop.

Talk about small world syndrome, my friend who owns the Space Ship house in Genesee, across the valley from Bills house, ended up purchasing. Uncle Bills house after he passed away (102 Y.O.) and is in the process of rebuilding/remodeling and adding a 20 car garage to his expansive (8k sq feet) home. BTW, when I asked him about the book, he said it contained a lot of "mis truths" about him and his family…

He was a lot of fun to talk to, because of his depth of not just mechanical systems, but he was also a very well known agronomist/horticulturist, and besides inventing the completely recyclable aluminum beer can, which he intentionally did NOT patent, he also invented the process for using ice crystals to enhance beers flavor.

I remember an incident where one of our employees got dressed down by his wife (Crazy Rita Bass), when it wasn't my employees fault. I called Uncle Bill to inquire as to what had transpired. He apologized for Rita's incorrrect response and reaction and said the employee could help himself to whatever was in the refrigerator in the garage. The employee emptied the refrigerator out (Killians, Coors Gold and others). Bill just laughed it off. He was that kind of guy.

Everyone at the brewery loved him, because he remembered EVERYONES name. He went in 2 times per week while 80 years old, just walked around talking to the employees. We were later introduced to his nephews and to my knowledge, are still taking care of their comfort needs.

I will share some photos of the completed installations when they are complete. I'm doing the design work and will supervise whomever gets the job. Too old to be burning and turning anymore.

ME