Riverside Hydronics

Paul C. 

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11 years ago

PVI Industries of Fort Worth, Texas, has a side company called Riverside Hydronics. This company is a front company designed to offer customers boilers and water heaters for some residential applications, commercial, industrial, and institutional applications. About 10 years or so ago the Primera series of water heaters and boilers were released. These boilers were a series of copper fin tube boilers. The corporate staff, engineering, and other company officials knew these boilers copper fin tubing and other designs would no... read more

Paul C. 

on Citysearch

11 years ago

RIVERSIDE HYDRONICS IS OWNED BY PVI INDUSTRIES. MY COMPANY HAD A BUNCH OF PROBLEMS WITH THE PVI PLATINUM COMMERCIAL WATER HEATERS. THESE HEATERS WERE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO. THE HEATERS INTERIOR LINERS WERE FIRST OFF NOT SUFFICIENT TO RESIST THE NATURAL ELEMENTS IN WATER TO KEEP THE CARBON STEEL FROM RUSTING. THE SECOND PROBLEM WAS THE WATER SIDE COMPONENTS AND BURNER COMPONENTS WERE POORLY MANUFACTURED AND INSTALLED AT THE FACTORY. THESE HEATERS WERE SOLD TO COMPANIES LIKE PILOT GAS STATIONS AND MUNICIPAL... read more

Paul C. 

on Citysearch

11 years ago

RIVERSIDE HYDRONICS IS OWNED BY PVI INDUSTRIES. PVI INDUSTRIES PRODUCED A SERIES OF WATER HEATERS AND BOILERS STARTING AROUND THE LATE 1990S WITH A LINING CODED P10. P10 WAS DESIGNATED BY POLYMER 10. THE INSTALLED LINING WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROTECT THE CARBON STEEL TANKS, WHICH INCLUDED POTABLE WATER AND BOILER WATER TANKS, FROM BEING COMPROMISED BY THE NATURAL MINERALS IN WATER. THOSE TANKS WITH THIS P10 LINING WERE VERY PRONE TO EARLY FAILURE. THE COMPANY OWNER, ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING, AND OTHERS AT THE COMPANY KNEW ... read more