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Keefer Rader

Keefer Rader

Keefer Rader, Owner of Outlaw Mechanical in Sandia Park, New Mexico. Contact him at keefer@outlawmechanical.com or 505-926-3811.

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Keefer Rader, owner of Outlaw Mechanical, changes modes on a circulator.

Mechanical Contractor Couple Uses Hydronics to Heat Their Dream Home

Owner of mechanical contractor firm make their residence a showcase
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June 18, 2021
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Keefer and Dorian Rader refer to their firm as “The Boiler Experts,” but they could easily change their motto to “The Home Improvement Experts.”
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Keefer Rader, owner of Outlaw Mechnical in Sandia Park, New Mexico, and Gabriel Curry, a service tech at the company, checked out Milwuakee Tools’ battery-powered pipe threader. - AHR Expo 2019 - The ACHR News

Recharge Your HVAC Trade Show Experience

Take your technicians
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March 18, 2019
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Take my word for it, if you haven’t yet been to AHR Expo, then go! Take your significant other, and if you can, make arrangements to reward a good technician with the experience.
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Switching Over to New HVAC Technology Is Scary but Worth It in the End

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Keefer Rader
November 12, 2018
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My thinking was something like this: It costs a lot, may not be all it’s claimed to be, and looks to be pretty involved (learning curve), so maybe the thing to do is to sit on the sidelines for a while to see how it does. Soon, there was broad use of technology we weren’t familiar with, and I began to sense that some of our competitors had an advantage.
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Before (left), this home had a typical closet hydronic space. Now (right) it includes a new, high-efficiency gas boiler, Taco zone control, and two 007e ECM circulators for well-balanced heat distribution. - ACHR

Time to Recommend Comfortable, Efficient Hydronic Technology

Consider new, programmable thermostats with Wi-Fi capabilities, too
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Keefer Rader
June 11, 2018
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Here in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, area — and all across the nation, it seems — everyone wants to be “green.”
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Best of Hydronics on the 2018 AHR Expo Show Floor

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Keefer Rader
April 9, 2018
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I live and work in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, area. So, it takes something special to pull me from my home and work to willingly travel to Chicago in the midst of winter. This year, that special something was the AHR Expo.
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CIRCULATION INSTALLATION

Our Specialty: High-desert Hydronics

Heating and cooling systems often run on the same day
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Keefer Rader
May 15, 2017
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In 2008, my wife, Dorian, and I moved to Albuquerque from Colorado to establish Outlaw Mechanical. Colorado taught me a few things about the need for tough, durable HVAC systems, so, today, about 40 percent of Outlaw’s work is hydronic.
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