Editorial Articles

General Pipe Cleaners Snake-Oil Plus Snake-Oil Plus from General Pipe Cleaners/General Wire Spring offers enhanced protection of drain cleaning cables and machines and...

Boilers Bradford White Water Heaters Brute FT Bradford White Water Heaters’ Brute FT wall-hung boiler and combination boiler/water heater has modulating technology...

Tim Coyle remembers all too well the “good old days” of installing roof flashing for vents and stack pipes: Prop up a...

When it comes to organizing plumbing trucks, Anthony Ficara — the owner of Quick Relief Plumbing in Kansas City, Kansas — literally...

Waiting isn’t very fun, but you’re often doing it: waiting on customers to decide if they want to proceed with the repair,...

Russell Joe Jr. knows the value of quality work. He’s built his business around it. “Like it says on my website, customers deserve...

Want to make the people you meet instantly feel more comfortable? Want to make the people you meet instantly feel valued and...

Although Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield may have been right about love relationships when they penned their hit, “Breaking Up Is Hard...

While modern leadership standards include open-door policies, coaching through issues and creating positive company cultures, there is one thing missing from many...

Microbiological product reduces pumping costs and frequency Problem: Five years ago, an Ohio resident spent $430 to have his 1,500-gallon septic tank completely pumped...

Brasscraft names new vice president, sales Brasscraft announced the promotion of George Werner to the position of vice president, sales. In his expanded role,...

Jan. 21-23 National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) International Builders’ Show, Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas. Visit www.buildersshow.com ----- Feb. 3-5 AHR Expo, Orange County...

As a plumber, time is your most valuable commodity. While camera inspections typically are not a major time consumer, reviewing and putting...

MyTana Mfg. LD40 auditory pipeline leak detector MyTana Mfg.’s new LD40 leak detector uses a unidirectional sensor to filter out environmental noise, making...

Aqua-Rex WK1 The WK1 from Aqua-Rex is designed to keep scale out of water heaters. When it is retrofitted to an older property,...

The holiday shopping season is upon us. There are two types of shoppers: Those who love to buy and wrap gifts, and...

When Steve Allen established Allens Plumbing on the Hawaiian island of Maui in the early 1980s, he had no grand strategy for...

When Scott Harvey opted to invest in a McElroy Spider 125 pipe fusion device a couple of years ago, the general manager...

Inspiration sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. Plumbing contractor Hugh McLaughlin was waiting in line at the DMV when he struck...