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How Can Fire Sprinklers Boost Your Profits?
Wherever you stand on the debate over requiring fire sprinklers in one- and two-family homes, if you’re a professional plumbing contractor, there...
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For 5-Star Results, Be SMART About Your Service
I bet most plumbing managers believe good customer service plays out like a movie script — right down to happy, smiling faces in...
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Rainwater Harvesting Provides Opportunities in Green Plumbing
In the modern world, the practice of rainwater harvesting has slowly diminished. It is easier to get water out of your faucet...
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A How-To Guide for Training New Plumbers
Today’s plumbers and contractors have a tough job. With new technology, a constant decline in an experienced workforce and the need to...
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On the Job: Hot Tip Saves Toilet Removal
Ryan Gomiela, co-owner of Gomiela Plumbing Services (GPS Plumbing) in Melbourne, Florida, hates pulling and resetting toilets.When a customer called to say...
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Are You Qualified to Install Natural and Medical Gases?
As plumbers, we are all well aware of the importance of maintaining our water and drainage systems to codes and standards that...
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Fast and Affordable Custom Showers
A popular request I have received over the years from many homeowners has been about upgrading an existing tile shower stall to a...
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What Makes Your Plumbing Business Unique?
In the uber-trendy world of entrepreneurship, there is a saying that “the riches are in the niches.” The idea is the more...
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The Need for Soft Skills
Today’s workers require more than technical training to succeed, say panelists at the Workforce Development Roundtable on Capitol Hill in May.PHCC members...
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PEX 101: Everything You Need to Know About Flexible Plastic Piping
Anyone who has been to an industry tradeshow knows that plumbing contractors, building owners and specifying engineers have more choices than ever...
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Plumbing Company Makes $200,000 Investment in Apprenticeship Training
Roger Simpson, owner of Simpson Plumbing in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, believes in the need to train future plumbers. When Lethbridge College launched...
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Florida Plumbers Embark on Mission to Nicaragua
Members of a Florida plumbing company are volunteering to build houses in Nicaragua as part of a four-week mission trip organized by...
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Should You Join a Chamber of Commerce?
For plumbing contractors interested in increasing their commercial client base, joining a local chamber of commerce is still a reliable source for...



















