Recently while performing some plumbing repairs, I realized that my abilities had become a little rusty (no pun intended). After a few mistakes and re-dos, I finally got the process right. I was ...

Plastic plumbing materials have dominated the new construction market for years. Yet, the key differences between the leading plastics systems, PEX and CPVC, are too often not considered during ...

CLEVELAND, September 4, 2014 - The Lubrizol Corporation will be bringing its FlowGuard Gold®, BlazeMaster® and Corzan® Piping Systems to this year`s American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE) ...

A pipe that builders are using inside homes more and more is coming under fire by the people who know best -- professional plumbers. Plumbers are warning you to know what's inside your walls no matter ...

Copper pipes show corrosion signs like discoloration and green patches, which indicate potential failure points, especially under chloramine disinfection conditions PEX piping is vulnerable to ...

(ARA) - Homeowners have a choice to build their home in whatever part of the country they choose - New England, the Mid-Atlantic, the Sunbelt or the West Coast - so why shouldn't they have a choice in ...

If you haven't built a new home or taken on a major bathroom or kitchen remodeling project in recent years, you might not be aware that today's plumbing options are very different than they once were.

Q: We’re getting ready to take on our home’s plumbing. Should we stick with copper or go a different route? A: When you think of your in-home plumbing, rusty copper pipes in dark crawl spaces usually ...

The California Building Standards Commission granted continued approval of the use of CPVC plumbing systems in California on a limited basis. Today's action is a follow up to the emergency approval ...

Seems like the whole home-building industry is going "green" these days. There are energy-efficient doors and windows, solar roofing panels, high-efficiency refrigerators and freezers; even redesigned ...