By Jonathan Simon, Lubrizol Advanced Materials Inc. Frozen pipes don’t fail for the reason most people think they do. It’s not the pressure of expanding ice against the pipe wall that causes the failure. Instead, as the video below shows, frozen pipes burst because ice in the pipe forms a dam that blocks the flow Read more
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By Jonathan Simon In plumbing, like many trades, knowledge is often shared plumber-to-plumber in the field. That allows experience to get passed from one generation to the next. But sometimes the information shared doesn’t keep up with new developments or, like a childhood game of “telephone,” gets distorted over time and becomes inaccurate. The result Read more
Cleveland — After extensive testing and development by The Lubrizol Corporation, FlowGuard Gold® Pipe and Fittings and Corzan® Pipe and Fittings are listed by the International Code Council-Evaluation Service (ICC-ES PMG-1264) for use in return air plenums. The listing confirms that water filled (water distribution) and empty (condensate) ½” through 2” FlowGuard Gold Pipe and Read more
Visitors to BB&T Ballpark, the new home of the Charlotte Knights, will enjoy great baseball and outstanding skyline views of the city. What you find behind the walls is pretty impressive too — a world-class plumbing system from Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company. The system includes Charlotte Pipe’s cast iron pipe and fittings, which are Read more