piping

When it comes to new piping technologies that some say are ‘degrading’ the trade, is it the product that’s causing a reduction in skilled labor? Or is it the lack of skilled labor that’s moving the plumbing and heating industry towards faster, simpler products? I’ll admit, when I was first handed a piece of PEX Read more

Aquatherm North America is pleased to announce Larry Hope has joined the polypropylene piping company as an Area Manager covering Alberta, Canada. A part of the plumbing and heating wholesale industry for almost 20 years at the Red Deer, AB, branches of Crane Supply and the Westlund division of EMCO Corp., Hope has worked with Read more

Quickly diagnosis the problem. With instant start-up for scanning large areas and the ability to give high resolution images with precise single spot measurements, the new Imager is ideal for fast and accurate troubleshooting. Exclusive DUAL SENSE™ technology allows the Imager to individually optimize pixels to eliminate the blurring of hot and cold details in Read more

With more and more commercial buildings creeping past the 50-year mark, concerns about aging infrastructure are growing. And as those buildings age, the old copper and metal piping systems behind the walls are corroding away. In fact, experts are saying that with the amount of buildings aging across the landscape, the plumbing repipe market will Read more

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