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How to select the right plastic tubing for the job

Plastic pipe is one area in which there is much to learn. Many factors go into selecting the right material for a project.

Nadia Askar

June 22, 2017

Ongoing training and education help contractors select and size radiant tubing.

Truck of the Month: Burton and Sons Plumbing, Heating and Cooling, Garden City, Mich.

No distractions — just the basics for Burton and Sons Plumbing.

Nadia Askar

June 22, 2017

Burton and Sons was founded at the end of 1979

Angie's List sweepstakes rewards service pros

'Work with the Best' offers grand prize of $45,000 work truck

June 21, 2017

The grand prize winner will receive a work truck valued at $45,000.

Performance Mechanical receives national safety award

TAUC awards 2017 Thomas J. Reynolds Award for Excellence in Construction Safety and Health

June 6, 2017

PMI is a full-service industrial mechanical contractor and subsidiary of EMCOR Group.

Franchisors invest in training for franchisees

Franchisers invest in training for franchisees

One of the most common mantras shared by the industry’s top contractors is “never stop learning.”

Jen Anesi-Brombach

May 17, 2017

Business owners and their techs receive valuable training to help them succeed.

Truck of the Month: Jim Engler's Homework, Rocky River, Ohio

Ohio contractor can ‘do it all’

Nadia Askar

May 17, 2017

Jim Engler’s Homework was founded by James and Laura Engler as a part-time home repair business.

Letters to the Editor — April 2017

April 25, 2017

Editor’s Note: The following is a poem submitted to Plumbing & Mechanical in November 2016.

Tool Tips: Tightening flanges, removing broken threads, extending hose life

April 25, 2017

Tool Tips—April 2017

Truck of the Month: Dattile and Sons Plumbing, Coral Springs, Fla.

Nadia Askar

April 25, 2017

Dattile and Sons Plumbing performs strictly residential and commercial plumbing service repairs.

Why you need to have written policies and procedures

Written policies and procedures help everyone sleep through the night.

Al Levi

March 28, 2017

I grew up in my family’s plumbing, heating, and cooling company, and among my earliest memories are those of my dad getting calls in the middle of the night from people with heating emergencies — a homeowner whose furnace had quit or a bakery where they needed the steam from the boilers for their baking.