Plumbing News

Sterling’s Bill Boyd passes away

Boyd was president of Sterling, and continued to run the company after it was acquired by Kohler.

March 27, 2014

William “Bill” Boyd passed away March 22, 2014, at the age of 87.

Introduction to Mechanical Seals 4-Part webinar series hosted by Hydraulic Institute and Pump Systems Matter

Explore the different types of seals and operating principles, construction and design installation, connections, commissioning, seal environment and failure analysis.

March 24, 2014

Dates available for the Introduction to Mechanical Seals 4-Part Webinar Series.

Mestek Residential Comfort Group launches website

March 20, 2014

Mestek’s Residential Comfort Group (RCG) recently launched a new website, www.heatingcoolinghomes.com.

T&S Brass launches new website ‘Infohub’

March 19, 2014

The new microsite provides easy access to the company’s history and achievements, position papers, latest product information and news releases.

Proposed International Green Construction Code changes available for review

March 17, 2014

cdpACCESS, ICC’s cloud-based code development process tool, produces its first monograph.

High-efficiency centrifugal pumps

Bell & Gossett Series e-1510 pump is available in 26 sizes and a variety of configuration options that enable customization and flexibility.

March 17, 2014

Features include: true back pullout; internally self-flushing mechanical seal; computer-controlled impeller balancing; heavy-duty, rugged baseplate; solid-foot-mounted volute; center drop-out spacer coupling; ANSI/OSHA-compliant coupling guard; and i-ALERT condition monitor option.

Protecting plumbing

This North Carolina-based Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchise finds profitability with water treatment services.

Kelly Faloon

March 17, 2014

The Charlotte, North Carolina area has .75 to 1.5 parts per million of chlorine in its water and outlying areas have up to 3.5 ppm of chloramine, a derivitive of ammonia. It’s almost like drinking pool water, says Paul Stefano, general manager of the Charlotte Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchise.

Become a water auditor

PHCC’s new certification program helps customers save water — and money.

Nadia Askar

March 17, 2014

The average home’s water leaks can account for more than 10,000 gal. wasted each year — the amount of water needed to wash 270 loads of laundry. And 10% of homes have leaks that waste more than 90 gal. of water every day.

Construction union membership, median weekly wages rise

In 2013, the union membership rate was 11.3%, the same as in 2012, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in late January.

March 17, 2014

The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions, at 14.5 million, was little different from 2012. In 1983, the first year for which comparable union data is available, the union membership rate was 20.1% and there were 17.7 million union workers.