We’ve all been there. You get up in the morning and you turn on the hot water tap in your bathroom as you stumble out to the kitchen to make coffee.

Every plumbing contractor has to start thinking about green building and green plumbing. While the green building movement is politically correct, it can also be pragmatic when you think in terms of our children's future.

The phone rings off the hook some days with mechanicals, plumbers and wholesalers all looking for that magic metal alloy and flux to solve their copper joining needs. Taracorp and our manufacturers' representatives have been fielding these questions from all parts of the globe for more than a century.

Radiant COOLING?!

The new American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard governing flammable vapor ignition resistant (FVIR) water heaters has been in effect for less than a year, and plumbers around the country are still adjusting to the subtle differences found in the installation and maintenance of the units.

Proponents of air admittance valves want them added to the UPC code, but they face resistance from those who remain unconvinced.

One product in the plumber's toolbox that is used practically everyday and probably taken for granted is soldering flux. First introduced over 100 years ago, flux technology has seen rapid changes and improvements in the past several years. Let's examine the various types of flux currently on the market, and look at how to more effectively use this essential product.

This is the third and final part on drain and sewer cleaning safety