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Colorado contractor installs a fast, more flexible firestop sleeve

Colorado contractor installs a fast, more flexible firestop sleeve

Firestop solution offers more efficiency on the jobsite.
Darlene Byrne
October 7, 2019

Spencer Bell has been a fan of HoldRite plumbing brackets and the TESTRITE DWV testing system for years. So recently, when he heard that HoldRite had innovated the cast-in-place firestop sleeve process, he didn’t waste time learning more about it.


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Dan Holohan: When minds close

Facts mean nothing to people on a mission.
Dan Holohan
October 7, 2019

A guy I don’t know emailed me a question. I get a lot of that because I’m easy to find on the internet.


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John Siegenthaler: Expansion etiquette

Expansion tanks perform a simple but vital function in all closed-loop hydronic systems.
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John Siegenthaler, P.E.
October 4, 2019

When water is heated, the space required for each molecule increases. Any attempt to prevent this expansion will be met by tremendous forces.


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Peterman Heating, Cooling & Plumbing
Residential Contractor of the Year

2019 Residential Contractor of the Year: Peterman Heating, Cooling & Plumbing

Residential contractor focuses on employee growth and customer satisfaction.
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Nicole Krawcke
October 2, 2019

When Pete Peterman decided to start his own heating and cooling contracting business in 1986, he knew he would have to do one thing above all, and that was go above and beyond to ensure his customers were satisfied.


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Al Levi

Al Levi: Behavior in the new social media world company culture

Protect your company from bad publicity going viral.
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Al Levi
October 2, 2019

The old adage goes, “Do something good for someone and they’ll tell 10 people. Do something bad to someone and they’ll tell 100 people.”


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A Water-Efficiency Standard Ahead of Its Time

A Water-Efficiency Standard Ahead of Its Time

October 2, 2019

The 2017 Water Efficiency and Sanitation Standard (WE•Stand) was the culmination of a 10-year effort to develop codified water-efficiency provisions that would result in a 20% reduction in water use from the minimum code requirements contained in the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC).


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Tommy Fine

Plumber of the Month: Tommy Fine

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Nicole Krawcke
September 24, 2019

Why he’s PM’s Plumber of the Month: “Tommy  has spent six years at LMG Construction, exemplifying our goals of tenacity, reputation, accountability, integrity and longevity.


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Tool Tips: Drain line flushing

Tool Tips — September 2019
September 20, 2019

A lot of times a snake cable will just stir up the sludge and I have seen cables in clean-outs or manholes downstream where the pipe is still clogged.


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Beltz Home Service Co

Truck of the Month: Beltz Home Service Co.

The entrepreneurial seizure
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Nicole Krawcke
September 18, 2019

U.S. Navy Veteran Brian Beltz got his start in the trades during his service as an interior communications electrician stationed on the destroyer, the USS John Hancock.


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ServiceTitan co-founder and CEO Ara Mahdessian

PM Profile: Ara Mahdessian

ServiceTitan aims to simplify contracting business owners’ lives while increasing growth and revenue.
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Nicole Krawcke
September 16, 2019

Plumbing & Mechanical Chief Editor Nicole Krawcke recently had the chance to sit down with ServiceTitan Co-founder and CEO Ara Mahdessian during the company’s annual user conference, Pantheon 2019, held in Pasadena, California.


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