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Why he’s PM’s Plumber of the Month: “Mike does amazing boiler and pipe installation work. He can take a mess of a situation and make it look like gold. He is extremely talented and takes great pride in his work and it shows. His technique and drive is to always aim for perfection.

An installer is asked to connect an old (but still working) propane-fueled cast-iron boiler, which was salvaged from another project, to a slab-on-grade floor heating system in a new workshop.

In my last column, I wrote about the concept of personality metrics and how our industry and other markets are using them. 

Every three years the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials publishes a revised and updated version of its signature codes — the Uniform Plumbing Code and the Uniform Mechanical Code. 

Some renewable energy heat sources require large thermal storage tanks. Examples include systems’ biomass boilers and solar thermal collectors.

Despite some reprieve from the draught that gripped the state for several years, Californians continue to find resourceful ways to trim their water consumption. Businesses large and small are no exception. 

More than 900 plumbing, heating and cooling contractors raced into Indianapolis for PHCC’s annual CONNECT conference.

Though smart home technologies have been around for quite some time, it is only over the past five years or so that the market has really taken off.