Plumbing & Mechanical Top Stories - Articles

Delta Faucet Co.: Powder rooms; remodeling, universal design, aging-in-place, bathtub, toilet, shower, NKBA

Remodeling for small bath spaces

And staying on top of trends — decorative as well as technical — can give a plumbing contractor an edge over the competition.

Kelly Faloon

April 15, 2016

Trends and products to assist homeowners in sprucing up small bathrooms and powder rooms.

Ken Neyer Plumbing; plumbers and pipefitters, construction, commercial plumbing, piping, AutoCAD

Using electronic pipe layout on complex commercial projects

High degree of difficulty with commercial plumbing projects.

Christopher K. King

April 14, 2016

Complex commercial projects bring out the best in Ohio plumbing contractor.

PM April 2016 Truck of the Month: Tiger Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical Services

Truck of the Month: Tiger Plumbing, Collinsville, Ill.

Focus on brand awareness with Tiger Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical.

Nadia Askar

April 13, 2016

Founded in 1993 and originally named AAA Aceco Plumbing, Collinsville, Ill.-based Tiger Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical Services has gone through a few changes, but has remained strong.

Plumbing & Mechanical Editor Kelly Faloon with one of the Center for the Built Environment’s thermal manikins

Radiant cooling schooling

Viega and CBE announced their partnership in February 2015 to offer education on commercial integrated hydronic systems.

Kelly Faloon

April 13, 2016

Viega’s partnership with the Center for Built Environment explores the viability of these systems.

Modular plastic cooling towers solve corrosion problems

April 1, 2016

In areas where salt permeates the air, metal cooling towers can slowly disintegrate and decrease manufacturing productivity.

Hilti rotating laser; hydronic products, plumbing products, tools, green heating

PM's Top Products of 2015

See which products made it into the Top 20 Plumbing Products of the past year.

March 21, 2016

PM’s staff compiled a list of the Top 20 plumbing products of 2015.

Leonard Manfredo (left) and Vincent Petroni; prefabrication, technology investment, building information modeling, job productivity, inventory efficiency

E.M. Duggan: Prefabbing for profitability

While investment into new facilities gave E.M. Duggan room to expand, it also gave the company room to innovate.

Kelly Faloon

March 16, 2016

How this 125-year-old mechanical contracting firm has embraced technology to improve its business.

Incoming 2016-2017 MCAA President Tom Stone; education, construction, careers in the trades

PM Profile: Incoming MCAA President Tom Stone

Keeping contractors ahead of technology curve is most important role for MCAA

Nadia Askar

March 15, 2016

Stone believes mechanical contracting is an ‘industry of opportunity.’

QSC says goodbye to Charlie Wallace

Happy trails to Charlie Wallace.

Jack Sweet

March 10, 2016

QSC chief spearheaded the Business Coaching Program.

John Siegenthaler book signing: “Heating with Renewable Energy”

Heating highlights of AHR 2016

The 2016 AHR Expo breaks attendance records despite travel-crippling snow along the East Coast.

John McNally

March 10, 2016

PM columnist and hydronic heating expert Dan Holohan gave his final public speech for the industry Jan. 26 during PM Live!, which he co-hosted with PM columnist and Hydronics Editor John Siegenthaler.