Articles by Julius Ballanco P.E., CPD

In an upcoming issue of PM, you will be able to read an article I wrote recapping the first 25 years of residential fire sprinklers.

My wife assumes that by now every plumber in the world knows that air chambers don’t work.

Plumbing contractors are becoming very familiar with the new standard, NSF 61.

With 435 members of Congress elected from across the country, it is hard to keep track of all of the names.

Keeping these boneheaded predictions in mind, here is what I see in my crystal ball for the future.

Sometimes the weird things that happen in a plumbing system are hard to explain.

There are three main product lines available in the U.S.

We always need to keep something old, but we also need to try something new.

Of all the plumbing fixtures ever designed, the bidet has to be the most misunderstood fixture.

The International Plumbing Code is making its way across the United States.