by Dave Yates | Jul 10, 2023 | pmengineer.com Articles
Originally published at: https://www.pmmag.com/articles/104980-dave-yates-some-friendly-advice-on-toilet-talk A very good friend once asked me via email for advice on how to repair his Moen kitchen sink faucet. I carefully laid out a step-by-step answer and he...
by Dave Yates | Mar 4, 2022 | pmmag.com Articles
Operating 24/7/365 can take a toll. Where do you draw the line? That’s easy if you’re a one-person shop. Telephone rings; it’s 2:30 a.m. The clock face comes into focus as you reach for the phone. “My faucet is dripping and the noise is keeping me awake. How soon can...
by Dave Yates | Feb 3, 2022 | pmmag.com Articles
Plumbers should offer products to enhance customers’ health. We may as well face reality: COVID-19 is here to stay. What a PITA this pandemic has been. As essential workers, you haven’t been given your due. Fearlessly, or not, you have endured two years of fluctuating...
by Dave Yates | Jan 4, 2022 | pmmag.com Articles
Another lesson learned in the school of hard knocks. You ever have one of those jobs where nuisance heating system lockouts drove you crazy? The issue was with a propane-fired boiler and, of course, the lockouts were happening when we were swamped with no heat calls...
by Dave Yates | Dec 6, 2021 | pmmag.com Articles
Cash is king in business. Supply chain disruptions are ever present and show no signs of going away anytime in the near — or perhaps distant — future. One of the biggest challenges I hear from mechanical contractors is rapidly changing prices that are eating up...