Believe it or not

Believe it or not

A story of poorly specified products in a mismanaged ER. My dear, sweet 95-year-old mother-in-law fell and cracked several vertebrae last year. A few days later, she was having extreme pain and her doctor told us we should take her to the ER at one of our two local...
Adventures in Hydronic Heating

Adventures in Hydronic Heating

eBook We are proud to present the first in a four-part eBook series that chronicles Dave’s “Adventures in Hydronic Heating.” Dave dug deep into his archives to share some of his most memorable success stories on the jobsite — wins that saved his customers countless...
The Christmas turkey and the drain snake

The Christmas turkey and the drain snake

The perils of industrial strength acids. Forty-eight years ago, I learned a valuable lesson as a plumbing apprentice. I had just begun my career in the mechanical trades when I was dispatched to lend a hand cleaning a kitchen sink drain in an apartment building. ...
Déjà vu

Déjà vu

Do your customers a favor by educating them on the issues of PB piping. For you younger tradesfolk who have entered into a mechanical career within the past 20 years, you may never have encountered PB (polybutylene) tubing and fittings. To tell you the truth, it’s...
Corporate grand entrance

Corporate grand entrance

Success doesn’t happen by accident. After being contacted by the general contractor, we met on site to go over the possibility of installing a snowmelt system for the more than 2,000-square-feet of sidewalks, which also included two ADA-sloped approaches to the grand...