by Dave Yates | May 21, 2020 | pmmag.com Articles
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...
by Dave Yates | Mar 31, 2020 | eBooks
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...
by Dave Yates | Jan 20, 2020 | pmmag.com Articles
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. ...
by Dave Yates | Dec 9, 2019 | pmmag.com Articles
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...
by Dave Yates | Aug 13, 2019 | pmmag.com Articles
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...