At some homes and buildings, there’s an obnoxious echo that sounds long after the last hammer is swung. In some instances, it’s as forceful as a sonic boom. Water hammer, and a variety of somewhat lesser annoyance — water chatter — are terms that describe the audible traffic jam going on inside the pipes of Read more
Kyle DelPiano
With a program chock full of heavy hitting seminars, a straight-from-the-heart keynote and a trade show floor that featured some of the newest products and services, it was the plumbing apprenticeship contest that turned heads at this year’s PHCC-National Association’s Connect show in Hollywood, Fla. Some of the future’s brightest competed for bragging rights—and Read more
While visiting the Plumbing Museum, Watertown, Mass., this past week, Mechanical Hub learned about the museum’s newest, working rainwater harvesting exhibit coming soon. “We have a lot of local vo-tech students come through here and they definitely will be interested in the new display. This will be another educational opportunity offered by the Plumbing Museum,” Read more
Milwaukee Tool and Uponor® will begin transforming Commercial Jobsites this fall with the introduction of the industry’s first expandable 3” PEX and the only tool on the market that can expand it, the M18™ FORCELOGIC™ 2”-3” ProPEX® Expansion Tool. Joining Milwaukee’s current line of award-winning ProPEX® Expansion Tools, the new tool will be part of Read more
Accommodating an oversize cast-iron bathtub during a bathroom remodel was a key challenge for Barbara Kochie of Barbara Kochie Design, LLC. Kochie’s clients, owners of a 1920s bungalow in Middletown, New Jersey, wished to keep the tub for budgetary and aesthetic reasons. The small size of the space – roughly 7.5 ft. x 8.5 ft Read more