Sioux Chief is offering a technical bulletin on No Lead Product Handling Recommendations & Chemical Compatibility for Products Commonly Used in Plumbing Systems. The document particularly focuses on soldering No Lead brass, which requires a different method than traditional alloys prior to The Reduction of Lead In Drinking Water Act. Rough plumbing manufacturer, Sioux Chief, posted a Read more
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Sioux Chief is offering a technical bulletin on No Lead Product Handling Recommendations & Chemical Compatibility for Products Commonly Used in Plumbing Systems. The document particularly focuses on soldering No Lead brass, which requires a different method than traditional alloys prior to The Reduction of Lead In Drinking Water Act.
Rough plumbing manufacturer, Sioux Chief, posted a technical bulletin that focuses on soldering No Lead brass, which requires a different method than traditional alloys prior to The Reduction of Lead In Drinking Water Act.
Many No Lead or lead-free alloys use special chemicals in their composition, making heat diffusion more difficult. As a result, it is more challenging for solder to adhere to No Lead silicon brass than to traditional leaded brass. For No Lead brass, a different procedure is required to make common plumbing solder joints.
In the past, the presence of lead in a fitting allowed a torch’s heat to transfer thermally within a fitting, allowing the solder to flow quicker and more uniformly. Today, contractors and tradesmen deal with many No Lead alloys and specifically silicon alloys that do not act the same way.
If proper procedures are not followed, joints may be compromised resulting in leaks and future issues. Reference Sioux Chief’s Tech Bulletin on soldering No Lead brass (TB 8-15-13) or Sioux Chief’s Tech Bulletin on the material differences between commonly available No Lead alloys.
Sioux Chief’s No Lead alloys, by nature of their alloying elements, achieve higher dezincification resistance and stress corrosion cracking resistance, but must be treated with greater care when soldering.
By Jim Hinshaw This article was prompted by my wife and me watching a great movie: Saving Mr. Banks, starring Tom Hanks, Collin Ferrell, and Emma Thompson. Lots of others in the cast, but these are the main players. It is the story about how Walt Disney got the film rights to Mary Poppins from Read more
By Jim Hinshaw
This article was prompted by my wife and me watching a great movie: Saving Mr. Banks, starring Tom Hanks, Collin Ferrell, and Emma Thompson. Lots of others in the cast, but these are the main players. It is the story about how Walt Disney got the film rights to Mary Poppins from the author of the book, who lived in England. He pursued her for 20 years! Yep, 20. Not an exaggeration. She was certain he just wanted to improve his already profit-filled empire, just print some more dollar bills to add to the mouse kingdom. But Emma stays in England, not even coming over to discuss it.
What changes her mind is her agent; he lets her know she is out of money. So, to maintain her home and provide some funds to live on, she agrees to go to LA to discuss the script for the movie. She has been told she has absolute control, and plays it like she has absolute control. She was adamant that there be no animation, no cartoon characters in her movie. In fact, she wanted no red colors to be used. She is a woman who is set in her ways, not to be confused by the laws of physics or what makes sense.
The movie is not a Disney movie, it is a grown-up movie. Your 10-year-old would be bored to death. It is told using a flashback system, going back to Australia when Emma was a small girl and Collin Ferrell, as her alcoholic father, is a bank manager. We see his gradual descent into alcoholism, and the effect it has on the family. Some of those effects are played out when Disney tries to put the movie together. Of course, we see this via the flashback; Disney and his team do not. They just see a woman who is hard to deal with, uncompromising, unwill- ing to give in on any little item.
Remember I told you, Disney had spent 20 years chasing her, and now she is on his court, and still it seems like it is going to unravel. In fact, near the movie’s end, Emma finds out they are going to have dancing penguins. She is amazed that they would go to the trouble to train penguins to dance. One of the producers finally admits, they are going to use animation! She leaves town, will not sign off on the movie rights, all is lost. Or so it would seem.
Walt gets on an airplane and flies 11 hours the very next day to meet at her home, no appointment, just a big surprise. He confronts her with the idea that the problems she has with the movie are actually problems with her relationship with her pop, which have spilled over into her adult life, some 50 years later.
So he sits there, does an outstanding job analyzing her responses, and asks again for the right to produce the movie, complete with dancing penguins. It is amazing.
Here is my application. I realize 20 years is not a realistic time to follow up in our industry. But how about three years? I talk to too many sales reps who don’t follow up the next year. I have seen studies that tell me 70 precent of sales are sold after the customer has been asked five times. Five! The second con- cept is that you are never done selling. Walt realized when Emma hit his town; it was not a done deal. He never gave up! He went to extreme lengths to put the package together, flying half way across the globe. Lastly, ask more questions. Walt did his homework, found out she had changed her name, and why and where the pain was coming from. Only after doing all that, he could did he get the signature.
So my question to you is: What are you going to do different- ly this year? I just had a conversation with Eric Kjelshus, talk- ing about his goals for this year. He is looking to grow sales 25 percent; not a small number. He asked me what would be the obstacles he may find on that path to profits. I told him that I see three opportunities as I travel across the nation: (1) Not enough leads; (2) close ratio is too low; (3) gross margin is too low, not enough profits in the job.
Those are my three opportunities that are almost always present. To hear how to solve them, send $20 cash …
OK, just tune in next month, we will work on this and a bunch more. Don’t send any money! Thanks for listening, we’ll talk later.
KOHLER, Wis. – Lighting in the home has moved from simply functional overhead fixtures to uniquely designed lamps, above and below cabinet lighting, motion-sensored and timed devices, even in-floor lighting. Every space in the home has its own type of secondary light source, and now with the launch of the Kohler Nightlight toilet seat Read more
KOHLER, Wis. – Lighting in the home has moved from simply functional overhead fixtures to uniquely designed lamps, above and below cabinet lighting, motion-sensored and timed devices, even in-floor lighting. Every space in the home has its own type of secondary light source, and now with the launch of the Kohler Nightlight toilet seat, so does the toilet.
“Typically overhead lights are bright because daytime tasks call for well-lit spaces. But accessing the bathroom at night is a different story,” says Jerry Bougher, marketing manager for Kohler toilet seats. “One of the fastest ways to ruin your chances of getting back to sleep easily is to turn on a harsh, bright overhead light in the bathroom. The Nightlight toilet seat offers a soft, non-disruptive alternative.”
The new Nightlight seat features a lighted hinge, illuminating the toilet space sufficiently to allow homeowners to leave the overhead lights off while using the bathroom at night – creating a soft ambiance in comparison to overhead lights. Nightlight casts enough light to allow homeowners easy use of the bathroom space.
Additionally, the Nightlight seat runs on a seven-hour timer, allowing the light to be on during the night and off during the day when it is not needed.
The Nightlight feature is offered on the popular Kohler Cachet and Reveal seat models, in both elongated and round front. Both toilet seats come with Kohler’s Grip-Tight Q3 features: bumpers on the seat that help reduce seat shifting, quiet-close seat and lid with quick-release hinges allow seat to close quietly and unlatch from the toilet for easy removal and convenient cleaning, and quick-attach hardware for fast and secure installation.
10 Noritz Tankless Water Heater Models Now Featured in Autodesk Seek® Library Access to residential and commercial tankless water heaters in library database makes specifying jobs easier for architects, engineers and other design professionals. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. (FEBRUARY 20, 2014) — Design professionals in the residential and commercial construction industry can now specify Noritz Read more
10 Noritz Tankless Water Heater Models Now Featured in Autodesk Seek® Library
Access to residential and commercial tankless water heaters in library database makes specifying jobs easier for architects, engineers and other design professionals.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIF. (FEBRUARY 20, 2014) — Design professionals in the residential and commercial construction industry can now specify Noritz tankless water heaters using Autodesk Seek®, an online source for product specifications and building information modeling (BIM) for building design. The site now features 10 Noritz products in its database library.
With access to the three of Noritz’s most widely specified commercial tankless water heaters and seven of its most popular residential units, design professionals are able to download BIM files, models, drawings and product specifications during their active design sessions.
Noritz tankless models that are currently available in the library database include:
NCC1991-OD Commercial Tankess Water Heater
proTOUGH NR981-SV Residential Tankless Water Heater
proTOUGH NR981-OD Residential Tankless Water Heater
NC380 Commercial Tankless Water Heater
proTOUGH NR981-DVC Residential Tankless Water Heater
ecoTOUGH NRC1111-DV Residential Tankless Water Heater
ecoTOUGH NRC1111-OD Residential Tankless Water Heater
ecoTOUGH NRC661-DV Residential Tankless Water Heater
NCC1991-DV Commercial Tankless Water Heater
ecoTOUGH NRC661-OD Residential Tankless Water Heater
With the ability to quickly search either by model number or product name, Noritz products can be embedded directly into the search bar of major design software used by roughly 80% of the industry—including Autodesk® Revit®, AutoCAD®, and Autodesk Design Review.
“Our goal is to make it easier for architects, engineers, contractors and other professional designers to specify, design or build with Noritz tankless water heaters,” says Jason Fleming, Marketing Manager for Noritz America. “Having the products readily available in Autodesk Seek gives these professionals quick access to information that they would otherwise have to create themselves. They can simply embed the specified products into the design software, saving them time and reducing their hassle factor.”
For more information on the full line of Noritz tankless water heating products, visit www.noritz.com. You can also telephone us at 866.766.7489 or e-mail us at support@noritz.com.
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MOEN COMMERCIAL’S M•DURA™ HEAVY-DUTY FLUSH VALVES WIN PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD FROM ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS MAGAZINE North Olmsted, Ohio… For the second year in a row, a Moen Commercial product has been awarded a Production Innovation Award (PIA) by Architectural Products’ magazine — this year, the M•Dura™ Heavy-Duty Manual Flush Valve won in the restroom and plumbing category Read more
MOEN COMMERCIAL’S M•DURA™ HEAVY-DUTY FLUSH VALVES WIN PRODUCT INNOVATION AWARD FROM ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS MAGAZINE
North Olmsted, Ohio… For the second year in a row, a Moen Commercial product has been awarded a Production Innovation Award (PIA) by Architectural Products’ magazine — this year, the M•Dura™ Heavy-Duty Manual Flush Valve won in the restroom and plumbing category.
The awards are judged by a group of 50 independent industry professionals to honor innovation in the development and refinement of buildings-related products. The M•Dura flush valves were selected for its heavy-duty construction and proprietary design, which delivers unmatched cost savings for commercial restrooms.
These products feature Moen’s Accuset™ piston technology that requires virtually no maintenance or replacement parts for the life of the flush valve. Accuset is a self-cleaning filter which protects the piston seals against clogs and damage from line debris, allowing it to fully function even if the filter is up to 90 percent clogged. That means building owners and operators will see lower lifetime costs in water waste, service repairs and save valuable time. Plus, it’s ideal for all commercial applications, regardless of water pressure variances, as Accuset can operate with pressure as low as 15 PSI (pounds per square inch).
“We’re honored to be recognized by Architectural Products for the second year in a row,” said Karen Folmer, director of marketing and new product development, Moen Commercial. “With the launch of the M•Dura Heavy-Duty Manual Flush Valves, we wanted to deliver a more reliable experience for installers, building owners and operators. Receiving this award further demonstrates our strong commitment to developing products that deliver better performance, durability and cost savings for any facility.”
The PIA awards program objectively reviews building-related products and shares the most innovative with its readership of architects, specifiers, interior designers, building owners and operators. Moen Commercial’s M•Dura flush valve, along with the other winning products, will be featured in a special award section in the November issue of Architectural Products.