Established in 1976, Porter Pipe, a family-owned and operated wholesale distributor based in Addison, IL, serves commercial and industrial mechanical, plumbing and manufacturing markets throughout the Chicagoland, Northwest Indiana and Indianapolis, Rockford, Southern Wisconsin and Eastern Iowa markets.

A.O. Smith trained 80,000 contractors last year with most watching online, on-demand digital content.

Smart design never goes out of style. In our industry, “smart” design encompasses good looks and durability as well as innovative products that offer solutions and keep customers engaged and interested. Accessibility is a key component in any design as changing demographics promote a growing interest in products that meet universal design standards. 

Tight labor markets for skilled tradesmen remain a current and long-term constraint on construction projects in all sectors of the PVF industry. 

Jeff Guanche of Decorators Plumbing in Miami said they chose Luxury Products Group because of their “boutique group” feel and the bridge LPG provides to the vendors they want to work with. 

“This acquisition allows Source One Environmental to grow with endless opportunities,” said Mark Cooper, president of Fernco Inc.

Nebrasky collected supplies from employees and the community throughout the summer.

Purposes of this article, discussion will be limited to pipelines installed in Location Classes 3 and 4 (suburban and urban environments) and in low pressure distribution systems and service lines (downstream of transmission systems) and for pipelines NPS 12 (DN 300) and smaller. 

Legionnaires’ disease is a serious form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria that grows in a building water system and becomes aerosolized.