The pipe manufacturing members of Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI) have invested in growth while bringing their essential “behind-the-wall” perspective to the water-efficiency conversation. 

Puget Sound Pipe & Supply (www.pspipe.com) is a Seattle-based corporation owned and operated by the Stratiner family since its inception in 1917.

M&N Plumbing Supply (www.mnplbgsupply.com) is a proud family-owned and -operated wholesale distributor headquartered in Denver.

Buying groups have increasingly become a pivotal force in the plumbing-heating-cooling-piping (PHCP) industry by strengthening supplier relationships and providing tools for our ever-changing market landscape. 

Women are becoming less ambitious. That couldn’t be further from the truth, but it’s one of the most reported myths about the current state of women at work.

Leaks and water damage can delay projects, require expensive repair and remediation, and increase insurance costs. Real-time water management solutions allow plumbing engineers to design systems that can stop leaks, conserve water and reduce a building’s carbon footprint. 

The building industry has seen an increase in the development of zero net energy or net zero energy structures over the last decade. Behind these designs are building science and thermodynamic principles that allow such structures to consume the same amount of energy they produce in a year.

We continue this series with a discussion on verifying that temperature controls in a domestic hot water system are working properly. TMVs work well at stabilizing system temperatures. When used with point-of-use mixing valves, they provide safe temperatures for bathing and washing. 

The California-based plumbing manufacturer accelerates expansion plans to Europe and the Middle East.