Residential

Plumbing & Showrooms

ICFF 2018 Delivered Big in Innovation and Excitement

Famed design fair celebrated a 30-year milestone.

July 8, 2018

This year marked the 30th anniversary of ICFF, and the show more than lived up to this milestone with an extraordinary gathering of 900 exhibitors from around the world.

AB&I Foundry Names New National Sales Manager

July 6, 2018

Shannon Hooper brings 20 years of experience to his new position.

ACCA Releases Statement on R466A Refrigerant

July 2, 2018

Trade group welcome the news, but says it's 'far too early to determine' if the non-flammable refrigerant is right for residential market.

Reliance Worldwide Corp. Completes Acquisition of John Guest Holdings Ltd.

June 27, 2018

RWC broadens the solutions offered to users with its latest move.

Brooke Chase Associates, Inc. Ranked Among America’s Best Recruiting Firms

June 26, 2018

The company jumps up in this year’s rankings by Forbes Magazine list.

The FPE Corner

Ordinance 18-14: Safety Gaps

Honolulu’s first retrofit fire safety legislation for high-rise apartments leaves room for tragedy.

June 26, 2018

Samuel S. Dannaway

Honolulu’s first retrofit fire safety legislation for high-rise apartments needs to serve as a building block for the inevitable complete sprinkler mandate that is to come.

Former Worley & Obetz Owner, Staffers Form New Company

Worley & Obetz Collapse Triggers Closing of Ranck Plumbing & Heating

June 6, 2018

Steve Smith

The company shut down its commercial side and laid off 100 employees after its bankers, already expecting up to $62 million in losses on its loans to the company, balked at Worley & Obetz’s plans to go forward.

Bathroom Musicals

Industrial Musicals and a Bathroom “Revolution” That Once Was

Something to sing about in the PHCP Industry.

June 6, 2018

One of the most infamous Bathtub Musicals will finally be put into the spotlight.

Plumbing

Seven of Our Favorite Disruptors

Milwaukee Tool introduces beefed-up cordless power, an expanded pipe wrench line and carbide-tipped blades and hole saw. Even the tape measure is cool.

June 4, 2018

Milwaukee Tool once again at its 2018 New Product Symposium showcased an unapologetic vision committed to the core trades of plumbing and mechanical.