Customers will appreciate better quality and efficiency if contractors can demonstrate the benefits.

Combining old and new products and techniques can be a fun way to help someone “discover” the plumbing and heating trades.

These past few months have certainly turned a lot of lives and businesses upside down. It's been like living in a sci-fi movie.

I predict a big swing in energy sources in the upcoming years. Splashed across the news on a regular basis these days is the push toward electricity as the primary energy source.

If you are an active, in-demand tradesperson, attending seminars can be a challenge. I understand, from being there myself, how your workload often plans for you, not vice versa.

Allow me to share some thoughts about energy in general, and what’s got my attention in particular. 

I hope parents still encourage their kids to explore working with their hands. There’s productive work to be done and fun to be had.

There comes a time when opportunities arise to make a jump to commercial work. Here are some things to consider when making that jump.

As boring and redundant as it may sound, the very first step should always be to determine the actual load, as accurately as possible. The load should include the heat as well as domestic hot water (DHW), if the boiler or heat source supplies both.

Almost every plumbing and HVAC installation uses valves. Information such as the type of fluid, temperature, pressure and flow rate is needed to select the best type of valve for the application.