A Flexible PVC pipe union. Bill Bowin, CSRE/CBNT, chief engineer at North American Broadcasting, writes that we’ve “beaten to death’” the topic of condensate drains over the last six months, but Bill ...

One of the big "secrets" in plumbing seems perfectly obvious once you finally realize it: The pipes don't fit together for a reason. This applies to a lot of plumbing fittings, and of course, it ...

Wondering about PVC pipe? Here are some FAQs referenced in the recently published 2nd ed. of Hanser Publications' PVC ...

BOSTON (CBS) - Union plumbers say it's not just the dust from cutting PVC pipe that makes installing it so dangerous. Joe King is a plumbing instructor for the union. He tells the I-Team, "It's the ...

Plastics News isn't the sort of publication with stories that go viral. But we do, occasionally, cover news that nonplastics readers find interesting — even years after they appear in print. That's ...

Let's say you've busted out your DIY gloves and want to glue some PVC pipes together. PVC gluing, or cold welding, is an easy way to get two PVC pipes to stick together. Once you've avoided the big ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - The deadly gas disaster two months ago has many people wondering, could there be more pipe problems across Massachusetts? 7News put our state’s natural gas lines under the microscope.

BENTONVILLE -- Much of the 9 miles of pipe between the regional wastewater plant and the city needs to be repaired or replaced less than a decade after being installed. The estimated cost to fix the ...

If you’ve ever had a pipe freeze in your house, you know that the cost to repair them can be hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Well, we’ve got below-freezing temps in the forecast and Storm Team 8 ...

Greeley Water and Sewer Department staff members have a problem. How do you figure out when a water pipeline is going to fail? After 2017, a year in which Greeley experienced more leaks than at any ...

North Texas plumbers are bracing for a flood of problems when frozen pipes thaw. Many residents reported slow-running faucets in this cold weather. “We have gotten plenty of calls,” said Joseph ...