Category Archives: THE PLUMBING PRO
All Plumbing Terminology
PLUMBING GLOSSARY OF TERMS ABS – Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. Rigid black plastic pipe used for Drain, waste, and vent lines. Please check your local codes to see if this material is code approve d. In most major metropolitan areas it is not … Continue reading
Plumbing 101 – Cast Iron Soil Pipe
We are fully aware that quite a number of people around the country will wonder what the heck we are talking about but we thought it was time to talk about cast iron pipe and cast iron fittings. Cast iron … Continue reading
Professional Plumbing Series : Labor Markups on Overtime and Shift Work
Sometimes while reading another trade journalist’s work it happens to strike a nerve or plant the seed for another article. In this instance it did both. I just happened to be reading an article, by Mr. Paul Ridilla, in P&M … Continue reading
All About Plumbing Traps
Plumbers always talk about them, it seems grease traps, p-traps, s-traps, drum traps etc. come up in most plumbing repairs right? How many times has a plumbing tech stopped to explain what a plumbing trap actually does? Is it a … Continue reading
Scald Hazards Associated with Low Flow Showerheads
A sincere thank you goes out to Richard Prospal with ASSE for allowing us to publish this study here on theplumbinginfo.com. Richard chairs the ASSE Scald Awareness Task Group. We have attempted to recreate the look of the paper as … Continue reading
Construction Elevations and How They Relate to Plumbing
What are Construction Elevations? During my time as a licensed plumber I think one of the more neglected topics is Construction Plan Reading. Very little can happen on a construction site without competent tradesmen that are able to follow a … Continue reading
Toilet Troubleshooting and Repair
Know Your Toilet Maintaining the functionality of all types of plumbing fixtures is an important part of a plumbers work. With some skill and knowledge servicing plumbing fixtures can be a real source of positive cash flow for a plumbing … Continue reading
BEECO Backflow Preventers – A Company That Cares About Installation
Hello and welcome to theplumbinginfo.com, if you’ve been following us for awhile you’ll notice that we enjoy giving our readers unique information on some of the companies that make the products that plumbers use. Call it our Manufacturer’s Spotlight. So … Continue reading
Plumbing Estimating – A Step by Step Guide to Learning
From the moment we started to construct this site we’ve wanted to write a piece on how a plumbing estimate is put together . Not a small residential repair project but a full scale, multi-phased plumbing project. Although you can … Continue reading
Mark Breslin On Leadership – You Just Ain’t That Good
Hello everyone, welcome to theplumbinginfo.com. I’ve been in the mechnical trades for the better part of 20 years and I’ve been to my share of rah, rah, coombayah conferences, some are great and some you thank your lucky stars it’s … Continue reading
