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With the deep freeze of winter on its way, now is the time to start preparing your home if you live in a colder climate. Frozen pipes can burst and cause nightmarish amounts of damage, but you [...]

Bursting water pipes are a major concern when winter temperatures drop below freezing. But why do frozen pipes burst? Perhaps surprisingly, freezing pipes don’t burst because of ice [...]

Timothy Cook, the CEO of Apple has invested in Nebia, a start-up company located in San Francisco that is developing a water-conserving showerhead.  As reported in the New York Times, the [...]

As Old Man Winter blows across the country, she brings with him freezing temperatures and gusting winds. These cold weather scenarios set the perfect stage for freezing pipe problems. There are [...]

Have you downsized your home?  If so the first logical question always asked is “What do I do with all my stuff?” Many books and self-help magazines suggest simply donating or throwing everything [...]

We’re celebrating the Made in America movement by U.S. manufacturers. Products that might have been made abroad a decade ago are now being manufactured here. In a feature entitled “Made In The [...]

The Plumbing Efficiency Research Coalition (PERC) has announced that its second report, The Drainline Transport of Solid Waste in Buildings – Phase 2.0, has been released and is now available on [...]