Every house has its own sounds. The sump pump cycling after a heavy rain, or the ductwork snapping as it heats up and expands, or that unexplained cracking we hear late at night when we are all alone.

PVC pipe has played a key role in water conveyance around the world for more than 70 years. As U.S. municipalities face aging infrastructures and ensuing, costly water loss, PVC is providing a ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether you're working on a garden irrigation system or installing a kitchen sink drain, gluing together PVC pipes isn't as easy as slapping ...

Instead of climbing up a ladder and doing some manual labor, there's a pretty easy life hack involving PVC pipes that can be used to clean your gutters.

Flint, Michigan, made headlines in 2015 when tests revealed dangerously high lead levels in its drinking water. The city had switched its water supply to the Flint River a year earlier, and corrosive ...

Three plastic pipe trade groups are joining for an educational campaign that aims to address myths and misinformation about their products and highlight the benefits through a fact-based yet light ...

On Tuesday, President Biden announced a new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency that will require the replacement of nearly all the lead pipes in the U.S. within 10 years, an effort to ...

By Stephen Clapham It may shock people to learn that cancer is the most dangerous threat to firefighter health and safety. In fact, cancer is the leading cause of fire fighter line-of-duty deaths. ...

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