Slant/Fin took its name from founder Mel Dubin’s original design — a slanted, locked fin — that he came up with in response to the era’s inefficient fin-tube radiation designs.

A contractor is asked to design a hydronic heating system for a modest, super-insulated house in a cold Northern climate. The home’s design load is only 18,000 Btu/h. The owners are planning to install a 12 KW solar photovoltaic electrical system.

Webstone’s Hydro-Core Complete Near Boiler Piping Kit was designed in partnership with Lochinvar for its Noble NKB080, NBK110 and NBK150 boilers.

The REHAU EVERLOC+ compression-sleeve fitting system has 26 additional configurations, making transitions between pipe sizes more convenient in commercial and residential plumbing projects.

Watts’ new QuadRail Fastener system is designed to hold a wide variety of Watts tubing and pipe in a substrate such as concrete, thin slab and sand.

The RIDGID PEX-One 12V Battery PEX Tool is designed for contractors who repair or install PEX plumbing systems.

Viega’s Climate Panel is a wood panel that uses 5/16” barrier tubing for radiant heating and cooling applications.

Fast Trak is the quick and easy solution for radiant floor heating installations in new, remodel and retrofit applications, Uponor says.

The MrPEX 1 ¼” stainless steel manifold offers the highest level of long term corrosion resistance by using a high-grade stainless steel suitable for radiant heating, radiant cooling and snowmelt systems, the company notes.

At first, Eugene Bourdon was annoyed when he saw what his worker had done to the metal tube. The tube was in the shape of a spiral and it was to go into a laundry machine they were building in Bourdon’s shop.