equipment | Plumbing & Mechanical

Plumbing Essentials — Design Approaches, Codes and Everything in Between | Lowell Manalo and Robert Thompson

An approach to efficient MEP equipment room design

Considerations for an optimized mechanical room.

October 6, 2023

Often early equipment room planning focuses on the larger electrical and mechanical room components, but it is important not to overlook plumbing and fire protection needs.

MCAA, NECA and SMACNA release a joint Tool and Equipment Rental Guide

March 31, 2022

The nearly 200-page guidebook offers insights on contractor-owned equipment to ensure industry professionals have the most updated costs to inform internal estimating, project proposals for new and potential customers, and cost accounting efforts.

Residential, commercial water heater shipments jump in September

Shipment data are supplied by AHRI member companies

November 17, 2017

Residential storage water heater shipments increase 14.6% in September

Price quote do's and don'ts

What you need to know about keeping customers and keeping them happy.

Al Levi

February 16, 2016

How to make a customer for life.

Understand proper boiler maintenance

Ray Wohlfarth

June 2, 2015

Proper equipment maintenance is critical to avoid disaster.

HammerHead seam-free pipe liners

November 30, 2014

HammerHead's Brawoliner is a seam-free textile pipe liner constructed with a loop design providing extreme flexibility.

Heavy-duty equipment supports

CADDY PYRAMID equipment supports from Erico offer a fast, flexible method for supporting chillers, air conditioners and other heavy-duty mechanical services on rooftop surfaces

May 29, 2013

CADDY PYRAMID equipment supports from Erico offer a fast, flexible method for supporting chillers, air conditioners and other heavy-duty mechanical services on rooftop surfaces