This video from Charlotte Pipe shows a sound test of various DWV plumbing systems. Materials tested are cast iron soil pipe, solid wall PVC and foam core PVC, with and without insulation products.

I’m renovating a single family brownstone in Brooklyn. I’m redoing the entire plumbing system. Last year the DOB passed new regs which permit the use of PVC piping for single family residences. Can ...

Q. Tim, I was visiting my son’s new home and someone upstairs flushed a toilet. It sounded like Niagara Falls across the ceiling and in the walls. I thought there had to be a leak. Did the builder or ...

Enhanced coated cast iron soil pipe products offer all the benefits of traditional cast iron while negating the major drawback of cast iron in aggressive applications: corrosion. In the 1890s, cast ...

“When I started there were no women selling plumbing fixtures or fittings. I have seen the industry change from using cast iron, to galvanised pipes to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes. PVC is much ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

A close up look at cast iron pipe corrosion. Mother Modern Plumbing replaces cast iron pipe in Fort Worth home. Master Plumbers urge replacement of cast iron pipes in ...

Question: I was visiting my son’s new home and someone upstairs flushed a toilet. It sounded like Niagara Falls across the ceiling and in the walls. I thought there had to be a leak. Did the builder ...