Hydronic Heating Market Expects Moderate Growth 

BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff LETS BE cautious and say that the hydronic market is going to be up in the mid single digits, 5% or 6%. Then we...

Eagles, Opponents Land On Turf-Conditioned Field 

BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff PHILADELPHIA The old Veterans Stadium here had some of the most notorious Astroturf of any football stadium in...

8 Steps for Improving Commercial Salespeople 

BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff ORLANDO, FLA. A slow economy is only one reason why nonresidential business may be sluggish these days. Wendell...

C2000 to Host Money Masters 

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. - Palm Coast, Fla., will be the host city Jan. 23-24 for Money Masters, a two-day seminar on the fundamentals of running an independent...

RSES To Meet in Calgary 

DES PLAINES, ILL. - The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society will hold its 67th annual conference Sept. 30 - Oct. 2 at the Westin Calgary in Calgary,...

Jeff Forker, Feb.14,1943 - Jan. 22, 2004 

Jeff Forker, former publisher of Contracting Business magazine, died at his home on January, 22 2004. A three-year battle with cancer shortened a vibrant...

Out of the Past 

BY CHARLES WARDELL Special to CONTRACTOR For most magazines, a 50th anniversary is a time to lean back and reflect on the past. CONTRACTOR wanted to kick...

U.S. Plumbing Products to Get Promotion Boost Abroad 

BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Representatives of the Plumbing Manufacturers Institute and the U.S. Department of Commerce signed a...

Tyco Plans Sale of Some Fire & Security Businesses 

PEMBROKE, BERMUDA Tyco International in November reported a loss of 15 cents per share for its fourth quarter, compared to a loss of 72 cents per share...

Charter High School Program Offers Intro to Plumbing 

ST. LOUIS The Plumbing Industry Council here, in cooperation with United Association Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 562, in November launched a new career...

Lifted Steel Tariffs Could Spell Relief 

BY BOB MIODONSKI Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON Steel-using manufacturers in the plumbing-heating-piping industry generally greeted reports of President...

Bill Would Give High-Rise Owners Sprinklers Tax Break 

CHICAGO - Illinois State Rep. Timothy L. Schmitz has introduced a bill that could save the states high-rise building owners the cost of retrofitting their...

Shambaugh Receives DBIA Award 

FORT WAYNE, IND. Shambaugh & Son has received a 2003 national design-build award from the Design-Build Institute of America. The mechanical contractor...

Great Lakes Plumbing Wins Performance Award 

CHICAGO One of the Plumbing Council of Chicagolands 450 contractors has been awarded the Outstanding Performance Award for the year 2002 for Chicagos...

NATE to Offer Certification Test at AHR Expo 

WESTPORT, CONN. -North American Technician Excellence Inc., a leading independent certification program for technicians in the HVAC industry, will again...

MD University Gets a New Start 

BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff TOWSON, MD. When the centrifugal chiller is busted and being used for parts and the only equipment working is...

Great Lakes Crew Moves Stealthily Through Night 

CHICAGO No, its not the SWAT team or undercover FBI agents its the crew of fire sprinkler retrofitters from Great Lakes Plumbing & Heating Co. For the...

EMCOR Buys Siemens' Facility Services Business 

BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff NORWALK, CONN. EMCOR Group Inc. has purchased Siemens U.S. Facility Management Services business as part of a...

AMPAM Gets Financing Order 

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS American Plumbing & Mechanical announced in November that it has obtained final approval of its debtor-in-possession agreement from...

Boiler Firm WARE Expands 

LOUISVILLE, KY. Ivan Ware & Son Inc., dba WARE, one of the largest boiler rental companies in the country, announced that it bought Boiler & Heat Exchange...

Contractors Fight Accounting Rule Change 

BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff WASHINGTON The accountants have gotten contractors all riled up. The Financial Accounting Standards Board recently...

Goodyear Stops short in Entran Settlement 

BY ROBERT P. MADER Of CONTRACTORs staff TRENTON, N.J. The long legal battle between Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and Heatway over Entran II hydronic radiant...

PHCC Celebrates Youth in Las Vegas 

Special to CONTRACTOR LAS VEGAS Nearly a thousand members and associates of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association joined in...

John Ward Dies, Led PHCC in 1987-88 

RALEIGH, N.C. John Ward, past national president in 1987-88 of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association, died Oct. 18 after a battle...

Fortune Favors the Fleet 

By Steven Spaulding Of CONTRACTORs staff First there was a guy, his truck, his phone and his customers. And for a while that worked just fine. Then there...

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THE 4" VICTORIAN 45-JET SHOWERHEAD

features a traditional style, and is available with chrome, brushed nickel, antique copper, distressed nickel and oil rub bronze finishes...

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eliminates the added labor and expense of building an expansion joint from scratch to accommodate expansion and contraction in long tubing runs. The kit includes a 2", pre-formed expansion loop...

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