NIBCO has new forged bronze vent elbows, a wrot copper extended elbow and a wrot copper fin tube stiffener. All of the products are lead free.

Moen made a splash this winter when it announced an investment in Silicon Valley-based startup Nebia.

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 Victaulic System Solution for CPVC Pipe is the industry’s first grooved mechanical pipe joining system designed specifically for use on chlorinated polyvinyl chloride/ polyvinyl chloride (CPVC/PVC) pipe, Victaulic says.

Aquatherm and McElroy partnered to offer the industry’s first polypropylene hot tap tool. This innovation allows the installation of branches to a live service line, eliminating service disruption, Aquatherm says.

The new Four Seasons resort under construction in Napa Valley required an underground network of nearly a mile of pipe to provide hydronic hot and cold water to the new complex. Not just a luxury Four Seasons hotel, the resort, which is scheduled to open this fall, will have 85 guest rooms, 20 private residence villas and a six-acre private vineyard.

Why aren’t circuit venting methods accepted in every jurisdiction across the U.S.? Circuit venting is not an engineered design system, nor does it need an engineer’s approval.

Uponor’s ProPEX copper press adapters allow plumbers to connect PEX piping to existing copper press piping systems.

Have you ever learned something the hard way and then found yourself thinking, “Gee, I wish someone had told me that!” As the years pass, we all learn, or should learn, a few new things.

The plumbing industry is changing quickly, and the biggest catalyst of that change is technology. New products are coming to market, the Internet of Things is influencing product design, and connectivity is becoming less of a novelty and more of a commodity.