Person wrapping pipe with white plumber's tape - thodonal88/Shutterstock Teflon tape goes by many names, including plumber's tape and PTFE tape. No matter what you call it, the stretchy, smooth ...

A lot of spray systems and nurse tank systems are built or renovated each winter. And each spring we fight leaks that seem an inevitable part of plastic pipe fittings. Here are some tips I’ve picked ...

Plumbing is one of those skills that many people take for granted, believing it's easy to do on the fly. Sure, there are many tools and devices that can be used to pull off this job, like the ...

John Mesenbrink, editor-at-large for Contractor magazine, recently jogged my memory banks about innovations and resistance to change within our trades. In 1972, I was an apprentice plumber here at F.