6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (233+ words) Weekly Product Gallery: Watts, Legend Valve, Sortimo, Lochinvar, Malco, Milwaukee Tool'Contractor Magazine Weekly Product Gallery: Watts, Legend Valve, Sortimo, Lochinvar, Malco, Milwaukee Tool Kelly L. Faloon is a contributing editor and writer to CONTRACTOR, Contracting Business magazine and HPAC Engineering and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (977+ words) Bathrooms and kitchens are being designed as refuges from the stress of modern life. Design by LisaPeck. At the recent International Builders" Show (IBS) held Feb. 17-19 in Orlando, FL, show sponsor the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) hosted a…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (845+ words) If you have ever finished a 12-hour day, covered in sweat, and still had three estimates to send before bed, you are not alone. Every leak gets fixed, every boiler gets installed, but somehow you never find time to breathe....

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (290+ words) Aging fleets are costly: Vehicles older than 10 years account for a third of maintenance spend despite only 12% of total miles AI adoption is still nascent: Over half of fleets are exploring AI, but less than 6% use it widely, showing room…...

3+ week, 22+ hour ago  (475+ words) Economic impact: Study finds increasing the plumbing workforce could save the US $1.27 billion annually in plumbing-related costs Labor gap: Researchers project 550,000 unfilled plumbing positions by 2027 if workforce trends continue Economic upside: Adding 16,400 plumbers could generate more than 37,000 jobs and nearly…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (687+ words) ATLANTA, GA " Helping to drive the future of the skilled trades, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors"National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation recently partnered with SkillsUSA to host a successful plumbing competition at the 2025 SkillsUSA Championships during the National Leadership & Skills Conference in…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (369+ words) Expanded curriculum helps fleets and upfitters apply telematics, duty-cycle data and emerging software tools New focus on AI, ADAS and connected-vehicle strategies ties technology trends directly to productivity and safety Attendees gain multi-day access to Work Truck Week educational sessions…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (338+ words) New product category: Lennox enters the North American water heating market through a joint venture with Ariston Group Dealer opportunity: Contractors can now source HVAC systems and water heaters through a single Lennox channel Efficiency options: New lineup includes heat…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (477+ words) Eric Aune is a well-known figure in the plumbing-heating-cooling industry. As well as being a sometime-columnist for CONTRACTOR, he is the owner of Aune Plumbing & Heating, LLC, and host of the Make Trades Great Again podcast. For this Q&A,…...

4+ week, 22+ hour ago  (192+ words) The Top Boiler Issues and Problems'Contractor Magazine The Top Boiler Issues and Problems Boiler Issues and Problems can quickly lead to costly downtime, safety concerns, and inefficient system performance if they aren't identified early. In this video, we walk through…...