Reeves Journal articles from February 2005

Reeves Journal archives from February 2005

Science vs. politics.(pipeline)
February 1, 2005... Well, it's starting to look as if water quality issues--specifically those of chemistry brought about by treatment processes in some locales--is, indeed, starting to come to the fore as an issue within the plumbing industry. [ILLUSTRATION...

Mechanic's liens only attach after construction starts.(legal corner)
February 1, 2005... A recent case of the California Court of Appeal Second District confirmed what had always been the law. In order for anyone other than design professionals, to have a right to a mechanic's lien, construction must start. [ILLUSTRATION...

If you will do a little extra your customer will remember you!(service sense)
February 1, 2005... Let's assume you are new in town and you like doughnuts. One day you go to Bakery A and you order a dozen plain doughnuts. You open the box, eat one and it tastes pretty good. Day two, you take a different route to work and you stop by Bakery B...

A very simple marketing idea.(marketing mechanics)
February 1, 2005... We complain about the seasonality of our business. Doing nothing is counterproductive. Being proactive is critical. You can start now to decrease the seasonality of your business. What would happen if you generated one new customer every...

Symposium increases water chemistry awareness.(news connection)
February 1, 2005... In an effort to draw more attention to how changes in water chemistry are causing a growing number of copper water systems to fail and the resulting political, economic and health effects associated with those failures, the California...

Plumbers check in as rain pounds SoCal.(news connection)(Southern California )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Heavy rains in December and January kept some plumbing contractors busier than others. Plumbers reported an increase number of calls for main line stoppages, area drain stoppages, pinhole pitting, and sump pump problems after the five-county...

WQA in tsunami relief.(news connection)(Water Quality Association)
February 1, 2005... The Water Quality Association of Lisle, Ill., Jan. 5 announced it has rolled out a program to offer assistance to victims of the tsunamis that hit countries around the Indian Ocean Dec. 26. "Obviously we're involved with clean drinking...

Las Vegas no. 1 in customer study.(news connection)
February 1, 2005... Las Vegas moved up into the top position among 25 U.S. housing markets in the J.D. Power and Associates "2004 New-Home Builder Customer Satisfaction Study." The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association attributed the rating to the success...

Cal. proposes new worker's comp. rules.(news connection)
February 1, 2005... The Schwarzenegger administration late last year proposed a set of new workers' compensation regulations aimed at revising how doctors evaluate permanent injuries to workers and how much compensation they are paid. The new regulations are...

Robertshaw recalls Gas Control Valves.(news connection)
February 1, 2005... In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Robertshaw Controls Company has recalled certain models of the Robertshaw 7000 Series Gas Control Valve. The voluntary recall applies to specific 7000 Series models produced...

Survey says solar lagging.(news connection)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... A recent U.S. Census Bureau report (the American Community Survey) shows less than 0.03 percent of American households use solar energy to heat their homes. With the recent cold weather, the means we use to warm our environments has become...

Contractor's wife charged with embezzlement.(news connection)
February 1, 2005... The wife of a murdered San Francisco plumbing contractor was charged with embezzling $1.8 million from her husband's company and a trust fund they administered for the sons of a family friend. Kathleen Marie Bach, 53, was arrested at her...

Non-flush urinals approved in Oregon.(news connection)
February 1, 2005... Oregon state officials have voted to approve an interpretive ruling to permit the installation of waterfree urinals in city, county, state and Federal Government facilities in the State of Oregon. The approval promotes and enables unique and...

Bonanza O'bundles.(news connection)(pipes)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... ABS-DWV pipe is bundled (shrink wrapped) on a new construction plumbing job for ground and top-out work. One bundle represents one unit/house. The system provides a number of advantages, including better inventory control, communication, and...

American Standard's 'Stars & Stripes' winner.(news briefs)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Jeff Hamstra, owner of Hamstra's Heating and Cooling in Tucson, was the Grand Prize winner of the 2004 "Stars and Stripes" Promotion Program sponsored by American Standard Heating and Air Conditioning. As the Grand Prize Winner, Jeff had the...

Meyer Plumbing, Steam & Plumbing to merge.(news briefs)
February 1, 2005... American International Supply, Inc., the parent organization of Meyer Plumbing Supply, and Steam & Plumbing Service Corp., of San Francisco, have announced a planned merger scheduled to take effect early this year. The two Bay Area companies...

Roto-Rooter trades humor for family theme.(news briefs)(humorous advertising)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Tournament of Roses Parade viewers expecting to see a family of toilets didn't get their wish this year, as Roto-Rooter traded in toilet humor for a focus on family. Often a crowd favorite, Roto-Rooter is remembered for its "flotilla" of racing...

Brass Craft $1 mil. sales awards.(news briefs)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... BrassCraft, a manufacturer of plumbing products for the professional market, and PlumbShop, its retail plumbing products division, recently recognized six sales managers for reaching $1 million or more in Service Parts sales for 2004. The...

Suit says manufacturers contaminated water.(news briefs)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... A lawsuit filed by the Orange County Water District Dec. 17 in Orange County California Superior Court against a group of industrial manufacturers seeks tens of millions of dollars in damages. The suit contends the manufacturers failed to clean...

Delta, P R Water Filtration in joint venture.(news briefs)
February 1, 2005... Delta Faucet Company announced a partnership with P R Water Filtration Products, a division of Procter & Gamble (P&G). The result of the joint venture was scheduled to be announced via a new product launch at the International Builders' Show in...

Zoeller Pump div. partners with Maytag.(news briefs)(Flint and Walling)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Flint & Walling, a division of Zoeller Pump Company, has entered into an exclusive license agreement with the Maytag Corporation for the rights to manufacture, distribute, and market Maytag sump and utility pumps.

Apollo name expanded.(news briefs)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The Apollo valves brand name is being expanded to cover all valve and accessory lines manufactured by Conbraco Industries. By applying the Apollo brand to all products, Conbraco officials hope to eliminate confusion in the marketplace and take...

Grainger opens Santa Clarita facility.(news briefs)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Continuing its Southern California expansion, Grainger opened a new express branch in Santa Clarita late last year. W.W. Grainger, Inc., reported $4.7 billion in 2003 sales.

No hot water after playoff victory.(news briefs)
February 1, 2005... So much for playing in the big-money National Football League. After routing the Denver Broncos 49-24 in the AFC Wild Card playoff game Jan. 9, Indianapolis Colt players were greeted with cold water coming out of their showerheads. "We have...

Water levels down.(news briefs)(of Lake Mead and Lake Powell )(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Lake Mead and Lake Powell are the two biggest reservoirs in the United States, together capable of holding more than 54 million acre-feet of water (an acre-foot is 325,851 gallons, enough to cover a football field a foot deep, enough to supply...

Calendar.(Calendar)
February 1, 2005... Feb. 5-9 ASHRAE ASHRAE Winter Meeting Orlando Convention Center Orlando, Fla. www.ashrae.org (404) 636-8400 Feb. 7-9 AHR Expo Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Fla. ...

Harold MacDowell.(people)(Appointment)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Harold MacDowell was tapped Jan. 1 to serve as the new CEO of TDIndustries, a mechanical, electrical, plumbing contracting, facilities management and service company with annual revenues of approximately $240 million, nearly 1,350 TDPartners,...

Sloan Valve Company.(people)(Appointments)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... Sloan Valve Company has announced the appointment of Kem Davis as the new product line manager for manual faucets. Davis brings extensive industry experience to Sloan, working for more than 23 years at T&S Brass and Bronze Works, Inc., most...

The United Association (UA) of Plumbers, Pipe Fitters, Sprinkler Fitters and Service Technicians.(appointed William P. Hite)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... The United Association (UA) of Plumbers, Pipe Fitters, Sprinkler Fitters and Service Technicians recently announced the appointment of William P. Hite, as interim General President of the 320,000-member association. Hite is a member of Local...

ACE DuraFlo.(people)(Mike Torculas is franchisee)(Brief Article)
February 1, 2005... ACE DuraFlo reported that Mike Torculas, owner of Topline Plumbing, will be the ACE DuraFlo franchisee serving the Santa Cruz, Monterey and Salinas, Calif., area.

Southern California fights 'FOG's: the area's efforts to reduce fats, oils and greases in the sewer system to reduce cloggage seems to be working.(fats, oils and greases)
February 1, 2005... About three years ago, the city of Los Angeles decided to make a concerted effort to avoid clogging sewer pipes with FOGs (fats, oils and greases) in an effort to avoid its attendant problems, such as sewer spills and blockages. A new program...

Los Angeles' FOG Control Program.(fats, oil, and grease)
February 1, 2005... The City of Los Angeles, Bureau of Sanitation, Industrial Waste Management Division (City), is responsible for managing the industrial wastewater impact on the Publicly Owned Treatment Works. As part of this responsibility, the City implements...

Who's calling the shots?(business strategies)
February 1, 2005... Who is calling the shots in your company? Naturally if you're the owner, you'd like to say that it's you. However, often times, you aren't the one with the real influence on what gets done and how you do it. At the Plumbers' Success...

Direct-exchange geothermal systems coming into their own.(gettin' green)
February 1, 2005... New, more efficient geothermal technology is bumping aside the standard, water-source heat pump system. A shrinking landscape, higher system efficiency and the need to give progressive HVAC contractors a solution for their customers has shined...

Pioneer Plumbing does the jobs the others don't want.
February 1, 2005... In today's disposable society, many plumbing companies have adopted a similar approach to repair and service work--if it's broke, don't fix it, replace it. But one plumbing company in Tucson turns service and repair work around, stressing...

Pipe materials roundup: it's no surprise most of the issues in pipe materials these days center in the golden state.
February 1, 2005... Piping materials are the mechanical heart and soul of any plumbing business or system. Currently, there are three main types of piping systems available to the plumbing trade for domestic water use: copper, chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC)...

Understanding reverse osmosis.(WQA)
February 1, 2005... Many people have heard of reverse osmosis and know it can be used to treat water to a high degree of purity, but their understanding of the technology ends there. This month's article is intended to familiarize readers with how the technology...

Isolation hangers and brackets continue long term trend.(tech topic)
February 1, 2005... With the aid of computer product modeling and design, along with advances in engineered thermoplastics, manufacturers continue to offer the plumbing industry many new products to hang and support pipe and tube. As more of these new hangers and...

The economy for 2005.(executive briefcase)(United States)
February 1, 2005... Trying to predict the economy is like trying to predict the weather. You can see signs on the horizon, but you can never really know if the clouds mean rain or not. We've seen some intriguing economic signs recently, the "signs on the horizon"...

You've got questions? We've got answers.(vehicle maintenance)
February 1, 2005... Your vehicle's owners manual is helpful for keeping you up to date on the maintenance intervals and checks necessary to keep your vehicle running smoothly. But some answers to the most commonly asked questions are not found in the manual. We...

Understanding flushing technology a primer for plumbing contractors.(tech topic)
February 1, 2005... A Flushometer is a metering device that evacuates a water closet or urinal with a precise amount of water directly from a supply line. Using essentially the same design for the past century, these valves use pressure from the water supply...

Liberty SumpBox.(new products)
February 1, 2005... The SumpBox by Liberty Pumps is a completely assembled sump pump system featuring Debris Filter Technology. Designed specifically for new home construction, the SumpBox's large removable filter tray provides a solution to pump jamming caused by...

Aqua-Panel.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Zurn Industries, Inc., has introduced its new Aqua-Panel prefabricated shower units as the newest members of its Temp-Gard product line. The Aqua-Panel units are manufactured from 18-gauge stainless steel that encases a half-inch copper tubing...

Redesigned Copper-Fin.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Lochinvar Corp. has introduced its new and improved Copper-Fin line of gas-fired water heaters and boilers. Upgrades include a built-in combustible floor shield, a built-in low profile draft hood, electronic intermittent ignition, and a...

Watts Golden Eagle.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Watts Regulator Company has introduced its new GoldenEagle Series 919 reduced pressure zone back-flow assemblies. These assemblies are available in sizes 3/4"-2" and have been developed to provide both trouble free operation and ease of...

Thermostone towel warmer.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Eemax/Climastar introduces a new line of Thermostone products to compliment its complete range of electric tankless and mini tank water heaters. The concept is simple, electric heating elements initiate heat, which is retained in the stone, and...

VisionAir-y filtration.(new products)
February 1, 2005... United Air Specialists has introduced the VisionAir--an effective and user-friendly solution to indoor air pollution from smoke, aerosol, dust, germs and more. The VisionAir filters remove 99.97 percent of indoor irritants and pollution while a...

ES Series pumps.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Little Giant Pump Company has introduced a new line of energy-saving submersible pumps designed for the professional plumbing contractor. New Energy Saving (ES) Series pumps are fully submersible sump/effluent and sewage pumps that are more...

XLerator.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Sloan Valve Co. has introduced the new automatic XLerator Hand Dryer, designed to save time and energy with warm high-speed drying. Sloan's XLerator provides hands-free operation with an average 15-second hand drying time and uses 80 percent...

Accessories brochure.(new products)
February 1, 2005... A newly released brochure describes Bryan Steam's complete line of boiler accessories for improved performance and longevity of commercial and industrial boilers. Deaerators (Spray Type and Tray Type), Boiler Feed Systems, Condensate Transfer...

Heatguard mixing valves.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Heatguard, a new thermostatic mixing valve from Cash Acme, addresses two domestic water heating issues--scalding and Legionnaire's disease--with a single installation. Factory-set, factory-tested Heatguard valves deliver water that won't scald...

Bar Faucets.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Danze has introduced a new bar and convenience faucet--the Bannockburn Bar Faucet. The new faucet features a beautiful transitional style, which complements both contemporary and traditional environments. This bar faucet is a single-hole mount...

Gas analyzer.(new products)
February 1, 2005... E Instruments has released the BTU 1000 Basic Portable Gas Analyzer. This portable and multifunctional unit is ideal for servicing and maintenance purposes of HVAC professionals including boilers, heaters, and other domestic and industrial...

Fire Barrier.(new products)
February 1, 2005... 3M has introduced its line of Fire Barrier Water Tight Silicone Sealants, the first fire stopping systems that meet the new Underwriters Laboratories' W Rating--Class One requirements for water tightness when used on horizontal floor...

Enterprise Estimating software.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Accubid Systems has announced the release of Accubid Enterprise Estimating, a new, specification-driven estimating solution, designed from the ground up specifically for mechanical contractors. AEE is a true multi-user system, allowing multiple...

FlowGuard Gold transitions.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Transitioning from a Corzan IPS (iron pipe size) system to a FlowGuard Gold CTS (copper tube size) system has never been easier, thanks to new CPVC reducing tees and bushings introduced by FlowGuard Gold/NOVEON, Inc. Now the transition from...

GEN-EAR.(new products)
February 1, 2005... General Pipe Cleaners has introduced the new GEN-EAR, which blends the latest in filter, headphone and sensor technology for the most advanced acoustical leak detection system available. Excellent for plumbing professionals, construction...

JB Signature line.(new products)
February 1, 2005... JB Products has announced that it will offer a new line of decorative kitchen and bath accessory products marketed under the "JB Signature" brand name. The line will feature decorative basket strainers, disposal wastes, drinking dispense...

K-Sun Corp. PipeMarker.(new products)
February 1, 2005... K-Sun Corp., has introduced its new MaxiSoft PipeMarker V2, a Windows-based safety software offers safety and maintenance professionals the ability to create standard or custom pipe markers, labels, signs or tags in-house, on-demand for half...

Golden Extractor.(new products)
February 1, 2005... RectorSeal has introduced another addition to the Golden Grip line of professional grade specialty tools--the Golden Extractor Tub Drain Tool that simplifies the removal of old tub drains even when cross arms are broken out or missing. The...

Consumer guide.(new products)
February 1, 2005... Bradford White Corporation recently published a new brochure designed to help professional installers explain the virtues of water heater types to prospective customers. The new "Good Choice! A consumer guide to selecting the right water...

CONTAIN-IT.(new products)
February 1, 2005... EnviroSmarts, Inc., has introduced CONTAIN-IT, a tested, patent pending spray-on product that temporarily seals and contains organic and synthetic particles. The product forms a plastic-like film over surface contaminates, controlling exposure...