Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

One of the big "secrets" in plumbing seems perfectly obvious once you finally realize it: The pipes don't fit together for a reason. This applies to a lot of plumbing fittings, and of course, it ...

PVC sometimes makes sense for heating and cooling applications — other times, it doesn’t. Before deciding which material works best for your building or installation project, consider how you want ...

Description: The System 1738 PVC Product Line is a flue gas venting plumbing and mechanical solution certified to the stringent UL 1738 standard, a development for gas-fired water heaters, furnaces, ...

Q: On my top floor the waste stack has a hub with a 1 1\\2 -inch fitting with no threads. 1 1\\2 inch PVC slides in snug and tight. Can I glue it? -Jim T. A: You can’t glue PVC pipe directly to metal ...

A reader from Ruxton wrote to ask advice about the water supply pipes in his house. The house was originally fitted with galvanized pipe, and over the years some have been replaced with copper supply ...