NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

The behind-the-wall framework of a home contains a vital plumbing system that keeps it running efficiently and safely. Within every residential plumbing system you have subsystems that include ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co. in December 2004 acquired Thompson Plastics, a privately owned manufacturer of CPVC-CTS pipe and fittings. Founded in 1982, Thompson Plastics employs ...

Recently while performing some plumbing repairs, I realized that my abilities had become a little rusty (no pun intended). After a few mistakes and re-dos, I finally got the process right. I was ...

SACRAMENTO – California home builders on Monday won the right to use less-expensive plastic water piping instead of copper, ending a two-decade-long battle against groups that warned of plastic’s ...

Comprehensive line of couplings, fittings and grooving tool makes installing CPVC systems more efficient than traditional methods EASTON, Pa., Oct. 16, 2017 /CNW/ -- Victaulic, the leading producer of ...

Dear Pat: I am totally redoing the kitchen and bathrooms in an older house. I plan to do the plumbing myself. Because I cannot solder copper pipe, can I just use plastic pipe throughout? -- Erika K.