courtesy of The Boston Herald – Wednesday, December, 12, 2007
by Marie Szaniszlo
A contractor was inspecting a gas line yesterday in Groton when the house in front of him blew up, miraculously injuring no one.
David Fitzgerald and his wife were away when the 1:30 p.m. blast flattened their home at 44 Willowdale Road, …
Continue reading Groton Home Blown Apart In Gas Explosioncourtesty of Newhouse News Service – by Shawn Ledington
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Tony DeMichele, service manager for Seeco Home Services, remembers the emergency call clearly.
A customer said her drain had clogged and that she had guests arriving soon for their Thanksgiving dinner.
She wanted to know if a plumber could help, and quickly.
A …
Continue reading Thanksgiving: It’s the most plumber-ful time of the yearcourtesy of Star Tribune – by Jon Tevlin
Frank’s Plumbing becomes the latest I-35W business casualty. Tons of porcelain fixtures must go to make way for contractors.
In the far back corner of a 14,000 square-foot warehouse, past the sea of toilets sitting unconnected and gape-mouthed, and past the rows of heating radiators exposed like …
Continue reading 35W Bridge Flushes Plumbing Firm’s Homecourtesty of the San Francisco Business Times
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that would require all new construction in California to use toilets and urinals that are more water-efficient. Assemblyman John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) said AB 715 is the first of its kind in the nation and will yield savings of more than …
Continue reading California governor signs water-efficient toilet billcourtesty of Telegraph.co.uk – by Duncan Hooper
Health and sanitation experts from 40 countries will meet in New Delhi later this month for the seventh World Toilet Summit to find ways to provide toilets for everyone by 2025.
The summit’s goal is to introduce toilets for everyone
An estimated 2.6 billion people have no access …
Continue reading India to Host World Toilet SummitTill the year 2001 there was a lot of consumer dissatisfaction with 1.6 gallon per flush toilets. The manufactures had to design and build them to meet a government water conservation deadline and in many cases simply didn’t produce a good flushing 1.6 gpf toilet initially. They blamed the Congress. The consumer blamed the manufacturer …
Continue reading Do you have a recommendation on low flush toilets?NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2007 Release #07-108
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (866) 369-4786 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 Rheem’s Media Contact: Laura Butler, (334) 260-1513
Tankless Water Heaters Recalled for Repair Due to …
Continue reading Tankless Water Heaters RecallNEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2007; Release #07-104
Firm’s Recall Hotline: (800) 928-7867
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary …
Continue reading Zoeller Pump Co. Recalls Septic Pumps Due to Shock Hazard