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 ...

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 ...

Plastic plumbing materials have dominated the new construction market for years. Yet, the key differences between the leading plastics systems, PEX and CPVC, are too often not considered during ...

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 ...

At the 2013 International Builders Show in Las Vegas, Lubrizol Corp. launched a mobile app that has a compatible product finder for its chlorinated PVC (CPVC), which is the subject of a lawsuit that ...

Finolex Pipes has launched a new ad campaign that spotlights the functionality of their CPVC and SWR pipes. In collaboration with Schbang Motion Pictures, the ad films feature the trio of plumbers ...

Household plumbing systems use PEX for pipes to supply water and carry away sewage. The term PEX stands for "crosslinked polyethylene." PEX piping is manufactured by melting high-density polyethylene ...

India’s chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) industry plays a foundational role in enabling safe infrastructure, advanced safety systems, and emerging technologies. From fire suppression networks and ...

Dear James: I plan to add a new bathroom, and some old plumbing should also be replaced. I’m not comfortable using a torch and solder, so would plastic plumbing be good? — Laura W. Dear Laura: ...