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Before and After: 20 Incredible Small Bathroom Makeovers

From changing the paint color to knocking down walls, see how your favorite HGTV hosts take on these tiny bathrooms.

The Way You Hang Your Roll Of Toilet Paper Says A Lot About You

How do you hang your toilet paper? Under the roll and closer to the wall? Or do you hang your toilet paper over the roll? Well, a new study suggests there [...]

This is What a Massive 500 Gallon Propane Tank Explosion Looks Like

If there's one thing that you want to avoid with anything that's propane powered from your grill to your heater, It would most obviously be a situation that would put the propane tank in danger of building up enough pressure to explode and send shrapnel flying everywhere. While these tanks are fitted with safety...

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

10 beginner plumbing tips everyone should know

Hey guys! We actually just got back from 10 days away, up to Maine visiting family and completely unwinding without cell or internet for a few of those days. Sorry for the crickets in the comments and on social media. Speaking of crickets, we didn’t really see much wildlife on our vacation (that transition works, right?), which is a bummer because I was really hoping to see a moose because I haven’t for many years and everyone has been talking about seeing a…

Why There Are Diamonds on Tape Measures

In a perfect world, you could use the red marks to identify the placement of the studs. To locate a center between the studs, simply find the black diamond.

How to Get Rid of Fire Ants

Want get painful pests off your property? Choose the extermination method that best suits your fire ant infestation.

What are the different types of Butterfly Valves?

As a matter of fact let’s see what is the diverse between concentric butterfly valve, the triple-offset butterfly valve and double-offset butterfly valve. The concentric butterfly valve is a standard or a general utilize butterfly valve. The pole is found in the middle of the plate. Amid opening or shutting, there are a few parts of the plate that constantly in-contact or rubbing the seat. This course of action will make the seat encounter a grating each one time the valve is working…

What Is a Venturi Valve?

Venturi valves are devices designed to control airflow for room pressurization and fume hood air containment.

What is an Industrial Gate Valve?

Industrial valves come in a wide variety of types and styles. (Image courtesy of Crane ) Industrial valves are used for flow control...

What are flow control valves?

In the collection of hydraulic valve components, flow control valves are any device manufactured for the purpose of modifying the rate of fluid flow in a

What is a relief valve?

A relief valve is a device used to limit pressure in one or more locations in a hydraulic circuit. A relief valve uses a spool or poppet engaged to the

The need to deal with inhalation valves.

Discover why you need to prop open or remove the inhalation valve before testing when using Controlled Negative Pressure for testing with the OHD Quantifit.

Which Fitting Type Are You?

How to Select the Right Valve

Many people think that selecting a slide gate or diverter for handling dry material should be a relatively simple process. They typically assume the only information they need is: Size of the openi…

How to Install a Timed Washing-Machine Valve

This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey installs a new washing-machine valve that will prevent flooding

Hysteresis and How it Affects Proportional Valves

Category<br>What is hysteresis? Is it important for your application? What effects could it have? Generally speaking, hysteresis is a lag in reaction to a force. It can be found everywhere—from physics and engineering to biology, chemistry, and even economics. In this article, we explain the fundamentals and complexities as we explore how hysteresis affects the proportional control of fluids<br>The Basics<br>To understand hysteresis in…

What Are Manual and Automatic Balancing Valves?

Price’s hot water reheat piping packages have two options for balancing valves: pressure-dependent manual valves and pressure-independent automatic valves.

Top 5 Tips for Selecting Valves

Which valve to choose? With so many valves on the market, go through this list step by step to narrow your choices. What’s your application? Manual valves include ball, check, diaphragm, elliptic, …

What Are the Symptoms of a Bad PCV Valve?

A PCV valve, or Positive Crankcase Ventilation valve, assists with the evacuation of gases from an internal combustion engine’s crankcase. A bad PCV valve can impair a car’s performance and may display certain symptoms indicating it needs service or replacement.