One huge change that came with the new Minnesota State Plumbing Code that went into effect on January 23rd of this year was the requirement for annual backflow preventer testing. Here's the exact code ...

If you're preparing to become a homeowner for the first time, you have a lot on your plate. You want to educate yourself ...

Backflow preventer installation costs between $105 and $1,400, with the average property owner spending $325 per backflow preventer. Backflow preventers are essential in many commercial and some ...

Hayden Lake, Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls are just some of the cities already implementing it. Installing a backflow prevention valve can be costly. “To install one if you don’t have one already, it ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Retired professional mechanical engineer Mike Higgins, 75, recently sent the city of St. Petersburg a letter with ideas on how to redesign backflow preventers to make them more ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Longmont Public Safety is trying to stop people from taking backflow preventers but with incidents of the thefts on the rise, officials need help. The valves are found at commercial ...

LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. — Building developer/contractor Byron Bishop has been in the construction business for more than 30 years and is a victim of metal thefts. "Just 25-ft. from the door of our field ...

When it comes down to it, learning about various problems with NYC buildings is like an episode of This Old House. Though the the city's Department of Environmental Protection says that the drinking ...