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Hello Plumbing Pros. I hope all is well with all of you. By the tme you read this, Thanksgiving will have come and gone, so I hope you all had a great holiday. With Christmas around the corner, I would like to wish you all a Season’s Greet-ings and a Happy New Year. Even with the down turn the recession has brought us, I count my blessings every-day and see a bright future ahead.

I would like to congratu-late George Raburn on his savvy campaign and being elected Vice President of the PHCC. I have known George for many years. He is a man with integrity, hard working and he’ll represent the PHCC well. Go George!

The ASPE put on a great trade show this year in At-lanta. My hat is off to all the board members who dedi-cate so much of their time to pull everything together.

Charlene Templeton, Showroom Manager


Jack Morgan Editor and Publisher

Gray-Hodges Employee’s at 60th Anniversary


nashville Ferguson donates plumbing to

Wounded Warrior

Gray-Hodges was found-ed in 1949 in Tennessee, by Phillip Gray and Arthur Hodges, as a wholesale supplier of plumbing and kitchen equipment. In those days, there were no fiber-glass tubs, no plastic pipes and no decorative faucets. The company began with only 1 location in Knoxville, TN which had a 7,000 sq. ft. warehouse and the com-pany started with only 8 employees.

In the 1960's things began to change. Gray-Hodges ordered the very first trailer load of fiberglass tubs offered on the market. In 1984, the founders left the company and the ESOP (Employee owned company) was formed.

From that moment for-ward, Gray-Hodges became

David Brandt - Central Region Vice President, Joe Duncan- HVAC Sales Manager, SGT. John Moore, Amanda Moore, Jeff Hargis- General Manager in Nashville, Rick Hollis- Product Specialist,

Ray Richards- Double R Construction LLC

Nashvi l le Winnelson proudly presents Brizo’s Sensori Collection. Nash-ville Winnelson Co. is a full-service distributor of Plumbing parts and supplies for Plumbing Contractors, Residential Contractors and Building Contractors of the Nashville area. They are HARD WORKING, CUS-TOMER-ORIENTED and ENERGETIC.

Nashville Winnelson is

nashville Winnelson is preferred Brizo Supplier

gray-Hodges celebrates 60th anniversary


In October 2009 Fergu-son Enterprises in Nashville, TN received a phone call from Carol Rainey and Ray Richards, owners of Double R Construction, asking Fer-guson to donate plumbing products for a wounded warrior.

On January 6, 2009 Sgt. John P. Moore, U.S. Army, was on his 2nd tour serving our country in Iraq when the Stryker unit he was travel-

ing in was hit by a roadside bomb north of Baghdad. He was severely injured with compound fractures to both legs and crushed bones in his feet and ankles. Sgt. Moore was then rushed into surgery in Iraq and was then flown to Germany for emer-gency care. After that Sgt. Moore was flown to Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, DC on January

located on 317 Hill Avenue; they offer you premium ser-vice, a wide variety of quality products, employees with in-depth product knowledge, and - most importantly - fair prices.

Brizo, the luxury brand of Delta Faucet Company meets the demand for aes-thetics and performance with a collection of distinc-tively designed faucets and


East Tennessee's trusted source for cabinets, appli-ances and bathroom fix-tures. Gray-Hodges is a pre-ferred distributor of kitchen cabinets, sinks and acces-sories, counter tops, appli-ances, water heaters, bath-room fixtures and accesso-ries and plumbing products, which includes brands such as Moen, Delta, KraftMaid, Timberlake, Mansfield, Ja-cuzzi and Aquaglass. The four Gray-Hodges locations serve contractors, plumbers, mechanical contractors and the general public through-out Knoxville, Sevierville and Blount County.

Gray-Hodges currently has 38 employees/own-ers and has 4 locations. All of these locations have warehouses to better serve

Fox Sales, originally lo-cated at 1610 Elm Hill Pike in Nashville, TN is thrilled to announce that on October 28, 2009 the company re-

located to their new facility located at 1903 Air Lane Drive Nashville, TN 37210.

The new building is tre-

Fox Sales Moves to new nashville Location

Fox Sales New Location on Air Lane Drive in Natshville, TN

A Tennessee Plumbing News - December, 2009

Tennessee Plumbing News - December, 2009 Acontinued from page 1a

Advertising IndexFerguson/ Kohler ------------------------- page 2A

Gerber -------------------------------------- page 15A

KBI ----------------------------------------- page 4B

Mansfield --------------------------------- page 6B

Navien -------------------------------------- page 16A

Noveon/Lubritzol ------------------------- page 7B

PHCCMT ---------------------------------- page 4A

Steinhouse Supply ------------------------ page 5A

Watco Manufacturing Company -------- page 3B

Watts --------------------------------------- page 8B

Winnelson --------------------------------- page 11A

Woodford Manufacturing Company --- page 2B

Wilkins ------------------------------------- page 1B

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Due to a rainout in Octo-ber the PMA annual Memo-rial Golf Tournament was moved and it couldn’t have been a nicer day. Ellen Whitaker and her team do a great job and so does the famous, or should I say the infamous Golf Co-chair Johnny Cole.

We are really excited about The Plumbing News partnership with NAPHCC. We will co-sponsor their an-nual trade show in Greens-boro. The NAPHCC is also celebrating their 100 year anniversary! Thank you for choosing us to be your part-ner on such a monumental year! We are honored.

I am also looking forward to being the guest speaker at the MAPHCC in Memphis this month. I would like to thank Andy Ward and every-one at the Middle Tennessee PHCC who have supported us over the years.

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Until next time. please support our advertisers. Without them, we could not print your new edition every month. See you down the Pipeline.

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their customers. These two of these branches are lo-cated in Knoxville, one is in Sevierville and Alcoa is the newest location.

In a recent interview with Tony Rose, Vice President of Gray-Hodges, he stated that "anyone in our business can furnish similar products for the same price. We try to sell our company based on a commitment to giving the best service to our custom-ers and building relation-ships with them.This is what our owners work at every day to guarantee growth in our company.”

You can visit Gray-Hodg-es online at www.grayhodg-es.com to learn more about the full range of products they offer the Tennessee plumbing industry.

Cong ra t u l a t i ons t o Gray-Hodges for this great achievement of being in business for 60 years!

Please see pages 7A-8A for photos of Gray-Hodges over the past six decades!


delta Faucet company names plumbing apprentice and

contractor of the YearNEW ORLEANS (No-

vember 24, 2009) – Delta Faucet Company and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Asso-ciation (PHCC) announced the 2009 Delta Plumb-ing Apprentice of the Year and Contractor of the Year award recipients at a lun-cheon held Friday, October 23, at the Sheraton New Orleans. Andrew Firestine and Leslie DenHerder were recognized for their out-standing accomplishments

in the plumbing industry.“It’s our honor to rec-

ognize these talented indi-viduals who have excelled within the plumbing, heat-ing and cooling industries,” said Jon Dartt, vice presi-dent of trade sales for Delta Faucet Company. “We hope the dedication of these two individuals will inspire oth-ers in the industry.

Andrew “Andy” Firestine entered the plumbing trade in search of an occupa-tion he could be proud of. Andy graduated from his apprenticeship program in May 2009 after earning the respect of his instruc-tors and peers for his confi-dence and can-do attitude. He approached his work with a positive attitude and welcomed opportunities to learn from his peers.

The Delta Contractor of the Year award is issued to an individual who repre-sents the ideals of the pro-fession. Leslie “Les” Den-Herder, president of HPS Mechanical in Bakersfield, Calif., earned this top honor for the second time.

Les has been dubbed a progressive thinker with an unassuming presence. His business acumen and com-mitment to the industry and civil service are commend-able. Since purchasing the family company in 1976, Les has grown the busi-ness more than 3400 per-cent. He takes a personal stake in driving the success of his employees and gen-erously supports non-profit organizations.

Delta also issued Con-tractor of the Year runners-up awards to John Roeber of Roeber’s Inc., Castro Valley, Calif.; and Jo Rae Wagner of CTO, Inc., in Harlingen, Texas.

About Delta Faucet Company

Delta Faucet Company is the largest U.S. manu-facturer of residential and commercial faucets. The company manufactures the Delta®, Brizo® and Peer-less® faucet brands and holds the number one mar-ket share position in the United States.

The flagship Delta brand develops stylish and inno-vative products that add functionality and help con-


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The Nashville Area Plumbing and Mechanical Association

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impact of Reduced Flush Volumes

By World Plumbing InfoDoes reduced flush vol-

ume have a negative effect on the performance in the drain line? World Plumbing Info reports on one manu-facturer’s quest to find an answer.

The trend of reducing the volume of water used to flush sanitary fixtures is pos-ing questions about drain-line performance. While fixture manufacturers focus on the performance of their products in the laboratory, what about the impact on the overall performance of

the plumbing system?Reduced-flow, single-

flush toilets began to appear in Europe in the 1970s. Even then, water authorities around the globe raised concern about lowering the volume of the flush water used, when it was not known what effect such a reduction in quantity would have upon the flow within the associ-ated drain lines.

In 1993, Australian sani-taryware manufacturer Car-oma launched the first 6/3 dual-flush toilet, using just

six litres for full flush and three litres for half-flush. This was the first instance when the technologies of both reduced-flush and variable-flush volumes were integrated.

Dr Stephen Cummings, manager of Caroma’s R&D department, has long held the view that, while the in-volved and exacting process of designing and manu-facturing toilet suites is of paramount importance, a critical issue that needs to be considered is that the suite must be seen as part of a ‘balanced plumbing installation’.

CRITICAL DESIGN“Much of the critical de-

sign and production process continued on page 13a

Tennessee Plumbing News - December, 2009 A

Deltacontinued from page 4a

Delta Faucet Company announced the winners of six $2,500 scholarships for students pursuing plumb-ing-heating-cooling related studies at colleges, trade schools or participating in apprenticeship programs. The scholarship program is administered by the Plumb-ing-Heating-Cooling Con-tractors (PHCC) Educational Foundation.

“Delta is committed to the development of a pro-fessional workforce in the plumbing, heating and cool-ing industry,” said Jon Dartt, vice president of trade and international sales for Delta Faucet Company. “If we expect to have a wealth of qualified professionals to-morrow and in the future, it is vital for us to lend our sup-port today to those people working to get an industry education.”

The following students from various states including two from Tennessee, were awarded scholarships:

* Christopher Frock of Westminster, Maryland, is enrolling in York College of Pennsylvania to pursue a 4-year degree in mechanical engineering.

* Joseph Groveman of Roswell, Georgia., is a se-nior at the Georgia Institute of Technology, studying for a four-year degree in me-chanical engineering.

* John Perry of Bonita, California, is enrolled as a first-year apprentice in the PHCC of San Diego Appren-tice Program.

* Austin Noe of Knox-ville, Tennessee, is enrolled at Pellissippi State Technical College pursuing a 2-year degree in business manage-ment.

* R. Colin Powell of Clinton, Tennessee is en-rolling at Campbellsville University to pursue a 4-year degree in business manage-ment.

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Winnelsonrelated products that create a fashion statement in the home. Providing the latest in inventive technologies, fashion-forward design and award winning performance, Brizo is a fashion label that believes form and function are one and beautifully the same. Brizo designs many water saving and green products to fit you every need. These products in-clude, highly designed fau-cets, bathroom fixtures, and custom showers.

For further information on Brizo products please contact Nashville Winnelson at 615-256-6691 or you may visit Brizo’s website at www.brizo.com.

sumers find a smarter way to work with water. Brizo, a premium, fashion faucet brand, meets the demand for aesthetics and perfor-mance with a collection of distinctively designed faucets that create a fash-ion statement in the home. The Peerless brand offers affordable faucets with proven design in a range of styles and finishes for both consumers and trade pro-fessionals alike.

Delta Faucet Company places a high priority on products that address to-day’s environmental con-cerns, such as accessibility to water, water conservation and water quality. To that end, Delta Faucet invests in internal processes and systems that provide inno-vative solutions and ensure exceptional customer satis-faction. As a manufacturer partner of WaterSense®, a program of the U.S. En-vironmental Protection Agency (EPA), Delta Fau-cet Company is committed to working with the EPA to actively protect the future of our nation's water supply. The Company also prac-tices improved manufactur-ing processes to reduce its ecological footprint.

A worldwide leader in faucets and related prod-ucts, Delta Faucet sells products in more than 53 countries. For more infor-mation visit www.DeltaFau-cet.com or call toll-free at 800-345-DELTA (3358).

Masco Corporation (MAS), parent company of Delta Faucet Company, is one of the world’s lead-ing manufacturers of fau-cets, cabinets, architec-

tural coatings and other consumer brand-name, home improvement and building products and ser-vices. Find more informa-tion on the Masco family of brands at masco.com.

tennessee Students

awarded delta Scholarships

ca Water utility celebrates ‘no drugs

down the drain’ Week From California American Water

West coast water district California American Water has designated the week of Nov. 9, 2009, as “No Drugs Down the Drain Week” for its Los Angeles service area as part of a national campaign sponsored by public and private agencies to reduce pharmaceutical pollution in source water supplies.

Items like aspirin, pre-scription drugs and other medications should never be thrown down the drain or toi-let, the utility says. They can often seep into the ground and find their way back into the water supply.

According to California American Water’s Los An-geles district manager Garry

Hofer, water utilities treat drinking water to ensure it meets or exceeds USEPA standards. “But the best water treatment is to pre-vent water pollution at the source,” says Hofer. “Envi-ronmental stewardship can begin right at home through how we use and dispose of old medicines as well as other hazardous items such as used motor oil and paint.”

California American Wa-ter’s Los Angeles County residents are encouraged to contact the County of Los Angeles’ Department of Pub-




“An Employee Owned Company”Since 1949, Serving Knoxville,

Alcoa and Sevierville

www.grayhodges.com 865-522-3113

Mansfield Congratulates

Gray-Hodges on Their 60 Year Anniversary

of Serving the Plumbing Industry of Tennessee!


gray-Hodges celebrates 60 Years of Serving tennessee

Ground Breaking of Alcoa Store

An Employee Owned CompanySince 1949, Serving Knoxville,

Alcoa and Sevierville

Alcoa Store Grand OpeningCharles Morgan and Tony Rose

West Store Design CenterTony Rose During interview with plumbing newsGray-Hodges Employee’s at 60th Anniversary

West Store Employees at New West Store Grand Opening March 2009

West Store New West Showroom and 60th AnniversaryWest Store New West Showroom and 60th AnniversaryWest Store New West Showroom and 60th Anniversary

New West Store Interior

Charles Morgan PresidentWest Store Basement Tub StorageTony Rose Vice President and Wife Dana

New West Store Sales Counter


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Would Like to congratulategray-Hodges on 60 Years of

Success!

Terry Brown Branch Manager of Sevierville Store in 1994

Sevierville Store Grand Opening with Terry Brown and Brent Vickers

Gray-Hodges Staff Celebrates Their40th Birthday

Home Show Display from Years Gone PastArt Hodges, Now RetiredSevierville Store Grand Opening

Old Home How Display from 1950s-’60sGray-Hodges Main Office at 103 Jessamine, approximately 50-60 Years Ago

A Hopping Gray Hodges Showroom - 1950s-’60s

Gray-Hodges Main Office at 103 Jessamine, approximately 50-60 Years Ago

A Tennessee Plumbing News -December, 2009continued from page 1a

Bradford White donates to pHcc national

association

Bradford White Corpora-tion, Ambler, PA – Bradford White Corporation honored Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC) Na-tional Auxiliary members by hosting a combined schol-arship and awards program at the PHCC annual con-vention, Oct. 21-23, New Orleans, LA.

According to Fred Vat-timo, Director – Corporate Advertising, Bradford White has a long history of sup-port for the trade and for trade organizations. “Twen-ty two years ago Bradford White was one of the initial supporters of the Founda-tion and the Partners For Professionalism and look forward to continuing that partnership” said Vattimo.

Bradford White contin-ued its industry support by again donating $15,000.00 to the Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors – Na-tional Association. This year $7,500.00 went to the PHCC Education Founda-

Foxmendously larger and has a 22,000 square foot ware-house that currently stocks a full line of plumbing prod-ucts including Stern Williams Mop basins; Zurn trench drain; Zurn flush valves; Zurns faucets; Zurn Tubular brass; Zurn Light Com-mercial drains and grease trap; Zurn spec drainage products, Wilkins backflow preventers, pressure reduc-ing valves and parts; Bradley parts and safety equipment and thermostatic mixing valves, Eemax water heat-ers, gas regulators, access doors; Aquarius ADA com-pliant acrylic showers.

Everyone at Fox Sales is excited about the new transi-tion and hopes that the new facility will allow the com-pany to better accommodate their customers with added convenience and service.

Their hours of operation are from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. They are closed for lunch every day from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

If you would like further information on Fox Sales, please contact them at 615-361-7711 or visit them online at www.foxsales.net.

Congradulations to Fox Sales on their new expand-ed location! Exterior and Warehouse of Fox Sales New Nashville Location

tion and another $7,500.00 was earmarked for the La-dies Auxiliary of the PHCC. Bradford White awarded the donations during the annual PHCC-NA Breakfast meeting in New Orleans on October 22nd. Bradford White was also a Diamond Sponsor of the Connect 2009 and Co-Host with In-SinkErator of the opening reception at the show.

The PHCC National Aux-iliary is comprised of state and local chapters located throughout the country. The scholarships are designed to attract and support new talent that is essential to the future of the plumbing and HVACR industry. This years scholarship award recipients were: Nathan Glibbery of Bonita, CA who is enrolled as a first year apprentice in the PHCC of San Diego Apprentice Pro-gram; Heather Grout of Riv-erside, IA who is currently enrolled as a first year ap-continued on page 15a

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is based upon the need to retain as much of the energy of the flushing water for as long as possible within the pipeline system. This flow-transportation performance can be impeded easily if the drain lines taking the waste discharge from the toilet bowl are poorly or incor-rectly installed.

“The construction of pipework with correct work-manship, gradient, true bore, smooth jointing and qual-ity materials are all essen-tial factors that will affect the overall performance significantly,” argues Dr Cummings. He initiated the design and construction of a pipeline test rig at the corporation’s Sydney manu-facturing centre.

The elevated test plat-form, situated approximately four metres above ground level, allows toilet suites of various designs to be con-nected easily to 100 mm and 80 mm diameter drain lines. These clear plastic drain lines, extending for 60 metres and forming the longest test installation of its kind in the world, enable the test team to easily observe the waste-flow performance from up to five water clos-ets set up on the rig, using varying drain-line grade configurations and low-flush discharges.

A number of intensive test programmes have been carried out over several years, incorporating national and international standards and procedures where ap-

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Ferguson’s Nashville Team Gives SGT Moore

A Warm Welcome

SGT Moore, Mercedes Payne and Marcus McKibben SGT Moore and Hector Villicana SGT Moore and Mike Payne

SGT Moore talking to the staff of Ferguson Nathville SGT Moore and Lee Sargent SGT Moore and Rick Hollis

SGT Moore and Jamie Morgan SGT Moore and Dennis Spann SGT Moore and Noland Noffsinger


Warriorcontinued from page 1a

9, 2009, only to be told by doctors that he had only 2 choices: miracle healing or numerous surgeries to try to rebuild his feet and ankles. As of today Sgt. Moore has had 9 surgeries and one skin graph. He was told by doctors that he would not be able to walk for 1 year and now six months later he is returning home with only a walker and wheelchair. Sgt. Moore is only 27 years old and has a beautiful wife and two wonderful little girls.

Double R Construction is currently building a home for Sgt. Moore and his fam-ily at no cost for the labor and was looking for a com-pany to donate plumbing products for this amazing family. The first company that came to mind was Fer-guson Enterprises. At that point the owners of Double R Construction, customers of Ferguson, called Fergu-son and ask if they would be so generous to donate plumbing products. At that point Mr. Jeff Hargis, Gen-eral Manager of Ferguson, did not even second think about this and said yes, they would not only donate all the plumbing for the home, they would also donate all the lighting fixtures. Ferguson Enterprises is so thankful to be able to be a part of

this amazing project for this most deserving family. Fer-guson stated “This was the least we could do for this family. The entire Moore fam-ily has given so much to us by serving our country that when this opportunity came to “give back” we could not have imagined saying no.”

Ferguson Makes an early Holiday gift in Support of industry

educationOn December 4, 2009

Ferguson announced that a $10,000 contribution has been made to support the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (PHCC) Edu-cational Foundation’s 2009 Invest In Your Future Annual Giving Campaign. This is the fifth consecutive year that Ferguson has made a major gift to the Foundation’s an-nual fundraising campaign.

“We are extremely grate-ful to our friends at Ferguson for maintaining their strong commitment to supporting contractor education,” said Foundation Chairperson Bill Jones. “We know that the

contractors who have pre-pared themselves through training and education are the ones who will survive this ride through uncertain times, and Ferguson is help-ing to make that training possible.”

Ferguson has been a ma-jor supporter of the PHCC Educational Foundation for nearly twenty years and is a Corporate Founder level do-nor to the Foundation’s En-dowment Fund. Combined past and present contribu-tions from Ferguson now total more than $175,000 in support of industry educa-tion.

Scholarships * Chris Smith of Pierre,

South Dakota, is enrolling at the University of South Dakota to pursue a 4-year degree in business manage-ment.

To qualify for the $2,500 scholarship, students must submit a detailed application including a letter of recom-mendation from an active member of the PHCC—Na-tional Association and en-roll in a plumbing-heating-cooling related course of study or apprentice pro-gram. PHCC is responsible for selecting the scholarship award winners.

Students interested in pursuing a career in the plumbing or HVACR pro-fessions are invited to vis-it PHCC online at www.phccweb.org/foundation for information on 2010 scholarships.

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lic Works to find out where they can drop off expired or unwanted pharmaceuticals and other household items free of charge.

Will other states follow in California’s footsteps? Let us know what you think.

The fundraising goal for 2009 was $145,000 in con-tributions in support of the PHCC Educational Founda-tion’s mission to provide quality business manage-ment and technical educa-tion programs to contrac-tors and their employees. A portion of the proceeds also supports the PHCC National Auxiliary Scholarship Pro-gram. InSinkErator provides matching contributions for the fundraiser.

Industry contractors, suppliers and manufactur-ers can show their support and be represented on the donor thank you list by making a contribution to the annual giving campaign. Contribution forms and a list of industry donors are avail-able directly from the Foun-dation web site at http://www.foundation.phccweb.org/invest or by calling (800) 533-7694.

The PHCC Educational Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization and contributions to the Foun-dation are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.

prentice in the Iowa PHCC State Apprentice Program and William Hughes of Janesville, WI, who is work-ing to complete a two-year HVACR degree from Black-hawk Technical College.

“We are proud to sup-port these scholarships, and happy that we can pro-vide these students with an educational opportunity that they might not have had otherwise,” said Fred Vattimo, Director – Corpo-rate Advertising for Brad-ford White.

Bradford White Water Heaters is a full line man-ufacturer of residential, commercial and industrial products for water heating, space heating, combination heating and storage ap-plications. The company is headquartered in Ambler,

Bradfordcontinued from page 10a

PA and has manufacturing facilities is Middleville, MI, Nile, MI, and Rochester, NH and a distribution center in Mississauga, ON Canada..

plicable. The research pro-gramme provided valuable information regarding the flow and behaviour of waste through the toilet bowl and the drain line when using various low-flush discharge volumes.

By using various low-flush volumes, combined with the introduction of syn-thetic solids and toilet paper, the researchers gained valu-able information and a better understanding of the perfor-mance criteria required to achieve a ‘balanced plumb-ing installation’.

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During its October meet-ing in New Orleans, PHCC’s Board of Directors approved five strategic goals for 2010 that will drive association ac-tivities for the coming year:

- PHCC – National Asso-ciation, working with state/local associations, the Edu-cational Foundation and enhanced service groups will expand and diversify the education and training programs it provides to members and add offerings in emerging technologies and other new market op-portunities.

- Working with legisla-tors, regulators and industry organizations, PHCC – Na-tional Association will pro-mote the important impact of member contractors on the economy and job creation; promote the importance and professionalism of PHCC’s member contractors in the fields of water and energy efficiency; and help states protect their licensing and continuing education laws.

- PHCC – National As-sociation will increase the involvement of members as indicated by a 15% increase in attendance at the conven-tion; increse in participation in list serves / Webinars; and more diverse participation in committees and task forces. Increase Membership in 2010.

- Expand the National Standard Plumbing Code to areas not covered by a national code.

pHcc national’s2010 goals

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Tennessee Plumbing News - December, 2009 SECTION B: COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

Rick ThompsonTAPHCC State President

Shoffner Mechanical Services

OH MY GOSH!... is ev-eryone as excited about the upcoming time of the year as I am? I am pretty sure it is the time of the year that has me so excited…or maybe all of the coffee I have had today.

Fall is on top of us and it was very evident as we just held our TAPHCC Fall Board meeting in Gatlinburg. The colors of Mother Nature

at this time of the year are something to behold.

Thanksgiving was just a few weeksthis past month and is a holiday that com-bines most of my favor-ite things: Food, Family, Friends, Football and most importantly giving thanks to God for the wonderful blessings He has bestowed on each of us. It’s a tome to reflect and to help, in some

form or fashion, those who are less fortunate.

Now Christmas is nearly upon us. Okay, I have to admit I still feel (and maybe act) like a kid on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I do agree it is better to give than receive, but it is a lot of fun to get that ‘Special’ gift for Christmas. Don’t forget the less fortunate who struggle especially during this time of the year. There are many ways to assist those in need, so please be generous and

help out in some way. To end the year we have

New Year’s Eve and to cel-ebrate the beginning of next year, we have New Year’s Day. Enough said at this time about those holidays. I will address them in our next newsletter.

A couple of brief notes on our association: First, I want to give official con-gratulations to David Dug-ger on his appointment as our new Zone II Director for NAPHCC. I hope that every-one is aware of the direct reflection on our associa-tion and state that David’s appointment brings with it. David will be conscientious in his representation of us through his seat on the na-tional board.

Secondly, I want to con-gratulate George Raburn as he was installed as the new Vice President for NAPHCC. George is the past Zone II Director for our area. It was a tight race and George barely pulled out a close victory at the end. (Actually, George ran unopposed, but he was stressed until the final vote).

The National Conven-tion was great and if you didn’t go you may want to schedule now for next year’s convention in Las Vegas. There is a lot of information available for all members at the national conventions.

To end, I want to again focus on our upcoming holiday seasons. Take time to enjoy your life, family, friends and blessings. Re-member that no matter how bad things may seem, we as Americans are not the less fortunate, we are not the forgotten, we are not the starving, but we are the free and we are ‘One Nation under God.’ Be Gracious, Be Proud, Be Forgiving, Be Smart, Be Courteous, Be Kind, Be Giving, Be Humble, Be Loving, Be Considerate, Be Honest, Be True, Be Blessed, Be Thankful!

As spoken by Nick Ra-hall, “Today we thank God for all the blessings He has bestowed upon this great country and ask Him to continue to heal our land and meet our needs - and we do so through the power of prayer.”

So have a wonderful holi-days season until we meet again next month with the start of a new year.

Sincerely,Rick ThompsonTAPHCC State President

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Just shy of an expected 30 local master plumbers have turned in paperwork required to participate in a repair and replacement program run by the Ham-ilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Au-thority.

“We haven’t gone through those yet to see if they’re compliant or not compliant,” said WWTA at-torney Mike Carter. “We’re going to start that process Monday.”

Mr. Carter said 28 plumbers turned in packets by Monday’s deadline

Those plumbers, if their paperwork is compliant, will take part in a six-month pi-lot program that involves in-specting and, if necessary, repairing 1,000 private ser-vice laterals -- sewer pipes that run from the home to main line under the road. About 24,000 gravity sewer customers pay a monthly $8 fee to fund the program.

That program is a re-sponse to a Tennessee De-partment of Environment and Conservation order which requires the author-ity to prevent rainwater from coming into the county’s sewer system.

Some plumbers have ar-gued that the requirements for the program, which in-clude performance bonds, background checks for em-ployees and set prices for work, aren’t fair to them. One plumber, John Bartlett of Neighborhood Plumbing, has threatened a lawsuit, though nothing had been filed as of Tuesday.

Mr. Bartlett could not be reached for comment.

Two other master plumb-ers, Norman Judd of Best Plumbing and Heating Co., and Mike Keefe of Keefe Plumbing and Heating Co. said many local plumbers, especially the smaller com-panies, need the work.

“This program will help the local economy and put a lot of their employees to work,” they wrote in a state-ment. “Not to mention the local pipe suppliers, insur-ance companies, the stone quarry, trucking companies and equipment rental com-panies.”

Mr. Carter has said that a court injunction would es-sentially end the program.

The WWTA is respon-sible for the public sewer system throughout the unin-corporated areas of Hamil-ton County, Tennessee and the surrounding municipali-

george Raburn to Serve as pHcc national Vice president for 2009-2010

George Raburn, founder and co-owner of Raburn & Raburn Plumbing Company, Inc., of Stockbridge, Ga., was installed as the 2009-2010 Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors—Na-tional Association (PHCC) vice president during cer-emonies held at the organi-zation’s recent convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Raburn has been a mem-ber of the board of direc-tors for PHCC of Georgia

George Raburn of Raburn & Raburn plumbing Company

since 1995 and completed two terms as president of the organization, one in 1999-2000 and the other in 2003-2004. From 2006 to 2009, he held the position of Zone II Director. He served on the board of the George State Inspectors Association since 2004, represented PHCC of Georgia on the Department of Community Affairs State Codes Advi-sory Committee from 1997 to

Hamilton county plumbers apply for

WWta programBy Matt Wilson of the chattanooga

times Free press


Tennessee Plumbing News - December, 2009 Page 3B

Arcade GA police chief Randy Williams and motor-ists who stopped at a wreck Thursday morning in Arcade saved the life of a woman trapped in a burning car.

Lula Little was pulling onto the bypass when her car was struck by a dump truck. The car quickly caught fire and those who stopped only had minutes to get her out.

Williams said that Kevin Bailey of Lula broke one of the front windows out of the car and then the two men pulled the woman out of the window. “There was so many people who stopped to help,” Williams said. “It was encouraging to see so many good Samaritans. There were so many people who stopped and got out of their cars with fire extinguishers. I think that is what saved her. If they had not, I think it might have been a different story.”

Williams said they had to get her out really fast be-cause the flames were get-ting bigger. “You didn’t have time to be scared,” he said. “When I first pulled up and saw the smoke and knew there was an entrapment, I just said, ‘God be with us.’ I just did my job. I give the praise, number one, to God. I believe there were angels in that car.”

A nurse was also at the scene and helped with Little after she was removed from the car. “It’s almost like God put people in certain places,” he said. “There was an emergency room nurse out there. When we got her out of the car, she took care of her.” Williams visited Mrs. Little Thursday night at an Athens hospital and said she had not suffered life-threatening injuries.

Emergency responders had feared that a baby was also trapped in the car, but that turned out not to be the case. When the possibility of a baby being in the car was first said, Williams said another brave person who

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Raburn1999, served on the board of the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia from 1997-2000, and chaired the PHCC of Georgia Plumbing Apprenticeship Program and Trade Council from 1998-2000.

In 1998, PHCC of Geor-gia recognized Raburn’s company with the Contrac-tor of the Year Award. He and his wife, Karen, have four children and seven grandchildren. They are very active in their church and have completed 25 short-term mission trips to Russia,

- PHCC, its Enhanced Service Groups (Quality Service Contractors, Con-struction Contractors’ Alli-ance and Union- Affiliated Contractors) and the PHCC Educational Foundation are working together to develop strategies and action items to achieve these goals in the coming year.

The 2010 goals recon-firm PHCC’s commitment to strengthen the federation and improve conditions within the industry by in-creasing its influence and reach, exploring new tech-nologies, and advancing and protecting the integrity of the trade for the good of the membership.

Goalscontinued from page 15a

ties of: East Ridge, Lakesite, Lookout Mountain, Red Bank, Ridgeside, Signal Mountain, and Soddy Dai-sy.The WWTA is governed by a Board of Commis-

Ferguson associate Saves Woman from Burning car

stopped rushed to check this out.

“Jan Friel of Athens ran back to the car and dove in the back window,” Wil-liams said. “I grabbed her by the waist. She said the baby seat is empty. Kevin Bailey had busted the back window. I didn’t see a baby. There for a few minutes, when we thought there was a baby, ….oh you don’t know how it felt.”

Williams said he also visited Friel Thursday after-noon at Peace Place, where she works, and told her how brave she had been. “I told her that I had been in two combat tours in Iraq and I witnessed her do something that was so wonderful,” he said.

Hungary and Romania.The PHCC-National As-

sociation, formed in 1883, provides legislative advo-cacy, education and training to more than 4,000 plumbing and HVACR businesses and 80,000 technicians. Mem-bers of PHCC have access to a wide variety of services designed to increase their professionalism, grow their

business and improve profit-ability. Go to www.phccweb.org for more information.continued from page 2B

WWTA

sioners composed of five members appointed by the county Mayor according to the Act, and a representa-tive from each municipality that has joined the WWTA. The governing board holds a public meeting the third Wednesday of each month at 3:30 pm in the Devel-opment Resource Center, 1250 Market Street.

Kevin Baily of Ferguson

B Tennessee Plumbing News - December, 2009



Live Earth

Federated Insurance proudly presented their third annual “Safety First!” Contractor of the Year Award to Dan Foley of Lorton, Virginia. Foley ac-cepted the award on behalf of Foley Mechanical, Inc., the 18-employee company he founded in 2002. It was

presented during the clos-ing reception and officer installation of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling-Contrac-tors—National Association’s convention, CONNECT 2009, held in New Orleans on October 23.

The Safety First! award

The Hefner Family has been in the Plumbing in-dustry for 90 years and still counting.

The Hefner Plumbing tradition all began with Mr. B.H. Hefner (Bennett Hill Hefner). He was born in 1898 in Stony Point, NC and when he was a teen he moved to Oklahoma to live with relatives. It was in Okla-homa where he learned the plumbing trade. He moved back to North Carolina and began plumbing in Char-lotte, NC at the age of 20 in 1919. Mr. B.H. Hefner start-ed his plumbing business and later expanded it into HVAC as well. The compa-ny B.H. Hefner began was called Hefner Plumbing and Heating. Mr. Hefner was an extremely hard and honest worker. It was said that very often he would come home from a long days work and sit on his basement steps (in Derita, NC, where the home still stands) and “wipe joints” in preparation for the next working day.

Before Mr. B.H. Hefner passed away in 1954, 3 of his sons and 2 son-n-laws worked for the company along with many plumbers who have since went on to form their own plumb-ing companies. When B.H. Hefner passed away his oldest son Jack B. Hefner continued the business and it was later named Jack He-fner Plumbing Company. The company continued to prosper and “Hefner Plumbing” became a high-ly recognized name in the Carolina’s. At its peak Jack Hefner Plumbing Company employed well over 100 plumbers. The company performed everything from heavy commercial, new res-idential, government, and repair work. Jack Hefner Plumbing Co. closed in the mid- 1980’s when Jack and his wife Ruth decided to re-tire in Maggie Valley, NC.

Many Hefner’s still to this day continue to either run

Foley Mechanical inc. (FMi) Receives 2009 pHcc Safety award

Hefner Family celebrates 90 years in the plumbing industry



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Hefner

American Society of Plumbing EngineersScenes from ASPE Monthly Meeting

Bethany Tinsley Stephen Schween

Vince Conti Larry Crouch Rick Hollis making a few good points

John Horst, Malenia SibleyRob Mineo, Doug KaraszewskiMike Short, Edie Doss, Jeff Morales

Winston Huff Gary Mahoney, Barbara Ragland Alton Lassiter, Rick Hollis

Intense discussions by ASPE Members

their own plumbing busi-ness or work for a plumbing company including:

* Bill Hefner Plumbing - Charlotte, NC

* Eric Hefner Plumbing - Concord, NC

* Daniel Hefner Plumb-ing - Charlotte, NC

* J.H. Plumbing (John Hefner) - Indian Trail, NC

* Babe Hefner Plumbing

- Concord, NC* Mike Hefner – (works

for P. C. Jackson) - Char-lotte, NC

* David Hunter – (works for North Mecklenburg Plumbing) - Huntersville, NC

* Deb Hefner West (worked for Jack B. Hefner Plumbing)

* Beck Hefner (worked for various plumbing com-panies)

* B i n g h a m

Hefner(Plumber) - Moores-ville, NC

* Donnie Hefner Plumb-ing Co. - Boone, NC

* Vic West Plumbing - Holden Beach, NC

* T.R Hunter (works for Little Hardware) - Charlotte, NC

* Rod Ballard(Plumber) - Concord, NC

* Kathy Hefner(works for Baker-Mitchell Co. “Plumb-ing Wholesale”)



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The Plumbing Manufac-turers Institute (PMI) an-nounces that it has chosen the dates and locations for its 2010 meetings.

The Spring PMI Meetingwill be held on March 14-17, 2010, at the historical Hotel Del Coronado in San Diego, CA.

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The Carolina Plumbing News and the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contrac-tors of North Carolina are pleased to announce their partnership for PHCC-NC’s tradeshow, EXPO 2010.

Both partners agree that this joint venture will benefit plumbing, heating and cool-ing industry professionals. PHCC-NC Executive Direc-tor Dianne Gulli stated that “partnering with another in-dustry advocate will bring a new dimension and excite-ment to the show as en-hanced benefits for PHCC members. With 2010 being the association’s 100th an-niversary, it’s a great time to begin a new tradition.”

The tradeshow is sched-uled for Thursday, April 29 at the Greensboro Colise-um Complex Special Events Center. The show will fea-ture Continuing Education seminars, North Carolina Skills USA student compe-titions in Plumbing, HVAC, and sheet metal andthe lat-est products and services for the PHC industry. Both parties agree the central lo-cation allows for favorable access for exhibitors and attendees. Further details on this exciting venture will be forthcoming. Be sure to mark your calendar to join us on April 29 in Greens-boro! For further informa-tion on the tradeshow and PHCC-NC’s current mem-bership promotion, “15 months for the price of 12,” contact Dianne Gulli or Car-la Gilbert at the State PHCC office 919-532-0522.

Since 1910, the Plumb-ing-Heating-Cooling Con-tractors - North Carolina

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Hamilton, Carolina Plumbing News

has provided leadership to those involved in the plumbing and mechanical trades, providing the best in continuing education, leading the way with an ac-tive Government Relations Committee, and supplying members with tools to boost their bottom line. Visit www.phccnc.org to learn more.

carolina plumbing news and pHcc-nc announce tradeshow partnership


Hefner* Jeff Hefner(Plumber) -

Charlotte, NC* Jason Hefner (Plumber

and works for Lewis Mar-keting, Inc. “Manufacturers Representative”) - Char-lotte, NC

* Brandon Hefner (works for Eric Hefner Plumbing) - Concord, NC

* Houston Hefner (works for Daniel Hefner Plumbing)


Foleywas created to recognize a PHCC contractor who takes advantage of Feder-ated’s risk management assistance to effectively implement sound risk man-agement practices. With hundreds of clients eligible each year to receive this prestigious honor, it was Foley’s proactive loss con-trol methods of effective hir-ing practices, motor vehicle record (MVR) checks, drug testing, and safety meetings that elevated him among his peers.

Congratulations to Dan Foley and FMI for earning the Contractor of the Year award by practicing Safety First!.

- Charlotte, NC Jason Hefner stated that

“Our family takes much pride in the plumbing in-dustry and the Carolina’s. With that being said, we truly appreciate what Caro-lina Plumbing News does to represent all that we love.”

The entire staff of the Plumbing News would like to congratulate the Hef-ner family on 90 years of success.

pMi 2010 Meetings

The PMI Fall Meeting will be held on October 3-6, 2010 at The Liaison Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

PMI is working to put to-gether a top-notch agenda of speakers and industry topics for each of the meet-ings. For more information on PMI or its semi-annual meetings, please contact the Institute at 847-481-5500 or visit them online at www.pmihome.org.

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