If any doubts remained that the plumbing industry and the Internet would be connected, they should be wiped away now that Seattle-based Amazon.com, an Internet retailer of music, books and videos, has begun to sell plumbing products. The Internet superstore launched Amazon.com/homeimprovement Nov. 9.
Contractors and homeowners can purchase plumbing equipment such as faucets, fixtures, hardware, plumbing parts and miscellaneous items such as pipe insulation, hoses, strainers, cements, fittings, valves, heat tape and washers through the Internet behemoth. Home-improvement products also will be on sale in seven other categories that include hardware, housewares, outdoor living, painting supplies, tools, electrical and lighting, and lawn and garden.