Extensive testing on 49 of the most popular toilets in the United States resulted in a performance report by the NAHB Research Center in cooperation with Seattle Public Utilities and the East Bay Municipal Utility District of Oakland, Calif.
Preferred Sales Inc. is now the authorized Watts Regulator, Watts Brass & Tubular, Watts Drainage, Watts ACV and Ames Co. representative for northern California and northern Nevada.
Thermal Equipment Solutions is a new manufacturers representative firm specializing in commercial steam and hot water system products for the HVAC industry.
Encompass Services Corp., with about $118 million in cash as of Sept. 30, terminated its rights offering and cancelled its Oct. 15 special shareholders' meeting.
Michelle Sciretto, 27, a showroom salesperson at Standard Plumbing & Heating Supply in Portsmouth, N.H., died in an automobile accident in Cotuit, Mass., on Sept 15.