The Service Roundtable

The Service Roundtable
The Service Roundtable is the world's largest contractor alliance. At $50 a month, it's also the most affordable. Every month, members receive new sales, marketing, and business tool, save on purchases from a variety of vendors, and tap into the industry's best peer-to-peer based support group.

Reeves Journal

www.reevesjournal.com
A plumbing, heating, and cooling magazine that is sent 12 times annually. It is free for qualified individuals. For non-qualified individuals it is $79.00 (US) and $105.00 (Canada). It has been established for 87 years and is produced by BNP Media.

Foundation on Cross-Connection Control and Hydraulic Research

http://www.usc.edu/dept/fccchr/
A foundation funded by the University of Southern California to help water utilities, health agencies, plumbing inspectors, private contractors, and the general public in their cross-connection control efforts. The foundation provides several training courses and products throughout the US.

Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors Association

www.phccweb.org

This site is the Plumbing Heating and Cooling Contractors Association. Members have to pay a fee, but have access to their annual conference and tradeshow, industry related articles, and resources on apprenticeships, marketing, recruitment, trade shows, and more.

Plumbing Supply

www.plumbingsupply.com

This site provides an alphabetical list of all plumbing tools. After clicking on the tool, it gives you a section on related links, the items description, and questions other contractors have asked about this item.

Do-It-Yourself.com

www.doityourself.com/scat/plumbing

When you type "plumbing" into Google the first site that pops up is, you guessed it, this one. This website provides readers with all the do-it-yourself information she would need. It gives information on how to clean different plumbing fixtures, clear heavy blockage, repair leaky faucets, install new faucets, and how to make sure your drinking water is clean and safe to drink.

Plumbing Agent

Plumbing Agent
HVAC Agent is a recruiting service for contractors seeking technicians. Pay a flat fee and get new resumes every month for technicians who live in your area are are willing to move there. Contacting them is up to you.

Comanche Marketing

Comanche Marketing
This is a free email newsletter with marketing tips written specifically for the service trades.

Plumbing & Mechanical Magazine

Plumbing & Mechanical
P&M is the most widely read plumbing magazine. It features several articles and a group of regular columnists. The magazine used to feature the regular writing of Frank Blau.

Contractor Magazine

Contractor Magazine
This is a great plumbing magazine, published in tabloid format. Contractor features a number of regular columnists like hydronics expert, Dave Yates. It's very contractor focused.