Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is hailed as a wonder material, and, in many ways, it is. However, the possibilities are not endless. PVC has its limits, especially in HVAC applications. PVC sometimes makes ...

For a number of reasons, PVC is a popular choice of material on reroofing projects: well-suited to “cool roof” goals, readily recyclable, flame resistant, and highly flexible. It’s important to ...

Aging infrastructure for water pipes in the United States has long been a problem, as we saw a few years ago with the lead pipe fiasco in Flint, MI. It’s not just a pipe problem — these aging pipes ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Two of the most common kinds of modern piping materials for plumbing work are PEX and PVC. PEX, which stands for cross-linked polyethylene, ...

About 70 percent of PVC goes to building and construction uses such as pipes, cables, siding, window and door profiles, flooring, fencing, decking and roofing. The low-cost, easy-to-install products ...

If you're a do-it-yourselfer, you probably know PVC pipe is perfect for outdoor furniture projects. Using PVC, it's quick and easy to build a whole patio full of attractive, inexpensive, lightweight, ...

Three organizations received a combined $332,000 in donations from the Vinyl Institute (VI) trade group, which is trying to increase post-consumer PVC recycling to 160 million pounds by 2025. The ...

PVC sometimes makes sense for heating and cooling applications — other times, it doesn’t. Before deciding which material works best for your building or installation project, consider how you want ...