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Are you Prepared to Keep Your Winter Safe?

As winter is approaching, that means inevitably the cold and harsh weather is as well. While these conditions can last months, it is important to have the gear to allow you to thrive during these times. Best has all the products for you to be prepare...

Hands-Free and Hygienic: The Benefits of Automatic Towel Dispensers

When evaluating a facility, most people take the cleanliness of the bathroom into consideration. A clean bathroom not only shows the care put into every aspect of a building, but care for those who will use it. A guest wants to feel taken care of as ...

Identifying the Right Faucet Stem: What You Need to Know

Differentiating between right vs. left and cold vs. hot stems can be tricky! Luckily, the following information, presented on behalf of Barry Walter, will make anyone ready to tackle the job with the knowledge needed to choose the right stems for you...

Flow Control Devices: The Key to Efficient Water Management

 Flow Control 101Water efficiency plays a crucial role in sustainability, cost savings, and overall resource management. Aerators and flow control devices are essential components that help regulate water usage without sacrificing performance. W...

The Winning Formula: Choosing the Right Chemical for the Job

When maintaining a facility, there are countless messes that will occur. Here at BEST we have any chemical you may need to get the job done. With that many options it may become overwhelming. Let’s do a quick breakdown of which chemicals can tackle w...

Keeping Your Kitchen Flowing: The Lowdown on Grease Traps

Have you ever wondered how your local diner keeps its kitchen running smoothly, even during the busiest rushes? The same goes for energetic airports, stadiums with their non-stop action, and the lively restaurants of busy downtown hotels with constan...

A Guide to Lasting Fixture Performance

The relentless cycle of maintaining plumbing fixtures in your facility can be both exhausting and costly. However, there's a way to break free from this cycle and ensure lasting performance from your faucets. It all starts with informed choices from ...

An Innovative Solution to the Skilled Labor Shortage

The skilled labor shortage in various industries has reached a critical point, and companies are struggling to keep up with demand. With fewer qualified workers available, projects are taking longer to complete, labor costs are increasing, quality of...

Choosing The Right Solvent Cement For Your Job

With a vast array of solvent cements available, it can be overwhelming to decide where to start. Whether you're a novice entering the industry or an experienced plumber requiring a brief review, this guide will assist you in choosing the most suitabl...

Maintenance Cart Essentials

Organization and preparation are the ingredients for a productive workday. These two factors can decide whether you spend your day in a chaotic pattern or a more deliberate track of completing tasks efficiently.      &nb...

Are Piston Flush Valves a Good Choice?

What factors might affect the style of flush valves in your facility? Do you have Diaphragm or Piston Valves? Plumbing engineers may struggle to specify which flush valve to use.This can be an arduous decision because you will have to stick with one ...

Which Chemlink Sealant do you need for your job?

Chemlink Sealant has a large variety of options, and it may be overwhelming to choose the right one.Let’s discuss all the distinctive characteristics a Chemlink Sealant can have so we can better understand which is most efficient for our application....

5 Signs You Have a Faulty Water Heater

As a professional, we can agree that having a faulty water heater can be a pain. Your facility relies on your water heating system all year round.With that, have you noticed the hot water quickly depleting or not producing any at all? If so, you are ...

One of the Best Products to Clear Up Clogged Drains

Clogged drains and blocked pipes may start as small issues, but they can quickly deteriorate into major problems. A clogged drain can cause slow water drainage, corrosion, flooding, and, in extreme cases, sewage backup and costly repairs.Repairing th...

Hard to Find Repair Parts

Between our phones and the computer, it now takes seconds. However, some information is harder to find than others. Simple things like animal facts are easy to locate but when it comes to plumbing fixtures, especially when some of these fixtures are ...

Push-To-Connect Fittings Are The Way

Are you tired of traditional pipe fittings?Having to crimp, solder or even glue fittings can be a costly and inefficient way to handle facility pipe installations, upgrades, and repairs.Luckily:Push-To-Connect pipe fittings are is a faster and more r...

Best Finds: Sensor Faucet

Over time we have had multiple requests for a sensor faucet that does not need a center hole. For example, a customer has marble sinks with two holes, at a 4-inch spread. Even with checking multiple vendors, Zurn, Chicago, and Sloan, we had no luck w...

Top 5 Water Saving Fixtures

Water saving and water efficient fixtures are more important than ever, especially when small changes can have a large impact. As plumbers or maintenance workers, you may already know common changes to improve water efficiency. However, in case you'r...

A new showerhead water-flow limit?

The American Supply Association (ASA) recently joined the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) in an appeal to the United States Department of Energy (DOE) related to allowable flow-rate changes for multi-head showers. The ASA is focusing on the subse...

New Niagara Water-Saving Toilet Line

Liberty, Sabre, Shadow, and Barron, remove the difficult installation process and ensure no retiling is needed. The pre-installed tank only requires screws to connect the tank to the bowl. Niagara also added a 15-year warranty on all toilets. Ea...

4 Benefits of Switching to Tankless Water Heaters

Tankless water heaters have many advantages over traditional tank-style water heaters. While traditional tank-style water heaters may still be more readily available, the future is tankless. Not sure why you should make the switch? Read on for our to...

Best Finds: Non-Asbestos Trap Caps

We recently received this picture from a sales rep when his customer requested a non-asbestos trap cap for use on a 1-1/2” P-Trap and potentially trim down to use on a 1-1/4” trap. These are non-asbestos green discs that can be used with existing sli...

Best Finds: 1 wrench 3 lengths

The Milwaukee Cheater Adaptable Pipe Wrench features a new-to-world 3 length design, which delivers maximum productivity to the professional plumber. It has two interchangeable threaded handles offering the versatility of 10" length when used with no...

Best Finds: The Difference between Old and New Sloan Vacuum Breaker Repair Kits

There are two different styles of vacuum breakers: old and new. The model numbers for old style Sloan vacuum breakers begin with ‘V-500’. New style Sloan vacuum breaker model numbers start with ‘V-600’. Although 500 (old style) and 600 (new style) mo...