A line of Ridgid® Compact Series pressing jaws is now available for crimping PEX and multilayer tubing for radiant heat and potable water applications. These jaws are used on PEX systems using ASTM F ...

Lightweight (6.2 pounds) and cordless, the RP 200-B press tool has been added to the press tool lineup. The inline-designed tool, complemented with a 270-degree rotating barrel, offers contractors a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Your home's plumbing system is an integral component of modern everyday life. Unfortunately, because much of it resides behind the wall's ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For anyone embarking on a plumbing project, you may be looking for a tool to save your hands from the endless soreness of crimping pipes, such ...

RIDGID® announces the RP 340 Press Tool, a smaller, lighter pressing option for joining copper and stainless steel tubing ½” to 4” in diameter and PEX tubing and black iron pipe ½” to 2” in diameter.

For this Q&A we talk with Master Plumber Eric Aune about near-boiler piping problems, and how modern press tools can be the solution. Eric Aune is a well-known figure in the plumbing-heating-cooling ...