The Plumbers.news brief

For plumbing contractors — every edition, archived.

• Jun 23, 2026 Your gas water heater catalog thins Oct 6 — stock up now Plus: copper's ~5% bump, the 550K-plumber gap, and your real insurance baseline.
• Jun 22, 2026 The Oct 6 deadline that turns van stock into return slips Plus: the trade's 550,000-plumber hole, 6 CRMs compared, and what insurance really costs in 2026.
• Jun 19, 2026 Reprice your open Rheem quotes before you eat the loss Rheem prices jumped June 1, the lead action level tightens in 2027, and flat-rate pricing kills hourly sticker shock.
• Jun 16, 2026 Oct 6 water heater cutoff: pull your open bids this week Many >75K BTU/hr gas units stop being built Oct 6. Plus a $1.27B plumber shortage and how to model a van payment.