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Protecting eyesight is crucial, whether it's a medical technician conducting research, a student in a school lab, or workers engaged in quality control, machining, woodworking, or maintenance and repair. Working in these environments requires awarene...
60V batteries on a 20V tool? You've gotta be kidding me!
T&S Brass food service fixtures are modular, high-quality, and highly repairable.
In honor of our nation's birthday, we celebrate some of our favorite American-made products and manufacturers every year.
It’s Always Been About the People: 45 Years of Partnerships at The Part Works
Murdock fountains and bottle fillers are easy to maintain, with exceptional filtration systems.
A school’s main job is to educate students in a safe and healthy environment. While most schools do well in all these areas, there is always room for improvement—and restroom technology can help. Here’s a closer look at how American schools are imple...
In the eyes of visitors, even the smallest details in your restroom can speak volumes about your organization's standards and values.
Unlock the key to success by teaming up with an expert— that's exactly what we’re here for! Let us guide you in finding and ordering the perfect parts to ensure your project is a success.
It's not just part of the job. Backflow prevention is a critical safety concern.
Klein Tools are renowned for their durability and precision, making them an essential choice for plumbing and maintenance professionals.
Many of the parts are the same for concealed Sloan flushometers as they are for exposed flushometers. Maintaining them inside the wall however can be tricky.
A cartridge is the heart of any faucet and the single most important component in terms of a faucet’s overall performance. This small part has a huge responsibility: Controlling the flow and mix of the incoming water. Over time, rubber O-rings and ot...
When it comes to keeping our schools running smoothly, reliable plumbing often goes unnoticed. But when the kids kick the flush valve handles or ride on the partition doors, it’s on the maintenance team to repair everything.
If you are a facility maintenance professional in Portland, Oregon, and you work with plumbing repair and replacement, you owe it to yourself to get to know the incredible team assembled at The Part Works Portland Branch.
We've been dumping "Forever Chemicals" in our water for decades. Now it's time to clean it up with Elkay's new line of water filters.
With accessible components and a user-friendly design, maintenance tasks can be completed quickly and efficiently, reducing overall lifecycle costs and ensuring continued reliability. The Delany TruStop is designed to excel in a wide range of commerc...
Navigating Oregon's ban on fluorescent lighting and upgrading facilities to LED can be tricky. We can help streamline this process with our new commercial lighting line from Satco|Nuvo.
Back to School season is all about parents, students, and teachers. However, the Facilities Maintenance teams have a crucial role in reopening school buildings for the commencement of classes in the fall.
Learn about Megapro’s experience at the NAPSD (North American Plumbing Specialty Distributors) show through the words of one of Megapro’s Business Development managers, Brittaney D.
Architects like to design commercial restrooms with exposed plumbing, which benefits the maintenance team. Easily accessible pipes and valves facilitate faster repairs and, by extension, greater facility up-time.
Because Sloan is committed to responsible water use, the way your customer expects it
Best practices when procuring, placing, and maintaining your emergency eye/face wash and showers.
Founded in 1947, T&S Brass and Bronze Works has been manufacturing faucets, fittings, and specialty plumbing products for the food service, industrial, laboratory, and commercial plumbing markets for the past 75 years.
Klein Tools might be best known in the HVAC, Telecom, and municipal industries, but commercial plumbers regard its tools well. These professional-grade tools have helped plumbers at every phase of a repair or installation.
After 42 years together, providing Chicago Faucets to the Pacific Northwest, The Part Works and Chicago Faucets are still aligned and working to meet customers’ needs for commercial quality products. Today, Chicago Faucets continues to provide innova...
It is important to acknowledge the challenge of the brain drain affecting our facilities. We at The Part Works are committed to partnering with our customers and vendors to provide the necessary knowledge and solutions to prepare your staff and ours.
When facilities are planned, a tremendous amount of effort goes into designing the look, the feel, and the functionality of the space. There are under-the-hood questions, such as “How many people will use each space, and how many restrooms will be re...
The Internet of Things (IoT) has made its way to the modern commercial restroom. *Sloan is at the forefront of this revolution with advanced, IoT-capable technology gathering real-time information that helps facilities better manage their resources.
“How awful will this bathroom be?” It’s an important question to ask yourself as a customer. If this restroom is clean and functional, chances are you’ll make a point to stop here in the future. This is called customer loyalty.
Bariatric is a clinical term describing the control and treatment of clinically overweight patients,
With few exceptions, this new code went into effect on January 1, 2021. It requires that products manufactured on or after January 1, 2021, that are sold, offered for sale, or installed in the State of Washington comply or face a potential $250 per d...
Choosing the correct plumbing fixtures and parts for your facility involves many important factors. ADA requirements, water usage, plumbing rough-ins, and other attributes must all be considered to satisfy the facility's needs. One area often overloo...
At The Part Works, we believe in people. We use technology to support people, not replace them. Instead of Algorithms telling you what you should buy, we have real human technical specialists available to help you in several ways, right on our websit...
Our stockroom lists are unique, they provide our staff and clients the opportunity to proactively work together to reduce failure risks throughout a facility better.
Tracking your orders has never been easier! With our user-friendly order tracking tools available at www.thepartworks.com, you can effortlessly stay informed about the status of your purchases.
We’re pleased to announce our new digital toolbox of on-demand services.
Welcome to The Part Works, we are here to help you find the right plumbing parts for your facility. Here on our website, you will find tools crafted to streamline that process.
We have always had great people, and it's the key ingredient for creating really positive experiences for our customers.
It’s not just flow rates: 4 other ways to promote sustainability and cleanliness in commercial restrooms and kitchens.
In December 1980, Rick and Sandy Johnson rolled up the garage door, at their family home in Seattle for the first time as “The Part Works.”
The Part Works is your destination for backflow devices, repair, and testing. We provide an environment that guarantees the reliability and integrity of individuals who strive to become professional certified backflow technicians.
Ensure kitchen readiness by flushing and checking every system to prevent microbial growth and odors.
Ensure a safe facility reopening with targeted maintenance of critical systems. Combat infection spread in high-traffic restrooms with touchless solutions.
As we move forward into a new year, it’s important that we take the time to examine the critical maintenance required to re-open, repair, and re-think our facilities and our businesses.
Let's honor those who selflessly wear the uniform, willingly facing danger and committing to safeguarding our communities.
Now, as schools gear up for the new academic year, they're navigating evolving guidelines to welcome students back safely. Handwashing and hygiene are crucial to reopening, and Chicago Faucets, trusted for over a century, stands ready to support buil...
For more than 100 years, Elkay Manufacturing has been making innovative products and providing exceptional customer care.
As an American company, Sloan is proud to provide restroom solutions with products made right here in the USA. Sustainable, smart, and stylish, our product are designed with a vision towards the future.
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve worked with our clients to help facilities reduce the spread of pathogens and maintain their spaces to the highest standard. Now, as buildings begin to re-open, we’re seeing an increased investment in touch-free a...
Healthcare presents unique challenges when it comes to maintaining extremely high levels of sanitation within a complex environment.
Upgrading your facility with antimicrobial solutions can take anywhere from a few months -- when property managers and engineers are in agreement on which solutions to apply -- to a few years.
Discover overlooked areas in plumbing systems where microbes thrive, such as air entry points and stagnant water, and learn effective solutions to address these concerns.
Discover how faucet aerators can introduce microbes into your water supply. Explore alternatives like laminar flow, offering the same soft water effect without drawing in air.
Discover the importance of filter ratings in selecting the right filtration system for your facility. Learn from expert advice to prioritize filtering needs over brand choices, tailored to specific application points
Discover the safety measures behind water temperature regulations in facilities, like hospitals, where hot water is crucial. Learn how thermostatic mixing valves ensure safe temperatures for medical settings despite boiler temperatures set at 140 deg...
Learn how to create a Performance and Maintenance (P&M) Plan for your facility to uphold standards beyond immediate COVID-19 concerns. Ensure sustained maintenance and performance for long-term facility management.
Discover strategies to reduce pathogen spread by maintaining clean surfaces and practicing hand hygiene in your facility. Explore how surface materials can either harbor or combat pathogens.
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, discover effective strategies for reducing pathogen spread in workplaces, recreational areas, and homes. Learn how our cross-industry expertise enables us to apply cutting-edge solutions from healthcare to other sectors,...
If you’ve heard of ADA before, you’ve probably seen it as it relates to products or certain areas such as restrooms. For use in public lavatories or restrooms in hotels and other spaces, faucets, sinks, tubs, toilets, and the accessibility to the bat...
As awareness surrounding potential water shortages rises, so too does the urgency for water conservation.
We know that procuring supplies for your facility’s specific plumbing or maintenance needs is about more than just finding the right part.
At the intersection of specialty parts and facility maintenance, The Part Works takes a unique approach to keeping customer bathrooms, faucets, and facilities running across the Northwest.
As a recent Seattle Times article shared, Washington State has flunked a national ranking of efforts to remove lead from drinking water in public schools and preschool centers.
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