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JUNE 2026

JUN 2026

XXX 2025 // VOL 43, NO XX

VOL 44 NO 06

PRICE INCREASES

BY Hannah Belloli-Oster

PHCP-PVF Price Increases May 2026

Plumbing and PVF manufacturers announced another round of price adjustments in May, with most increases falling in the low- to mid-single-digit range.

Businessman struggling to stop money leaking from a pipe, symbolizing financial loss or budget deficit.

Select product categories, including press fittings, grooved products, valves, PVC fittings, and specialty piping systems, saw increases.

Plumbing and PVF manufacturers announced another round of price adjustments in May, with most increases falling in the low- to mid-single-digit range, while select product categories, including press fittings, grooved products, valves, PVC fittings and specialty piping systems, saw larger increases.

Little Giant Pumps: 2% price increase, effective May 1

Westlake: Brownsville Fittings division implementing an 8% list and net price increase on select product categories, including large diameter fittings, Schedule 40 and 80, CPVC, HVAC and DWV, electrical conduit fittings, swing joints, heavy turf, inserts and nipples, and select residential/commercial product lines. SDR 35 S/P Series products will increase 10%, effective May 1

TracPipe: 6% increase on OmegaFlex fitting products, effective May 1

Sporlan: 4% price increase, effective May 1

Apollo: Up to 20% increase on PowerPress, up to 17% on SmartPress, up to 12% on Shurjoint grooved products, 3% on Backflow products, and 3% on commercial and industrial valves, effective May 7

ICP Parts: 10% price increase, effective May 15

Legend: 5-10% on most products, but not all, effective May 18

Robertshaw: Price increase, effective May 25

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Hannah Belloli-Oster is editor-in-chief of Plumbing & Mechanical and Supply House Times. She brings six years of experience as a trade journalist with BNP Media, including four years as an editor at The ACHR NEWS and two years with Walls & Ceilings. Hannah holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Wayne State University, where she also earned minors in English, journalism, and creative writing. As the daughter of a carpenter, she has long held an appreciation for the skilled trades and the professionals who drive the industry forward.