As a plumbing firm, we’ve installed a lot of bathtubs. Some of our large commercial projects have hundreds of units, and each one may have a bathtub. So we have some strong feelings about bathtubs and how important they are in our... (Read More)

Workplace safety is a huge concern in our industry. There are many hazards, dangerous pieces of equipment, and accidents just waiting to happen on the job site. As a plumbing and HVAC firm, we know that safety is a huge concern for our team and... (Read More)

Our team makes us who we are here at UMC, Inc. Without our people; we would be nowhere. And one of our valued members of the UMC, Inc. team is our very own Ricardo Legarburo! We would love to introduce you to him. | Hi, Ricardo! Ricardo... (Read More)

[caption id="attachment_653281" align="alignright" width="300"] PVC Pipe at the Ten Mile Creek Job Site, Idaho, 2020[/caption] There have been a lot of curveballs the past year and a half as we’ve all navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the... (Read More)

[caption id="attachment_651601" align="alignright" width="224"] Point of View, Utah, 2020[/caption] Scientists have described the recent record-setting heat wave that recently swept across the Pacific Northwest as a once in a thousand years... (Read More)

[caption id="attachment_649760" align="alignright" width="300"] UVU Student Housing Project, Utah, 2020[/caption] UMC, Inc. started as a family business in the early 70s under brothers, Ianthius and Nephi Barlow. Under their tutelage, the company... (Read More)

Touchless plumbing fixtures and bathrooms were already on the horizon before the pandemic started. But after COVID-19 hit, they became more important than ever. Recent data from Bradley Corp's Healthy Handwashing survey shows that 86% of Americans... (Read More)

[caption id="attachment_646592" align="alignright" width="300"] The Exchange Project Crew Members, Utah, 2020[/caption] The rapid growth we’ve had at UMC, Inc. in the last decade has resulted from years of hard work and dedication. Nearly five... (Read More)

As a teenager, Wilford Barlow (Wil) wasn’t sure he wanted to be a plumber. Despite coming from a family of plumbers, the idea of residential repair jobs, repairing toilets, and backed-up systems weren’t exciting to him. But he loved working with... (Read More)