Last call on duct pipe before Monday. Oklahoma jobs are already on 2024 code. Diesel is already in the trip charge. No sponsor this week.
1. Last call: Snappy and M&M, up to 6% on Monday
What: Snappy and M&M Manufacturing make the round pipe, fittings, and takeoffs on most residential duct jobs. Geary Pacific (updated Sept 10) still has both at up to 6% starting Monday, Sept 21, 2026.
So-what: You already heard this. The counter still has a few days. A job you priced on last month's sheet will cost more next week.
Now-what: Buy 30 to 60 days of the pipe and fittings you actually use. Do it this week. Filling the warehouse "just in case" ties cash up in elbows.
2. Oklahoma already flipped to 2024 code
What: Oklahoma adopted the 2024 International Building, Fuel Gas, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Residential Codes, with state amendments, effective Sept 14, 2026. That includes the International Mechanical Code (IMC), the HVAC install rulebook. The Construction Industries Board opened a 90-day exam window the same day: HVACR, refrigeration, sheet metal, and related tests can sit the old code or the new code through Dec 14, 2026. After that, new code only. Plumbing and gas exams flip Oct 8, with their own window through Jan 8, 2027.
So-what: An Oklahoma job that hits inspection this week is judged on 2024 code, not last year's book. A tech testing this month can still pick which code they sit, but only if you book it.
Now-what: If you run Oklahoma work, pull open jobs and check them against 2024 IMC before you schedule the inspection. If someone is testing, book this week and decide old code or new. Do not wait until December.
3. Diesel is already in the trip charge
What: The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Sept 9, raised its 2026 retail diesel forecast to $5.07 per gallon, up from $4.85 in the August outlook. It also says U.S. distillate inventories (diesel and heating oil) will drop below 100 million barrels in September and stay under the five-year low into 2027.
So-what: That is not a winter memo. It is this week's truck cost. A 20-tech shop that leaves the trip charge on last summer's diesel is giving away the drive.
Now-what: Pull last week's fuel receipts against your trip charge and mileage adder. Raise them this week, or add a fuel line, before the next batch of service agreements goes out.