Low water pressure results in trickling showerheads and faucets, but high water pressure can damage your plumbing system. Similar to checking your indoor air quality, testing your home water pressure a few times a year can help you identify and remedy problems before...

What's a Comfort Height Toilet? Toilets come in all types of styles and finishes to match your bathroom and preferences. But did you know you can also select toilets based on height? Traditional toilets are 15 inches high. Comfort height toilets (or “right height”...

An outdoor shower is a great way to clean yourself off before jumping in the pool. It’s also a useful option for rinsing mud off the kids before they come inside. You can even wash the dog in your outdoor shower to avoid making a mess in the bathroom. The addition of...

It’s Murphy’s Law. The toilet has backed up – and there’s not a plunger in sight! How do you unclog a toilet without a plunger?! What can you do? Think Fast Turn off the water supply to the toilet, this will prevent the dreaded overflow of toilet debris (shudder) and...

When you wash your hands, take a shower, or flush the toilet, you trust the sewer lines to carry the wastewater away without incident. If tree roots have infiltrated the plumbing, the problem can swiftly grow into a major headache. Here are the top ways to detect and...

Your water heater accounts for about 18 percent of your home’s energy bill. If your water heater is set too high, you will be paying the price in your energy bill each month. On the flip side, if your water heater is set too low your water may not get hot enough...

How Do Waterless Urinals Work? Waterless urinals may seem a little too good to be… sanitary and odorless. So, how does a waterless urinal work? Where does the urine go? And what keeps it from stinking up the bathroom? Waterless urinals divert urine through a one-way...

You can leave the plumbing tools at home A plumber’s van can be very low on storage space when copper is favored over plastic fittings. Not only do they need to store fittings and pipes, but all of the tools required to connect and install these as well. Specialist...

  Plumbers are being advised of the ways they could drive more economically to conserve expensive fuel. As the cost of fuel creeps up, LeaseVan.co.uk has revealed ten top tips on how to make a full tank go further. 1. Save on weight Extra weight means extra fuel,...

It’s a known fact, no one likes cleaning the bathroom. And what makes bathroom cleaning worse? When after all that scrubbing effort, you’re bath still looks dirty. Chief among such offenders: The rust stained toilet. A cringe-worthy sight, making your bathroom appear...