Cold Weather Plumbing Tips
Help Prevent Your Water Pipes from Freezing! Let a small amount of water drip from your faucets to minimize the risk of the water freezing and the pipe bursting from the pressure of the expanding ice. You can collect the water that is dripping and re-use it to water...
Plumbing Maintenance Tips
Smart homeowners know how to spot and resolve small plumbing problems before they become major issues. Help your plumbing stay dry and happy with these tips: Keep an eye out for trouble. When it comes to plumbing, little leaks can lead to big problems. Be alert to...
Water Heater Leaking? No, This Isn’t Normal
Did you notice your water heater leaking the last time you inspected it? In case you were wondering, no, this isn’t normal. After all, a small leak may seem like no big deal, but over time, the water can cause serious damage to your floors, sub-floors, and walls....
Where Is the Hot Water Heater Pressure Relief Valve?
Water heater temperature and pressure relief valves, or T&P valves, are a safety feature found on all tank water heaters. The valve should always be in good working order to ensure the water heater is safe in the event of extreme pressure buildup. It’s designed to...
These Four Gadgets Keep Your Shower Drain Unclogged
Knowing how to clear a clogged shower drain is a useful skill that can save you money and more problems in the future. Have a slow drain? Here are four gadgets you should consider. DRAIN SCREEN If you have long hair, you're more prone to developing a clogged shower...
Tips to avoid plumbing, vehicle repairs during cold weather
With the freezing temperatures, frozen pipes could cost homeowners and local business owners thousands of dollars in repairs. Temperatures are continuing to drop over the next few nights, especially New Year's Eve. Some ideas to avoid plumbing nightmares, for...
When and where an emergency plumber is needed
As a homeowner, you tend to ignore plumbing issues that can eventually lead to big problems and force you to spend a lot of money. For example, if you have guests in your home and the washroom is leaking, it would be an embarrassing situation in front of them. The...
Holiday plumbing emergencies are common but preventable
Every year when families gather in one place to celebrate the Christmas season, catching up and sharing a meal, plumbers say they experience a high number of calls concerning clogged garbage disposals, backed-up drains and frozen pipes. But they also say that these...
Here are 10 of the most common plumbing emergencies
Here are 10 of the most common plumbing emergencies. CLOGGED SINKS You're doing the dishes in the kitchen or brushing your teeth in the bathroom and the sink refuses to drain. A slow drain is annoying, but it's not necessarily an emergency. However, if the clog...
Save Water with Recirculation Pumps
How much time do you spend waiting on water to get hot? To me, it seems like waiting for water to get hot is like watching a pot and waiting for it to boil...it takes forever. Did you know the average homeowner wastes 14,000 to 18,000 gallons of water per year? That's...
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