Most people realize the water that leaves their homes and places of business, worship or community is used and nasty. It leaves in a drain pipe and collects at the alley, and funnels into a larger pipeline that is shared by your neighborhood. Each neighborhood in your community also drains into a collective pipeline that takes that wastewater all the way to the treatment facility. Read More→
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The last couple of months have been dry again, and we want you to know that watering your foundation protects it from some of the shrinking and hardening that can impact the plumbing inside your home. Read More→
Drain clean outs are usually not called for until an urgent situation arises, like a clogged toilet, kitchen waste that refuses to go down or a washing machine drain line dumps all over the laundry room floor. By then, you need us and you need us FAST.
Did you know that understanding your drain capacity can help you foresee some of that trouble, before you get in a mess? Read More→
Plumbers see a lot of water use, and a lot of waste. We hear toilets leaking and cycling water on and off, we get asked to remove the flow restrictors out of shower heads so people stop complaining about inadequate water spray. We recognize when irrigation systems or water hoses spew run-off onto sidewalks, alleys and streets.
We see water wastefulness all the time because most of the population is still unconcerned with the value of our water and why we need to be good stewards with our resources. Read More→
Most faucets work by turning a handle, which compresses a flat rubber washer up against a piece of metal. This closes off the circulation of water. It is a round washer that pushes up against a round seat. Most of the time when washers are damaged, it is not due to age or bad rubber. It’s caused by user mishandling.
Faucets that require washers periodically need them changed for maintenance purposes. In most cases when we see severely damaged washers it’s due to over tightening. When a homeowner sees a drop of water come out of their faucet it’s their natural inclination to crank the faucet harder. This can destroy the washer, rendering it useless. It can even break it into several pieces that end up in the aerator. Read More→
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