So if you know what a hose bib is, you are already way ahead of the game. Most of us just call it “that tap outside that house that I attach the hose to or get water from”. Not graceful at all, so when you need help fixing a leaky hose bib it helps to know the right terminology and how to take care of an easy hose bib repair. We are here to help with all of that!
Continue readingConnecting A Natural Gas Grill To Stub-Out
Summertime gets us in the mood for home grilled food and pool parties, so we have some tips to get your summer fired up by connecting your natural gas grill to your home’s stub-out.
Continue readingHow To Check Your Home’s Plumbing
Homeownership is rewarding in so many ways, but dealing with plumbing issues isn’t one of those ways. If you know how to check your home’s plumbing you will be one step ahead of any problems that would otherwise ruin the harmony and pleasure of our sanctuaries and castles.
Continue readingOur Plumbing Tips for Homeowners
Owning your own home comes with so many benefits and while your plumbing system isn’t glamorous and seems quite boring, it is actually one of the most important parts of your home. Believe it or not, your plumbing is one of the primary home features that provide real luxury. All you need to do is imagine a home without plumbing to truly appreciate it. Taking long hot showers, having water in several rooms on demand, using a bathroom indoors. We don’t think of these as luxuries, but they truly are. So, in order to keep these features operating at peak performance, you will want a few simple plumbing tips and we’ve got those for you right here.
Continue readingHow to Get Hair Out of a Bathtub Drain
Yeah, it might be a little gross to think about, but when you’ve got a slow drain in your bath or shower, you might think “hair clog” first. It is the most common cause of slow or clogged bathtub drains so you absolutely want to know how to get that hair out of a bathtub drain and we are here to help.
Continue readingHow Long Does It Take For Hot Water To Come Back
Is there anything more frustrating than running out of hot water in the middle of a task that requires hot water? When your water supply suddenly turns cold, you need to know one vital thing: how long does it take for hot water to come back? We’ve got some answers for you.
Continue readingTouch Versus Touchless Faucets: What You Need to Know
The little luxuries can be the most impactful. Take the case of the humble kitchen faucet. Now that we are accustomed to the excellent faucet designs that make it a cinch to fill our pots and wash our dishes and fruit, we have moved on to helpful technologies like touch and touchless water faucets. Don’t worry, these faucets still have a handle to manually control flow and temp and so on, but oftentimes you just need the water turned on and off effortlessly and these systems are a super helpful little luxury to improve your kitchen.
How To Fix Water Hammer In Plumbing Pipes
Your home is your haven and it is the ideal place for peace and relaxation. Is there anything worse than a sudden and alarming sound from your plumbing to ruin that peace? Have you ever heard what sounds like hammering or banging after you shut off your tap? That sound, which often comes with a strange and disturbing vibration, is known as a “water hammer”. It is also called, rather dramatically and even more accurately, “hydraulic shock” or “hydraulic surge”.
Continue readingHow To Clear A Clogged Sink Drain
When a sink in your home gets clogged, we know it isn’t a minor nuisance. It can be a real problem impacting the whole household and nobody needs that trouble right now. We are great plumbers, but we know you don’t want to call a plumber for everything, so we’ve got some information that might help. Here’s how to clear a clogged sink drain easily and effectively.
Continue reading5 Sewer Line Problems Only A Camera Inspection Can Find
Most homeowners don’t want to have to think about where sewage goes and how it gets there, but once you start having alarming signs of sewer line problems, you do want to know exactly what is going on. That way, your professional plumber can handle it quickly and efficiently. Fortunately, you no longer have to go through the tortuous process of finding the location of the problem in the line and then tearing up the walls of your house (or worse yet, the ground beneath your house) to get to the pipe. These days, you can hire qualified plumbing companies to do a sewer line camera inspection to find the problem and get it fixed asap.
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