Is your kitchen sink clogged? Here’s how you can learn how to unclog the kitchen sink and fix it yourself. Never fear – many simple solutions are available to homeowners to fix and unclog a kitchen drain without calling a professional plumber. First, we need a clear picture that you have a clogged kitchen sink and if that’s the case, put some easy fixes in place and then see if you have a bigger problem for a plumber.
Continue readingTop Reasons Your Toilet Isn’t Flushing Properly
When your toilet is broken, you know it. There is no doubt. But when your toilet is “acting up” or just seems off somehow, that is less clear. What if it won’t flush all the way? Or what if sometimes it seems it would help to increase the power of the flush, or if it isn’t draining.
Continue readingTrenchless Sewer Repair: Pipe Bursting or Re-lining?
When you have to accept that you have a serious issue with your pipes and need to resolve a broken pipe, a root intrusion, or even a collapsed pipe, most homeowners fear the whole area will have to be dug up. Nobody wants a trench dug in their beautiful yard and the time, cost, noise, and intrusion are not welcome. Hearing that trenchless methods called re-lining and pipe bursting are available and just as effective as digging up the pipe is a great relief to homeowners.
It’s Time To Winterize Your Outdoor Faucets and Valves
Just like medicine, prevention is the name of the game in plumbing, and in home ownership, to prevent costly problems. If you are an Arizona homeowner and are worried about freezing pipes, very simple precautions can save time and money. We’ll look into why you need to protect your faucets and valves and how to do it, so the residual water left in the water line won’t freeze and then cause a pipe to burst and ultimately start filling your home up with water in all the wrong places. To prevent this, it is necessary to winterize outdoor faucets and valves.
Continue readingSlab Leak Repair Service: What To Expect
Are you worried you have a leak under your flooring? If you think you might need plumbing service for a slab leak repair, you will want to know exactly what to expect. Does this mean a dozen workers are going to need to be in your home for days? Is this going to add another zero to my mortgage? These are the concerns that can invade your mind when you think you might have a leak beneath your home. Let us help ease some of your concerns while sharing the information you need to know.
Continue readingCan Water Heaters Be Repaired?
When you realize something may not be right with your water heater (hopefully not because it exploded), you may wonder if water heaters can be repaired rather than replaced. The answer is some things can be replaced to fix an otherwise functioning water heater.
Continue readingHow to Hire the Right Plumber
As anyone who has had a plumbing issue knows all too well, plumbing is a very important part of your home and you need to know how to hire the right plumber. Hiring a plumber seems like a simple matter, but when you take into account the horror stories of hiring unqualified or disreputable plumbers, you may realize that it isn’t that simple. We have some information that may help you avoid the problems and pitfalls of hiring a plumber for your treasured home.
Continue readingHow to Prevent Slab Leaks
Slab leaks are leaks in the plumbing beneath the home’s foundation. Most homes are built upon a concrete foundation and that concrete is referred to as the “slab”. A slab leak is a threat to the home because if it is left too long, it can cause rot and develop the potential to harm the whole house. Ideally, you need to know how to prevent slab leaks rather than waiting for a problem to arise and then having to deal with a full blown problem.
Continue readingSlab Leak Detection: Why So Important?
Slab leak detection is incredibly important for homeowners to be aware of, because something that is almost undetectable can wreak havoc on your home and budget. There are many types of plumbing leaks that require the attention of a qualified plumber but few are as fear inducing to homeowners as slab leaks.
Continue readingChecking For Slab Leak Signs
Most homes in the Phoenix Valley have post tension concrete slabs for foundations. The USDA survey shows clay soil in the Phoenix area that has a tendency to expand and contract particularly during our monsoon summer rains and a reinforced slab helps prevent the foundation from cracking. But that slab also makes a particular type of plumbing problem, slab leaks, very problematic.
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