We hope you had a happy Halloween season—and we also hope you didn’t have to make an emergency plumbing call to fix a broken disposal. The #1 reason for plumbing calls during Halloween season is because of pumpkin pulp jamming up garbage disposals.
Although sewer lines are built to last—and even older material that will corrode over time such as galvanized steel and cast iron will sill endure for decades—the are easily susceptible to a danger that might at first seem harmless: plants and trees. The infiltration of roots from trees and plants is a major cause of blockage and damage to residential sewer lines.
Have you had enough of slow and partially clogged drains that slow down your kitchen clean-up, produce foul odors and get in the way of
Among the many different types of plumbing repair issues that a home may encounter, a slab leak is one of the most difficult to repair—and also one of the most difficult to locate in the first place. This is a job that requires skilled plumbers who not only have experience with this type of repair, but have special equipment for detecting the leaks and repairing them with the minimum amount of damage to property.
Ice sometimes appears on the indoor evaporator coil of an air conditioner—and that’s not something that you want to happen. An AC doesn’t use ice at any point in its operation, and development of frost along the components indicates that the system needs to have repair work done right away.
Most modern plumbing today is made from copper pipes. This metal replaced galvanized steel as the material of choice for plumbing systems because of its light weight, greater flexibility, and most important of all, resistance to corrosion.
Drain cleaning is a job you should have done whenever you encounter slow drains in your bathrooms or kitchen or if a complete clog develops that a standard plunger won’t eliminate. However, you should also have drain cleaning scheduled as a regular maintenance service.
Plumbing leaks are often thought of as being a highly visible problem, but the truth is that most of the time, they aren’t. Like ductwork, the vast majority of your plumbing is hidden in the walls of your home as they can be unsightly. When you have little to no visibility of something…
The garbage disposal is one of those modern conveniences that makes your life a lot easier. It lessens the amount of garbage you have to deal with, helps your kitchen drainage system run more smoothly, and in general saves you a lot of headaches.
