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We like to emphasize the importance of drain cleaning. It’s one of the best ways to maintain a healthy and trouble-free plumbing system in a home—especially in the kitchen, where food and cooking grease can create an immense buildup along the drainpipes, leading to frequent clogging.
It’s already 2016, and right now is the right time to start making good on those New Year’s resolutions. We’re not sure what specific plans you have the coming 12 months, but we have some suggestions for plumbing tasks in your home that are definitely excellent ideas.
How long have you had your current gas furnace? If it’s more than 15 years, then it’s probably time to replace it with a new unit. It’s not only that an aging furnace is at a greater risk of a breakdown and safety hazards, but also that it’s less energy efficient.
Are you a business owner in Chicagoland or Fox Valley? Then your commercial building has a plumbing system, and no matter what your company does, this plumbing system needs to remain in top order.
There are a number of major plumbing emergencies that are impossible to miss. One of the most alarming is when you turn on a tap in your house and discover that there’s no water coming from it. You try other taps around the house, and the result is all the same.
We recently wrote a reminder about why chemical drain cleaners are an absolute no-no when it comes to actually cleaning drains. (Or even simply removing a clog.) In this post, we’re going to look at another common consumer method for “drain cleaning,” which is the manual drain snake, also known as a drain auger.
Temperatures are dropping here in Chicagoland, a reminder that the serious cold weather of winter isn’t far away. It’s time to fire up the furnace in your home and settle in for the heating season.
The water heater in your home is a device that needs to be operating properly 365 days a year, no matter the weather outside. Every day you must have hot water on demand for cooking, cleaning, showering, and bathing.
Many people don’t realize that plumbing involves installing and fixing pipes that don’t carry water or waste through a home. Plumbing also includes gas piping for houses that have a natural gas connection to a municipal source.
We recently put up a post about the caution you need to take around this time of year about what goes down your garbage disposal. November and December are months when more cooking takes place than usual, not only for Thanksgiving feasts but also for parties and to feed visiting relatives.
