3 Major Reasons That Drains Develop Clogs (and How to Avoid Them)
Clogged up drains are one of the hassles in life that most of us simply accept. They are going to happen and you just might as well get used them.
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Clogged up drains are one of the hassles in life that most of us simply accept. They are going to happen and you just might as well get used them.
Clogged drains are a part of everyday life, and they are one of the more common household nuisances that can bring your day to brief halt until fixed. But even given that clogging is something that can easily occur, they shouldn't occur regularly.
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.
You currently don’t have any plumbing repairs—emergency or otherwise—that need the assistance of a professional. Nor are you planning new home construction that requires plumbers to install new pipes and fixtures. So you must not need a plumber, right?
Nobody wants to have foul, sewer-like odors wafting through their house. When you detect these kinds of smells emanating from your home’s drains, you’ll definitely want to do something about it. But to know what needs to be done, you need to first understand what is causing these smells in the first place. There are a number of possible sources for this problem, each with different solutions. Here are three of the most common ones: (more…)
It may sound odd to advise homeowners to call for leak detection from professional plumbers. Aren’t leaks obvious and easy to notice, and therefore the “detection” part unnecessary? We wish that were the truth, since it would make keeping the plumbing in a home in good shape far easier.
Spring is more than half over, and the summer season start at the end of next month. If you haven’t yet arranged for a professional maintenance inspection and tune-up for your home’s air conditioning system, now is the ideal time to check that off your spring “to do” list.
You probably use the garbage disposal in your kitchen every day. These devices are so useful that it’s easy to take them for granted—and that is part of the reason that a number of misunderstandings about them have arisen. Unfortunately, these misunderstanding often lead to people accidentally damaging their disposals.
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.