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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.
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.
If you’re currently looking around for a heating option for a new home, a boiler is probably on your list of possible choices. But how high is it on the list? The fact is that boilers are not as common when it comes to residential heating as forced-air systems (such as furnaces).
When plumbers talking about the clogging they commonly find in drainpipes and sewer lines, they’ll often refer to “fog.” This is actually an acronym, F.O.G., and it stands for “fats, oils, and grease.”
A water heater is truly an appliance for all seasons. No matter the temperature outdoors, you and your family will always need hot water on demand from the taps around the house. Hot water is necessary for cooking, cleaning, running the laundry and dishwashing machines, and for comfort when bathing and showering.
We won’t try to pretend that we think tankless water heaters are anything less than a great idea. These systems make a superb alternative to the conventional storage tank water heater (the sort that most people think of when they hear the words water heater) for a number of reasons.
You probably don’t think that much about the drains in your home—until they start to clog up and cause problems. It’s always best to call on professional plumbers when any troubles like this occur. But there are probably mistakes you’re making with your drains that are causing such problems to be much more likely.
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.
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.
It looks so easy on the television commercials: just pour the drain cleaner into your clogged drain, wait a little bit, and poof! The drain is clear!
