Tips to Avoid Holiday Plumbing Problems
With so much activity in your home during the holiday season, your plumbing system will be working overtime. And if you’re not careful, an untimely drain clog or backed-up toilet can quickly bring the festivities to a screeching halt. Between the extra cooking, cleaning and overnight guests, it’s no wonder that plumbing problems are more …
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Keep Pipes from Freezing This Winter
Few homes in Howard County are immune to the threat of frozen pipes. All it takes is one cold snap to unleash a flood of destruction through your home. In fact, it’s one of the most common causes of property damage for homeowners. Preventing frozen pipes is easy. Repairing the damage from frozen pipes that burst …
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What’s the Busiest Day of the Year for Plumbers?
Most of us don’t host a large number of friends and family on a typical Thursday night. But once a year, on the fourth Thursday of November, we spend the day prepping, cooking, and baking so that we can give thanks and share a delightful feast with those near and dear to our hearts. But …
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What Causes Low Water Pressure?
If you feel that your homes’ water pressure is subpar, use the following guide to determine what – if anything – is to blame and find out how you can fix it. The average water pressure at the inlet valve to a home should be about 40 to 50 psi, but your home may still …
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How to Locate a Water Leak
Day in and day out, you rely on your home’s plumbing system to deliver a steady supply of water – cold or hot. For the most part, your plumbing performs with flying colors. But every now and then, water doesn’t exactly go where it should. A leak forms, for example, and can go places where …
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Home Plumbing Tips That Will Help Save You Money
Every homeowner experiences the occasional leaky faucet, clogged toilet, or backed-up sink drain. And while you might be inclined to call a licensed plumber to get the problem resolved, that isn’t always necessary. By familiarizing yourself with these basic plumbing tips, you can easily save some money – all it takes are a few tools …
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Home Plumbing Tips for Summer
Each season presents its own plumbing challenges. Summer is no exception, especially with all your plumbing – indoors and out – fully engaged. Here are a few tips so you’ll be better prepared for the unexpected: Washing Machine Washing machines generally work overtime in the summer with kids out of school, extra towels to wash …
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What is Hammer & How to Prevent It
Do you work well under pressure? Some people do, rising to the occasion at the 11th hour and coming through with flying colors. Others feel overwhelmed and “frozen”; not knowing which way to turn or where to start. Your plumbing, while always ready with a steady supply of water, doesn’t do so well when pressure …
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Sump Pumps & Back-up Pumps – A Great Combination
Basement flooding can range from a headache to a nightmare, or about any place in between. If it happens once – it could be a fluke. Twice – something strange is going on around here. But every spring and other rainy time of the year? Hey, enough is enough. And that’s precisely what we’re here …
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How to Choose a Plumber
Some problems in life don’t require immediate attention, if they require any at all – at least on your part. There’s a traffic jam on the local Interstate? Take an alternate route. The grocery store is out of sweet sausage? Find a substitute, try a different store, or make something else for dinner. You temporarily …
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