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HOW TO MAKE YOUR LAWN THE ENVY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Every year, your grass starts growing again, and you struggle to keep it healthy and weed-free. This year, arm yourself with a little knowledge and keep your grass lush, green, and pristine through the hot summer months. Now, we know we’re plumbers and not landscapers, but all it takes is a little information [...]
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Simple Pool Maintenance: Keep Your Pool From Turning Green
You have a swimming pool for fun and relaxation, right? Don’t end up not using it halfway through this summer because the water’s greener than your grass! Pools can seem like too much work to keep up, but in reality, there are 3 categories of upkeep necessary to maintain your pool. As long [...]
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Under Pressure: Why Your Shower Temperature Changes When Someone Flushes the Toilet
It’s a common gag on TV and in movies: a family member is showering, someone flushes a toilet, and a bloodcurdling scream echoes forth. These days, such a scene is less likely to happen, thanks to the introduction of a device called a pressure balance valve. These devices are now mandated to prevent injuries, [...]
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WASHING MACHINE QUICK FIX: INLET SCREENS
Is your washing machine filling sluggishly, water dripping instead of pouring? Chances are, the problem lies in your inlet screens. These screens catch particulate in the water supply to your washer, but often, after remodels or city projects, sediment or other matter is shaken loose, and makes its way downstream to your washing machine. [...]
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HARD WATER AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
Hard water is the name for when your water comes out of the tap a little closer to a solid than a liquid, like little rocks! Ouch! Just kidding. Hard water is simply water with high mineral content. It isn’t harmful to your health, or painful, but it can be harmful to your [...]
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STOPPING BATHROOM MOLD AND MILDEW: A PRIMER
While this isn’t, strictly speaking, a plumbing topic, we see a lot of mold and mildew in bathrooms and knew we could help. Bathrooms cook up molds and mildews like no other room in your house because they have the two crucial ingredients readily available: heat and humidity. Hot shower or bath water is [...]
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DIY DIAGNOSIS: WATER PRESSURE
Water pressure is probably one of those things you don’t think about until something’s wrong with it. Typically, that means when the pressure is too low, and you can’t rinse your dishes, or get the shampoo out of your hair. But high water pressure can be problematic too- causing leaks, damaging your pipes, [...]
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QUICK FIX PLUMBING: LEAKY FAUCETS
Drip. Drip. Drip. Among the most ominous household sounds, a leaky faucet strikes instant fear in the hearts of many. It shouldn’t, though- a faulty o-ring or rubber washer causes most leaky faucet issues, and it’s usually a quick fix you can handle yourself. Troubleshooting a leaky faucet shouldn’t require any tools [...]
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SAVE-A-PENNY PLUMBING: REPLACING A SHOWERHEAD IN 5 STEPS
Do you step into the shower each morning, look at the showerhead and think, “this thing needs to go”? Whether it’s corroded, weak, or simply ugly, replacing your showerhead is as simple as it gets. First, you have to choose the type of showerhead you want, and the choices are nearly endless. There [...]
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QUICK FIX PLUMBING: WHY IS MY AIR GAP SPURTING WATER?
Have you ever run the dishwasher and come back to find water spouting all over your sink, countertop, or even the floor? Did the water come from the strange protrusion next to your faucet? Bet you always wondered what that thing did (before you found out it floods your kitchen). “That thing” is [...]
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