Posts with information on residential plumbing matters
Are you one of the unfortunates who have a French drain in your basement to keep it dry? Are you maintaining your sump twice a year? By doing periodic inspections of your sump, you’ll stand a better chance of avoiding sump pit problems. Just follow my maintenance tips on how to keep a sump working […]
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Eventually, steel pipe natural gas service lines end up leaking. To have an undetected gas leak anywhere in the gas piping system would be very dangerous! If your home has an old steel gas service pipe, you are at risk of having a leak and getting the gas shut off at any time. Take a
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Have you had any past/recent plumbing work done in your home that involved modification or replacement of the gas line? If you had flexible corrugated tubing installed, you could be at risk of having a lighting strike ignite the tube and cause an explosion. Here’s what flexible gas tubing looks like and more about how
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Spring has arrived, and it’s time to spring ahead? Although it’s still cold out sooner or later summer will be just around the corner. Here are three plumbing tips for you to follow this spring season. They will help you to avoid significant water damage from occurring in your home. Hose bibbs Follow the three
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Knowing which way to turn a shut-off valve to stop a sudden plumbing leak is imperative. Hesitation will only make a leak worse and cause more water damage throughout your home if you can’t close the water off quickly! Do you know which way a shut-off valve turns to open and close? If you don’t
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Jetting residential sewer pipes has grown to become a very popular drain cleaning sales tactic in the Pittsburgh Pa area. Avoid getting yourself soaked with a costly drain cleaning bill or even worse. Read my post about how sewer jetting can damage residential drain pipes. You’ll be quite amazed! What is sewer jetting? It’s a
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Are you considering having your old tank-type water heater replaced with a tankless model? Before you go ahead with it, you need to know the consequences of going tankless. You’ll be surprised! Tankless Water Heater Also known as an instantaneous, on demand, or point of use water heater only provides a limited output of instant hot
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Are you using all of your plumbing fixtures at least once a week? If you don’t, you’re going to stink up your home with sewer gas. Here’s how you can prevent this from happening and stop it from being a reoccurring problem. What’s sewer gas? It’s broken down organic household, or industrial wastes. Sewer gas generally can’t enter a
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Is your home currently listed for sale in the City of Pittsburgh real estate market? Are you aware of the City of Pittsburgh dye testing ordinance? If you or your real estate agent are not familiar with it, here’s how you can avoid creating a legal problem for yourself when it comes time to close on your
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Four weeks ago a customer who is a landlord called me to unclog a bathroom sink at one of his apartments. When I got to the unit, I discovered that the drain wasn’t clogged. The tenant didn’t realize that the stopper was up closed. It was so silly that I decided to write this week’s
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Carbon Monoxide Safety Check
