As anyone who lives in the Houston metropolitan area can tell you, we have hard water.
WHAT EXACTLY IS HARD WATER?
Hard water is defined as water that has a higher than average mineral content. As rain water collects and is absorbed by the ground, it percolates through layers of limestone, picking up residual…
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Nobody wants to say goodbye to their water heater, but sadly, every seven-to-ten years, homeowners everywhere must do exactly that. In terms of convenience, there is no greater emergency in our homes than a lack of hot water. From bathing to laundry to even cooking….everything comes to a stop without hot water.
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The plumbing system in your home is a marvel of ingenuity, developed over the last five-thousand years starting in ancient Greece. In the Roman era, the ability to bring water into Rome from the remote mountains was a significant engineering feat. Plumbing, as we know it today, began to take shape in the early 1800s…
Tankless Water Heater History 101
For more than a century, the tank-type water heater has been the standard in our homes for heating water. The design of a tank-type water heater is ideally suited for a device that is over one-hundred years old. A giant tank of water is kept hot, twenty-four hours a day by either…
Merely ten years ago, if you needed any sort of home repair services, you had to look in the yellow pages to find someone in your area, or you relied on a recommendation from a neighbor. These options often spelled disaster for homeowners, as there was no way to properly screen a company before allowing…
Summer is officially here, and in Houston, that means spending a lot more time outdoors. With the heat and humidity we have to contend with for six months or more out of the year, having access to water on the outside of our homes is crucial to our comfort and convenience. It wasn’t that long…
As we come out of the winter season, the time of year when our water heaters work the hardest, it’s a good time to pay a little bit of attention to your water heater. Your water heater is a relatively simple device, invented over one-hundred years ago and remaining almost completely unchanged in design. It’s…
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On today’s show, it’s all about drain cleaning, plumbing services in Houston. I’m John Eccles Richard Saad. So today’s topic is all about drain, the types of…
It’s not a popular fact, but it is a fact nonetheless; using your kitchen, bathroom and other drains in your home will eventually create a need for drain cleaning plumbing services in Houston. Over time, the residue from everything we put into our drains builds up as grease and soap cling to the walls of your…
HOW IMPORTANT IS HAVING PROPER WATER PRESSURE IN YOUR HOME? Proper water pressure in your home is essential for many tasks that are part of our daily life. Without adequate water pressure, showering is much less satisfying and relaxing as water dribbles and trickles from the shower head. Washing your dishes in lower water pressure…
