Maintaining free-flowing drains is one of the essential do-it-yourself tasks a homeowner can perform. By keeping troublesome clogs from blocking the drain and sewer pipes, you can extend your existing plumbing life by decades. The residue from everything we put into our drains builds up over time, leaving grease and soap clinging to your pipes’…
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The idea of performing your own plumbing maintenance, minor repairs, or even installation of new fixtures, like faucets and garbage disposals, is an attractive one. Completing a home improvement project on your own can seem like a daunting task, but the sense of accomplishment you feel after it’s done far outweighs the dread. One of…
Our kitchens are full of convenient appliances to help get us through our daily cooking and cleaning tasks. Microwave ovens, electric can openers, and food processors are just a few of the tools used every day, and we tend to take them for granted. For the mechanically inclined homeowner, replacing a kitchen sink sprayer is…
Dealing with drain clogs is much more about being proactive than reactive, in that it is much easier to prevent a clog than it is to clear one. Most drain clogs are confined to a single sink or tub and are simple for the homeowner to remove without needing a call to a plumbing company.…
As we’re spending more and more time at home these days, now is a great time for the “do-it-yourselfers” to truly shine. One of the most common causes for a slow drain in a kitchen or bathroom sink is a dirty P-trap pipe. What is a P-Trap? Take a look underneath your kitchen or bathroom…
When the typical homeowner thinks about who’s responsible for repairing and replacing their sewer lines, it is often assumed that said responsibility falls on your city or municipality. Unfortunately, this is not the case in the greater Houston area (or in most areas, for that matter). The city’s responsibility for your sewer line ends where…
Out of sight and out of mind. Unfortunately, that is the approach most homeowners take toward the maintenance and upkeep of their sewer lines. It’s only natural that we pay little to no attention to our sewer lines condition until signs of sewer line trouble appear. Symptoms of sewer drain issues include gurgling sounds from…
If your home is built atop a concrete slab, you will want to read this. More and more homes in the greater Houston area are being built on top of concrete slabs. These foundations often have the home’s plumbing lines run underneath the slab. This is a bad idea for several reasons. The first…
There’s an old saying in the plumbing industry, “every drain will someday clog.” Actually, it’s not a saying; I just made that up. But there is truth to this bold claim, and this blog will help the homeowner answer the question, “when should you call a plumber for a clogged drain”? Toilets, sinks, showers, bathtubs,…
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…
One of the questions we hear a lot is, “what is the lifespan of a garbage disposal?”. When professionally installed and properly maintained, a garbage disposal has a lifespan of ten to fifteen years. Some higher-horsepower units, and those of stainless-steel construction last longer, where smaller and more inexpensive units quite often fail in the…
You may not think of it this way, but a tank-type water heater, regardless of where it is installed in your home, is a liability. Somewhere in your home is a thin, metal tank containing forty to seventy gallons of water. The older a water heater gets, the more prone it is to failure, which…
Sewer line leaks are among the hardest problems to detect, as most sewer lines reside between two and three feet underground. It can take days, weeks, or even months for a sewer line leak to make itself known above the surface of your yard. Couple that with the fact that no one pays attention to…
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Of all the questions we hear, both in the office and in the field, the number one question is always…
Gas leaks are easily one of the most dangerous and scary situations any homeowner can encounter. Other than fires, there is no more significant immediate hazard to your family and your home than a gas leak. Having a regular annual gas line inspection in Houston reduces the chances that you’ll have to encounter a gas leak in your…
Sewer lines are an essential component of your plumbing system, as each drain in your home leads to the sewer line. Lying anywhere from one-to-ten feet below ground, our sewer lines take all wastewater generated by your home and place it into the city sewer system, or to a septic tank. If it weren’t for…
Plumbing issues never seem to take a vacation. Broken water heaters, leaking faucets, and rattling pipes are part of a plumbing company’s everyday life. When one of these plumbing issues occur, you’re going to need a plumbing repair near me in Houston service call. Your Plumbing is Talking to You There are lots of signs…
When considering the importance of your home or commercial water heater, just think about how often you need hot water. Our households and businesses rely on our water heaters for cooking, cleaning, laundry, showers, and so much more. When your water heater finally wears out, you’ll need to consider the cost of replacing a water heater…
Hard water is easily the number one cause of premature aging of our pipes and plumbing appliances. Ask anyone that has lived in or around Houston for any length of time, and they’ll tell you that we have the hardest water they’ve ever seen. We hear from friends, family, and even TV commercials about the…
There are few appliances more important to a business than their commercial tankless water heater in Houston. In fact, many Houston businesses would have to close shop for the day without the use of their commercial water heater. With so many restaurants and other food-oriented businesses going up in our city, there’s an increased need for…
