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A clean kitchen is a functioning kitchen; the kitchen often gets overlooked when it comes to cleanliness. We think that by spraying the sink, faucet and countertops with a cleaner that the kitchen is now clean. The kitchen gets a lot of traffic during the day, the kids come home and they want a [...]

At some point in all everyone’s lives they have or will encounter a clogged toilet, sink or tub.  If you are one of those people who have never have do deal with a clogged toilet, sink or tub before we can help. There are some basic ways in which to clear up a clogged [...]

The swimming pool opening is one of those things that can be very easy to do if done correctly. There are many things that can also go wrong when opening your swimming pool, only to cause damage to the pool or filter system during the pool season. If you have never opened your swimming [...]

Homeowners more than ever before are tightening their belts when it comes to saving money. They cut costs on activities, on the amount of time they drive their cars and they tend to lower their thermostats to lower temps because they are afraid of huge heating bills. They rack their brains trying to come [...]

There are many ways to stop a toilet from running all on your very own. The first step in solving your toilet from is determining if it is in fact the toilet is running. There are a lot of different plumbing related items in your bathroom and it could easily be water leaking from [...]

Every swimming pool pump will break down at some point, and when it does it can have a huge impact on your pool that you may not be realizing. The good news is that most of these swimming pool pump problems can be troubleshooted within a few minutes to prevent further damage that can [...]

Copper pipe has been around in the plumbing industry for many years and will continue to be for many more. There are many advantages to using copper pipe over other types of pipe like PVC, black iron pipe, or even pex. Copper pipe is non porous and can be bent, shaped , and used [...]

The winter months can be very harsh on your plumbing causing you to spend up to thousands of dollars on unnecessary plumbing repair. With the proper plumbing preventive maintenance these plumbing problems and repairs can be avoided. Depending on where you live, different levels of winter plumbing protection may be needed due to colder [...]

The bathtub is not only the one of the most used plumbing fixtures in the house. But like most commonly used things comes the downside of having to repair them when they stop working correctly. The bathtub drain will commonly get clogged with hair and will slowly become so clogged that the bathtub will [...]

The oil heating bill can be quite expensive each month depending on how big of an area you are trying to heat. In many cases this area will not be worth heating because of the low efficiency it has. That’s right most home and business owners are throwing money right out the window by [...]

If you have any type of swimming pool you will need to protect your swimming pool cover from the winter elements otherwise it could be damaged or possibly even destroyed. In some areas where the temperature drops below freezing your pool cover is prone to more damage because of ice and other conditions cause [...]

Millions of faucets each years start to drip, run, or simply just start to leak. Most of the times these faucets never get repaired and then wind up getting replaced. The problem is that this is just very wasteful and can be avoided but most people do not know how easy it can be [...]

Cleaning a boiler is a dirty job and should only be done by a licensed pluming or heating professional but let’s talk about how a oil fired boiler would get cleaned by that oil burner service man.
There are several things that are done when fully cleaning and serving an oil burner, although most people [...]

Installing a boiler can be a big job so be prepared to spend some time on this project if you have never done it before. The will be a few differences between installing a natural gas boiler compared to a propane fired boiler like the type of gas it runs on as well as [...]

There are many types and brands of circulator pumps such as Taco and B & G Pumps. There are many other brands on the market as well. Installing a circulator pump can be easy and trouble free providing you have all the right tools and materials.
The circulator pump also requires a source of electricity [...]