There could be two reasons why your forced baseboard heat could be making noise. The first reason why your baseboard heat could be making a rolling noise is because you need to bleed the air from the pipes. The second reason could be that you are experiencing something called water hammer and that’s a completely [...]

There are many ways to unclog pipes and depending on your skill and strength will determine which method might be best for you. Of course you can always call a licensed plumber to do the job as well, but if you choose to do it yourself here is a few ways that you can unclog [...]

When the weather gets below freezing even with just the wind chill your outdoor spigots have a good chance of freezing if they are not properly winterized. Most outdoor faucets will actually have a valve located inside so that you can shut the water supply off on the inside of the building to protect the [...]

Safety pool covers can be a great choice when it comes to choosing a pool cover because it avoids the whole mess of he water bags, the duck pond hat winds up on top of the pool cover after a long winter, and most of all they are much safer then the traditional swimming pool [...]

There are different types of water heaters, and a power vent water heater is just one type of the two. The old and traditional water heaters used something called a natural draft water heater. These types of water heaters would use pipe called “flues” and the gases would rise up through the flue and out [...]

The bathtub drain is commonly clogged by hair and other debris. However if you have a bathtub with a trip lever drain set up the trip lever could be stuck in the down position, but most likely your bathtub drain is clogged with something. You could first try use a plunger to clear the tub [...]

The Pool guy will do several things when he come to close your swimming pool. He or She will blow out water from the pool lines so that they do not freeze, they will disconnect the filter system, they will remove the ladder , diving board and steps and then install the pool cover. Some [...]

If you have changed the washers on the faucet you did great. There is also another adjustment you can make on the outdoor hose bib or spigot. You will see a nut that is around the valve stem, under that nut is something called “packing”. By tightening down this packing nut you can get the [...]

Your circulator pump can be leaking for a few reasons. The most common reasons a circulator pump will leak are, a bad pump seal, crack housing, leaking cartridge gasket, leaking flange gaskets or even another valve dripping onto the circulator and making it look like its leaking. Also in some older circulator pumps your shaft [...]

There are many common reasons that oil burners will break down. The most common reason is running out of oil and then restarting your oil burner and then realizing you just clogged the nozzle. Other common reasons are , the oil burner needs a tune up, the nozzle is clogged, the line or pump filter [...]