Few things are more disconcerting than strange noises coming from the walls of your house in the middle of the night. While loud, repeated banging is probably the most common example, it’s far from the only disturbance you might hear. The good news is your house (probably) isn’t haunted. The bad news is you’ve got a plumbing problem.
Read More
Sometimes, we let things go that need to be done because we just don’t think about them. Our cars get to 6,000 miles before we take them in for an oil change, or that menial task at work keeps getting lost in the mix of all the other things we have to do. It’s an understandable oversight, but not always a safe one. In the case of your drains, you need to be aware of the risks of not cleaning them out once in a while.
Read More
With the spread of smartphones and easy internet access, more and more people are using the information resources they have at their fingertips to become self-sufficient experts. After all, why would you pay someone to perform a service that you could learn to do yourself after watching a three-minute YouTube video? What does it matter if the person in the video claiming to be an expert doesn’t really know what they’re doing?
Read More
Every day, plumbers respond to calls to clear out clogged drains. Most of the time, the blockage is the result of the simple accumulation of waste and is easily unclogged. In other cases, the blockage is caused by objects lodged in the drain lines. Sanitary products, small toys, plastic caps, and even jewelry find their way down the drain quite frequently and don’t draw too much special attention when they’re removed. Sometimes, though, removing blockages can result in some unusual, or even downright weird, finds. Here are a few examples ranging from reasonably common discoveries to the truly strange.
Read More
Trenchless technology became truly groundbreaking—by literally not breaking ground! It used to be that repairing, replacing, or rehabilitating existing underground infrastructure, such as sewer piping, required tearing up yards, streets, structures… anything that lie above it.
Read More
The Orangeburg pipe situation has been a financial boon for plumbers and a financial burden for homeowners. Named after the town of Orangeburg, New York, where it was first produced, the pipe has about a fifty-year life span. Since the last of the Orangeburg piping was put down in the 1970s, the most recent installations are going to be facing their expiration very soon. If ignored, they could result in an extremely messy and extremely expensive sewer line collapse.
Read More
If you’ve ever been unlucky enough to have your yard or driveway torn up for sewer line replacement or repair, you know just how messy and costly this can be—not to mention what a nuisance it is. Thankfully, trenchless technology—now the industry-preferred method—allows jobs both big and small to be done without having to dig trenches and cause major disruption. While it’s making life easier for homeowners, it’s also changing the way major citywide projects ares completed. Here’s five stories from around the globe that demonstrate how trenchless technology is changing the game—helping save money, time, and even the environment.
Read More
When it comes to piping, PVC is the undisputed MVP. It’s a plumbers’ go-to product and a homeowners best friend.It can also be used to create anything a DIYer can dream up (from wine racks to swingsets, check out some of the most creative and innovative uses for PVC piping on the internet).
Read More
