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How to Maintain Your Faucets?

Faucet may seem like a small plumbing fixture but it has a very important function. It is responsible for controlling the release of water into your home, may it be in the kitchen or bath. It is important to take care of the faucets to avoid problems. In this article, I am going to share with you simple ways to maintain your faucets. These ways are effective in maintaining the health of your faucet to make it functional for more years to come. Clean Faucet Using a wet cloth, clean your faucet daily. You can use water and mild soap to wet the cloth you are going to use in cleaning the faucet. Once it is thoroughly cleaned, dry it using a soft cloth. Avoid Abrasive Cleaning Materials Do not apply abrasive materials in cleaning your faucet. These hard materials may damage the finish of your faucet, making it look dull and old. Read Cleaning Material's Instruction Before applying any cleaning materials to your faucet, read the instruction carefully. Some cleaning materials do ...

2 Ways to Kill Tree Roots Invading Your Sewer Lines

Trees give shade to our yards. Trees play an important role in the ecosystem. However, there can be drawbacks when you decide to plant trees within your vicinity. Tree roots can invade your sewer lines, resulting in blockage and clogs. If not removed right away, this can cause the sewer garbages to backup in your drains. Find out how you can remove tree roots using these 2 ways: Using Salt to Get Rid of Tree Roots on Your Sewer Lines Pouring sodium chloride in your toilet can bring it to the sewer lines. You can also use copper sulfate or rock salt in this method. You can flush a half-pound of this into your toilet. You can flush it as many times as needed. The repetition of this process is up to 4 times, which is equal to 2 pounds of salt. After a full-time sleep, about 8 hours until 12 hours, the salt will do its job. Leave your toilet as is. Meaning, avoid flushing the salt out of your sewer. Let it sit there for the time being. Salt can poison the roots of the plants that inva...

Problems AC Preventative Maintenance Can Prevent

It is called preventative maintenance for a very important reason; it prevents any breakdowns from happening. Here are the things preventative maintenance can prevent: Electrical Issues With preventative maintenance, a technician will inspect all the electrical wirings and connections. It finds any loose connection and fixes it. It also fixes worn wires before it could cause power loss. Low Refrigerant Charge The substance responsible for removing the humidity and heat from your space is called refrigerant. Through the time, refrigerant could leak when there are holes and cracks on the line. It can lessen the cooling power of your system. As part of the maintenance, the lines are checked and the refrigerant charge is tested. If there is any problem, the technician can fix it right away. Dirty Coils There are two coils in AC, the evaporator coils and the condenser coils. The evaporator coils function to remove heat from the inside while the condenser coils release the hea...

Commercial Plumbing Services for Your Business

Commercial plumbing services are those plumbing services offered by plumbers to business owners. It caters to the needs of commercial spaces like markets, stores, offices, and buildings used commercially. There are different commercial plumbing services, such as installation, maintenance, and repairs. These services cater to different needs of different businesses. Are you a business owner that owns a commercial property? It is important to know what professional plumbers can offer for your business. Find out in this post the different commercial plumbing services your business can ask from professional plumbers. Plumbing Installations A commercial space requires installations of different fixtures. Faucets, toilets, drains, and many other plumbing fixtures can be installed in your building. A professional plumber can install it for you accustom to your building's function. Some commercial spaces may need huge restrooms with cubicles, which requires toilets and urinal...

How to Solve Clogged Drains with Drain Cleaning Mixtures?

A drain cleaner is a chemical-based consumer product that unblocks sewer pipes or clogged wastewater drains. The term may also refer to a mechanical device such as a plumber's snake, drain auger, toilet plunger, or similar device. If you have clogged drains at home, you can either do it yourself or call a plumber to clean your drains. Here are 5 recipes to unclog your drains at home using common home ingredients. Mixture 1 - Baking Soda + Vinegar Pour boiling water directly into the drain. Then, put 1/2 cup baking soda into the drain followed by 1/2 cup of vinegar. Cover the drain to prevent the mixture from escaping. After 10 minutes, pour another cup of boiling water. Then, rinse the drain with hot tap water. Mixture 2 - Baking Soda + Salt + Vinegar In a bowl, mix baking soda (1/2 cup) and table salt (1/4 cup). Pour the mixture down the clogged drain. Then, pour heated vinegar (1 cup) into the drain. Cover the drain to prevent the mixture from escaping. After ...

Should you Replace your Water Heater and Choose a New One?

Water heaters are one of the best amenities that most people nowadays can freely use. It’s all thanks to the continuous growth of technology and the thriving development of modern living. Most homes nowadays probably have a water heater. Different water heaters are run by a variety of power sources: be it electrical, propane or natural gas, and sometimes solar. What makes these water heaters special is the fact that they make our life easier and plain-sailing. If you could imagine a life without water heaters, how would you picture that out? Why change is the only thing constant? But just like any other valuables in this world, our water heaters are bound to depreciate. No matter what kind of water heater that is, the only thing they all have in common is that they require maintenance and the closest one eventually is a replacement.  Water heaters have a usable life span and a certain time will surely come when we can no longer use them for our benefit no matter how...

Hydro Jetting and Snaking: Advantages and Disadvantages

Cleaning the primary channel of your sewer line is something both homeowners and commercial building owners need to do all the time. This sort of upkeep prevents sewer backups, expels tree roots from the channel and is a decent method to monitor the condition of the sewer line. There are two standard strategies for cleaning the sewage line: the hydro-jetting method and the snaking method. The two techniques are typical assistance offered by the plumbing service providers. Understanding the contrasts between hydro jetting and snaking can help you pick the correct technique for your clogged up sewer lines. What is Hydro Jetting? Hydro jetting is accomplished when high-pressure water is forced into the sewer line. This force of water is sufficiently able to get out any clogs or obstructions, including tree roots, oil, debris, and hair. Advantages: Very effective - High water pressure is profoundly powerful for wiping out clogs in the sewers and keeping up a spotles...

Storm Drainage - How it Works?

Storm Drainage is a drain system that carries water from rain and other water runoff from roads. It directly carries water to creeks and bay, without treatment. The storm drainage helps prevent flood during rainy days because it diverts the water to nearby waterways. What Happens While Water Flows Down the Drain? The storm drainage system forestalls floods by redirecting water into close by conduits. During rainstorms, water runs off of structures, streets, and other hard surfaces, getting waste and contaminations en route. The water and contaminations stream into storm drains and through underground funnels straightforwardly into the closest stream, lake or water repository. Water coursing through this storm drains is untreated and can convey contaminations to our streams and different bodies of water. Contamination in our watersheds corrupts the earth, hurts animals, impacts the economy, causes an imbalance in the ecosystem and influences the wellbeing of people. Toxi...