You’ve run into a clog in your sink, or another drain somewhere in your house. Annoying, right? And all too common. Clogged drains are the plumbing problem that pops up the most often, and it means the drain needs to be cleaned out. Plumbers offer excellent drain cleaning services, but you will probably want to try a few simple clog-clearing methods first. Below are some of the dos and don’ts for doing drain cleaning yourself.
Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. Blog: Archive for November, 2016
Drain Cleaning on Your Own: Dos and Don’ts
Monday, November 28th, 2016Looking at Some Common Tankless Water Heater Troubles
Monday, November 21st, 2016We really love tankless water heaters, especially the Navien brand tankless gas water heater. Here are a few of the reasons we recommend customers consider a tankless water heating option:
- Takes up 80% less space than a standard 50 gallon storage tank water heater.
- You can use your existing gas line for an easy retrofit.
- Unlimited hot water supply—no tank to drain of hot water.
- Tremendous energy savings: Navien water heaters can have up to a 0.99 Energy Factor, the highest in the industry.
However, no water heater—no matter how well manufactured—is invincible. Let’s look at some of the problems you may run into at some point with your tankless water heater.
Drain Cleaning Service—Is Now the Time?
Monday, November 14th, 2016A few months ago, we brought up the importance of drain cleaning and knowing when to schedule it. There are some definite warning signs you can watch out for that indicate the time for drain cleaning is now. But these are usually emergency situations, and drain cleaning professionals will come out to rescue you from the serious issue affecting the drainage in your home. (In some cases, this will require working with the sewer line for problems to solve even deeper problems.)
How Skilled Plumbers Rescue Homes from Pinhole Leaks
Monday, November 7th, 2016We’ve talked before about one of the major dangers that any plumbing system faces: the pinhole leak. Copper pipes are the dominant type of pipes found in most homes today, and one of the reasons for their popularity is their resistance to the corrosion that chews away older steel pipes. But there is a type of corrosion that does affect copper, and it’s this pitting corrosion that leads to the small pinhole leaks.
Pinhole leaks may be small, but they are still a huge problem for plumbing and create immense property damage if not fixed immediately. When you have pinhole leaks in your pipes, call our plumbing repair professionals right away, and they’ll fix it. This doesn’t involve just patching the leak, however. Here’s how we handle pinhole leaks.