The typical life expectancy of your water heater is around 12 years and the typical cost of replacement ranges from $350 – $1800 depending on who does the work and the type and size of water heater you need. There are several things you can do to extend the life of the water heater [...]

When a plumber has to cut a water main service line either by cutting a pipe or disconnecting a fitting an unseen danger lurks. You don’t often hear of it but plumbers face an electrocution risk when they cut the main service line. A series of electrical faults in many cases can cause the water [...]

The chemical drain cleaning industry is big business that by some estimates we spend $150M a year on drain cleaning products and drain maintenance products in the US. The marketing efforts are phenomenal as each manufacturer vies for a larger market share of the millions. Banners adorn the bottles with words like “Commercial Grade” “Professional [...]

 
You have been given the bad news and the plumber told you the only way to get rid of the roots is to replace the sewer line. That is true, however, depending on the condition of your line and how many roots are coming into it there may be an alternative treatment that can buy you some [...]

The first thing you have to do is find the best place to gain access to the clogged sewer line. This varies in different types of construction but the most desired location is always an outside cleanout. Other locations may be a cleanout in the basement, cleanout in a floor, via a pulled toilet, from [...]

A leaking toilet can be one of the largest wastes of water in a house. It will invisibly and silently pour more water down the drain than anything else in the house. The internal parts of a toilet are under constant attack by the water and the chemicals used to sanitize the water. Chlorine and [...]

There is a “Trenchless” process that can involve no digging at all to replace a sewer line. This involves “shooting” a fiberglass lining into an existing sewer line creating a new pipe within the old deteriorating pipe. The process may be comparable in cost to excavation and may actually be a savings if you [...]

The unsung hero of your sanitary drain system is no doubt the P-Trap.  An inexpensive device found on every drain except the toilet in your home or, business that serves as a barrier between your nose, the foul gases, and, diseases that lurk in the sewer system of your town, or, city.
The P-trap is [...]

If you are having problems with your sewer line or your septic tank you may have to call a plumber to figure out what could be wrong with your drain lines. There are many tools that the plumber can use to find out what is wrong with the sewer line including drain cleaning machines, [...]

Many home owners have been given this bad news. You aren’t the first and you won’t be the last. Often there is warning as in the line that clogs up frequently every couple of years, and has huge amounts of roots cut out of it. Or, you have been told of having a belly [...]