Plumbing Blog

Your hot water heater is essential for ensuring comfort and convenience in your home. Sadly, no hot water heater lasts forever; if you’re lucky you will get somewhere between 15 and 20 years out of yours, but eventually all units need replacement.

Plumbing problems can occur anywhere in your house—and under it, too. Homes that have crawlspaces come with a unique plumbing concern: It’s possible that the pipes in your crawlspace could burst or develop small leaks, yet many homeowners go down to their crawlspace infrequently, which means you might not know there’s an issue until it’s too late.

You may have heard horror stories about homeowners whose pipes have frozen. When pipes freeze—something that can easily happen in the frigid winter—it obstructs the flow of water into your home. It can do more than that, though: When water freezes in your pipes it expands, and can sometimes cause the pipes to rupture—leading to potentially significant and costly plumbing problems.

Looking to have a new shower installed in the new year? Bathroom remodelers tend to think of everything—every last detail about their new colors, materials, and fixtures—but here’s something you may not have considered yet: Whether you’ll get a shower with a curtain, or with a door.

As plumbers, we often receive phone calls from homeowners who are dealing with what they call low water pressure. In reality, the issue is technically low flow, which means that one or more fixtures in the home simply aren’t providing the strong, steady stream of water that homeowners are used to.

Many homeowners are eager to conserve water year-round, not only to save money but also to support eco-friendly living through simple, everyday choices.