The Biggest Problems with Tankless Hot Water Heaters Why you should do your research before making the investment Hot water heaters are an essential part of everyday life, but they work in the background and rarely receive any thought until something goes wrong. When it’s time to replace a hot water heater, many people
Tips on How to Replace the Wax Ring on a Toilet Have you ever wondered what keeps your toilet from leaking? Beneath every toilet is a sticky wax ring that forms a watertight seal between the toilet and the sewer pipe. This hidden ring silently keeps your floors dry and can last for years
How To Replace Your Hot Water Heater: Help for the DIY Homeowner While there are some tips and tricks that can extend the life of your hot water heater by as much as 30%, it’s inevitable that at some point you will have to install a new one. There’s nothing wrong with calling a
Why Do We Sing in the Shower? Have you ever belted out your favorite song while lathering up? It’s okay to admit it – even the celebrities do it! From Josh Groban to Jack Black, famous people have confessed to singing in the shower. This widespread phenomenon isn’t limited to famous people, though. A
The Homeowner's Guide to Troubleshooting Low Water Pressure Problems There are few things more frustrating than trying to take a shower or fill a sink and realizing the water isn’t really flowing. The culprit? You can probably blame it on your water pressure being low. Water pressure is, most simply, the amount of force
Clogged Toilet? Here’s Everything You Shouldn’t Do Plus a few tips on what you can do You flush the toilet and…you hear an ominous gurgle. Even worse, you DON’T hear the expected “whooosh” and the bowl starts to fill up instead of emptying as it should. It’s happened to all of us. Clogged toilets
Essential Plumbing Tools Every DIY Homeowner Needs When the toilet backs up or sink clogs, your first reaction is typically frustration. Another call to the plumber leave your bathroom in limbo and your wallet suffering. There’s good news for homeowners, though! Sometimes it just makes more sense to fix plumbing issues yourself. Most basic
5 Easy Ways to Extend the Life of Your Hot Water Heater by 30% Hot water heaters are the kind of appliance that most people install and forget. Typically hidden away in a closet somewhere, they don’t make lots of noise so it’s easy to assume your hot water heater will do its job
Plumbing through Egyptian pyramids and Mayan reservoirs: A history lesson from the ancient world Few modern industries have as long and colorful a history as plumbing. The reasons for this are obvious, since, where there are people, there is waste. Ultimately, that waste must go somewhere. It’s a fact of life that has been
The Home Run of Plumbing? Ballpark Bathrooms The science and design behind the toilets in your favorite stadium. Of the unsung heroes of baseball fame, the men and women who designed and built the stadium’s facilities probably don’t make the list. Nor do those who keep them in working order for each game. These
