Category: Plumbing
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How To – Checking And Replacing Your Water Heater Thermocouple
Your water heater’s Thermocouple is used as a safety device to shut off your gas flow if your pilot light is not working. The Thermocouple looks like a probe and because of its design there are no repairable parts. When the end of the thermocouple is heated to a certain temperature the metal switch inside…
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How To – Plumbing Tools and Repairing Common Clogs
Curing a Bathroom or Kitchen clog is one of the messy jobs that you will eventually have to do. Even if you would normally call a plumber or your Apartment Super there are times that fixing things yourself is just easier. There are a few similarities of all clogs. The first has to do with the type of pipe or…
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HowTo – Closing And Maintaining Your Swimming Pool For Winter
Whether you have a permanent in ground or above ground swimming pool there are steps you need to take to preserve it over winter. The best time to perform this maintenance is early Fall before the leaves begin to fill your pool. This will reduce the amount of cleaning you need to perform but it…
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How To – Bathroom Sink Clog – P-trap and Pop-up
Bathroom sinks are notorious for getting clogged. In some instances it is almost a on going problem but curing the clog yourself is not always that difficult. For the most part I never suggest a chemical cleaner and the reason for this is often the clog is in an area where the chemical won’t come…
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Waste Lines
Unlike your feed lines your waste lines are not under pressure. This means that you must always maintain a downward slope when installing waste lines. Never run a waste pipe within a floor or wall at the horizontal this will be asking for future trouble. When you install Waste lines in your house you can…