In Tampa, The Christmas holiday is a time for families to come together and enjoy good company and good food. Unfortunately, an untimely clogged drain or toilet can quickly undermine the good spirits and bring the festivities screeching to a halt. By keeping a few important plumbing tips in mind, however, you can help ensure that holiday plumbing problems won't put a damper on the merriment. After all, you want your holidays to be remembered for presents, not plungers!
1. Leftovers in the Trash, Not the Drain
When it’s time to clean up, resist the urge to simply scrape the leftovers off your...
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5 Steps to Prevent Clogged Drains and Sewer Lines this Holiday Season
How often do you think about the drain lines in your home? Almost never? That would make sense, as they’re something we rarely think about until there’s a problem. Our drain lines carry water and waste away from our homes, and into sewer lines. When there’s an issue, it can cause big problems. A clog can slow the drains down, or even stop them from running, and when that happens, a backup can occur.
Luckily, there are steps you can take to keep your drains running clean and smooth. Here are five of them.
1. Watch the Greasy Food
Grease can cause major issues when it gets into a drain and ...
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What’s The Smell in Your Kitchen Coming From?
After the Tampa Thanksgiving, do you have a mysterious, unpleasant odor in your kitchen? Something that doesn’t go away, no matter how many times you mop or take out the garbage? Check your kitchen sink.
Your kitchen sink might be the hardest working plumbing appliance in your home. If there’s a problem with it, chances are the food you run through the disposal or the grease you rinse off dirty plates isn’t getting properly removed from your house.
When food or grease gets caught in your kitchen sink’s pipes, it begins to rot. Rotting food or other debris can produce terrible smells and ...
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WHY THANKSGIVING IS A BUSY HOLIDAY DAY FOR TAMPA PLUMBERS
Thanksgiving is a big part of American culture.
Not only that it’s the most widely celebrated national holiday, but it also comes with lots of food and guests. Surprising or not, Thanksgiving Day is also the eve of one of the busiest days of the year for residential plumbers in Tampa. On Black Friday and the weekend after Thanksgiving, the majority of people either spend time with their families or shop, but the plumbers get really busy due to plumbing emergencies that occur after Thanksgiving celebrations. While you are enjoying your turkey and sweet potato casserole, your greasy dishes an...
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5 Tips to Avoid Plumbing Disasters During Thanksgiving
As the Thanksgiving season arrives, many Tampa homeowners will be entertaining guests and that can cause added strain to a home's plumbing system. Some preventative plumbing maintenance can help ease the burden on overloaded pipes.
Many Tampa homeowners are planning extravagant Thanksgiving dinners and hosting overnight guests, but not many consider that the additional water use from guest showers or the added meal preparation can overload a home's plumbing system. Checking the plumbing is just as important as setting out the food. This should be something every Tampa homeowner does as pa...
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4 SIGNS IT’S TIME TO REPLACE YOUR PLUMBING
Unless you just built your home or it’s a few years old, there’s a chance that your plumbing is outdated. Over time, pipes suffer from the elements, resulting in corrosion, rust, and eventual disrepair. However, you don’t have to live in fear of a leak of raw sewage flowing under your house or in your basement. Before catastrophe strikes, look for these telltale signs it’s time to upgrade the plumbing in your Tampa, FL home.
Water Discoloration
Unless Tampa is under a boil order, you have well water or live in a rural area, discolored water is usually a cause for concern. Brown or dark water...
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Thousands of Tampa Residents are Consuming Cancer Linked Toxins in the Tap Water
The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a 501 (C) nonprofit organization, has recently released an alarming report on Tampa tap water. The report reveals that thousands of Tampa Bay residents may be unknowingly consuming tap water contaminated by “an invisible toxic cocktail” of cancer-linked toxins, a new report found.
The Environmental Working Group’s (EWG) 2021 Tap Water Database revealed contamination levels of toxins like arsenic and lead, hundreds of times higher than recommended health guidelines.
The tap water tested from the City of Tampa was found to carry 18 total contaminants ...
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Repiping Your Tampa Home? Copper Vs. Plastic Pipes
If you need to install new pipes in your Tampa home, you may be wondering which is better, copper or plastic. Which is better quality? Which leaks faster? Well, just like anything else, there are positives and negatives to both kinds of pipes. Deciding which pipe to have installed is not simple, there are many factors to consider that can affect how to proceed with your plumbing dilemma.
The Pros and Cons of Copper Pipes
If you have an older Tampa home, chances are good that you have copper pipes. Plumbers have been installing copper pipes in people’s homes for centuries, and with good reaso...
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The Anatomy of Your Water Heater
The traditional water heater looks like large metal cylinders and is usually located in the basement, a garage, or a closet. While tankless water heaters are becoming more popular in the Tampa region, this blog will focus on the workings of the more common traditional tank water heater.
Your water heater performs an important task that you probably don’t often think about. It supplies warm or hot water to all parts of your home for hand washing, showers, dishes and more. How is it that you have hot water at the turn of a knob? We’ll cover the water heater parts that make it happen a...
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Pipe Corrosion and The Impact on Your Plumbing
How Does Pipe Corrosion Work?
In Tampa, with all the salt air, pipes don’t last forever. Even copper pipes, despite their 50+ year lifespan, develop corrosion over time. How does pipe corrosion affect the plumbing and your Tampa home’s water? And how do you prevent your pipes from corroding?
Corrosion affects different types of pipes in different ways. Cast iron pipe corrosion looks different than galvanized pipe corrosion and it can be caused by several factors. The bottom line: we want your plumbing and the water you drink to be safe.
What are the Causes of Pipe Corrosion?
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