Is your water heater leaking? Hopefully, you are able to catch the leak early before it causes any major water damage.
Can a Leaky Water Heater Be Repaired?
Although a leaky water heater can usually be repaired, whether it should depend on the cause of the leak, the severity of it, and the age of the unit. Frequent repairs and major efficiency problems can end up costing a lot more than just replacing the unit with a new water heater.
Should I Fix or Replace My Leaky Water Heater?
There are various factors to consider as you determine what to do with your water heater—fix or replace.
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6 Tips on How to Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly
Tampa homeowners are always on the lookout for ways to save energy, especially if it helps make their home more environmentally friendly. One of the ways we can accomplish both goals is by optimizing our water efficiency.
Why Is Water Efficiency Important?
Clean, fresh water is scarce. According to the United Nations, 3.2 billion people already live in high water scarcity. On top of that, only 2% of the water on Earth is accessible fresh water we can use in our everyday activities, making it increasingly important we’re mindful of how we use water and seek ways to reduce how much we use...
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Happy New Year’s Tampa! Here Are 10 Plumbing New Year’s Resolutions You Might Want to Consider
New year’s resolutions are an opportunity to develop new habits, new ideas, new whatever-you-want. For us, the biggest thing to focus on each year is how we can better help and serve the communities we live in by providing the best response times, the latest technology, and so on. Part of our goal at Cass Plumbing is to be a better plumbing service provider, this includes working to provide better direction and advice to help the people in our community take care of their own plumbing.
On that note, we’ve put together this list of ten plumbing new year’s resolutions to help you to best take...
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Top 5 Benefits of Water Heater Maintenance in 2022
In Tampa, Scheduling water heater maintenance might not be at the top of your to-do list, but there are many reasons why it should be. Professional water heater maintenance provides homeowners with numerous system benefits that they wouldn’t experience otherwise. Read on to discover the benefits you’re missing out on if you don’t schedule routine water heater maintenance with a plumbing professional!
1. KEEP THE MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY ACTIVE
Did you know that annual system maintenance is required to keep your manufacturer warranty active? It’s true — unless you adhere to the professional ma...
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10 Plumbing Tips to Avoid Christmas Plumbing Problems
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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