Older Tampa homes often have a charm that new construction simply can't match. Better yet, smart buyers can often secure great Tampa home deals when investing in an older home. Of course, your thriftiness may end up backfiring if you find yourself saddled with serious structural issues. Aging plumbing systems, in particular, can lead to serious stress and added expenses. Worse still, some aging Tampa plumbing systems can create health risks for you and your family. Unfortunately, many Tampa homeowners simply don't know what kinds of problems to look out for. If you would like to learn...

Tankless Water Heaters in Tampa are Becoming More Popular The energy a water heater uses in a Tampa home can account for 20% of the total energy bill. This is one of the primary reasons why tankless water heaters have become so popular in the Tampa Bay region. It saves a lot of energy over a traditional tank type water heater because you don't have to constantly heat a 50 to 70 gallon tank of water. The Benefits of Tankless Heaters Tankless heaters have one big advantage over traditional ones—they provide hot water on demand instead of using a storage tank that can only hold a limited amoun...

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn's top priority & controversial plan to convert highly-treated wastewater into drinking water has been in the news a lot lately. Pasco County officials, including Commissioners Kathryn Starkey and Ron Oakley, have expressed larger concerns about the water project. The Pinellas delegation, led by St. Petersburg City Council member Darden Rice, have already strongly opposed this plan for Tampa's drinking water. Pinellas and Pasco members have been pressing Tampa water officials about why Florida’s third-largest city needs to further develop its own water supp...

By the year 2030, in America, approximately 79 million people in the workforce will have reached retirement age. Meanwhile, at the same time, only 41 million new people will be entering the workforce. An even more staggering statistic, three out of every four people in the trades (plumbing included) will retire. This is going to really have an impact on the Tampa Bay region because the area is growing with population and development. All of this infrastructure and development that has been occurring over the last 30 years and continues to occur has to be maintained. The maintenance a...

One of the most popular questions we have gotten over the years at Cass Plumbing of Tampa Bay is: how can I fix my smelly, slow running or clogged drains? Drains are all over our homes: the kitchen, the bathroom, the laundry room, the utility room. In the shower and bathtub, in the floor where the water softener drains.  If you have drains, you will have clogged drains from time to time. Clogged drains are smelly and disgusting, which means your children certainly won’t take care of them, even if they are the ones who caused them. So, what can you do?  You have some home solutions to choose ...

DIY Plumbing and When to Call in a Professional The marketing guru behind Cass Plumbing is Dave Cass Senior. This man has lived in marital bliss with his beautiful bride for over 50 years. One of his secrets: know what you're good at & call in the experts for everything else. When it comes to sales, marketing & branding, Dave Cass Sr. is a genius. When it comes to plumbing, it's Dave Cass Jr. that is the expert. Dave Cass Sr. understood early on that water is one of the most destructive and costliest forces when it comes to causing damage to your home. Dave Cass Sr. always unde...

In the Greater Tampa Bay region, aside from the kitchen, the most renovated room in the house is the bathroom. Whether it is to reconfigure, so there is more room or to replace the bathtub or toilet. Most Tampa homeowners want a more comfortable space to get dressed in or to relax after a hard day's work. One of the most important items in a bathroom is the toilet. There are several options, but when you’re picking one out, you should be prepared with the basic knowledge of how a toilet works before making the decision on what to buy and have installed. How Does A Toilet Work? New toil...

The water heater in your Tampa Bay home was not designed or built to last forever. All water heaters have an expiration date. What that end date is, however, can all come down to your diligence in taking care of it. If you schedule routine maintenance, inspections, and repairs with a professional like Cass Plumbing of Tampa Bay, then you can expect to get for up to 15 years (or sometimes more, depending on the exact water heater). For most households in Tampa Bay however, the water heater often goes unnoticed for years at a time. As a homeowner, you should understand how your water heater oper...

The lead contamination of Flint, Michigan’s water supply a couple of years ago put the spotlight on the importance of clean, healthy water everywhere, including Tampa Bay. As a matter of fact, State Sen. Janet Cruz of Tampa is co-sponsoring a bill to filter lead out of the water of more than 4,000 public schools in Florida. A link to that information is here. Lead in drinking water is a serious health issue When there is lead found in a Tampa Bay home it most often leaches into the water over time through corrosion. This is from a dissolving or wearing of metal caused by a chemical react...