by Pierre Livingston | Mar 5, 2019 | Plumbing Blog
Tankless Water Heaters: An Upgrader’s Guide Homeowners are starting to learn more and more about tankless water heaters. They save money. They deliver hot water immediately to the tap. They can give me endless showers 24/7. However, the truth is typically less...
by Pierre Livingston | Feb 6, 2019 | Plumbing Blog
Troubleshooting a Clogged Sewer Line You flushed the toilet, and the water backed up into your bathtub.You probably have a clogged shower line.Don’t worry too much. While sewer line clogs are more infrequent and complex than a clogged sink or toilet, they still happen...
by Pierre Livingston | Jan 2, 2019 | Plumbing Blog
How to Keep Your Pipes from Freezing Frozen pipes are not something many people worry about in South Carolina, or anywhere in the deep south, for any good reason. Winters are typically mild and short, and opportunities for frozen pipes don’t often come up. But...
by Pierre Livingston | Dec 7, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
How to Clean a Garbage Disposal Garbage Disposals: The Smelly Truth We might view our garbage disposals as these mysterious pits in our sinks that take our waste and get rid of it for us, somehow, so we don’t have to worry about it. When we flip the switch...
by Pierre Livingston | Nov 26, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
How to Fix an Overflowing Toilet Toilets are some of the most integral fixtures in our home plumbing systems. And like any other fixture, they get clogged. Most of the time, this isn’t a big deal, if you know what to do. Here are some basic steps to fix an...
by Cynthia Giles | Oct 18, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
5 Common Plumbing Issues and How To Fix Them Plumbing issues are often the most stressful. We can’t just ignore them, and in many cases, we can’t just fix them quickly and easily on their own. But if you have a basic understanding of common issues (like plumbing...
by Cynthia Giles | Sep 14, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
How to Become a Plumber Plumbing is often referred to as “recession-proof”. That’s because plumbing, unlike other trades, supports essential sanitation and health-related aspects of modern society that never go away. This isn’t to say that plumbers always have...
by Cynthia Giles | Aug 13, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
Is My Tap Water Safe to Drink? We often take our drinking water for granted. That is, until it begins to taste or smell odd, or there is a boil order, or we hear stories about contaminated water coming out of the tap due to old pipes or pollution. The truth of the...
by Pierre Livingston | Jul 24, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
Reverse Osmosis Water Filtration and Clean Water Management We can’t always control the quality of our tap water. Different municipalities enforce different standards of quality and water filtration handle chemicals, minerals, and organic compounds. And that...
by Cynthia Giles | Jun 14, 2018 | Plumbing Blog
Plumbing In The Summer IT IS SUMMERTIME!And between the sprinklers, pools, garden hoses, and extra indoor usage from kids being home, your plumbing is working overtime. This is the perfect time for a plumbing inspection. Make sure your plumbing can handle this...
