Author: flutter
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DIY: How to Handle Emergency Plumbing Situations at Home
Odds are that if you’ve lived in your home for long enough to come across one or more plumbing emergencies. Residential plumbing emergencies are serious issues that need to be tackled quickly and effectively before you’re faced with an even bigger problem on your hands.
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3 Common Water Pipe Mistakes to Avoid During Repairs
Caring for home water pipes can be tricky business if you don’t fully know exactly what you’re doing (such as in repairs, renovations, or even everyday use), or what to look for when diagnosing abnormal pipe behaviors.
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The Benefits of Subcontracting: Give Your Plumbing Business a Boost
Whether you are just beginning your plumbing business or expanding it, the addition of a subcontractor to your toolkit can help the financial growth of your labor. Purchasing equipment can be costly and many businesses cannot spend thousands of dollars for the equipment necessary to do larger jobs and trenchless jobs that will add to…
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4 Tips for Affordable Municipal Pipe Repair
Municipal sewer line damage can be a costly and frustrating problem to deal with. Road closures, expensive digging, and long labor hours all add up to high, and often unpredictable, final price tags.
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Sacramento Directional Boring Helps Municipalities And Contractors
Let’s be honest, resolving municipal plumbing problems is never a glamorous process. However, innovations in plumbing technology can ease some of these challenges and only incur minimal disruptions to surrounding communities. And, if you consider yourself to be a forward-thinking individual who makes decisions for cities or contracting companies, then you’re probably aware of the…
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Everything You Need to Know About Municipal Plumbing
As of 2021, there are more than 800,000 miles of public sewer lines and 500,000 miles of private sewer laterals in the United States, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. And, as cities expand to cater to growing populations, these numbers are only increasing.
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7 Common Signs of a Water Leak
While many homeowners know the tell-all signs of a water leak within their home’s plumbing, such as high water bills, lawn damage, and in-home leaking, often finding the leaks themselves can become a frustrating challenge. This is primarily due to the many areas, individual pipes, and systems in which a leak can occur, and for…
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7 Reasons for Low Water Pressure in Your Home (+ Tips to Fix It)
If you’re experiencing fluctuations in water pressure, don’t brush the issue off. Lower pressure could be more severe than you imagine, potentially involving serious problems like leaking or cracked water pipes, and may require professional intervention before snowballing into a home plumbing disaster. If you’re experiencing low water pressure in your house, however, you don’t…
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How to Lower Your Home Water Bill: 7 Tips
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American household uses over 300 gallons per day at home. Many of those gallons go to waste, and there are many opportunities to save water and lower your home water bill.
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What Does Pipe Replacement Cost? Tips for Homeowners
If your home is like many in Sacramento, odds are that it’s a little over 40 years old—placing its construction in the mid-to-late 70s or early 80s. Many homes built in the seventies are due for repiping because of the outdated materials used to build plumbing systems back then (like galvanized steel or iron).