New Home May Have Plumbing Problems:

July 10, 2010
By JoeThePlumber
New Home May Have Plumbing Problems:

Your recently purchased up-scale home may have plumbing problems. How could that be, you may ask? Actually, even in new plumbing in fine homes, mistakes can be made. Less than the best quality materials may be used in out of sight areas, to save on construction cost. Your lovely new home may conceal a...
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AC Quick-Fixes:

June 27, 2010
By JoeThePlumber
AC Quick-Fixes:

The middle of summer is not the time you want to find out that your air conditioner is not working properly. Unfortunately, just when you need it most, you may find out that your AC is letting you down. Air conditioning experts report that one of the most common causes of failure is old,...
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Ancient Plumbing Materials:

June 12, 2010
By JoeThePlumber
Ancient Plumbing Materials:

While plumbing history does include clay, cast iron, and copper, as a title that may be a little misleading. Actually the progression is not really clay-cast-copper, and that sequence ignores many major historical plumbing types. The clay to cast to copper progression will work if we only consider the most frequently used materials for...
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Choose A Great Plumber:

May 29, 2010
By JoeThePlumber

How do you identify a really good plumber? It depends upon what you will be expecting the plumber to do, of course. However there are several elemental requirements that should always be included in your plumber shopping list. Does the plumber have the equipment needed to do the job right? If you have a drain...
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