Setting the temperature for your home water heater may be easy. Choosing the proper setting is another thing. There are various factors to be considered, including energy savings, health, and safety concerns. We must decide what is best for ourselves and our families.
Those of us most concerned about the health risk due to bacterial...
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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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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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The cure for hard water is a water softener. These systems remove the minerals that deposit on surfaces and keep your shampoo and soap from lathering properly. Maintenance can be a chore, though. There are automated systems that require less maintenance, though they come at a higher price. For the best in water quality...
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