All posts tagged "plumbing"
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6 Unique Products from Digital Measuring Tapes to LED Lighting
Remote Broadcast from the DANCO Booth at NHS 2015 The final hour of remote broadcast from this year’s National Hardware Show in Las Vegas was recorded at the DANCO booth. The Carey Brothers interviewed guests...
- Posted June 18, 2015
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Three New Products from Danco
NHS Interview: Danco Plumbing Danco’s Mark Gehrett, Senior Product Manager, and Tara Garcia, Director of Marketing, shared with The Carey Brothers the benefits of some of their unique products. The Perfect Seal is one that replaces the...
- Posted May 21, 2015
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NHS Interview: Next by Danco
Danco’s Mark Gehrett, Senior Product Manager, sharing with James Carey the benefits of some of their unique products. The Perfect Seal is one that replaces the traditional wax seal, another product is the HydroSeat for repair use...
- Posted May 18, 2015
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On Kitchen and Bath Remodeling
The holidays are slowly but surely lagging farther and farther behind us. All the stores are having their best sales of the year and Mother Nature is making sure that wind, rain and snow make it impossible...
- Posted February 8, 2015
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Plumbing: Prevent Frozen Water Pipes
Nearly twenty-five winters ago we had occasion to rent a cabin in Lake Tahoe. What a vacation, we skied, sledded and had snow ball fights followed up by evenings of conversation around a warm, inviting fire. It...
- Posted January 15, 2015
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Flush Performance Index
In 1956, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus made its last performance in a tent and since has performed only in arenas. The point? Change often improves performance. For example, at your house a new water-saving toilet...
- Posted May 14, 2014
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Replacing Pipes Instead of Repairs
In 1884, 25 nations met in Washington, D.C. and set up time zones for the world. They chose the village of Greenwich, England, longitude zero as the prime meridian and keeper of the world’s time. Thus, today...
- Posted April 29, 2014
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Clearing Clogs Before They Occur
Pull out the plunger, pump out the obstruction and clean up the mess. And that’s if the plunger works. Why even consider letting things go that far? Drain clogs don’t happen in a day. They result from...
- Posted April 25, 2014
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Cast Irons Sinks in Older Homes
Question Many houses built when mine was (about 50 years ago) had cast iron sinks in the kitchen. I’m sure that many of them, like mine, are showing pitting where the fired enamel has worn down to...
- Posted April 17, 2014
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Busted Pipe
Question The waste water from the clothes washer and kitchen sink drain onto the floor of the garage or into the backyard through a pipe on the exterior of the home/kitchen wall. This pipe was broken prior...
- Posted April 16, 2014