All posts tagged "water"
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How To Clean Your Water Heater
In this hour, the Carey Brothers give tips on cleaning your water heater. Also, they discuss the grilling do’s and don’ts for Labor Day.
- Posted August 29, 2015
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Stain Removal 101
Crashing splashes, oozing squishes, crackling smashes and crunching smishes! Whether you’re a dorm dweller, a budding homemaker or an experienced grandparent everyone has heard at least one of these sounds while something is crashing onto something else....
- Posted August 26, 2015
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Leaky Basement Walls
Leaks and squeaks; they’re two of a contractors worst nightmares. They can also drive most homeowners bonkers. Fortunately, with patience and persistence, the source of most leaks and squeaks can be located and repaired. However, trying to...
- Posted August 26, 2015
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How You Use Water Inside Your Home
In this day and age of indoor toilets and aqueducts it is hard to believe that there is a such thing as water rationing. What’s all this business about water rationing? If you don’t believe that it’s...
- Posted August 25, 2015
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Saving Money On Your Utility By Saving More Water
Water can be easily wasted during any of the following activities: • Landscape irrigation • Hosing down walks and drives • Washing automobiles and other vehicles • Dishwashing • Clothes washing • Toilet flushing • Showering •...
- Posted August 21, 2015
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Water Impurities & Troubleshooting
Water: Wa•ter (wô¹ter, wòt¹er) noun 1. A clear, colorless, odorless, and tasteless liquid, H2O, essential for most plant and animal life and the most widely used of all solvents. Freezing point 0°C (32°F); boiling point 100°C (212°F);...
- Posted August 21, 2015
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Tankless Water Heaters
We have a favorite Italian deli in our neck of the woods that we love to visit – probably more often then we should. Due to its popularity, everyone must “take a number,” which determines the order...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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What You Need to Know About Water Softeners
Among the most frequently asked questions that we receive is how to get rid of the grungy buildup on windows, shower glass, faucets and plumbing fixtures. Our answer is almost always the same. Make a paste out...
- Posted August 14, 2015
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Taking Care of Noisy Water Pipes
Did you ever turn off a faucet only to experience sounds and vibrations similar to those produced by a three-point earthquake? Here is what happens. Imagine a fast moving stream of water traveling down a narrow pipe....
- Posted August 7, 2015
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A Hose That’s Easier To Use
When we were kids it was our job each and every week to help dad wash the car and work in the garden. We didn’t have any lawn, but planters completely surrounded our home – 360 degrees....
- Posted July 28, 2015