The Smell Good Plumber
Drain Cleaning
March 7, 2023
The garage floor drain is one of the most underappreciated pieces of plumbing hardware out there. No matter what, they work hard. Your garage floor drain handles all the random liquid that finds its way from outside into your garage. This can include appliance run-off, animal hair, engine oil, spillage, fixture condensation, and who knows […]
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Blog
February 15, 2023
Earning your plumber’s license and becoming a fulltime journeyman plumber is a profitable and rewarding career path. While it takes four years to earn your license, the good news is that you can be earning money the entire time as a plumber’s apprentice. Once licensed, the average pay for a plumber in California is $72,000/year, […]
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Plumbing
January 17, 2023
Has this ever happened to you? You wake up in the morning, go to the bathroom to wash your face, and… water won’t come out of your faucet. It’s certainly not the way you want to start your day, but what can you do? Why is your sink not working? There could be a number […]
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Plumbing
November 22, 2022
You can use different kinds of plumbing repair tape to solve different plumbing leak problems. Use pipe thread tape, sometimes called “Teflon” or “Plumber’s” pipe, to fix leaking pipe joints. Use silicone, sometimes called “self-amalgamating,” “self-fusing,” or “leak repair” tape, to fix hairline cracks or other non-joint pipe leaks. Tape has a surprisingly broad number […]
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Plumbing
October 25, 2022
How long do copper pipes last? Depending on their thickness and the pH of the water traveling through them, modern copper pipes should last for 20-50 years. Unfortunately, that doesn’t exclude a pernicious plumbing problem known as pinhole leaking. Pinhole leaks only occur in copper piping. Under the right (worst) conditions, your copper pipes may […]
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Drain Cleaning
October 19, 2022
Knowing how to fix a clogged bathroom sink may depend on what’s clogging it. You can flush soap scum clogs with vinegar and baking soda or tweeze hair. For bigger clogs in your bathroom sink, a plunger or drain snake works best. Figuring out why your bathroom sink is not draining is the first step […]
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Plumbing
September 29, 2022
Ideally, when a toilet clogs you’ll grab the nearest flange plunger and clear things up in a minute or two. But what do you do when your toilet’s clogged and there’s no plunger? Maybe you just moved into a new place. Maybe you’re at your plunger-less friend’s house. Are there ways to unclog a toilet […]
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Plumbing
September 16, 2022
A main sewer line clog is probably the biggest plumbing-related problem you could face. A clogged sewer drain essentially paralyzes your entire plumbing system because there is nowhere for wastewater to go. Everything hinges on breaking up that clog. Plumbing emergencies are scary enough when they don’t involve human waste. Unfortunately (and we hate to […]
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Plumbing
September 12, 2022
Household Hacks to Help You Get The Most Out of Your Dishwasher and Make Life Easier Dishwasher vs. hand washing – which is better? When it comes to efficiency and killing bacteria, the dishwasher wins. To kill most bacteria, water must reach a scalding 140° Fahrenheit. That temperature is easily reached in a dishwasher, but […]
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Water Services
July 25, 2022
Did you know that nearly 20% of your home’s energy bill comes from simply heating up your water? Heating water requires more energy usage than almost any other household task (except for heating and cooling your whole home.) With costs that high, you’ll feel it even more if your water heater efficiency is less than […]
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