As the old saying goes - there’s more than one way to unclog a toilet. OK, we just made that up but we’re here to prove it’s true. Sure, we love our plunger, but what if you don’t have one? Have you tried soap or baking soda? Follow our detailed instructions for how to unclog a toilet with a plunger but stick around … [Read more...]

Modern copper pipes should last for 20 years or more. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always happen, thanks to a particularly pernicious plumbing problem known as pinhole leaking. Pinhole leaks only occur in copper pipe. Under the right (worst) conditions, copper pipe may develop pinhole leaks within only two years of … [Read more...]

Garbage disposals usually leak from three places: the top, the pipe connections, and the bottom. To find out if your disposal is leaking, check each common place where leaks start. Use a flashlight to check for condensation, puddling, and other signs of water accumulation on or beneath your disposal. Each common … [Read more...]

You can use different kinds of 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 … [Read more...]

You have a running toilet for one of two reasons: Either water is leaking from the tank into the bowl, or the fill tube is refilling too much water into the tank, activating its overflow tube. You should be able to stop either problem quickly by adjusting the flapper, float, or tubes. Running toilets tend to be … [Read more...]

When you're stuck inside sheltering in place, your toilet’s health suddenly becomes very important to you. The last thing you want is to deal with clogs on top of everything else. Even the thought might be even to drive you to paranoia.  Instead of simply worrying, however, we recommend channeling that particular … [Read more...]

Worrying about cleaning your plumbing is probably the last thing on your mind right now. Unfortunately, however, as you spend more time social distancing at home, the health of your plumbing will become critical. The last thing you want is to get stuck home with a clogged toilet or broken faucet. Luckily, there’s … [Read more...]

We all know that household leaks happen, and surprisingly often. What we often don’t seem to know is why they happen. If you didn’t damage your pipe, then why should it start leaking all of a sudden? Are your pipes faulty? Is the leak a sign of something gone horribly wrong? Luckily, the answer to each of these … [Read more...]