We love our pets. We love when our plumbing works. We don’t love when our pets prevent our plumbing from working. It doesn’t sound like a common problem... but you’d be surprised. Nearly one-third of all U.S. homeowners have either a cat or a dog. That means pet-related plumbing problems are surprisingly common … [Read more...]
How to Keep Your Dishwasher from Clogging
There are few things as unpleasant as a dishwasher that doesn’t work properly. Seriously, what’s worse? Stepping on legos? Old, microwaved cups of coffee? Black licorice? Sure, ok--but that’s about it. A clogged dishwasher is not a happy dishwasher. When food, paper, and other scraps build up, they create clogs and … [Read more...]
How to Protect Your Bathroom Drains
A free-flowing drain is a happy drain. A happy drain maintains a happy bathroom. And everyone who sings in the shower or reads in the bath knows that few things are better than a happy bathroom. Ipso facto: maintaining a free-flowing drain helps you keep in enjoying one of the best things in life. What? It’s just … [Read more...]
How to Clear Up a Sluggish Drain Fast
Drain clogs have a way of asserting themselves at the worst possible moment. Maybe you’re entertaining, or cooking a big dinner. Maybe… your in-laws are coming over. All of a sudden… your sink won’t drain. If you don’t do something about that clog--and fast--it’ll throw a serious wrench in all your plans. Obviously, … [Read more...]
6 Weird Ways to Use Bacon Grease
Earlier this month, we explained how everyone pours bacon grease down their drains, even though they really, really shouldn’t. That blog made us wonder why, exactly, that keeps happening. The conclusion we came to is that we all tend to think of bacon grease as waste. We usually dispose of liquid waste in a drain, so … [Read more...]
Why Bacon Grease is So Bad for Plumbing
In their recent article “Everyone Pours Bacon Fat Down the Drain; Everyone Lies About It,” the Wall Street Journal reveals a terrible truth plumbers are already all-too-familiar with. People all over the world are still pouring their bacon grease down their drains all the time. This is a significant problem. If … [Read more...]
3 Common Reasons Your Toilet Won’t Flush Properly
Everyone knows that when their toilet won’t flush, they have a problem. That’s not tough to figure out. Likewise with a completely clogged toilet. It’s obvious. Unfortunately, there are problems that are less obvious. Sometimes, for instance, your toilet just doesn’t work very well. Maybe it still flushes, but the … [Read more...]
4 Reasons You Should Have Your Drains Cleaned Professionally
Every home has it: that one sink that just clogs all the time. You plunge it once every couple of months or even weeks, but it doesn’t matter. It seems like you get the water flowing one day, and the very next the drain plugs up again. It’s the “problem” drain. Chances are, you’ve stopped trying to deal with the … [Read more...]
Four Reasons Your Bathroom Sink is Clogging
However upsetting they may be, clogged toilets are at least understandable. You usually know why they’re happening, and you know what to do about them. Kitchen sink clogs usually aren’t too tough to figure out either. But then there’s bathroom clogs. What possible reason could there be for your bathroom sink to … [Read more...]
4 Clogged Dishwasher Warning Signs – and How to Fix It
If you’ve never heard of Murphy’s law before, it states that, “anything that can go wrong, will go wrong”. We’ve made a slight plumbing-related addendum to Murphy's law, which we’re calling 'Murphy and Mike Diamond’s law'. Murphy and Mike Diamond's law states: “Anything that can go wrong with your home plumbing, will … [Read more...]
