Toilets are marvels of ingenuity, though the fixture is so common and widely used you wouldn’t realize it unless you thought about it. To understand the genius behind a toilet, you first need to understand toilet tanks. We’re going to take a look at those...
As you can probably guess, corrosion is really bad for your boiler. Boilers are made almost entirely of metal, as are the pipes that lead out of them. There are a lot of different things that can cause corrosion - inevitably, over time, most metals...
Like most other complex appliances, water heaters benefit from regular maintenance. One of the more common issues with water heaters is an accumulation of sediment in the tank. There’s sediment dissolved in almost all water - the measurement for how much sediment is dissolved in...
Sewer replacement is not a simple process. The biggest problem? Sewers are underground, so getting to them in order to do the replacing is tricky. What’s more, your plumbing team will have to evaluate what parts of the sewer are broken, what can be repaired...
There are two very important pipes running fluids into your home: your water line, and your gas service line. There are a wide array of reasons why you might need to shut either of lines off to stop the flow of gas or water -...
The basics of commercial plumbing and residential plumbing aren’t actually that different - fluid dynamics don’t really care about your building’s occupancy. The difference between the two, then, is chiefly the size and scope of your plumbing system. You will, of course, still use pipes...
It’s right there in the title - you can eliminate hard water with a water softener! Great news, right? Well, it is if you know what hard water is, or you have hard water and you want to soften it. Let’s expand on all of...
Water heaters come in all sorts of different shapes and sizes. Even traditional tank water heaters can have a variety of different fuel sources, capacities, and energy-efficient parts. Few water heaters are exactly alike. The new kid on the block is the tankless water heater,...
Going to the doctor every year is obviously a good idea. While homes aren’t nearly as complex as our bodies, they’re still incredibly complex - it’s a wonder people don’t get their home’s systems inspected more often. There are generally two reasons why you might...
Though it might not be obvious at first, sewers and manholes, like anything else, need to be maintained and cleaned in order to function properly. Think about it: the grime, sludge, sewage, and debris that build up on a manhole can cause a number of...