4 Tips To Prevent A Plumbing Catastrophe During The COVID-19 Pandemic

Emergencies happen. This is as true with your home's plumbing as it is with any other situation or system. While you should always take good care of your plumbing to reduce your risk of emergencies, this is more important than ever before during the COVID–19 outbreak. While most plumbers are still working — at least to provide emergency services — you want to reduce your chances of having to call a plumber at this time. [Read More]

3 Things To Try When Your Plumbing Smells Like Rotten Eggs

If you keep smelling an odor like rotten eggs in your bathroom or kitchen, it might be coming from your plumbing. Plumbing problems sometimes give off a sewer odor, and other times, the odors smell like rotten eggs due to hydrogen sulfide produced by bacteria somewhere in the plumbing. Here's a look at how to get rid of the sulfur odor coming from your drains or faucets. 1. Run Water And Flush Toilets [Read More]

How To Handle Kitchen Grease Clogs

Most cooks rely on some kind of fat or oil to provide a nonstick coating to pans and enhance the flavor of food. While grease can be a wonderful ingredient in the kitchen, unfortunately, it can also badly damage your pipes. Grease can congeal inside your pipes, causing clogs and poor drainage. Here are three things you can do to manage the situation. 1. Stop sending solids down the drain. [Read More]

Snakes And Clogged Drains: A DIY Guide To Help You Make Your Own Pipe Auger Tool To Clear Clogs

If you have a blocked drain in your home, you may want to try all the tools you have available before contacting the plumbing. A plumber's snake or pipe auger is a tool that you use to put in the drain and clear the blockage. There are a lot of different ways you can make your own auger tool to clear minor clogs from your drains. The following guide will help you make a simple auger tool to clear blockages from the drains in your home: [Read More]