Drains
How to clean a sewer drain : tips and tricks
Having a clogged sewer drain happens to us all at times, and often it just isn't as simple as throwing some "Chemical Drain Cleaner" down the drain and wait for the clog to go away. This article will show you how to unclog a drain.
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How to find a septic tank and manhole cover
Often people e-mail me to ask me where they can find the septic tank for their home. To which the answer is always: "I don't know". The septic tank is never located in the same place, making septic tanks hard to find, even for the experts.
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How to fix a leaking lavatory drain : tips and tricks
The source of a leaking lavatory, underneath the lavatory basin in your home plumbing, in most cases is a leaking trap, closely following in second place are faulty connections between the basin drain and the drain line aka. "tailpiece".
How to repair a leaking drain pipe : tips and tricks
Leaks in your home plumbing system are not just unsanitary but is a tremendous loss of a scarce resource. More often than not leaks are detected much later than they had started and after much damage had already been done.
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How to thaw frozen drain pipes : tips and tricks
During very cold winters, frozen water pipes or frozen septic tanks are always a risk. When the water inside your pipes or septic tank freezes, the ice then will expand and block the waterflow and it might even rupture a pipe.
How to unclog a drain and septic tank : tips and tricks
This article was written to show some of the possible problems you may face while unclogging a kitchen or bathroom drain in your home plumbing. And some of the septic tank problems you may experience from a blocked septic or distribution box.
Installation of a rainwater tank to save water
Installation of a new rainwater tank is a great way to reduce your water consumption. But if you have limited space for a water tank, however, it takes some extra skills or equipment to install a water catchment device.
Septic tank cleaning and maintenance
Cleaning a septic tank is perhaps a topic unheard of for those of you that live in suburban areas, but for homeowners in regional areas however, proper cleaning and taking good care of your septic tank and system is a must to avoid the system getting clogged.
Unexpected objects plumbers find in blocked drains
Only few plumbers will argue that roots are the common cause of most blocked drains in the US, but roots aren't always what is causing the blockage. During some sewer jobs the most surprising items get pulled out of sewer drains.
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