Easy Plumbing Tips Entering Spring

Spring cleaning, or a little upkeep you’ve been putting off, makes good common sense for your plumbing, too. This is a good time to get everything in order.

Is a Tankless Water Heater Right for Your Home?

Tankless water heaters are becoming more widespread and the right choice for more people and more properties now.

Which Pipe is Less Prone to Freezing? Copper, PVC, or PEX?

Flexible pipelines outperform stiff pipelines in freezing temperatures, decreasing the probability of frozen pipelines rupturing.

One the greatest winter season difficulties for property owners is making sure their pipelines don’t freeze and rupture, causing a headache and undesirable damage during a particularly busy time of the year. But depending on the type of pipe in their home, an extremely cold day may not cause the exact same quantity of concern. That’s since a flexible pipe is more likely to carry out better in freezing conditions than a stiff one. Copper, PVC and CPVC are more at danger of rupturing if water freezes in them than PEX is. We’re having a look at how PEX performs in cold weather and how to reduce the amount of stress put on the pipes system throughout the season.

Like other household appliances, water heaters have a limited lifespan. If you’re not sure whether or not it’s time to replace your home’s water heater, consider the following factors:

Age—most water heaters come with a 5 or 10-year warranty and will typically last even longer. However, if you’ve had your water heater for 15 or even 20 years, it’s probably time for a replacement.
Leaking—if your water heater has started to leak, there’s no completely effective way to stop it. If this is the case, you should call us at South End Plumbing right away to replace it to prevent flooding and other damage to your home.
Usage and Water Quality—as your family grows, you will use more hot water on a daily basis. If you’ve introduced more children into your family over the past few years, it’s important to remember that you’ll probably have to replace your water heater sooner than if the number of people in your household had remained the same.

If you’re like most people, you probably don’t pay much attention to what gets flushed down into the toilets of your home. However, without preventing certain items from going down into your drains from your home’s toilets, you could end up with a serious clogging issue on your hands. To prevent clogs from becoming a problem, make sure that you never flush these five common items down the toilet.

When Leaks Can’t Wait Whether it’s a small water leak in your bathroom or in another room of your home, you may think that it’s not really a big deal. However, there are several reasons why you shouldn’t let that leak go unrepaired and why you need to get it taken care of as soon … [Read More]