Can You Install Plumbing in an Exterior Wall?

We understand that pipes can freeze anywhere, specifically here in Charlotte, NC during our cold and unpredictable winters. Often there is no place else for pipes to go but an outside wall. While there is plumbing code specific to where you are, and your regional professional plumbers will understand that code, you may find that you have pipes in an exterior wall or require to put some there. This may leave you wondering, can plumbing be installed in an exterior wall, and should it be?

How to Replace a Shower Diverter

Switching on your shower should be as simple as the flip of a switch. But when your shower diverter breaks, showering is not so easy– water continues to put from your tub’s faucet after you have actually changed the diverter. Thankfully, repairing a shower diverter fasts and relatively basic.

Shower Diverter Spout Type

What is a Shower Diverter
A shower diverter is the mechanism that reroutes the water from your tub faucet to your showerhead. Many shower diverters are managed by a pin knob that you pull, but there are numerous types. Possibly yours is switched on with a button or with a 3rd faucet handle in between the bathtub’s hot and cold knobs.

How to Replace a Shower Diverter

Switching on your shower should be as simple as the flip of a switch. But when your shower diverter breaks, showering is not so easy– water continues to put from your tub’s faucet after you have actually changed the diverter. Thankfully, repairing a shower diverter fasts and relatively basic.

Shower Diverter Spout Type

What is a Shower Diverter
A shower diverter is the mechanism that reroutes the water from your tub faucet to your showerhead. Many shower diverters are managed by a pin knob that you pull, but there are numerous types. Possibly yours is switched on with a button or with a 3rd faucet handle in between the bathtub’s hot and cold knobs.

How to Adjust Water level in a Toilet?

If you’re a homeowner you’re going to have to know how to troubleshoot simple things with a toilet-that’s just the way it is. That’s why every homeowner should learn basic fixes for their toilets. Today, we’re going to talk about how to adjust the water level. It’s the only adjustment that changes your flushing force.

Why Would You Want to Change Flushing Force?

Your toilet bowl water level is more important than you believe. If it’s too low, there may not suffice water to flush the toilet appropriately and you might end up with regular blockages. If it’s too much water in the bowl, your toilet can waste water by continuously running and might even end up being dangerously near to over running when you flush!

How to Raise the Water Level
Your toilet’s water level is controlled by a float that turns the water system on and off based on the water level in the tank (and in the bowl). To raise it, you’ll need to adjust the float, which will be among 2 kinds. Prior to doing anything, turn off the toilet’s water supply.

(note: Some toilet’s shut off valves are so old they can get stuck or start leaking when they are moved. That being said you don’t want to start messing with this before bed on a Friday night. You’ll want to check it first thing in the morning so you’ll have time to have a plumber come out and replace it if you need to.)

How Often Should You Clean A Sump Pump?

Are sump pumps a set it and forget it appliance or is it in the forefront of your mind every day? Probably not very much, due to the fact that the majority of the time, sump pumps work as they’re supposed to, humming along in the background, working hard to prevent floods that can harm your home. It’s a small machine, but a big part of keeping your basement dry, so it’s important to keep your sump pump in good working order. How often are you required to perform maintenance on your sump pump, in order to keep it working appropriately? That’s a great question.

Conserving With Water Saving Fixtures

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, we’ve all heard about the droughts in the other parts of the country. This has effected water usage in many states for household functions and food production on farms. Fortunately North Carolina has been experiencing record breaking rainfall so we haven’t had to mandate any water usage. That being said it can still benefit many residents to be conservative with your water if you’re trying to keep your water bill low. It can also be helpful to not over work your septic system. Here’s a list of water saving fixtures that can ad value to your home while saving water at the same time.