Knowing the “Hot Water Demand” for Your Home

When thinking about a new water heater for your home, one main factor is the unit’s capacity, or how much water it holds. Sometimes, people just think about getting the same capacity as the old one.

Does Homeowners Insurance Usually Cover Water Damage from Plumbing Leaks?
The overall answer is, it depends. 

Your homeowner’s insurance should cover water damage from a plumbing malfunction, leak or broken pipe if the damage is considered sudden, accidental or unexpected. If the leak is due to worn or poorly-maintained plumbing, pipes or construction insurance will deny a claim. Water damage from neglect, as in from a leak going undetected for a long time, will not be covered. 

How to Tighten a Kitchen Faucet Handle That Keeps Leaking When Shut Off

Most of the time you go on with your day to day tasks around the kitchen sink and you don’t think twice about your kitchen faucet. When you turn on the handle the water comes on and when you turn it off the water stops. But over time an older faucet handle can become loose and over time inhibit the valve insides your faucets from shutting off the water completely.

Does Hair Ever Break Down in a Drain?

Human hair is biodegradable and decomposes, but it takes about two years. So, if you have a drain or pipes clogged with hair, you’ll need a faster fix than that. 

Tools, natural products, chemicals and some ideas dating back a generation or two are all options.

Why Is It So Hard To Get Major Kitchen Appliances Now?

Kitchen appliances, especially major and popular ones, are hard to find now. They are even harder to find, and be in your home, in a normal, predictable period of time. Like way too much of our lives, the coronavirus pandemic is the main culprit for multiple reasons over the last two years. 

A National Association of Home Builders survey in March 2021 reported 90% of U.S. building companies have had problems buying, then getting, appliances for new homes. Many builders and homeowners know too much about ordering, waiting months for the order to be filled, then maybe months more, for delivery. 

The new homes go up on schedule, but appliance shortages and delays hold up going on the market and selling. The shortages and delays effect ranges, refrigerators, dishwashers, wall ovens and microwaves. Problems have hit American and foreign manufacturers.

Can a Pipe Under a Driveway Be Repaired
Without Removing It?

It begins as just a trickle– an innocent little stream of water diminishing the driveway. Perhaps you blame it on the rain you have actually been having lately, or presume the neighbor is over-watering their yard once again.