Is Your Water Heater Leaking?

is your water heater leaking

Understanding Water Heaters Is your water heater leaking?  If so, that’s a big deal since water heaters are one of the most used and essential appliances in our homes today. They provide hot water for many of our daily tasks like bathing and cleaning.  As is the case with any other appliance they are prone…

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Types of Air Conditioners: Understanding How They Work

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Understanding the Different Types of Air Conditioners and How They Work There are several different types of HVAC systems, and while they all have the ability to keep your home nice and comfy no matter what the outside temperature may be, each one achieves that goal in a different way.  Understanding the differences helps you…

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Tanked Water Heater Flush: To Flush or Not to Flush?

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The Argument for Flushing Your Tanked Heater It is easy to forget about your lowly water heater found in all our homes.  It does its job tirelessly and effortlessly, providing us with hot water for all our daily needs without us giving it a second thought.  This sometimes results in us missing a very important…

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Most Efficient Water Heaters: What Water Heater Types are Best?

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Understanding Water Heater Types When it comes to the most efficient water heaters, it starts with looking at the different types.  Different types of heaters utilize differing fuels and methods to heat and keep heated your water, and they’re not all equal.  Understanding the available types of water heaters will help you understand how to…

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Do Air Conditioners Bring in Fresh Air From Outside?

Do Air Conditioners Bring In Fresh Air From Outside

Understanding Where Your Air Comes From It is often asked, ‘do air conditioners bring in fresh air from outside?’  With more and more reports published every year about indoor air quality concerns and the associated health risks, it is understandable that consumers are trying to learn out exactly how their air conditioner works and where…

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Low Pressure from Your Faucet?

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Is Your Kitchen or Bathroom Faucet Running Slow? There are several very common reasons why you may be experiencing this problem.  While it can be frustrating and inconvenient and may require the skills of a professional plumber, a lot of times these issues aren’t so complicated.  In most cases low pressure from your faucet can…

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Polybutylene Piping: Is it Really That Bad?

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What is Polybutylene Piping? Polybutylene piping is made from polybutylene which was a commonly manufactured type of plastic between 1978 and 1995.  It was primarily used for piping home plumbing systems.  It was initially thought to be a great and inexpensive product that offered several distinct advantages over existing plumbing materials.  Polybutylene piping was a…

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Leaking Toilet? Here’s Where to Start

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Dealing with a Leaking Toilet? Here Are Your Likely Problems Before you can look at how to fix a leaking toilet, you need to first figure out where the leak is coming from exactly.  When you find there is water on your bathroom floor and you trace it back to find a leaking toilet, you…

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Can Heating & Air Companies Still Be Trusted?

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What’s Happened to the HVAC Market? If you’ve been quoted a new air conditioner or major repair recently, then you know there has been a major shift in HVAC pricing over the past few years.  Changes in consumer habits, advertising, industry culture, and other factors have driven prices up and quality of service down.  It’s…

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Free Electrical Estimates: Are They Really Free?

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‘Free is never free’, isn’t that the saying?  So when a company advertises ‘free electrical estimates’, is there a catch?  And what defines an ‘estimate’, because, really, isn’t anytime a company gives you pricing they’re giving you an estimate? When it comes to estimates, it’s important to distinguish the difference between an estimate and a…

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