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Few of us in Utah worry too much about flood risk. While we might experience occasional downpours that turn the streets into rivers for a little while, we’re certainly not experiencing hurricanes like the east coast. However, floods do happen […]

Most homeowners have very limited knowledge when it comes to their home plumbing systems. You know how to handle a plunger for small clogs, and if a drain is giving you a particular amount of trouble, you know how to pick out a chemical drain clearing solution. But that’s where your knowledge and expertise ends. This is a wonderful basis and often the extent of what you need to know. But sometimes your trusty bottle of Drain-O isn’t working, or it’s all gone and you don’t have time to go and pick up another bottle because you’re dealing with a massively clogged drain. Here are our quick tips to clear your drain until your plumber can get there!
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Have you ever noticed the sound of running water persistently coming from your toilet? Often, it takes us a while to notice it. After all, toilets need to have running water to refill the tank after any flush. However, if you notice that the running water persists long after a flush, there’s a problem that needs to be looked at. (more…)

There are few things in life that are worse than coming home and realizing that your home has suffered a flood. Home floods can cause tremendous amounts of damage to your property and your belongings, and, while you can use flood restoration to save a room or maybe some carpet, the reality is that the water damage will likely ruin many of your belongings beyond the point of no return.

For this reason, it’s important to be aware of what things are more likely to cause a flood in your home. Here are some of the most common flood threats that you can control (unlike something like, say, weather)… (more…)

Now that winter is almost upon us, it’s important to take some precautions to prevent the cold elements from doing any damage to your home. When the temperatures start to drop, this can especially be bad news for your plumbing system, as freezing water naturally expands, which means that a pipe that is already full of liquid water is likely to burst, if it freezes. The worst part is that you might not even realize it until winter, when your entire basement floods and destroys a bunch of your belongings. Here is how to conduct some pre-winter maintenance on your water lines before winter arrives to prevent this… (more…)