Category: Flooding
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How to Check for Frozen Pipes and Broken Hose Bibs to Avoid Basement Flooding
Edmonton, Alberta is cold during the winter months, reaching a low of -40C at times. For people who love winter activities, it’s a perfect place to live. Unfortunately, the climate can present a host of issues for homeowners including frozen pipes and hose bibs. Damage to your home and plumbing caused by a frozen pipe…
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Thawing Wisdom- A Guide for Edmonton Homeowners With Frozen Pipes
Chill in the air, frost on the windows, and a surprise – frozen pipes! The Northern lights and winter in Edmonton may be amazing, but when your home’s plumbing starts to play its own icy symphony, it’s time to take action. Do you have a game plan? Do you know how to thaw frozen pipes?…
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Winter-Proofing Your House Plumbing: 10 Tips to Prevent Burst Pipes
Winter brings with it a picturesque blanket of snow, cozy nights by the fire, and the holiday spirit. However, it also comes with a potential menace – burst pipes. Icy cold temperatures can wreak havoc on your plumbing system, causing expensive and frustrating damage. But fear not, for we’ve got you covered with 10 essential…
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Sewer Backup Valves: Why You Need One & Their Costs
Sewage needs to get out and stay out! When waste leaves your home, it should remain outside of the house in the municipal sewer system. But, not everything always goes according to plan. Sometimes, when flooding or heavy rainfall occurs, there’s a possibility sewage could flow back to your home. The best way to avoid…
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How to Unclog a Drain with a Snake or Drain Auger
A clogged drain? What a pain! Luckily, dislodging clogged drains is inexpensive and simple using a drain snake or auger. These plumbing devices are long, flexible (some might say snake-like) metal coils that go into the drain pipe and push or pull the obstruction out. You can use them for bathroom or kitchen sinks, showers,…
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How to Prevent Basement Flooding
This article goes over our expert tips and recommendations to prevent your basement from flooding this spring and summer.
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How to Keep Your Hose Bibs from Freezing
Are you ready for another winter? Did you get your furnace up and running? Put away your summer clothes and bring out your winter gear? How about put snow tires on your car? Did you drain your hose bibs? As winter approaches, there is a risk of your hose bibs freezing. Your hose bibs are…
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How to Prevent Your Basement from Flooding
It’s been another rainy summer in Edmonton, and the water table has been rising significantly due to 2 consecutive summers with record rainfall. Heavy rainfall poses a risk to homeowners, in which the water can seep into a basement causing flooding. This can gradually happen over time, causing mold problems, or the issue can be…
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Conserve Water and Protect Your Home from Water Damage with Flo by Moen
When it comes to water leaks in the home, statistics show: With these numbers in mind, Moen created a Smart Water shutoff device that they call Flo by Moen. This device attaches to your main water shutoff line in your home and runs daily tests to ensure that your home’s plumbing is running efficiently. The…
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Getting Your Hose Bibs Ready for Spring
As Spring has begun, and warm weather is just around the corner, you may find yourself spending more time outdoors these days. If you’re doing some spring cleaning, you will likely need to turn on your garden hose at some point. Harsh Alberta winters with extremely low temperatures can sometimes cause hairline fractures in your…
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DIY Sump Pump Maintenance
Your homes’ sump pump is one of the most important parts of your home plumbing fixtures in flood prevention. Sump pumps are designed to keep basements from flooding when the water table is higher than your homes’ foundation, particularly in times during large rainfall or after large snowmelt. Edmonton and area commonly receive large volumes…
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Prevent Flooding In Your Edmonton Home & Save Money With A Backwater Valve
Protect Your Home From Flooding Due To Heavy Rain & City Sewage Back-up If getting a mainline backwater valve hasn’t made it onto your spring to-do list yet, now is a great time to add it. During seasons of heavy rainfall, Edmonton homes without sewer backflow valves are at risk of flooding from raw sewage…
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Do I Need a Sump Pump?
Depending on where you live, a sump pump might be one of the most integral parts of equipment in your house – but there’s also a chance you’ll never need one at all. Some of you think, ‘Of course! I’d never go more than a few months without checking my sump pump, it’s too important.’…
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How to Handle a Burst Pipe (in Winter)
Northern Alberta is under an Extreme Cold Warning with wind chill values of -40 to -45 expected to persist into Saturday. This is frozen and burst pipe weather. We’ve written about how to prevent and thaw frozen pipes, but what happens if it’s too late for that? Hopefully you can thaw the frozen area or…
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Natural Disaster Prep: Flooding in Edmonton
With the recent hurricane activity in the Atlantic causing unprecedented destruction, it’s a good time to review procedures for potential flooding. While Edmonton generally doesn’t experience flooding in the fall, a flood can happen at any time – and without warning. Just last month, a severe thunderstorm caused localized flooding throughout the area. Fortunately, the…