Category: Plumbing
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Notes on Toilet Replacement
You groggily shamble into the bathroom, use the toilet and flush it. After washing your hands, you start ambling back to bed, but in the distance, you can hear it. “Wait, was that…” you think. The “drip…drip…drip” grows louder and heavier and more frequent. “Please, no,” you mumble under your breath. With a deep breath…
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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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How to Thaw Frozen Pipes: 6 Steps to Take When Your Pipes Freeze
November has arrived and with it, Old Man Winter. As temperatures continue to drop over the next couple of months homes in the Edmonton area will be at a greater risk of frozen pipes. Uninsulated pipes can freeze when temperatures reach just -6 degrees Celsius. Without the necessary precautions taken, pipes in the Edmonton area…
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Holiday Plumbing Tips
Now that Edmonton homes have celebrated Thanksgiving, the holiday season is once again in full force. With extended breaks and get-togethers on the horizon, it’s important to start taking precautions for the inevitable crowds. If you are one of those homes that has an open-door policy during the holidays, you will want to make sure…
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Halloween Safety Tips (for Edmonton Homes)
Another Edmonton October means that soon houses will be decorated with all sorts of spooky, festive decorations. In addition to traditional pumpkins and paper cutouts; elaborate blow up figures, animatronic gizmos, video projections and light shows have become modern staples. With all this new technology, it’s more important than ever to take safety precautions for…
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Green Plumbing Tips for Edmonton Homes
While Edmonton homeowners prepare for the long winter with maintenance procedures that will ensure both safety and comfort, there is another concern that many will want to add to the list: green plumbing. Making environmentally sound decisions regarding your plumbing will help keep your system running smoothly and cut down on utility bills. Our harsh…
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Fall Sump Pump Maintenance
A sump pump is the best defense against flooding in your Edmonton home. Activated by a float switch, it removes water that would otherwise infiltrate a basement by redirecting it to your sewer system or nearest storm drain. If you have a sump pump installed in your home, it is recommended that you perform DIY…
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Fall DIY Maintenance for Edmonton Homes
With the new Edmonton school year just a few weeks away, it’s time for area households to begin thinking about fall DIY maintenance. While it will be another couple of months before the temperatures dictate turning on the heat, it’s always a good practice to get the home ready ahead of the seasonal shift. Ensuring…
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Plumbing Fixes Before Selling
Selling Your Home? Make Sure Your Plumbing is up to Snuff Before Listing! Selling a home gives you the opportunity to make a profit, but you also need to consider the things that could hinder your sale. A problem with the plumbing turns potential buyers away and may cause complications for the selling process. By…
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Kitchen Plumbing Maintenance
If you are like most households, you are probably spending a lot of time during the extended break in the kitchen. More meals at home and increased trips to the fridge and pantry for snacks means more use of the kitchen appliances – and plumbing. Your kitchen sink gets a real workout during the summer…
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Summer Outdoor Plumbing Notes for Edmonton
While Edmonton winters bring major challenges to plumbing systems, the summer season comes with its own unique set of problems. With kids home from school and extended holidays all over Canada, homeowners will be using their plumbing more often. This is especially true of outdoor water use with lawns, gardens, pools and backyard recreational toys…
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How to Find Hidden Water Leaks
Hidden water leaks can cost you a lot of money in your Edmonton home. One of the most common plumbing problems and biggest causes of wasted water in your home are silent and slow leaks in pipes, fixtures and appliances. Because they are silent and slow, they often go undetected. When they go undetected, they…
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Sump Pump Maintenance Procedures and Tips
Why should we maintain ourSump Pumps? Our sump pumps should work efficiently for us and be there for us when we need them. The very last thing we need to happen is for our submersible pump to let us down when we need it the most. If we take the time to look after our…
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Green Cleaning Products for Your Edmonton Home
Your kitchen and bathroom are two of the most important places in your Edmonton home. So making sure that both are clean and free from harmful toxins should be a high priority. This is becoming increasingly difficult with the amount of harmful cleaners on the market containing carcinogens, poisons and asthma/allergy instigators. Shockingly, just 7…
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Sump Pump Maintenance Tips for Your Edmonton Home
A sump pump is designed to keep basements from accumulating water when flooding happens regularly. It also helps to reduce dampness when the water table is above a home’s foundation. There are hundreds of thousands of sump pumps in Canada, making them a fixture in most residences with a basement. With spring on its way,…
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Supply Valve Locations in Your Edmonton Home
When things go wrong with your Edmonton plumbing system, it is easy to panic – especially if a leak is involved. Any kind of leak, whether it originates from a pipe or a fixture, can cause extensive water damage. Often the water from a leak can create more damage than the initial problem. Understanding a…
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8 Simple and Easy Ways to Save Water in Edmonton
More and more people nowadays are looking for ways to conserve water as they go about their everyday lives. If you’re interested in netting some savings on your utility bill, then the experienced and dependable plumbers at Edmonton’s Always Plumbing and Heating have eight simple and easy tips for you: 1) Remember to turn off…
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Game Day Plumbing Tips for Your Edmonton Home
Are you planning a big Super Bowl® party this weekend? Lots of Edmonton homes will be filled with fans gathering to cheer on their favorite team – and eat their favorite party foods. While the talk around this year’s game seems to be focused more on the American ads that will play during the telecast,…
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Tips for Green Bathroom Remodeling in Edmonton
If you’ve been thinking about remodeling your Edmonton bathroom, there’s never been a better time to renovate using green technology. Modern fixtures that use less water and energy are readily available and more affordable than ever. You can also find recycled and sustainable materials essential for a bathroom renovation at most home improvement stores. From…
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Home Plumbing Tips: Retrieve Items that Wash Down the Drain
Your grandmother’s ring, a beloved toy, or a favourite pair of earrings… they have all accidentally fallen down the drain at some point! Luckily, there are some useful methods you can try to retrieve them with minimal damage. Using some household items or calling emergency plumbers in Edmonton can ensure your precious belongings are not…