How Tankless Water Heaters Can Improve Energy Efficiency

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Tankless water heaters are also called inline, continuous flow, flash, instant-on, on-demand or instantaneous water heaters. They are popular with many users for a variety of reasons. Tankless water heaters are normally of two types. One is electric powered, and the other is gas fired.

Both electrical and gas tankless water heaters are available in single point, multi-point and whole house units. The single points are for a single item such as a sink, while multi-point units can cater for ...

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Ten Questions Everyone Should Ask a Potential Contractor

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Everyone has heard the horror stories of contractors hired to perform home improvement contracts. Maybe the contractor took a person?s money and ran, or left the work half-done. Others stories tell of faulty workmanship that causes major headaches after the fact. Asking these ten questions will help ensure you don?t have a negative contractor experience.

Who are your workers and how will they be supervised?

This question is extremely important if you are hiring a contractor to do work in your home. ...

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DIY: How To Clear Drains without the Use of Dangerous Chemicals

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Have you ever heard that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure? Where your household drains are concerned, this old adage contains noteworthy advice since a clogged drain can often warrant an expensive service call to the plumber.

Chemical Drain-Clearing Methods

Most commercial products used for unclogging drains contain caustic and corrosive chemicals that are not only bad for you and the environment, but they are hard on your pipes as well. Chemical drain cleaners damage galvanized, PVC, iron, ...

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Sewer Inspections

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When Should You Get a Professional Sewer Camera Inspection?

If you are considering the purchase of a home or you have problems with your existing sewer lines, you may want to consider getting a professional plumber to complete a plumbing inspection. With both scenarios, it is important for you to assess the condition of your sewer lines in order to take care of problematic issues or to ensure that the sewer system is working properly in the house that you intend ...

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Water Heater Maintenance For Optimum Performance

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Although heating water for your home accounts for about 19 percent of your annual utility bill, it?s easy to take hot water for granted until something goes wrong with your water heater. The cost and inconvenience of repair or replacement can easily be avoided by maintaining your system to keep it operating safely and efficiently year round. Water heater maintenance is a cooperative effort between you and your plumbing technician. Here are some of the ...

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DIY Toilet Repair: Diagnose A Leaking or Running Toilet

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You wake up to the sound of your alarm; you look up to see the clock reads 5:00 A.M. You have to start getting ready for work; as you start your morning stagger towards the bathroom, you hear a hissing. You reach the bathroom and you turn on your light, you go use the toilet; ignoring the fact that the light hissing is coming from the toilet itself. As you finish, you press the toilet handle to flush and nothing ...

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Plumbing Problems & Quick Fixes

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Any plumbing problem is bad news to any owner. It ordinarily denotes there will be a great mess and a huge bill to accompany the mess. Admittedly, I cannot alter the cash situation, but I can help take care of some common plumbing problems. For many plumbing fiascos, there are interim fixes to avert any further depreciation to your property.

Overflowing Toilet

When I pointed out the bad news of a plumbing problem, the daddy of them all is the overflowing ...

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A little example of our bathroom remodeling.

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Hey everyone, just thought I?d pass by to drop a little example of our bathroom remodeling. This is a bathroom we remodeled for a customer in Indian Creek. Just click on the image to see it full screen. The customer loved it, what do you think? Just click on the picture above to see a full screen preview. We?re pretty happy with the results. (^_^)

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Miami Emergency Plumbing

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Do you want to learn how to fix common plumbing problems so you don?t have to constantly call a plumber & save yourself some money? Do you want to also get kitchen and bathroom remodeling ideas as well general plumbing tips? Well you?ve come to the right place! All of us at Miami Emergency Plumbing decided to start this blog to do just that! We are a group a experienced plumbers that are going to be uploading some of ...

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