How to Protect Your Plumbing

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How to Protect Your Plumbing        Guarding your home’s plumbing is a fairly simple and affordable process. The first step Clog Prevention Protecting your pipes is by ensuring that everyone in the household understands what should and shouldn’t be flushed down the drain. This is How to Protect Your Plumbing. Home’s drains are not  designed to accept a wide variety of debris. And items like paper towels, cigarette butts, plastic, cotton balls and Q-tips can cause costly clogs to occur. In addition, certain food items like cooking grease or animal fats should never be rinsed down the sink. It’s always recommended to call a professional drain cleaning service when have a problem.   For more information about plumbing please go to YB Plumbing website and read our blog.      

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Troubleshooting Your Water Heater

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Troubleshooting Your Water Heater Sometimes knowing what is wrong with your water heater can be the difference between a smart repair, and a costly new unit installation. While it isn’t always cut in stone there are a few indicators that point to a water heater repair being the better idea of the two. These are important things to know when troubleshooting your water heater. If you have ever found yourself dealing with weird situations like ‘funny smelling water’, in increase in rust color in hot water, a metallic taste in only hot water, or loud popping noises randomly emitted from your unit then you might have been in a situation where you could have benefited from a unit repair. I must preface the rest of the information with a fact that most water heaters only last 10-15 years, and if your unit is that old I would suggest purchasing a new one even if it exhibits some of the traits that are highlighted below. Indicators of a faulty Water Heater Rust colored water is probably the most common indicator I have come across over the years. In the field it is quite common to hear this as well as witness […]

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