September 15. 2011 by admin.

Did you know that an American home can waste, on average, more than 10,000 gallons of water every year due to running toilets, dripping faucets and other   household leaks? Nationwide, more than 1 trillion gallons of water leak from homes each year. This drags on both your pocketbook and community’s resources.

Here are some easy ways to find out if your home may have costly leaks.

• Take a look at your water usage. If a family of four exceeds 12,000 gallons per month, there are serious leaks.
• Check your water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter changes at all, you probably have a leak.
• Identify toilet leaks by placing a drop of food coloring in the toilet tank. If any color shows up in the bowl after 15 minutes, you have a leak. (Be sure to flush immediately after the experiment to avoid staining the tank.)

To make it even easier for you to discover leaks, we’d like to offer you a Home Health & Safety inspection for $19.95 (a $300.00 value) call 251-990-5248 to schedule your appointment today! 

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June 21. 2011 by admin.

If your like Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain, you’re always looking for ways to save money. Feel free to print out and post these water-saving tips that are also money savers. Remember, every drop counts!

•  Don’t pour water down the drain when there may be another use for it. Water a plant or your garden, use it for cleaning.
• Verify you home is leak-free. Read your water meter before and after a 2 hour period when no water is being used. If the meter doesn’t read exactly the same, you have a leak.
• Repair dripping faucets. If your faucet drips at the rate of one drop per second, you’re wasting about 2,700 gallons of water a year from the that one dripping faucet.
• Retrofit all household faucets by having aerators with flow restrictiosn installed to slow the flow of water.
• Check for toilet tank leaks by adding food coloring to the tank. If you have a leak, color will appear in the toilet bowl within 30 minutes. Have your toilets checked for worn out, corroded or bent parts. (Flush as soon as the test is done since food coloring my stain your tank and bowl.)
• Store drinking water in the refrigerator. Don’t let the tap run while you are waiting for cool water to flow.
• Install an instant water heater on your kitchen sink so you don’t have to let the water run while it heats up.
• Replace your showerhead with a water saving ultra low flow version.
• Operate dishwashers and clothes washers only when they are fully loaded. Set the water level for the size of the load.

Here’s one more water saving tip that costs you nothing. Contact us for a FREE Home Health and Safety Inspection.

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May 19. 2011 by admin.

The Price you will pay for neglecting your washing machine hoses, those python-like “creatures” that attach your washing machine to your water source, are one of the most neglected and potentially damaging maintenance monsters in your home. Are you furnishings, floor coverings and heirloom keepsakes worth more than $100 to you? Then invest $100 (or less) in new washing machine hoses and you will have taken a huge step toward avoiding the costly damage, messy inconvenience and loss of irreplaceable treasures due to your washing machines hoses bursting or leaking.

You’re probably wondering why appliance installers and other plumbers don’t tell you about this potential problem. Frankly, we don’t’ know since washing machine hoses are under constant pressure when being used and failures cause about $150 million in damage each year. To reduce the chance that your hoses are going to fail, inspect them regularly.

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