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Is Your Home Leaking Money?

admin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:23:08 +0000

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!

“A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned”

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:38:31 +0000

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.

SPECIAL REPORT: There’s a Python in Your Laundry Room that Needs Your Immediate Attention

admin — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:52:01 +0000

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.

Summer Cooper Promoted to Operations Manager

admin — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:52:51 +0000

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Summer Cooper Promoted to Operations Manager of Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain, “The Smell Good Plumbers!” FAIRHOPE (September 16, 2010) – Summer Cooper recently was promoted to operations manager of Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain. The company is known as, “The Smell Good Plumbers.”

“Summer has been a big part of helping this company become successful for a long time. In every position she has held, she has excelled by meeting and surpassing goals. I’m confident she will continue to help the business further excel in her new leadership position, as operations manager. I couldn’t imagine a better person for the job,” Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain Owner Randy Lee said. Summer Cooper joined Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain in 2003 as a client customer representative. Clients knew her well as the friendly voice who scheduled their appointments. In 2008, Lee promoted Cooper to office manager, where she played a significant role in the company’s organization and growth, despite the unsettled economy.

“I’m looking forward to this new challenge as operations manager. We have a sensational team at Affordable. I don’t know a plumbing service company with a better group of technicians who are dedicated to truly helping people. Our guys always have the best interests of homeowners in mind, and that’s why we’re so successful. I can’t wait to further help them in their mission to provide second-to-none customer service,” Cooper said. Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain has faithfully served the Fairhope,

Alabama, community since 1996. Its mission is to deliver an exceptional customer service experience on every call. It does so by hiring only the most knowledgeable and morally upstanding technicians, offering exact, on-time appointments, and presenting customers with an upfront price on all work before it begins.

For more information on Affordable Plumbing, Sewer & Drain, you can contact them at 251-990-5248 or www.affplumbing.com. ###