Ways to Save Water

DID YOU KNOW THE AVERAGE HOME USES MORE THAN 200 GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY? Make a commitment to do at least one thing a day to save water! Make every drop count. In the Kitchen We will look at the kitchen first, to see where we can save water. Dishwasher Wash Full Loads Only…

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Bathroom Plumbing Terms

BATHROOM PLUMBING TERMS YOU SHOULD KNOW Shut Off Valve | Pressure-Balancing Valve | Thermostatic Valve| P-Trap | Vent Stack | Main Stack Although you may not need to know the details, you should be familiar with the terms. Understanding these may save you money, improve your safety and prevent problems in the future. Shut Off…

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Indoor Plumbing or Internet

PLUMBING VS TECHNOLOGY Which would you choose? Are we going to innovate our way out of stagnation? The TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design) kicks off a rollicking debate. Speakers had numerous topics including a History lesson of productivity, technological progress, standards of living, GDP and economy, and even robots. It ended with a show of…

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Plumbing Gone, Toilets Gone

PIPE SWIPERS TAKE TOILETS? No basic plumbing in some foreclosed homes. Buying a home usually means an intact home, not one stripped of furnaces, water heaters and all the pipes, even the sinks. Today, roving gangs are stripping metal from homes to sell as scrap metal. One plumber wouldn’t install pipes above ground without warning…

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Plumbing History

INDOOR PLUMBING, WHEN DID IT START? Do you take indoor plumbing and your plumber for granted? The first “water closet” was in India, 2000 BCE. A pot of water would wash waste through pipes, into drains running under the streets. In 691 BCE, the Greeks had the first aqueduct. Rome had 144 public toilets by…

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