There are a number of ways to try and find a plumbing leak, even when the leak is deep within your walls. While a leak can be obvious when it is coming directly from your faucet, a slow leak coming from a pipe in your wall is much harder to find. You may not realize you have a leak in your plumbing until the leak is bad enough to cause water damage to your walls or ceilings.…
Read More »Your air conditioner is going to break down from time to time over the course of it’s lifetime. Even if you maintain it properly, eventually the parts on your system may end up wearing out with time. When this or some other type of breakdown occurs, you should know how to make the repair, or at least troubleshoot the repair. One problem you could encounter with your system is that it may begin to get noisy while running, shutting down, or starting up.…
Read More »Whether you hope to lower energy usage for monetary or environmental reasons, your hot water heater can be a simple place to make some cuts. Even better, lowering the energy needs also often lowers the amount of stress on your hot water heater. This can prolong its service life, or at least cut down on the need for repairs. The following are two ways that small repairs can both save on energy usage and help your water heater have a longer life.…
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