Burst Freezing Pipes Can Be Avoided

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Protecting water pipes from freezing is the best investment a homeowner can make! Freezing pipes will burst One of the most important things you need to do as a homeowner is to insulate pipes that pass through unavoidably cold spaces like crawl spaces and attics.  A quick way to measure a pipe’s diameter, is by […]

How Time Consuming Has Taking A Shower Become?

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Ultra Low Flow Showerheads An ultra-low-flow shower head can save many gallons of water but can clog just as easily as a standard shower head.  Before you know it, the time it takes to complete a shower can accumulate and one day you will find yourself feeling like your schedule is out-of-whack and you can’t […]

Preventing Frozen Pipes: Freeze Proofing 101

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Frozen pipe help Burst freezing pipes lead to about a quarter million families suffering catastrophic water damage to their houses each year.  That’s the big picture.  The small picture works like this:  A section of one of your hot or cold water pipes is exposed to below freezing temperatures.  You don’t use the water in […]

Installing A Bolt-On Toilet Seat

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Replace a toilet seat Bolt-on toilet seats have been standard installation for just about as long as toilets have been around.  Replacing a bolt-on unit can be accomplished in a matter of minutes.  The only aggravation it may cause is removing and/or tightening the nuts on the underside of the bowl flange, but that can […]

Fixing Tricky Pop-Up Drain Sink Stopper Mechanisms

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Bathroom sink faucets 101 Pop-up drain stoppers in bathroom sinks are a convenient inventions, says the Littleton plumber expert, but fixing them requires you to crawl around under and behind the sink – tough duty if your bathroom sink is mounted in a vanity cabinet.  You will have to unload everything you have stored under […]

Fixing A Freeze-proof Sillcock

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Freeze-proof faucets By installing a freeze-proof sillcock, you will prevent pipe damage in cold climates, says the most referred Littleton plumber.  By turning off the water inside the wall where the temperature is above freezing, the pipe to the outside never has water in it and can’t break when the temperature falls below freezing. The […]

Cleaning Clogged Drains

Obstructed plumbing drains Drains may become clogged by objects dropped into them or by accumulations of grease, dirt, or other matter, says the plumber of Littleton experts. If the obstruction is in a fixture trap, usually the trap can be removed and cleared.  If the obstruction is elsewhere in the pipe, other means must be […]

Installing A Metal-Rim Sink Easy As One Two Three

Sink installation project Plumber’s putty has long been used to seal sinks with metal rims, however, plumber’s putty can turn dark over time – sometimes it even turns black – and grows brittle, so it cracks and chips, leaving behind voids that can leak.  These days, according to the most reliable Littleton plumber, a better […]

Install A New Toilet Float Cup

Toilet water runs continuously If water runs continuously in your toilet, remove the tank lid and check the water level.  If water is running over the top of the overflow tube, lower the level.  If there is a float ball, bend its rod so the ball sits lower. A kinked or tangled chain may cause […]

How to Stop Packing Nut Drips

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Leaky faucet repair techniques If replacing the washer doesn’t stop a leak in your faucet, it may be leaking from around the packing nut.  The packing nut is right beneath the handle of the faucet.  If you turn the faucet handle so that water comes out of the faucet, the leakage around the packing nut […]