Basement Flooding Basement Flooding?  Oh no.  What to do? First shut off the electricity and gas. • Determine the source of the water. If a burst pipe is the cause of the flood, shut off water to [...]

Drain Traps What is a drain trap? A drain trap or a plumbing trap is made to keep the sewer gas smells from being released from the drains.  Therefore, there’s a trap in every drain [...]

Money Saving Plumbing Tips Happy New Year!!!  Along with New Year resolutions, why not bring in the new year with money saving plumbing tips.  Here are some tips: -If you haven’t already [...]

Frozen Pipes How do you know if you have frozen pipes? Simple…the first sign would  be seeing frost on the pipes.  Another sign that your pipes may be frozen is having no water or very [...]

Different Types of Pipes Now that winter is here we have to be careful to not leave standing water in our pipes in case the frozen water causes the pipes to burst, but we’ll talk about that [...]

Signs Your Water Heater is “Kaputt” When to throw in the towel on your old water heater and invest in a new one.  Here are a few tips: 1.  If you notice moisture around your water, [...]

Water Heater Maintenance Did you know that you should check your water heaters every year!  Well, if you didn’t, here are some tips to make sure your water heater is in good working order. [...]

Why do Bathroom Sink Clog? Now that the election is over, life goes on.  Have you ever wondered what causes your bathroom sink to clog up so often?  If so, below are some frequent causes of [...]

Items to Avoid Putting Down the Kitchen Sink Hopefully everyone had a wonderful and safe Halloween!  Now onwards…in preparation for the season of Thanksgiving, with holiday travels, and [...]

Rainy Day Plumbing Issues Main Sewer Line Backups With the change in season welcoming the Portland rainy days, sudden downpours can cause major plumbing problems.  One of which are sewer backups. [...]