Category: All Things Plumbing

Tips for Laundry Room Plumbing Maintenance

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When you think “laundry room,” images of appliances, detergent, and a mound of clothes in need of folding may come to mind. Another image to add to the scene: the plumbing that makes it all happen. Follow these laundry room plumbing prevention and maintenance tips to make sure the plumbing system in your laundry room

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Sump Pumps: Problems and Maintenance

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According to the American Society of Home Inspectors, more than 60% of homes in the U.S . have water damage. Sump pumps help prevent water damage problems by pumping away excess water from low-lying spaces like basements and crawl spaces. However, the only good sump pump is a reliable one. Understanding both what can cause

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Backflow Testing and Certification: Reporting, Detection, and Incidents

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Backflow, which we introduced in a blog post earlier this month, is water supply contamination. It occurs when clean water reverses direction and suctions dirty water into the drinking water supply, necessitating backflow testing and certification. In Charlotte, both residential and commercial (industrial) properties must have a backflow prevention device on all inground irrigation systems,

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Sump Pumps: Things to Know

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What has a fun-sounding name that rhymes and a Very Important Job? Why hello there, sump pump! Sump pumps are devices used to drain excess water. The “sump” is the basin that collects the water before the pump moves it along. They can be used in the soil beneath buildings as well as in fields

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Charlotte Backflow Testing and Prevention: Residential Properties

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Dirty water entering your tap water. Gross, right? How does that happen? You may not know it when you see it, but you may discover it through taste or smell: backflow. It occurs when clean water reverses direction, pulling (through suction) dirty water into the water supply. More specifically, backflow happens when three conditions are

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