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Setting Your Home Water Heater
What temperature setting should you use for your home water heater? Do you set for maximum savings, or is health and sanitation your primary concern? There are priorities and risk factors to be considered. You will need to know the facts in order to decide what is...
New High-Efficiency AC
When should you consider buying an energy-efficient air conditioner? Now is a good time. There are two very good reasons why this is so. First, the efficient unit will save you considerable money over time, compared to your aging AC. Also, considering our depleted...
Do You Know How an AC Works?
Many of us do not care how an air conditioner works, just as long as it does work. If it fails, we either call the repair technician or get out our tools and start tinkering with it, according to our tendencies and abilities. But if we do care how the thing works, a...
How To Survive a Heat Wave Without Air-Conditioning:
What if your air conditioner breaks down in the middle of the worst heat wave ever? Be careful; Excessive heat can kill. It is important to check on friends and family that are in the vulnerable groups, like the elderly and those with medical problems. There are a...
Even In New Homes, Plumbing Problems Exist:
Plumbing problems may exist in your brand-new home. Even in new plumbing installations, mistakes can be made. Poor planning and the use of low grade materials may appear as plumbing failures latter on. Your new walls and fine floors may be hiding some serious flaws,...
Hot AC Tips:
Hot summer is no time to find out your air conditioner is not working properly. Should you find that your AC is not working at all, or if you suspect that it is not performing up to par, there are some quick checks and fixes you may try before calling in the...
Early Plumbing History:
Investigating plumbing history we see clay, cast iron, and copper pipe as popular materials. That may be a little misleading, as the progression isn't exactly clay to cast to copper, and that leaves out a lot of pipe making materials. But we can use the clay to cast...
Need To Find A Plumber?
What are the reassuring signs of a good plumber? It depends on your plumbing needs, and the services you are looking for. But there are certain signs of quality that you should always look for..nnIf the plumber will be coming out to do repairs, you should ask if the...
Maintain Your AC:
You may not think often of air conditioner maintenance. But if you have an air conditioner, you should. Regular AC maintenance can mean lower power bills. A well-maintained air conditioner will also last longer.nnThe home-owner should remember the key words, clean and...