All Things Plumbing & HVAC: The Orange Coast Plumbing Blog
Need to know what’s an emergency and which problems can wait? Which problems you can solve DIY? The Orange Coast Plumbing blog helps you understand common plumbing, heating, and air conditioning issues.
There’s a leak in the line connecting the toilet to your home’s water supply.
A visual inspection tells you the problem stems from the threaded connection between the water line and the bottom of the toilet tank.
Or the problem may lie with the threaded connection at the other end, between the supply line and the shut-off valve at the wall.
Those treaded connections! What’s a resourceful DIYer do? Run to the hardware store and waste an afternoon replacing the leaky connections?
Not when there’s Teflon tape lying about, an indispensable tool for any homeowner with more than a modicum of DIY repair ability.
It can certainly stop the leak, but you have to know how to apply it.
A heat pump water heater transfers heat from the ambient air into your water tank instead of burning natural gas or electricity. An HPWH can be up to three times more energy efficient than traditional electric water heaters. It’s much quieter than conventional models; if you’ve ever been disturbed by the sound of your old unit at work, this can be a godsend.
So how much money can you save with an HPWH unit? According to the US Department of Energy, you might expect yearly savings of up to $330 and energy savings of up to 60%.
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