A P-trap sits below your toilet, kitchen sink, bathtub, and washing machine drain, out of sight and mostly out of mind. Attached to the plumbing system, it may look more like a “U-trap.” This unassuming fixture helps to keep your home free of sewer gases....
You enter your home after a long day at work and are greeted by foul and damp air. PU! What’s going on? Did the kids get into something? Did the dog eat something that upset his digestive system? Possibly, but a more likely culprit is bad plumbing. When was the...
Flappers — don’t they dance the Charleston? Not the flappers we’re talking about. Toilet flappers are far less glamorous, but unlike the flappers of old, they perform an essential task. If your toilet leaks, runs, or won’t flush properly, the flapper...
Ever found yourself with a leaky toilet and wondered what to do next? Typically, fixing a leaky toilet is a job for a plumber, but if you’re handy-dandy or short on cash, you may be able to tackle the job DIY. The toilet’s wax ring is a prime suspect for a...
Backflow prevention may not be first and foremost in your mind, but it’s crucial for the safety of your home and family. Imagine the horror of a toilet exploding or contaminated water flowing back into your clean water supply. It’s a definite damper on...
Water is scarce during Orange County’s hot, dry summers. Imagine you’re a tiny ant whose only access to H2O comes from bathroom plumbing. From an ant’s viewpoint, your moist bathroom is an oasis in the Sahara. This explains the ants in your bathroom,...
