What’s the best kind of pipe for water service lines?
More and more plastics are finding their way into our everyday lives, and water service lines are no exception. Due to its lower cost, many home builders choose black, plastic, high-density...
View ArticleSave Money On Your Bathroom Remodel
Thinking about remodeling your bathroom? One of the most important, and often neglected, rooms in any home is the bathroom. Today, with the many different bathroom appliances, spas, marble...
View ArticlePEX Piping vs. Copper Piping
PEX Plastic vs. Copper Metal Pipe The average home owner doesn't know much about plumbing pipes. There isn't exactly a class you can take to learn about the different materials that pipes can be made...
View ArticleOrangeburg Pipe
Yesterday's pipes are today's problem If you live in a home that was built before 1972, listen up! Your home's sewer lines may be Orangeburg pipe! And, yes: that is not a good thing. This stuff wasn't...
View ArticleDielectric Unions: The Great Debate
Your hot water heater hooks up to your water pipes. (Well, duh.) Yeah, but that actually creates a problem. See, when you put two different metals together in the presence of an electrolyte (in this...
View ArticleAdding Bathroom Handrails For The Elderly
Getting on and off the toilet can be both challenging and dangerous for an elderly person without properly installed handrails. As we age, many of us find we are not as agile as we used to be and...
View ArticleYour Sump Pump: Essential, And Useless Without Power
Ah summer in Northern Virginia, when we bless Willis Carrier for having invented electric air-conditioning, and stare in amazement out of the picture window at sudden squalls and awe-inspiring...
View ArticleBathroom Safety: Universal Design To Age In Place
In the last few decades, retirement for Americans has meant moving to where it was warmer. (Exhibit A: Florida, where almost one out of every five people is over the age of 65, nearly 1.5 times the...
View ArticlePlumbing Pipes – PEX vs. Copper Piping
The average homeowner is not a plumber First of all, congratulations. You just purchased a foreclosure home in Northern Virginia. You got a great deal on the house, because it was looted of all its...
View ArticleSave Money On Your Bathroom Remodel
Thinking about remodeling your bathroom? One of the most important, and often neglected, rooms in any home is the bathroom. Today, with the many different bathroom appliances, spas, marble...
View ArticlePEX Piping vs. Copper Piping
PEX Plastic vs. Copper Metal Pipe The average home owner doesn’t know much about plumbing pipes. There isn’t exactly a class you can take to learn about the different materials that pipes can be made...
View ArticleOrangeburg Pipe
Yesterday’s pipes are today’s problem If you live in a home that was built before 1972, listen up! Your home’s sewer lines may be Orangeburg pipe! And, yes: that is not a good thing. This stuff wasn’t...
View ArticleDielectric Unions: The Great Debate
Your hot water heater hooks up to your water pipes. (Well, duh.) Yeah, but that actually creates a problem. See, when you put two different metals together in the presence of an electrolyte (in this...
View ArticleAdding Bathroom Handrails For The Elderly
Getting on and off the toilet can be both challenging and dangerous for an elderly person without properly installed handrails. As we age, many of us find we are not as agile as we used to be and...
View ArticleYour Sump Pump: Essential, And Useless Without Power
Ah summer in Northern Virginia, when we bless Willis Carrier for having invented electric air-conditioning, and stare in amazement out of the picture window at sudden squalls and awe-inspiring...
View ArticleBathroom Safety: Universal Design To Age In Place
In the last few decades, retirement for Americans has meant moving to where it was warmer. (Exhibit A: Florida, where almost one out of every five people is over the age of 65, nearly 1.5 times the...
View ArticlePlumbing Pipes – PEX vs. Copper Piping
The average homeowner is not a plumber First of all, congratulations. You just purchased a foreclosure home in Northern Virginia. You got a great deal on the house, because it was looted of all its...
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