How To Fix a Toilet Leak Got a suspicious pool of water by your toilet? Hear the telltale hissing of an escaping spray of water? You may have a toilet leak. It’s not the most fun chore in the household, but fixing a leaky toilet may be one of the most important. Wasted water drives up the cost of utilities and can damage flooring. Fixing toilet leaks as soon as they happen is … [Read more...] about How To Fix a Toilet Leak
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DIY: Kitchen Sink Leak Repair
DIY: Kitchen Sink Leak Repair Imagine one day, you go for your cleaning tools underneath the kitchen sink—only to find a funky mess of black mold colonizing the space. Now where did that come from? There’s a strong possibility it’s the nasty consequence of a water leak. Even a very small leak can eventually escalate into a costly under-sink crisis. The U.S. EPA wisely … [Read more...] about DIY: Kitchen Sink Leak Repair
How To Turn Off Your Home Water System
How To Turn Off Your Home Water System When there is a sudden water-related emergency in your home, such as a pipe that has just burst and is threatening to flood the home, it is absolutely important to quickly respond to minimize the amount of damage that your home will face. Because of that, everyone in your home should know how to turn off the water to your house. The key … [Read more...] about How To Turn Off Your Home Water System
Safe Garbage Disposal Repair
Safe Garbage Disposal Repair Can you hear a grating barrage of noises coming from inside your garbage disposal? Or perhaps the blades won’t budge. Your disposal could be jammed, possibly with some kind of too-hard object that isn’t meant to be shredded up by the blades. Garbage disposals are brilliant machines that quickly and efficiently move organic waste out of the … [Read more...] about Safe Garbage Disposal Repair
Fight foundation problems with water
A good reason to water your foundation is to help stabilize the soils that lie beneath it. Clay in the soil expands when wet and shrinks when dry, making it capable of changing the support structure beneath your home. Thus, your home is at risk of foundation problems if it’s built on clay, especially if you live in an area that has long periods of little rainfall. Soils that … [Read more...] about Fight foundation problems with water
