If you’ve got a home without plumbing, you might want to adjust the settings on your time machine a little bit. Every home in the 21st century has plumbing. Pipeworks, hence our name, is something that is an absolute necessity if you want access to clean water, hot water, sewage disposal, and anything else that travels to your home via liquid or gas.
In a perfect world, everyone would be in contact with the plumbers in Bloomington, IL for routine plumbing maintenance. Except that this is not a perfect world, and most homeowners wait until the very last second to contact a plumber for catastrophic plumbing repairs.
So, if you’ve backed out of purchasing plumbing maintenance before, or have never even heard of plumbing maintenance, we’re going to list a few things that it can help with.
People always call us after they’ve used chemical drain cleaners to unclog their slow drains, panicking because the cleaners have somehow made the problems worse. Hopefully, with this blog post, we can address this issue before you’ve gone out and wasted your money on something that could mess up your pipes. Store-bought, chemical drain cleaners are volatile liquids that are made of some of the most toxic materials we have access to. They create irritating fumes that can sting your nose and eyes, destroy the environment that they are eventually dumped into, and irreversibly damage your pipes.
You wouldn’t believe the number of times homeowners call us for some infuriating toilet related issue. Either the toilet won’t flush because it’s running, or won’t flush because of some other reason, it seems pretty imperative that your toilet does the one thing it’s supposed to do—flush!
Do you know what to do when you have a clogged drain in your home? We know that this probably isn’t something that you’d freak out about—many people experience a clog in their home at least once throughout their lifetime. It is something that you should call a professional for though.
We know that you’re not always jumping for joy when it’s time for you to call a professional for plumbing service. We’re the professionals but we understand—the entire process can be inconvenient and expensive. Trust us though, it’s always worthwhile.
If you were asked to think about the various things that affect the plumbing in your home, you might think of the quality of your water, the amount of people in your home, or your home itself. The last thing that you’re probably thinking about is your pets! The thing is that your pets really do affect your home—you’re probably never more aware of this than when you’re dusting off a surface or vacuuming but we want to bring it to your attention with your plumbing too.
We service a lot of homes here in Illinois and inform a lot of homeowners about the finer points of their plumbing. One question that we hear pretty often is something along the lines of, “Is hard water really that bad?” The answer is yes! Hard water impacts your home negatively in a variety of ways, which we’ll get into them below.
If someone was to ask you what the most important room in your home is, you might be inclined to say your bedroom or the kitchen. When it comes to necessity though, your bathroom is one of the most critical systems in the home. You need to ensure that the plumbing in all of these areas is in top shape.
