Drain cleaning isn’t just a simple process. Homeowners think they can just flush anything away with enough water or drain cleaning chemicals, but they just don’t understand how dense and packed in some of these clogging materials are. You might just be wasting water, or in fact, hurting your plumbing system by using chemicals instead of the steady hand of a professional.
Today we’re going to talk a little bit about why you should hire a professional to perform drain cleaning in Bloomington. This is not just our team trying to sell you a service, it’s an honest look at how plumbing systems work and why homeowners time and time again choose the wrong solution. We’re not blaming anyone for having dumped chemicals down their drain or tried to ignore a clog. We just want to help going forward.
People have a lot of questions about their plumbing. Unfortunately, most of those questions come pouring out after something terrible has happened, like a leak or a clog, and they’re mixed with the panic of the moment. That’s why we’re glad you found this blog post, so we can try to help answer these questions that come up before you’re dealing with a catastrophe.
Water heaters can leak in all sorts of ways. These are important for homeowners to catch for many reasons. If you’ve ever been concerned about the efficiency of your water heater, or something wrong that’s been frustrating you, then it could be due to a water heater leak that needs to be addressed.
Your sink’s plumbing is so important to the wellbeing of your home. How are you supposed to have a nice, cozy Monday night if your sink is constantly leaking in the other room? If you pull the handle on your faucet and something happens that always upsets you, then we’re here to tell you that something needs to change.
Have you ever looked at a company and thought, just by their name, that they were the perfect contractor for you? Well, we’re happy to say that we’re one of those contractors. We’re the pipe extraordinaires here in Champaign, IL and whenever there’s a pipe bursting during the winter or a drain clogged, there should be one name that comes to mind—Pipeworks Inc.
Kitchen plumbing is fundamentally different from bathroom plumbing. Not only do we use them for fundamentally different tasks, but the materials that go down the different drains are different as well. That’s why there’s a big difference regarding what you can do to help your plumbing in each of these locations.
We’ve all been here. It’s late on a Friday night and your struggling toilet has decided to quit working entirely. You start counting the inches of space left in the toilet bowl until water starts to overflow. You’re plunging and plunging and plunging, but nothing seems to be working. Surely you don’t need to call a plumber yet, right?
Earlier this month, we talked about some of the most important aspects of choosing a professional plumber. While we could go on about how important our services are over that of an amateur, we’d like to shift topics to a service that we think is heavily underutilized—pipeline inspection.
How do you find the right plumber? What does the right plumber even mean? Many homeowners associate a plumber with just a grumbly person who begrudgingly fixes your leaking toilet when you’re having a bad day. That’s brought about a lot of negative connotations with plumbing work in general. We’re here to fix that.
You’ve probably heard us talk your ear off about drain clogs and drain cleaning, but what about full-scale drain repair? How can you tell if your drain is damaged? Well, don’t worry. We don’t ask questions that we don’t aim to answer eventually!
