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Are Chemical Drain Cleaners Safe for Pipes?

If you’re like many people, you have childhood memories of your father or grandfather trying to unclog a sink or bathtub drain with a harsh chemical drain cleaner, hot water, baking soda, or bleach to get that blockage cleared. Should you do the same now that you are a homeowner

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How to Unclog Your Bath Drain

Most people take one, if not two showers a day, and there’s a few things they expect when they take a shower or bath: hot water, clean towels and a tub drain that doesn’t suffer from a blockage.   When it comes to addressing a slow-draining bathtub drain, there are

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Why Does My Water Appear Brown?

Have you noticed that occasionally when you run the faucet you have brown water, where your cold or hot water is dirty, or discolored? If so, you’re probably wondering if it’s safe to drink the water and if you have a major plumbing issue on your hands that needs tackling.

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How to Know if There is a Gas Leak in Your Home

If you suspect a natural gas leak, DO NOT TAKE ANY CHANCES – please, immediately call your utilities emergency line. Once the gas supply is shut off, you should leave the task of locating and repairing the leak to an experienced professional. Please contact A-1 Sewer & Septic Services Inc.

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What Could Be Causing Kitchen Flooding?

Do you have an issue where water is flooding under your kitchen sink, even if you haven’t used the dishwasher or faucet in several hours? Does this mean you need to replace the faucet? Before you run out to the nearest home center to buy a new faucet, we recommend

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How to Fix An Overflowing Toilet

You’re watching TV in your family room or checking your email on your laptop and you hear your child call, “Mom, Dad, there’s something wrong with the toilet!” with urgency in their voice. “Come quick!” your child exclaims. You get up and quickly run into the bathroom only to see

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Gas Safety Tips for the Home

A large portion of America’s homes relies on natural gas to heat water and cook food and to provide warmth during the fall and winter months. Natural gas is a clean, affordable resource, but in some cases, it can be extremely dangerous to the occupants of a home. If your

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Knowing When to Call a Plumber

When you become a homeowner, you are no longer in the role of a “renter.” As a renter, you may have been quick to call the landlord and report a kitchen sink clog or a broken garbage disposal, but something happens when you sign on the dotted line on that

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Plumbing Considerations When Buying a Home

You’re buying a new home. You put in an offer and it was accepted. Up next – home inspection, termite inspection, and appraisal. The house passes the inspection with flying colors, so you’re off to a good start, or are you? Some buyers follow up a home inspection with a

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How to Switch From Electric to Gas Range

Perhaps the house you’re purchasing has an electric range, and you’re thinking about switching to gas, or perhaps you love to watch cooking channels and now you’re ready to switch out your electric range to a gas model. Homeowners sometimes have questions about using existing gas lines or running new 

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Is There an Air Lock in Your Plumbing?

When you turn on one or more of the faucets in your home, do you hear a strange tapping sound (sometimes also referred to as water hammer sounds) that comes from the pipes? If so, you may be worried that you have a large, expensive plumbing problem on your hands,

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Why Plumbing Makes Burping Sounds

Are you hearing strange sounds come from your plumbing, such as hissing, gurgling or burping? If so, you’re probably wondering why this is happening. Unusual, inexplicable gurgling and hissing noises can usually be traced back to a pressure imbalance that is caused by the water that flows through the pipes.

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