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Clogged Pipes

Why Does My Bathroom Smell Like Sewage?

You walk into your bathroom and noticed the smell of sewage coming from somewhere, but you don’t know where. You look around and the bathroom is sparkling clean, can you be imagining things? You walk over to the sink and lean down, but you don’t smell anything. You then look

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Restaurant Grease Trap Cleaning Tips

In the restaurant business, grease is a natural waste product from the tasty food that comes – kitchen grease is just part of commercial kitchens, and that can pose hazards for the local municipal water systems if allowed to go unchecked into the wastewater system and not follow grease interceptor

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How to Clear a Clogged Drain

Homeowners can agree that indoor plumbing is one of the best modern inventions of all time. Having water, let alone hot water, on demand is something we’ve all come to expect in our daily lives. However, all plumbing systems may eventually develop clogs and plumbing problems, and there’s no sugar-coating

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How to Fix a Gurgling Toilet

Are you a homeowner who is bewildered by a toilet that seems to gurgle violently before all of its water drains out of the bowl? If this seems to happen whenever the washing machine discharges the wash water, or when the tub is drained, then we’ll bet that the problem

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Signs of a Main Sewer Line Clog

  You’re probably aware that the sewer lines in your home transport wastewater to the main sewer lines that are located underground. Beyond that, most homeowners don’t think much about the sewer lines until they have a clogged pipe.   Sewer line clogs can lead to raw sewage backing up

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Should I Clean Out My Sewer Drain?

Should you get your sewer drains cleaned, also known as a sewer cleanout? Should this be a part of your regular main sewer line maintenance, or should a sewer cleanout be done on an as-needed basis? If you’ve never thought about a sewer drain cleanout in your years as a

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Tree Roots & Your Plumbing

Each spring, as the grass gets greener and buds to turn to bright green leaves on tree branches, something is happening beneath the soil. Millions of thirsty tree roots are eagerly seeking water and clogging household sewer lines. Root infiltration is a major concern for homeowners, and it’s one of

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What Not to Flush Down the Toilet

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably flushed an item or two down the toilet that wasn’t meant to be flushed. From cotton balls and paper towels to facial tissue, cat litter, household cleaners, and expired prescription medications, we have to remember that if it’s not toilet paper or human

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Why You Shouldn’t Pour Grease Down Kitchen Sinks

A common call from homeowners we get, especially around the holidays, is when kitchen drains develop a clog from cooking grease, cooking oil, bacon grease, lard or other grease clogs, and this is one of the easiest clogs to prevent. Pouring cooking greases down the drain, such as olive oil,

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