One of the most frequently used areas of a home is the bathroom. The bathroom needs to be appropriately maintained depending on the climate, and this doesn’t only mean scrubbing and changing bathmats. Here’s a checklist for thorough bathroom maintenance. Bathroom...

While your gutters usually are outside of our area of expertise, they can be a major contributor to water damage in a home. One way of preventing this is to properly maintain your gutter. Doing so can significantly extend your gutter’s lifespan. Gutter maintenance is...

If you need to clean your shower drain well, you might run into the problem that there is a drain cover that doesn’t seem to be easy to remove. To keep your shower draining well, you will most likely need to do some deep cleaning every now and then since soap and hair...

If you live in an area where basement flooding is common, you most likely have a sump pump in your basement. It is a great guarantee against serious water damage and intrusion, but would you like to have a guarantee on top of your guarantee? Some homeowners find that...

Are you a DIYer? A homeowner can save a lot of money by taking care of issues themselves, and this can definitely be done with plumbing issues as well. The important question to ask yourself is whether or not it is a task that you should take on by yourself or if you...

While you might treat your sewage system as if it is out of sight and out of mind, having a septic tank makes it impossible to do so. While the system does an excellent job at taking care of your waste, there will come a time when it needs to be pumped. The question...

Have you noticed that your toilet tank seems to take a long time to fill up, or maybe not filling up at all? There are a few different reasons why this might be happening, but taking the time to examine what is going on could help you fix the problem. The first thing...

When should you replace your toilet? There are many signs that can give you the hint, but one common issue with older toilets is constant and inexplicable clogging. While it can happen with a new toilet as well, if you have had the need to change the way you flush to...

Your water heater is a hard worker, and you should do what you can to help it along. Considering how miserable a cold shower is can be a powerful motivator to make sure that your water heater is in the best shape possible. A maintenance item that you can put on your...

Whenever a large storm hits, many homeowners have to deal with repairs and remediation, but one part of your home that sometimes gets damaged but goes unnoticed is your plumbing. Inside and outside fixtures that were submerged could have sediment or start growing...