Depending on the season, you turn on your home’s HVAC system for heat or air conditioning. Once you hear it power up, you’re overwhelmed with a strong odor – perhaps musty, burning or like rotten eggs. You might dismiss it,…
After a long and hectic day, some people like to unwind with a bubble bath. Adding a bath bomb to the warm water adds fragrance and moisturizing ingredients to make the experience even more luxurious. Yet due to how bath…
In wintertime, the outdoor temperature often drops below freezing, especially at night. When this happens, you turn up the thermostat inside, expecting hot air to blow from the furnace. Instead, your home remains chilly, as your furnace blows nothing but…
As a homeowner, you never want to discover a leak. Yet spotting a small puddle below the sink or dishwasher is preferred to a serious rot and mold issue! Unfortunately, hidden plumbing leaks can exist for months before being found.…
When it comes to heating our homes, the terms "boiler" and "furnace" are often used interchangeably to describe systems. While they provide the same result, operation is markedly different. A furnace heats air before a motor pushes it through a…
When you purchase an older home, it may also come with older heating, electrical and plumbing systems that require upgrades to work more efficiently. Particularly when it comes to plumbing, homes built before the 1990s often have narrower pipes, which…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, roughly 50,000 emergency visits are due to carbon monoxide poisoning each year, along with 400 fatalities. Certain individuals are more vulnerable than others, including the elderly and those living with respiratory…
While commercial buildings and residential properties can experience similar plumbing issues, the scale – and subsequent costs – are often far greater for commercial spaces. With customers and sanitation regulations involved, plumbing issues can be more than inconvenient for commercial…
Problems with your furnace tend to occur when you least expect them: When temperatures plunge below freezing, in the middle of the night or during the holiday season when other activities and tasks are on your mind. Furnace issues typically…
Chemical drain cleaners are often advertised as a quick solution to unclog pipes. While they may have worked on a small clog in the past, these cleaners are not recommended by plumbers for long-term usage. Drain cleaners use sodium hydroxide,…
