You might have a continuously running sump pump, but it’s not actually moving any water. No water is moving through this inch-and-a-half PVC past the check valve and out the discharge pipe. Understanding the Basic Setup Your main sump pit will have a cover, and a loose-fitting cover is preferred. That’s because you can actually see from that big slot what’s going on down in the pit. There may be a battery backup system, and…
When a drain backs up, the picture in your head is a plug, something round and solid wedged in the pipe like a cork in a bottle, and the job is to get the cork out. That is the picture and it is wrong. Almost nothing in a residential drain line works that way. What Is Actually in There What is actually in there is a sleeve. Over months and years, everything you send down…
January. Six a.m. You step in, turn the knob, and wait for warmth that never shows. Just cold, and a slow dread up your spine. No hot water wrecks a whole morning. Showers, dishes, that load of laundry, all of it stalls at once. So you need water heater services, fast, from someone who actually knows these tanks. Here’s the relief, though. Most of what goes wrong has a clean fix. Sometimes a repair. Sometimes…