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Charlotte Plumber Advice: Best Ways to Insulate Exposed Pipes

How to Insulate Pipes When winter sets in, it’s time to protect your pipes. No one wants to deal with burst pipes or serious water damage, and with a few precautionary measures and a little knowledge on how to insulate pipes, you won’t have to! Clean up – insulating material won’t stick to dirty pipes

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Charlotte Burst Pipes | How Much Money is that Leak Costing You?

Leak Detection Charlotte It’s a homeowner’s worst nightmare – you walk down into your basement and see water where it shouldn’t be. Or step out into your yard and see water bubbling up into the grass. Or reach to get something out of a little used cabinet under a sink and find water or stinky

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Charlotte Plumbing Emergency: How to Turn Off Your Water in an Emergency

Where is my Water Shut Off Valve? Water, while essential, is a fair-weather friend. Your perfect, soothing hot shower can quickly turn to disaster if the hot water heater breaks or a pipe springs a leak. In that case, you would spring into crisis mode and do… what? Do you know how to turn off

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Charlotte Plumber Advice: Drain Trap Q&A

What is a drain trap? The purpose of a drain trap is to constantly maintain water in the pipe to keep the sewer gas smells from evading the drain. Where are drain traps located? There is a trap located at every drain because the drains are connected to drainage systems, which can lead to an

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Funny Plumbing Projects That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud

(BTW, none of these were done by ER Plumbing! No way!) How does this even get past the planning phase?   Hmmmmm…     Should have measured twice!     Apparently, you don’t want anyone seeing your face, but everything else is okay?     The oak seat is a nice touch, though.    

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