Sometimes we need someone to tell us the hard truth, and we can’t lie to you anymore. Your hot water smells horrible. Showering at your house should not be a “blame the dog” moment, but that’s where we’re at. Soon, you’ll start to find that it’s not limited to your shower, and these stinky…

You hope it never happens, but a drain or sewer line in your home can get clogged. If that happens, you don’t want to dig up your yard or tear out walls trying to find the clog and clear it up. To avoid that headache, plumbing systems have sewer cleanouts that allow access to your…

Drain and sewer lines carry wastewater away from your home’s kitchen and bathroom. Houston homeowners are thankful for that since they don’t want wastewater to remain anywhere in or near the house. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. An unforeseen leak in a drain or sewer line can lead to raw sewage leaking onto your…

Hey, I’ve got an idea. Let’s take a four-foot tall, cylindrical metal tank, fill it with seventy gallons of hot water, and install it in the attic directly over your family’s living space! If you had never considered the above idea, you’d be well within your rights to stare at me like I grew a…

Installing or replacing a washing machine or dishwasher has always been a simple, straightforward job for professional plumbers. Even if the homeowner hadn’t previously had either appliance in the home, adding the necessary fittings and fixtures was as easy as hooking a hot water line, cold water line, and drain to the machine. Some folks,…

Nobody wants to replace their water heater. In fact, most of us rarely give our water heaters a second thought. We don’t see them often, as they tend to be out of our usual sight range, either in an attic, a garage, or a utility closet. Even if you’re among the folks who have regular…

Aside from indoor plumbing and air conditioning, our garbage disposals are simply one of the greatest conveniences of modern times. Imagine your family finishing a large meal and having to scrape all traces of food from every plate into a trash bag (horrors!) and then taking that bag outside to store it in a can…

Chances are you never give your water heater a second thought until you find yourself taking a cold shower. While this is never a pleasant experience, it might not be the end of the world for your water heater. By their construction, water heaters are doomed to fail. You’re putting nature’s most effective solvent, which…