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What Is Water Hammer?
If you’ve ever shut off a large appliance in your home like a dishwasher or laundry machine and then heard a surprising knocking sound coming from the plumbing pipes, you’ve just experienced water hammer. Although the term is sometimes used to refer to any noise coming from pipes, it’s actually a specific kind of problem. […]
5 Great Ways to Put Our Plumbers to Work!
We offer a wide range of services to homes in Durham. One of our most extensive services is plumbing. However, when people think of professional plumbers, they usually think of plumbers helping out with an emergency. Clogged drains, overflowing toilets, no water from the faucets, etc. These are all plumbing troubles that we can fix, […]
Some Late Summer AC Problems You Might Encounter
It’s the second half of August, and the end of summer is in sight. But that doesn’t mean we can expect an immediate break from the hot weather. Your air conditioning system is going to need to keep running a big longer. Considering all the work that it’s already done so far this year, now […]
Looking to Install a New Air Conditioner? Don’t Make This One Huge Mistake!
First, we’ll start by saying that if you’re planning on installing an air conditioner, either for a new home or as a replacement system, you must not do the job as a DIY project, nor should you hire an amateur to do it. You need professionals for many reasons, and one of them is that they’ll help […]
Ways to Tell You Might Need to Replace Your Tank Water Heater
A sturdy storage tank water heater that receives regular maintenance and prompt repairs whenever necessary should last a household for many years. However, eventually the stress will start to overwhelm the system and it will need to be replaced: there’s no such thing as a “forever” water heater. In this post, we’ll help you with […]
A Hard-Starting Air Conditioner: What It Is, What We Can Do About It
The stress of a long summer can sometimes spell serious problems for an air conditioning system. Think of it like a car that’s going on a long trip: there always exists the chance that something could go wrong with the vehicle because of all that mileage. If you remembered to schedule spring maintenance for your […]
What Makes a Heat Pump Different from an Air Conditioner?
A heat pump is one of the best options for home comfort available today, since it offers both air conditioning and heating in a single system. All your needs for comfort during the year can be taken care of in one installation! Heat pumps operate in a similar way to the conventional air conditioner: a […]
My House’s Drains Smell Bad—What’s Wrong?
You want to keep as pleasant and inviting a home as possible. So when you begin to notice unpleasant odors inside your house that seem to be coming from one or more of the drains, you want to have the problem solved as soon as possible. But… what is the problem? And how serious is it? There […]
What Does a Heat Pump Water Heater Do? Should I Have One Installed?
There are many more options today for residential water heaters than the standard storage tank model. (This is the water heater most people think of first, and they’re still the most common in the U.S.) One choice that’s available is the heat pump water heater, which has plenty to recommend it. How a heat pump water […]
Is My Air Conditioner Enough to Take Care of Humidity?
High humidity is a major problem for comfort in Durham during the middle of the year. The old saying, “It’s not so much the heat, it’s the humidity,” is a reality that we deal with almost every day during the summer. Why is humidity such a problem during warm weather? High humidity doesn’t actually raise […]