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Defeating Scaly Fixtures: The Advantage of a Water Softener
Are you familiar with the white, crusty materials that develop on your faucets, sink basins, and bathtub/shower walls? If so, congratulations – like almost 90% of the U.S., you have scale buildup, courtesy of hard water! Sarcasm aside, scale simply means that you have...
Don’t Call For Pizza: How to Deal With a Gas Burner That Won’t Light
You begin your preparations in the kitchen, only to discover, to your annoyance, that your burner won’t light. Aside from putting away the ingredients and ordering a pizza, what can you do at this point? Here are a few suggestions. First, did you check the obvious...
Remember our Valentine’s Day Freeze of 2021?
Houston spent February 14th through 16th of 2021, in weather that dipped to as low as five degrees at one point. At the same time, Texas had the worst energy infrastructure failure in its history, and more than 4.5 million businesses and homes were left without heat....
So, you think you need a new water heater?
To make sure you do, Paul the Plumber will do a diagnostic of your current water heater. Perhaps it only needs repairing! He can determine the cause of any problems you are having, and maybe save you money. And if you do need a new one, he will meet with you, and...
Is the plumbing in your house prepared for the extreme cold weather predicted this winter by weather forecasters?
Yearly, in much colder climates than Texas’s usually mild weather, a quarter of a million people have had extensive damage done to their homes because of broken water pipes. If you hadn’t already moved to Texas in 2021 before our Big Freeze, you may not be aware that...
Gas water heater not giving hot water when you need it?
If too many people are bathing at the same time, or if you are doing the laundry, running the dishwasher, watering the lawn, and bathing at the same time, you may need to stagger things or get a larger tank. If, though, the hot water isn’t there when you aren’t doing...