Kansascity-plumber Customer Testimonial + 6 Plumbing Tips You Can Use Right Now ! by KansasCity-plumber
A great testimonial we got for Kansascity-plumber. Kansascity-plumber plumbing services, plumbing repair and more. Call us at: 816-266-4851 Visit us online: http://kansascity-plumber.com 5 PLUMBING TIPS YOU CAN USE RIGHT NOW: 1) Stop your sink sprayer from dragging Try using foam pipe insulation to prevent sprayer snags If the hose on your sink sticks or is hard to pull out, there’s a good chance the hose is hanging up on one of the shutoff values underneath your sink. To help with this problem, try placing a piece of 1/2 inch foam piping insulation around the pipe and the shutoff valve. If you find it starts slipping or won’t stay in place, so good old duct tape should help hold it in place. You can pick these items up at any local hardware store. 2) Got loud creaky pipes? Here is another place where wrapping your pipes will do a world of good. When hot water comes down the pipes it causes them to expand and rub or “grind” against the floor joists and pipe hangers. Luckily, a few bucks spent on some adhesive backed taping will do the trick. Visit your local hardware store. Pick up some adhesive backed tape. Then visually inspect spots where the pipes are rubbing directly against the floor joists or the pipe hangers. Use the tape to wrap the pipe and act as a buffer so it doesn’t rub directly on the joist or hanger. 3) Does your sink make noise/vibrate? Expanding foam can help This is a bit involved, but well worth it if you want to stop that annoying vibration sound your sink makes. You’ll have to crawl underneath your sink and you’ll more than likely need a flashlight and eye protection. Pick up a can of the yellow expanding foam at somewhere like Lowes, Home Depot or Ace Hardware. We personally like the GREAT STUFF brand. Fill in the spaces between the two basins of the sink. Be careful. A little of this stuff goes a long way and its super sticky. Let the foam harden and trim away any excess with a utility knife. If you are able to do this before you install the sink, its much easier than a retro fit job. 4) Pipe location Got magnets? If you have a situation where you need to locate your pipes underneath the flooring, a magnet is your best bet. Attach a neodymium magnet to a tape used for “fishing” wires. Most of the time these are used by electricians, but in our case we can use it for plumbing. Begin by slowly feeding the wire into a drain line through your cleanout plug. In most houses there are a few clean out plugs, so find the one closest to the pipe you are trying to locate. On the top side, use a compass to search for the pipe. When you are over the pipe, the compass will spin like crazy and let you know a general location of the pipe in the flooring or wall. 5) Handy Orange bucket trick/why didn’t I think of that ?----- Using a 5 gallon bucket to flush the toilet. When working on your toilet, we advise that you turn off your water. But before you turn off the water to the whole house, try this first: Fill up a 5 gallon bucket of water and set it aside. Trust us, this is much better than turning the water back on and having the one spot where its leaking giving you an unwelcome shower. But we digress. By having the 5 gallon bucket handy, you can “flush” your toilet and check to see if its operating correctly without having a full stream of water turned on. It will do the same thing as a normal flush, it just won’t fill up the tank and could save you a lot of water in the long run. 6) See into the future (not really, just another tip) If, for whatever reason, you have to remove drywall or wall material, take a snapshot with your phone. Yeah it’s not something you are going to want to post to Facebook or Instagram, but what it does give you is a clear picture of what’s behind the wall. That way if you ever have to drill/remodel/or whatever you know where your plumbing lines are located in your wall. You can also help zero in on a possible cause if you start to see leaks, seepage or moisture on your walls near where the plumbing lines run. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimothyGHoffman Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100010326728665 Connect with us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-hoffman/103/45b/813 Follow us on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/100188372284334870297/posts Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEwP1GgkfLwerDtbz6l4g-w This video can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/cT9eS6_Cqmg via YouTube http://youtu.be/cT9eS6_Cqmg
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