Tag: water damage
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Thawing Wisdom- A Guide for Edmonton Homeowners With Frozen Pipes
Chill in the air, frost on the windows, and a surprise – frozen pipes! The Northern lights and winter in Edmonton may be amazing, but when your home’s plumbing starts to play its own icy symphony, it’s time to take action. Do you have a game plan? Do you know how to thaw frozen pipes?…
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Do I Need a Sump Pump?
Depending on where you live, a sump pump might be one of the most integral parts of equipment in your house – but there’s also a chance you’ll never need one at all. Some of you think, ‘Of course! I’d never go more than a few months without checking my sump pump, it’s too important.’…
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How to Handle a Burst Pipe (in Winter)
Northern Alberta is under an Extreme Cold Warning with wind chill values of -40 to -45 expected to persist into Saturday. This is frozen and burst pipe weather. We’ve written about how to prevent and thaw frozen pipes, but what happens if it’s too late for that? Hopefully you can thaw the frozen area or…
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How to Find Hidden Water Leaks
Hidden water leaks can cost you a lot of money in your Edmonton home. One of the most common plumbing problems and biggest causes of wasted water in your home are silent and slow leaks in pipes, fixtures and appliances. Because they are silent and slow, they often go undetected. When they go undetected, they…
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Sump Pump Maintenance Procedures and Tips
Why should we maintain ourSump Pumps? Our sump pumps should work efficiently for us and be there for us when we need them. The very last thing we need to happen is for our submersible pump to let us down when we need it the most. If we take the time to look after our…