Did you know a toilet uses more water in your home than any other fixture or appliance? Well, it’s true– about 30% of indoor residential water consumption is flushed down the toilet. So your toilet is a major culprit of water waste. That’s why the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) supports the use of high-performance, water-efficient toilets that can help save the country’s water resources by reducing wastage in homes. In terms of federal law, a new toilet cannot use more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush. HETs (high efficiency toilets) are below this standard, using 1.28 gallons per...

Don’t wait for a plumbing disaster before you call a plumber. There are excellent plumbers out there, but there are also good plumbers and not-so good plumbers. That’s why you should make contact with a plumbing company before you need one. This way, you can establish a working relationship before a crisis occurs. Start your search by calling plumbers as if you have an emergency. Yeah, this might be cheating a bit, but in business wars, it’s all fair. See if the phone is answered personally. Did you have to wait long for your call to be returned? This...

It is really startling to consider that, although mankind has been around for thousands of years, the modern idea of indoor plumbing is an infant in comparison. Eventually, the immigrants who settled America and their descendants went from chamber pots to outhouses to indoor plumbing, but it took much longer than many people realize. Oddly enough, the first idea of an indoor water closet was actually presented over 2,800 years ago in Crete by King Minos, but when the palace was destroyed, it was gone, and nobody thought about it for hundreds of years. Even when it came up...

Becoming a plumber can be a very rewarding career choice, especially for those who do not want to go to college for 4 or more years. Having an aptitude for working with your hands and having an interest in actually doing so are the only criteria for getting started as a plumber. How far one takes their career is up to them. The ultimate goal for many is to become a master plumber. In order to become a certified plumber, it is necessary to get the classroom training required in the state in which you plan to work. Each...