Why You Should Love Your Plumber on Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is fast approaching and romance is in the air. You may already be planning a special dinner or a romantic getaway. Or maybe you’ve decided that this Valentine’s Day marks the moment you want to take your relationship to the next level and ask that special someone to move in with you.

While you’re making all those romantic plans, don’t forget that inviting another person to live in your home will increase the demands you put on your indoor plumbing. With another person, everything doubles! You’ll have twice the dishes and flatware.

And where are you going to put a second couch! Likewise, another person will double the strain on your indoor plumbing. Keep reading for tips on keeping your plumbing in tip-top shape with more people in your home.

Make Sure Your Bathroom Plumbing Gets Some Love

Your bathroom plumbing works hard every day all year long to keep water flowing and drains draining. But having more people in your home means that the chance of getting a clog increases with the number of people.

Everyone needs to use the toilet. And if a professional plumber hasn’t inspected your sewer drain in a long time, adding another person to your home makes a clogged toilet more likely, too.

And there’s nothing romantic about that! With regular inspections by a professional plumber, your pipe system will keep working for you, no matter how many people you have in your home.

How to Prevent Shower Clogs

When you take a shower, hair, oil, and dried skin wash off your body and go down the drain. Over time, all this material builds up on the sides of pipes slowing water flow, sometimes stopping water flow completely.

Blocked drains put more stress on pipes, and that can cause ruptures and leaks, leading to thousands of dollars in damage. When more people start using the shower, the chances of developing a shower clog increase.

You have a number of options to choose from when you get a clog, from getting out the plunger to snaking the pipe. Prevention, however, is the best medicine! If you get a professional to inspect and clean your pipes regularly, you’ll never have to experience a nasty clog!

Get a Professional Plumber to Save Your Pipes

Maybe you’re thinking that having another person in your home isn’t worth the hassle of having all these potential plumbing problems! However, even with just you in the house, you still run the risk of getting backed up sinks, clogged toilets, and hidden leaks.

That’s why everyone benefits from getting your pipes inspected annually by a professional plumber. When you call in a pro, they will notice buildup in your pipes and recommend the best method to clear the obstruction. They will test your pipes to discover hidden leaks, and they can suggest small repairs to avoid expensive problems in the future.

Make a professional plumber a trusted partner caring for the health of your indoor plumbing! All joking aside, Reeves Family Plumbing wishes you the happiest Valentine’s Day, no matter what you choose to do for the holiday! And be sure to tell the one you love all the plumbing tips you’ve learned!

The Bathroom Plumbing Technology Boom!

Having renovations performed in any part of your house is exciting. However, now is the time to be excited about your bathroom! If you have been thinking about updating your bathroom plumbing or your bathroom fixtures, there are tons of options available.

From your shower to the sink, to options regarding lighting, music, and toilets there is something for everyone’s taste. We are going to be highlighting some of the newer pieces of technology for your bathroom design. Keep reading for more information!

Perfect Shower Every Time

Just when you think you’ve perfected the position of your shower knob to ensure you get the right temperature every time, something changes.

You don’t know what exactly it is, but the water is just a little too hot or too cool. It is actually because of the supply of hot water and the demand for other appliances.

Starting or ending your day with the perfect temperature in your shower can be achieved each time with a digital shower head. These showerheads are easy to install and programmable to the perfect amount of heat. You won’t even have to test the water, instead, you can hot right in!

More Than The Ability to Clean Hands

You’ve probably been in a business’ bathroom that makes use of motion-sensor faucets. They’re great, right?

No need to touch anything and it saves water because they can’t be left on. These are an option for your home, and similarly, the faucets only requiring a touch or a tap are too.

If you’re really looking to upgrade, consider a faucet that can recognize your face and adjust the temperature accordingly or the faucets that can connect to your phone to display the weather, texts, and emails.

A Personal Concert in Your Shower

Bluetooth shower heads are becoming popular. They connect to your phone and can play whatever type of music you’d like while you’re in the shower.

If you are a bathroom rockstar, this can save your phone from getting wet and provide you with soothing sounds to start your day. Other people simply want to relax in a bath. Everyone’s bath routine is different, some might incorporate candles, bath bombs, or a glass of wine.

Chromatherapy is the use of lighting to heal the mind and body. When you are ready to choose a new tub, consider one that has the ability to relieve stress by using soft colored lights.

Save Water With Eco-Friendly Toilets

The EPA mandated in 1994 that toilets use less than 1.28 gallons of water per flush. This means that if your toilet was made before 1994, it is using more water than needed which is not eco-friendly and raises your water bill each month.

There are a number of toilets on the market that can help save money and water. One of which is a dual-flush toilet. It uses as little as .8 gallons of water to flush liquid waste and only a little more than that to flush solid waste.

If you are ready to upgrade any of your bathroom plumbing, now is the time to do so! There has never been better technology available and there has never been a more qualified plumber than us!

Quickly Repair a Toilet that Won’t Flush in 3 Easy Steps

If you’re faced with a toilet that doesn’t flush, it can present a problem for you and your family. This is especially true in households that use one bathroom.

Lucky for homeowners, it’s a bathroom plumbing problem that’s easy to fix, and in most cases can be done without the help of a Dallas, TX plumbing professional.

Here, we outline different ways you can deal with this problem at home. Here’s how you can repair a toilet that won’t flush in three steps.

1. Pour Water Into the Bowl

If you’re unable to get your toilet to flush, one way to force it is by pouring a large bucket of water straight into the bowl. This will initiate the flushing process, getting rid of any waste while possibly fixing the problem itself.

It’s important to remember you shouldn’t pour the water too slowly or it will simply raise the water level in the bowl. Enough water must be poured in a short amount of time for this trick to work.

2. Find Out If It’s the Flapper in the Tank

If that doesn’t work, it might be time to take a look inside the tank. In most cases, a toilet that doesn’t flush is due to the flapper not being seated correctly.

The flapper, which is located at the bottom of the tank, can open up to let water flow into the bowl and then close so the tank can be refilled. A chain that’s attached to a rod connected to the handle holds it. When the handle gets pushed down, the rod lifts up the chain along with the flapper to begin the flushing process.

Any time you try to flush and no water enters the bowl, but you hear water still running, it’s likely caused by something preventing the flapper from being seated correctly. It could be due to a worn flapper, a loose chain or perhaps the chain is stuck between the flapper and the opening. It’s possible for the problem to be solved by jiggling the handle, but if that doesn’t do the trick, you may have to be more hands-on.

Remove the tank’s lid and see what’s wrong with the flapper. Take care of the problem by properly seating the flapper by hand, re-attaching the chain or pulling the chain from under the flapper. If the tank was empty, it may now fill up with water. Flush the toilet normally and wait to see if the flapper seals the opening correctly. If it does, congratulations, problem solved. Put the lid back on the tank and go about your day.

3. Contact a Technician to Search for Clogs

Should neither of the solutions above work, and you can’t figure out what’s wrong, don’t hesitate to get in touch with a bathroom plumbing technician.

They will inspect your toilet, find the problem and deal with it on-site. If there’s a clog, it may require special tools only a bathroom plumbing professional has to solve the problem.