Many people are looking for new ways to save money and take steps to reduce their impact on the planet. When you're a homeowner, you have so many options to contribute to the environmental greater good, but understanding the...
Continue ReadingPlumbing is one of those household systems that many homeowners tend to forget about when it's working flawlessly. It's an everyday part of your life, but you don't spend a lot of time considering it until something goes awry....
Continue ReadingIn the Boulder and Denver area, there are many communities where a high water table, spring runoff, or heavy seasonal snow or rain creates significant concerns about basement flooding. Water seeping up from below the basement floor, through cracks...
Continue ReadingNo one knows better than you what might find its way down the drain pipes in your home. A family member who sheds hair like a bear in the shower? Cooking oil and grease pitched down the kitchen sink...
Continue ReadingHave you been here? Standing at the kitchen sink, desperately hoping the greasy, backed up, watery muck will start going down the dang drain. But no matter what names you scream at it in fury and panic, the slimy...
Continue ReadingIn the Colorado Front Range, the simple answer to the question posed above, is 'yes.' While expansion tanks traditionally have been associated with hot water based home heating, i.e. central boiler systems with hot water baseboards and/or infloor tubing,...
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