DIY Tips for Keeping Your Sump Pump in Top Shape!

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Nobody likes to find out that their sump isn’t working by walking into a water-flooded basement! Thankfully, there are a couple easy DIY tips for keeping your sump pump in top shape that we will cover in this article!

6 Plumbing Tips to Prepare Your Home for Holiday Gatherings

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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, the holiday season is officially kicking off! If you welcome your family and friends into your home for holiday meals and gatherings this time of year, this is the article for you! Whether you’re having a Home Alone-size family gathering or slightly smaller, with more people in your home […]

Extend the Life of Your Water Heater in 4 Simple Steps

Remember when your parents used to say, “You kids don’t know how good you have it?” Now that you’re an adult, you understand all too well about the fun duties that come with being a grown-up: Paying bills, working long hours, household chores, and the list goes on. Becoming a homeowner is a big adult […]

Frequent Toilet Clogs? Discover Our Top DIY Tips!

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Not to be Captain Obvious or anything, but we just want to start out by saying that having a plunger in your bathroom is the best solution for a clogged toilet. Generally, it’s the quickest way to unclog a toilet when you’re in dire straits. A plunger is the most commonly known solution to any […]

Must-Know Plumbing Tips for New Homeowners

A trend that has continued into 2021 is the housing market in Southwest Michigan is booming, with homes on the market one minute, then gone the next.  With so many people in the region moving into new homes and maybe even becoming homeowners for the first time, we wanted to provide information to help people […]

Prevent Common Spring Plumbing Issues with These 5 Simple Tasks!

The one thing you can predict about Southwest Michigan spring weather is…nothing. It’s completely unpredictable! We’ve already seen temperatures in the 70’s one week, followed by temperatures in the 40’s and 30’s overnight the next week.  And then, snow. With such drastic spring temperature fluctuations, the one thing we do know is: It’s hard on […]

Flush or Not to Flush? These are 8 items you should not flush!

We’re not insinuating that you’re as negligent as Barbie pictured above, but ask any of our experienced plumbers, and they will tell you that people often flush things down the toilet that have no business being flushed. Trust us, they’ve cleared enough clogs from toilet drain pipes that they could tell you a story or […]