What temperature setting have you chosen for your home water heater? Setting the temperature for your home water heater can be as easy as turning a dial. How do you choose what setting to use? There are several important factors to consider. As is so often the case, choices must be made. You must...
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When faced with a heat wave, most of us just stay inside and enjoy the air conditioning. But what do you do if the air conditioner breaks down just at the worst time, during the worst heat wave in years? Please be careful and take the situation seriously, for excessive heat is dangerous, especially...
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You may be surprised to discover that you can have plumbing problems, even in a new home. How, is this possible? Even in new plumbing, mistakes can be made by the installers. Planning problems in design may reveal themselves as plumbing failures latter on. Less than top-quality materials may be used, to save money....
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In plumbing history we see the use of clay pipe, cast iron pipe, a copper pipe. In a strict historical progression, that is not quite the order of things, and that list leaves out several important materials. But the clay to cast to copper will work if a frequency of usage model is favored.
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