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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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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If your home is supplied with hard water, you need a water softener. Not only will your personal care be easier, more pleasant, and more effective, your appliances, pipes, and fixtures will be safe from mineral deposits and damage. As great as it is to have soft water, the maintenance required is a matter...
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We the human race used to be mainly interested in hunting and gathering, they tell us, and so not much interested in plumbing. If your life consists mostly of a long walk, and nights huddled by the campfire, cringing before the onslaught of the saber-cat and the dire wolf, waste management is low on...
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