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A Steamy Hot Solution for Instant Hot Drinks
When you're wet and cold or feeling kind of sick or very tired, nothing beats a steaming-hot cup of whatever.
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Acrylic tubs and showers
Those made of acrylic are tough stuff (and beautifully idyllic).
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Aerator Clogging Granules
If it's blue/green, it's aluminum hydroxide. How to detect it and then correct it!
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Aerators: A Tap Tip
The screen on an aerator traps all kinds of debris, from rust particles to calcium deposits.
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Aerators: Go with the Flow
Save dough by cutting water flow.
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Automatic Faucet (In 5 Minutes)
How to automatically begin-and-end-it...in just five minutes!
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Better Water with Reverse Osmosis
Reverse-osmosis home water filters provide the best, purest drinking water you'll ever taste.
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Ceramic Disc Faucets
Got a faucet that's a "leaker?" End anoying drip...drip...drip...forever!
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Change Galvanized Pipe to Copper
Copper will last significantly longer than galvanized pipe.
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Choosing a New Faucet
Creating a new "look" in rooms where you bathe and cook...
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Cleaner For Hard Water Deposits
The best cleaner of hard water deposits on plumbing fixtures.
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Clog Blaster
"You dirty clog!"
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Clog-free drains
A simple solution to keep sink, shower and tub drains running free?
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Clogged Shower Head
Clogged showerheads are annoying. Learn how to ease your way out of a "high preassure" situation.
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Cured-in place pipe lining
New ?cured-in place pipe lining? makes repairs without digging or mining?
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Doesn't Flush Like it Used to?
Tune-up your toilet and renew flush power (in less than an hour)!
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Drain Clogged?
Don't get mad. What you should know...when it's 'no go' with the flow.
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Drain lines Running slow?
Ever wonder why drain lines seem more troublesome at some times of the year than others – like now?
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Drain That Water Heater
Add years to your water heater!
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Drain-o(dor)
Phantom odor? Can't find it? It may be from a drain that's rarely used.
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Drainpipe repairs?
Learn to make needed repairs... without losing sleep... or getting gray hair !
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Drinking Water Upgrade
Reverse-osmosis purification puts the world's best water at your fingertips.
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Drip...Drip...Drip...Repairing Leaky Faucets
When a permanent faucet repair can't be made until later, try using a piece of string for temporary relief.
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Faster Hot Water
Water-pipe insulation will get you hot water -- faster!
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Faucet Leaks and Drips
Don't allow a drip to cause you to lose sleep.
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Faucet Leaks: Packing Or Washer?
Your faucet springs a leak. From where?
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Faucets -- Go With the Flow
If when you turn on a faucet all you get is a trickle, the culprit might be the small device on the end of the spout called an aerator.
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Faucets and Pipes that "Sing"
How to be the only shower singer.
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Finding a Leak
How to track down a leak.
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Fixing Faucet-Hum
"Faucet-hum" can be easily and inexpensively fixed.
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Fixing Galvanized Pipe
A dielectric union placed between the copper and the galvanized pipe will make for a safe-and-easy connection.
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Fixing Galvanized Pipes
Replacing galvanized pipe with copper is a good idea, but if your budget doesn't allow doing it all, replace only the bad sections.
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Flush performance index
Choosing a new water-saving toilet? What to look for and what to test.
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Flush with Success
If your toilet is not flushing properly, you might suspect the problem is low water pressure; but pressure has nothing to do with it.
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Flush, Already!
Things that inhibit the proper flushing of a toilet sometimes are easily solved.
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Get Hot Water Fast
What to do when ice water is not your desire.
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Get Into Hot Water Faster
Here's how to shorten the wait for hot water, and save a few bucks, to boot!
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Global Pressure: The Valve, That is
A global valve regulates water pressure, and can be stepped up or down to acceptable levels, as needed.
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Great John Toilet
Big cars, big houses, big everything... now another product has super-sized too!
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Hand-held Shower Heads
A showering of helpful information!
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Hot water scald control
An aging water heater may be working too well, so consider adding scald control.
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Hot-Water Dispensers Are Handy
Hot-water dispensers cost about eight cents a day to operate.
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How to Remove Lime Buildup on Your Faucet
Scouring powder will scratch chrome or brass.
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How's Your Water Pressure?
Low water pressure makes showering, washing dishes and even flushing a toilet a major annoyance. Too much water pressure can damage appliances.
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Installing Plastic Water Pipe in The Home
There are stringent rules that apply to the installation of plastic pipe in your home.
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Instant Hot-Water Dispenser
For a busy family a hot-water dispenser will prove to be a time-saver.
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Johns that Sneak a Leak
A slow-leaking toilet that doesn’t make any noise wastes hundred of gallons of water a year and greatly reduces commode efficiency.
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Johns that Sneak a Leak
A slow-leaking toilet that doesn’t make any noise wastes hundred of gallons of water a year and greatly reduces commode efficiency.
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Kleer Drain Instant Opener
Clogged drain? A new instant opener clears it fast with just one blast!
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No-drip faucets now "over here"
Euro-faucets with ceramic discs forever end annoying drips.
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Noisy Pipes and Faucets
If all faucets groan and howl the same way throughout your house, the main-inlet valve is bad where water enters your home.
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P-Traps Are Between You And Sewer Gas
You are at the kitchen sink and smell a terrible odor. Chances are your p-trap is clogged.
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Pet food Sack Cushion
Under-sink repairs - part two: Save your back with a 40-pound sack.
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Phantom Flush
You hear a toilet flush -- again and again. Does it need a fix? Or perhaps it's tricks.
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Plastic Water Pipes
Don't thread it, don't sweat it.
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Plumber's Sockets
Old faucet stem is in too deep? These get through when a wrench won't do!
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Plumbing Tips
If you're about to do some work on a sink faucet, here's how to avoid making common mistakes.
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Plumbing Vents
Plumbing vents are an important part of plumbing in any structure.
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Pre-Heater in Hot Water Line
Cold water is more expensive to heat than water at room temperature.
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Prevent Frozen Pipes
When temps dip, pipes can freeze and split. Here are some steps you can take to keep 'em safe!
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Prevent Household Floods
"Wring" in the New Year... without wringing out your carpets !
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Put Your Sewer on TV
Consder a video sewer inspection to avoid cost down the line.
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Quick Fix for Pipe Leaks
How to keep things dry until the plumber makes it by.
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Quick Fix for Showerheads
A Carey Brothers' invention for loose showerhead gooseneck pipes is rock-solid!
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Quick Fix for Showerheads
A Carey Brothers' invention for loose showerhead gooseneck pipes is rock-solid!
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Repairing a Burst Water Line
Insulate cold- and hot-water pipes for savings on your utility bill.
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Reverse Osmosis Eliminates Salt Too
How to become a water snob.
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Royal Flush Every Time
Water pressure has nothing to do with how well a toilet flushes. It's actually the weight of the water in the tank that's responsible.
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Septic garbage disposal
Life just got easier for those who have to be careful about what goes in there.
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Septic Tank Additives
Does it help to put additives in there? Do they perform as advertised?
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Septic-tank Reminder
There's no such thing as a "free flush" -- sooner or later it'll need attention.
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Sewer Gas and P-Traps
If you get a nasty whiff from your sink, chances are your P-trap is clogged.
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Shower Leaks
If, after taking a shower, you find water in the basement or on the floor below, it might not be a plumbing leak.
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Shower Temperature
How to achieve better control when you turn on the shower.
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Shower Tips and Ideas
A hand-held shower is a nifty luxury that has practical benefits, too.
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Shower tower luxury
What you should know when you consider multiple shower heads.
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Showerhead Quick Fix
A new use for foam sealant.
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Sink Hole Fishin'
How to avoid major pipe fixin'...with some good old sink hole fishin'.
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Sink sprayer stuck?
Got a haunted sink sprayer hose that you have to jiggle, to get free and pull out?
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Sneaky Toilet Leaks
How to catch a theif...that could be robbing you blind!
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Solving Household Mysteries
Compression nuts: What are they, where are they, what do they do? And, how to tighten them.
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Stop Toilet Trickle
IF you've got a toilet that runs day and night, it's making noise and wasting water and money.
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Stopped-up Drains?
The right way to use a plunger... so it won't create a messy blunder!
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Storing Paint
Learn how to store leftover paint... so a guessing game it ain't!
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Stubborn Bathtub Faucet?
Got a tough spout to remove? Unscrew it with our homemade tub-faucet turner!
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Stubborn Faucet Fix
The time-honored Carey family secret for loosening up faucets that are stuck!
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Sump Pump Test
To prevent potential problems, plug a sump pump into a dedicated wall outlet.
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Super Pipe Insulator
Beef up the power of cold-weather protection and your hot-water shower!
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T-trap vs. P-trap
Ever drop a ring down the drain and took pipes apart to retrieve it? No more.
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Tankless Water Heaters
How to defeat an energy cheater with a high-tech tankless water heater.
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Temperature- & Pressure-relief Valves
These valves should be tested every six-months or so.
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Temperature-and-Pressure-Relief Valves
A faulty water heater is a time bomb in your home.
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Testing for Water Leaks
Take a little time to get to the bottom of your rising water bill.
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The Drip, Drip, Drip of a Leaky Faucet
Stopgap solution to a dripping faucet.
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Thomas Crapper Flapper Day
How to keep the water bill from geting you flushed.
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Thomas Crapper Flapper Day
Tired of flushing all your money down the drain? Learn ways to save water and some money.
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Thomas Crapper Flapper Day
In the typical family, flushing toilets is half the monthly water bill and 9 out of every 10 flushes are for liquids only.
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Those Snappy Flappers of 1861
In the typical family, flushing toilets is the cause of half the monthly water bill.
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Toilet Overflow / Think Fast
Toilet training.
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Toilet Replacement
Redecorating? Replacing a water-guzzling oldie? Save time and trouble with this must-do reminder!
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Toilet Tank Gasket
Loose tank lid? Stop slipping and sliding and porcelain scrape and grinding!
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Toilet Tip: For a Sluggish Flush
Toilet doesn't flush like it used to? Swirls instead of workin' like it did when new?
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Toilet Tune-up
Hear dripping but there's no water leak? Learn how to detect "sneaky" leaks.
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Toilet Up To "Paar"?
If your toilet gives you trouble by not flushing properly, you may think it's low water pressure, but pressure has nothing to do with it.
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Toilet-tank Leak Test
How to determine the source when toilets drip on bathroom floors.
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Towel Warmer in Your Bathroom
You'd be surprised how nice a warm towel feels after a shower on a chilly morning.
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Tub / Shower Diverter Valves
Got a tub shower faucet that dribbles and steals water pressure from the shower?
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Two Flush Toilet Conversion Kit
Today, any toilet (old or new) can save still more water with flush one and two!
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Warding Off Sewer Gas Odors
Keep p-traps clean and clear with vinegar.
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Water Hammer
Turn off a faucet and hear a 'thud'? Pipes bang and clang? It's water hammer, bud!
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Water Heater Size
Wonder what size to buy? Never ever does "one size fit all"...
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Water Heater TPR Valve
A faulty temperature-and-relief valve (that sticks)...is a time bomb (tick-tick)!
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Water Heater Tune-up
Does it go "snap, crackle, pop?"...you could be getting into hot water (or maybe not)!
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Water Heater Woes
A steady drip from the drain line for the temperature-and-pressure relief on your water heater means that the valve is open, and that you have one of three problems.
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Water line compression fittings
Compression nuts: How to tighten 'em right, but not too much?
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Water Pipe Anti-Freeze
If you've got a second home that's not occupied during winter or you leave home for long periods, there is a risk when temperatures drop.
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Water Pressure in the House
Inexpensive parts can make your water pressure what it should be.
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Water Woes 1: Leak Alarms
Stop a small leak from becoming a big problem with a "Water Cop."
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Watercolors
Spa bubbles to soak away troubles? There's more to be seen (like today's green!)
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What's that Smell?
It may be coming from a drain...that's rarely used (we'll explain).
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When a pipe dream becomes a pipe nightmare.
Temperature rising? Pressure building? Has that innocent looking pipe that’s been dormant for years suddenly come to life with a steady drip, drip, drip?
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Whirlpool jet set
Here's what's new and cool to get so you can join the bubbly jet set.
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Why Should You Use "Plumber's Grease"?
Lubricated plumbing parts install real fast -- but only one lubricant will last and last!
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