So you?re a single woman and that darn drip won?t stop. Before you pick up the yellow pages and whip out your credit card stop for a second. Did it ever occur to you that you can do this yourself? Just because gender role dictates that most men do the plumbing around the house, or, get contracted to do it FOR the men in the house, doesn?t mean it HAS to be done this way. You can do it. You just need a little know-how and a few basics to get the job done and save your cash. So here?s your know-how step-by-step. More...

Many homes still use or have cast iron plumbing in there homes and there is many benefits from cast iron as well as there are many downsides to it as well. More...

A water main is the pipe that is usually copper or high pressure pvc that feeds your home, office, or building with water from the main trunk line that is in the street. The water main can be run from a few feet to thousands of feet to supply you with the water that you need. More...

Grease Traps are traps that capture grease that enters into a system before they can reach the sewer lines. The most common place a grease trap would most likely to be found is in commercial applications such as restaurants and cafeterias. Baffles in the trap slow the flow of waste and allows the grease and water to separate. More...

Copper tubing can be sweated together, bent to form, and even braised for a more high pressure seal. There are a few ways that copper tubing can be bought. Two of the most common ways are in stick lengths or rolls. More...

There are three types of private drinking water wells, the dug, driven and drilled. The safety of your water will depend on how well constructed and maintained your well is. If you aren't sure how safe your water is contact your state water well contractor licensing agency, they will be able to tell you what type of well you have. Wells should be located so rainwater flows away from it. Rainwater can pick up bacteria and chemicals from the land, if the water seeps into your well you could end up with many health problems. More...

You may have heard the term before but you may not know what it is. A plumbing clean out is a cleanout fitting with a removable plug that is found in a roughed in waste system. It is designed to help keep clear any type of debris that could cause any type of stoppage in the water drain lines. Cleanouts are usually placed at the connection point between the sewer lines and the drain lines where the base is located of a vertical stack and at all places were the pipe direction changes at about 90 degrees. More...

Plumbing venting is the waste system is vented to allow free air circulation within the system to allow the pressure on the trap seals to reduce and to get rid of foul gas odors that are caused by sewage. The venting must be tied into the stack. The method that is used to vent the waste system will depend on where the fixture are located and how they are put together. More...

Toilet and Commode are the same thing you will see in a bit why the bidet is different. The word toilet can either refer to the fixture itself or the room that the fixture is kept in. This explanation of the 2 different terms comes from British England, in North America when the word toilet is used it means the fixture itself. Other words used in referencing the place where the fixture sits are bathroom, lavatory, rest room, washroom or men's room and ladies room. More...

Radiant heat is an electrical heating system that delivers heat through surfaces such as baseboards that are heated by the flow of hot water or an electric current. This is a very common type of heating system, there are home owners that actually switch over. But some homes have an existing hot water heater and others have boilers, one of the most common asked questions regarding radiant heat is which system should be used. More...