Knowing the location of your water meter and how to turn the water on and off is as essential to renters, as it is to homeowners. A burst pipe in your home can lead to a huge disaster, only mitigated by turning the water mains off. Do you know the location of your water main? [...]
A blocked toilet is one problem, but a toilet that keeps running, even if it’s only a slow trickle can be very annoying! A small trickle can even be heard at night, when your home is quiet and everyone is asleep – you can still hear the relentless stream of water sliding down into the [...]
Most Aussies take hot water for granted, using it multiple times each day, by the simple expedient of turning on the tap. Unfortunately, your hot water heater doesn’t last forever, something that can become crystal clear when the hot water runs out in the middle of your shower! Water heating is the largest source of [...]
Whilst Aussies have a long history of outdoor dunnies, it’s rare to find anyone in Australia still using these old systems; most of us have lovely, sleek and modern indoor toilets. It’s also fair to say that most of us take our indoor toilets for granted! Some of us are even installing the latest high [...]
Most of us clean our homes on a regular basis, but there are some spots that need more attention than others. These are the places where germs are known to grow, so it pays to give these areas extra attention, particularly if you have young children in your home or anyone with a lowered immunity. [...]
When you have a problem with your plumbing, it’s the small and insignificant problems that if ignored can become very big and very expensive disasters. Most of us know when it’s time to call in the plumber, however there are still a few of us who listen to Old Wives’ Tales or Plumbing Myths as [...]
At first glance, ‘flushable’ wet wipes should be easily flushed down the toilet, disintegrate in water and be whisked away, causing no problems to the sewage system. In reality however, these ‘flushable’ wet wipes are far from innocent, blocking plumbing and sewer pipes and causing overflows into local creeks and rivers. If you aren’t convinced [...]
Rust stains on sinks and in toilets can be unsightly and difficult to remove with normal household cleaners. These rust stains are often caused by a high iron content in your water supply and whilst these stains don’t occur overnight, they can appear pretty quickly if there is standing water left anywhere. A good example [...]
With most of us feeling the pinch financially, it’s not unusual for home owners to try and tackle some of their home maintenance problems themselves. After all, you can save a hundreds of dollars by not calling a tradesperson, and this is true in the plumbing industry too. The problem is that there are some [...]
Most home owners have a plumbing emergency every now and again, despite doing everything they can to avoid them. Sometimes, it’s just the luck of the draw and despite all the preventative measures in the world, you still have to call the emergency plumber on a weekend or public holiday. This doesn’t mean that you [...]
