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Santa Rosa drain cleaning plumbers at Bragg Plumbing are announcing a $99 drain cleaning in Santa Rosa special which includes a free video drain inspection. Additionally they are offering 10% Off all…

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A simple overflow protection device can protect homes from expensive damages, and Absolute Plumbing has the proper installation ready.

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Oakland drain cleaning plumbers at Evenflow Plumbing are announcing a $99 drain cleaning in Oakland special which includes a free video drain inspection. Additionally they are offering 10% Off all…

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Three new workshops are available to the public at the Vatterott College Quincy campus.

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The NSF/ASPE MOU impacts the design, specifications, installation, inspection and regulation of plumbing systems

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The Zurn PEX plumbing system was a new system that used plastic piping with brass pipe fittings to connect the pipes together. The system has been installed in many houses over the last seven years and the company has reportedly sold over 139 million of these systems. Some of the benefits to the PEX system is that it is significantly cheaper than brass pipes, and are much easier to handle. The plastic plumbing also prevents lime and mineral build up, as well as freeze damage resistance. Does your home have the Zurn PEX system, and has it failed, causing water damage to your home? Then call The Rudman Law Firm, PLC at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation of your case.

The brass fittings in the PEX system may fail because of something called adezincificationa, which means that the brass is stripped of its corrosion-resistant capability, and can cause the fittings to leak. Some of these leaks are very slow drips, which can be hidden from the homeowner and can result in mildew and mold. Other leaks can be full on gushers, which fill the rooms of the house with water, and can cause water damage that way. These leaks can affect your familyas livelihood and health.

Problems with the PEX brass fittings can have short and long term side effects, including an increase in insurance premiums and the time and effort that it takes to resolve the problem. The company originally honored the warranty claims, but has since stopped honoring any warranty claims for the brass fitting system. Having a problem like this affect your home and family can be detrimental, and if this has happened to you, then you should call the lawyers of The Rudman Law Firm, PLC now at 1-800-252-9776 (1-800-ALAWPRO) for a free consultation with a knowledgeable attorney. You can also go to www.alawpro.com to read more about the Zurn PEX brass fittings.

As if Southern California homeowners didnat have enough to worry about, now there is a new potential disaster on their hands. Homes that have new plumbing systems installed within the past seven years may have a hardware that is both crucial and defective. Brass fittings called Zurn PEX are used throughout homes to connect plumbing tubes, and it appears that these brass fittings are defective. The results can be disastrous, causing leaks, floods, mold, and more. Speak to a product liability lawyer for free by calling 1-800-ALAWPRO or visiting our website at www.alawpro.com if your home has been fitted with Zurn PEX brass plumbing fittings in California.

Zurn PEX brass fittings are use in PEX plumbing systems and would have been installed in your home within the past 7 years. PEX plumbing systems use PEX (plastic) tubing instead of copper piping, and brass fittings used to connect these tubes are essential in keeping the plumbing from leaking. When Zurn PEX fittings fail to hold, which can happen in a matter of months after installation, it can result in extensive damage to homes. Leaks, floods, and mold can appear in any location around the house. The leaks usually spring out of sight where plumbing is installed within drywall, underneath floors, above ceilings, or behind walls.

Zurn PEX brass plumbing fittings are made by Zurn Industries, and a number of lawsuits have already been filed against the manufacturers. The sheer number of complaints against the fittings manufacturers has led the company to stop honoring warranties and complaints by afflicted customers. If you believe that your Southern Cal home has a Zurn PEX brass fitting leakage problem, get a personal injury attorney who can help now.

The The Rudman Law Firm, PLC have more than 50 years combined legal experience. Let us handle your Zurn PEX product liability claim now by calling 1-800-ALAWPRO (1-800-252-9776). We offer a free and confidential consultation as well as advancing all costs. Our expert lawyers are here to help you in you time of need.

This week’s hack: Install a tankless water heater (aka on-demand or instantaneous water heater)

Shade of green: Verdant pine

Items needed: One on-demand water heater, miscellaneous plumbing bits including copper pipe (1/2″ and/or 3/4″), pipe cutter, propane torch, solder

Why this hack: Because you can cut your hot water bill in half. Yes, I said “in half.” As in 50%.

Tankless water heaters, like this one from Rinnai, are generally sleek.

Heart of the hack: Ok, folks, this is an advanced hack. If you’re not comfy a) handling power tools b) operating flaming torches and c) soldering copper water tubing together, you ought to just call a plumber. Try not to faint when he hands you the bill; it’s very rude.

But lets assume you can do all this stuff with one hand tied behind your back whilst juggling a dozen rotten eggs. In which case, you’ll first want to shut off water to your current hot water tank (there should be a valve; if there’s not, you got problems), drain the tank (there’s a spigot on the bottom; you can attach a garden hose and run it out your basement door onto the neighbor’s lawn), and tear it out.

What should you do with your old tank? Well, if your day job involves selling used cars or self-improvement videos, you might be able to off load it onto some sucker via Craigslist. Otherwise, you’ll probably have to pay someone to take it away.

Installing your new tankless heater is simply a matter of bolting it in place, then installing the vent (it’s probably a power vent, whereas your old heater likely had a stack vent, so you’re going to need to wire it in. This is a good time to call someone who has experience playing with electricity). Next, run the new water lines. Gosh, doesn’t that sound simple?

It is, as plumbing goes. It’s just that, you really want to know what you’re doing when you’re “sweating joints,” which sounds like it could land you in the slammer, but is really just plumber speak for joining copper with solder. If you don’t have experience with this lost art, it just ain’t worth the headache of a leaky hot water system. Lecture over.

The cool (bad pun alert) thing about on-demand hot water heaters is that they heat the water only when asked. Your current “capacity” heater keeps a huge blob of water (probably 30 gallons or more) hot all the time. If you don’t draw hot water for, say, the eight hours you sleep each night (you do get at least eight hours of sleep, don’t you? You do realize that anything less is detrimental to your health, right?), it don’t matter: Your heater is still keeping it warm, just waiting for you to crack the tap. An on-demand heater won’t heat the water until you ask it to; when you do, it springs into action with an enormous flame that literally heats the water as it passes through on its way to your shower head.

Editor’s Note: The following hack carries a risk of explosion if not done properly. It will also likely void any warranties on your wood stove. Proceed with caution.

Shade of Green: Burnt forest

Items Needed: 1 wood stove (well, duh), 1 pressure relief valve, 1 hot water jacket or heat-resistant loop, miscellaneous copper pipe, miscellaneous copper fittings, 1 circulator (optional), 1 aquastat thermostat (optional), 1 pre-heat holding tank (optional), 1 plumber, stove gasket cement

A view of the back of the stove/water heater mod, showing in and out water pipes.

Why this Hack: Because you’re extremely adventurous. This is an advanced hack, requiring specialized knowledge and equipment and a clear understanding of the danger involved. Wait… come back… where are you going?

Listen: It’s true that running a water loop through a wood stove is serious business; without a pressure relief valve, this sort of hack could cause, well, an explosion. This either scares or excites you. There is no in between. But the rewards are at least equal to the risk (and really, there’s not much risk if you do it right): Piping hot water with the same quantity of wood you already burn, saving you literally hundreds (if not thousands) of dollars in the long haul.

This hack requires real plumbing skills, so you might want to hire it out. But since few plumbers will be familiar with this sort of tomfoolery, be sure to do the research first. There’s a great book available from Lehmans.com. Rather fittingly, it’s titled “Hot Water From Your Woodstove.” Pure genius, eh? Anyway, it’s got all the nitty-gritty, as well as sources for the hot water jacket you’ll need. What’s a hot water jacket? It’s a rectangular slab of metal that installs inside your firebox, and it is designed to mate with copper pipe that runs cold water in and hot water out.

Heart of the Hack: The tricky part is fitting the jacket (and if a standard jacket doesn’t fit, try hilkoil.com for custom loops); most stoves are not pre-drilled for water, so you’ll have to break out the hole saw and git to hackin’ in a most serious way. If yer stove’s still under warranty, and you’d like to maintain that warranty, stop reading. That said, if you measure correctly and exercise due caution, you won’t do any damage drilling two half or three-quarter-inch holes in your stove to fit the cold water in and hot water out pipes. Actually, you’ll want to drill ‘em 1/16th-inch oversize for ease of installation and to accommodate expanding/contracting. Once everything’s installed, seal everything up with stove gasket cement.

Once the jacket/loop is fitted, it’s time to run your copper; cold comes in the bottom and hot exits through the top hole. There are two basic ways to run this system: Bonus hack points for going with a thermo-siphon system, which uses the expanding properties of heat to send hot water to an elevated holding tank. Of course, that means plumbing a holding tank into your second floor, which definitely increases the hassle factor. The other option is to utilize a circulating pump that’s thermostatically switched to pump water whenever the fire’s a’blazin.’

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