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Friday, February 5th, 2016
The Allied Team – Perfect for Grease Trap Cleaning
Cincinnati has an impressive reputation as home to world class restaurants. And all restaurants, from Four-Star to Gold Star, have one thing in common: grease traps. With that in mind,…
Sunday, January 31st, 2016
Time for a New Kitchen Faucet Amazonians?
Amazon.com has faucets on sale; don't delay! The plan this morning was to hammer out a blog on how to fix a leaky kitchen faucet (mine). And then I came…
Monday, January 25th, 2016
Our Greater Cincinnati Water Works (and “works” well!)
We've been closely following the developing story on the Flint, MI water crisis. After reading the in-depth news reports, we are thankful for the Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) --…
Tuesday, January 12th, 2016
Basement water backups?
Installing a backwater valve may be the answer to your troubled waters. Recently, we came home to a major problem in our basement shower – bits of toilet paper and…
Saturday, December 26th, 2015
Do I Need A Water Softener In Cincinnati?
We recently heard a local radio station running an ad for water softeners in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Having long been under the impression that Cincinnati water is among the…
Friday, December 18th, 2015
Today’s Toilet Choices: Making Thomas Crapper Proud
Thomas Crapper (1836-1910), the London plumber frequently credited with inventing the flush toilet*, knew a good thing when he saw it. Crapper became an apprentice plumber at age 14, and…
Friday, December 11th, 2015
Hot Water Heaters, Drinking Water & Power Outages
It’s not if, it’s when. Be prepared. For some reason, power outages in our urban Cincinnati neighborhood are common. Seemingly, our household power relies on a transformer that is frequently…
Thursday, November 26th, 2015
Tank vs. Tankless Water Heaters
Changing an American paradigm is tough. We've all experienced (and likely adopted)"disruptive innovations" -- inventions that create a new market and eventually revolutionize an industry. Common examples include the mass-produced automobile (so…
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
Freeze Alert? Frost-Free Faucets are the Business!
Frost-free makes winterizing exterior plumbing a snap. I realized last week, while scraping frost off the car windshield, that we had completely forgotten to put the garden hoses away for…
Monday, November 9th, 2015
NOFRO – Just Say No to Frozen Pipes!
Planning now can save $$$ this winter. In winter, things freeze. We protect our cars against fuel line freeze-up, we protect ourselves against frost bite. Before things get too cold,…