Salt Lake City Emergency Plumbing
QUESTIONS ANSWERED...

Does water pressure effect the shower and toilet?

Answer...

If you have low water pressure in the home it is not always an emergency problem.

However if it lasts longer then a day or so, it may be a major issue in your water lines to your home or in your home. 

Sometimes the city adjusts their water systems, this can often cause small debris in the lines to lodge in the pipes.

You would need to have a plumber run a line check and see if there is obstructions in the lines.

A blocked drain is enough to drive most people to their wit’s end. An obvious recourse in such cases is to call on the plumber and while that’s a sensible option, there are certain things that you can do yourself to unblock a drain. The vast majority of Blocked Drains are caused by jammed up debris like hair, food particles and other unwanted materials.

Here we look at one such cleaning agent, caustic soda, and how to use it to unblock drains in your house.

How to use caustic soda for cleaning & unclogging drains?

In its purest form, caustic soda is available as a white coloured waxy solid. However, it’s the powdered or liquid form that is used for clearing a blocked drain. You can buy powdered/liquid caustic soda at any neighborhood hardware store

To see to it your sump pump will run in an emergency situation, 

consistently examination it by adding a number of pails of water right into the sump pit. 
The pump needs to turn on, get rid of the water and also turn off effortlessly. 

By doing this on a set schedule, you will always know that the pump will work when you need it to.

Call our professional plumbing experts now to assist you. 

 

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My Kids Put Toys In The Toilet And Flushed It.. What Can I Do?

Answer...

If you have kids that for fun love putting toys and other items into 
your toilet as well as you have to deal with other significant toilet 
clogs that are just too much to manage with a plunger, consider 
purchasing an auger. For less than 40 dollars you will have a device t
hat can clean up also the hardest problems without requiring to call 
a plumbing expert. One great idea is to teach your kids and all family members

how to turn off the water supply to your toilet and sinks.

Kids are infamous for putting huge wads of toilet tissue as well as 
other things right into toilets, which more times then not,  
leads to the bathroom overflowing. 
When anyone that uses the bathroom knows how to turn off the 
water, in the case of a clog in the toilet, they will know that all 
they have to do is quickly turn off the water supply before it reaches 
the top of the rim on the toilet and starts to overflow.
Prevent plumbing troubles! Don't clog the toilet! 
Here are some of the more poplular things that block a toilet, 
toys, hair, paper towels, birth control items, and womanly personal items. 
It is usually not intentional that any of these items or others end up in t
he toilet, except maybe kids toys.. 
but these and other items should not be flushed instead of taking 
them out and throwing them away in the trash. 
If they happen to be flushed and you have clogs you can't deal with 
or don't want to, it is a great idea to call in a professional plumber 
before more damage to pipes can occure.
Keep in mind it's always best to have a well trained plumbing 
professional work on your pipes and other plumbing problems.

If you have a hot water heater tank, 
it is also a great idea to drain the water and collected debris around 
2 times a year. This keeps the heater in ideal working condition and 
will also alert you to any issues that may be starting to happen to it. 
It is easy to do, by hooking up a hose to the main drain hookup on 
the side of the water heater. Send the other end of the hose to a 
nearby drain, and let the water run out. 
It might be best to set the heat dial to low or off during the draining. 
You shouldn't have to drain all the water, mainly the lower sediment section.