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How To Care For Your Garbage Disposal
A garbage disposal is a convenient tool for discarding food waste during your kitchen cleaning routine. However garbage disposals can...
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How to Choose the Best Trenchless Sewer Repair Professional
Sewer repair or plumbing projects can be intimidating. Homeowners are not typically plumbing professionals with years of experience. For...
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Summer Checklist for Your Home Plumbing System
Summertime is upon us in northern California! It’s the time when activities are virtually nonstop. The kids are out of school, having...
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What Is Sewer System Smoke Testing?
Property owners in Oakland and Berkeley may experience “random city smoke testing.” Local ordinances require sewer lines to be tested for...
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Sinkholes: When Sewer Repair Goes Wrong
Some homeowners find themselves dealing with an unexpected and worsening problem on their property: sinkholes. Sinkholes are usually an...
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Do Low-Flow Toilets Cause Sewer System Problems?
Low-flow toilets have become popular in recent years. As the name suggests, low-flow toilets use less water, which is an important...
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PSL Pressure Testing Procedure
If you’re a property owner in the San Francisco Bay Area, make sure sure informed about private sewer later (PSL) pressure tests. A PSL...
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How to Clean a Sewer Line
The toilet water is bubbling. Water is backing up in the tub. The kitchen sink drain is making a sucking sound. It’s time to clean your...
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Locate Underground Utility Lines – Before You Begin Digging
Replacing underground utilities is a complex process. Whenever excavating or digging into the ground is required, it’s critical to...
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Replacing Your Service Water Line
Sometimes a plunger is not sufficient to solve your plumbing problems. As a homeowner, you will most likely experience problems with the...
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What Is Pipe Bursting Technology?
What Is Pipe Bursting? Pipe bursting is a trenchless sewer repair method that involves breaking and expanding the existing buried sewer...
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Winter Rains Have Arrived in the Bay Area
Unlike recent past years, the rainy winter season is actually bringing rain this year to the San Francisco Bay Area and Oakland! Our...
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New California Law Requires Use of Lead-Free Plumbing Fixtures
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law a slew of state legislation. On the climate front, the governor signed bills...
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EBMUD Private Sewer Lateral (PSL) Compliance
With mandates from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the...
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How to Identify the Symptoms of a Sewer Line Break
The sewer line is a part of your house. Just like your roof, your doors and your windows – it serves a particular function and purpose....
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How To Unclog A Sewer Lateral
A clog in your sewer line can be frustrating, especially if you don’t know what’s causing it or what to do next. In this article, we’ll...
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How to Maintain Your Water Heater
It’s easy to forget about maintenance for your water heater because they can work just fine for 10 or more years without paying much...
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What Are Grease Traps and How Do They Benefit Sewer Lines
When fat, oil, and grease (FOG) are poured down the drain, sewer blockages and overflows can occur. Sewer overflows spill raw sewage onto...
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Sewer Lateral Compliance as it Relates to Buying a Home in the East Bay
When purchasing a home in the East Bay, many people are unaware of the property’s sewer lateral compliance status. This can create many...
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Commercial Sewer Lines: 5 Reasons to Have Pipe Spy on Your Building Site
Commercial sewer line testing and repair requires engineering, planning, and work at a level that sometimes surprises business owners and...
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