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Notes on desert plumbing

Written by the plumbers, mostly after answering the same question at the fifth house that morning.

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Clearing a blocked kitchen drain

Drains

Why your slow drain keeps coming back

Clearing a drain and cleaning one are different jobs, and only one of them lasts.

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Flushing a water heater in a garage

Water heaters

The twenty-minute job that adds years to a water heater

Valley water lays down scale faster than almost anywhere. Flushing is the whole defence.

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Servicing a wall-mounted tankless heater

Water heaters

Your tankless heater needs descaling, and probably has not had it

The most common cause of a tankless unit underperforming is not the unit, and skipping it can void the warranty.

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Tracing a leak under a kitchen sink

Leaks

How to tell whether you have a hidden leak

Two checks, five minutes, and no tools — worth doing before a bill arrives that explains it for you.

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Working on supply lines under a sink

Repipes

When an older valley house needs repiping

Galvanised pipe has a lifespan, and a lot of Old Town is past it.

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Checking a water heater before a long absence

Seasonal

What to do with the plumbing before you leave for the summer

Half the valley empties out in July. A flooded house discovered in September is entirely avoidable.

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No hot water, or water where it should not be?

Call (480) 555-0198. Same-day across the valley, and the van already has the parts.

Call (480) 555-0198

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