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Article photo · 16:10Renovations & Installations⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩The plumbing check nobody schedulesFurnaces get serviced. Plumbing gets ignored until it fails. Here is what a check covers, and the five things you can do yourself this afternoon.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Water Heaters⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩Repair or replace a hot water tankSome faults are a part. Some are the tank telling you it is finished. The difference is mostly about where the failure is, not what it costs.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Water Heaters⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩No hot water: what to check before you callA decent share of no-hot-water calls are something you can check in five minutes. Here they are, and here is the one that means stop and call now.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Gas Fitting⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩If you smell gasThe order matters, and two of the instinctive reactions make it worse. Read this before you need it.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Drainage & Sewer⁨3 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩Catch basins and storm drains: the autumn job nobody schedulesTen minutes of clearing before the rain, or a flooded parking area during it. This is the cheapest maintenance in the drainage trade.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Drainage & Sewer⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩Why the same drain keeps cloggingIf you are plunging the same sink every few months, the blockage is not the problem. Something about that drain is.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Plumbing⁨3 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩Sump pumps: test yours before the rain arrivesA sump pump is a machine that sits still for months and then has to work perfectly. Late summer is when to find out whether yours will.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Plumbing⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩Poly-B in British Columbia: what it is and why it mattersThe grey plastic pipe in a great many BC homes. How to identify it, why it fails, and what your options actually are.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Plumbing⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩The signs of a hidden leak most homeowners missA leak you can see is a small problem. The ones that matter are behind something, and they announce themselves in ways that are easy to explain away.Read it

Article photo · 16:10Plumbing⁨4 min⁩ · ⁨Sep 5, 2026⁩What to do in the first five minutes of a plumbing emergencyWater is moving and you have to decide something. Here is the order that actually helps, and the two things people do that make it worse.Read it

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