What are My Choices When Re-piping My House or Building

You will be happy to know that you do have options in re-piping your home. These option do, however, come with a few caveat. If you go to get a whole new system and you have an old material like iron or cement pipes for your water lines or drain, you will need to get your system updated. You will, in most areas, have the option to update to plastic or copper for waterlines, or black ABS for your drains. This is, of course, the preferred choice over trying to match antiquated piping systems.

If you are just trying to re-pipe part of your system, for example you remodel a bathroom, you may be required by code to stay with like materials. This may seem inconsistent with most codes, which promote getting systems upgraded; however, some types of pipe cannot be hooked up compatibly. This makes it crucial to get a licensed, bonded and insured plumber to do your work for you. They will know the codes and the materials specifications.

For water lines, PEX is a popular choice by plumbers because of the ease of installation and because plastic pipes these days are of very high quality and have added benefits. For one they can be bent far enough to not need fittings in some cases. This reduces the chances for a leak. Plastic pipes also have a very strong freeze tolerance so they handle incredibly low temperatures without rupturing.

Copper is a long time stalwart that is still widely used and popular. It has the benefit of being the most crush resistant and is much less susceptible to rodents chewing on it.
Black ABS is what most new construction is done with for drains these days. It is much easier to install, and the way the fittings and codes have adapted over the years they have much more efficient flow and are much less likely to clog.

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Tips For Keeping Your Garbage Disposal Clean

Home improvement and hygiene are key in your home, it's important to prevent any pungent and overall unpleasant smells from polluting the air. It's just as important to keep the darkest, dampest places of the home free of anything that might mold or attract some unwanted house guests such as mice or ants. It's well known that such things can commonly start in a very popular and highly trafficked room of the home; the kitchen. That is, if it's not properly kept clean.
What should be highlighted most here is the darkest and most certainly the dampest part of the kitchen. That is the kitchen sink; most particularly, the garbage disposal. It's here that most people will turn to once they finish up their meal and the scraps are left to be scraped into the hole, at which point the disposal would be flicked on, and most expect that the running water and blades will do all the work. This is not usually the case as some of it can be left behind and over time, after many meals pass, that little bit of each food item disposed of can begin to accumulate. It is at this point that a funky smell can begin to start and the starting stages of mold could be the culprit.

In order to keep your garbage disposal cleaned, it's vital that you get your hands on a chemical-based disposal cleaner, which can be purchased at most nearby shopping marts. It's just as important to actually use said cleaner and on a regular basis. That doesn't mean that it needs to be cleaned every day, in fact you should follow the instructions on the cleaner in order to know the exact amount of time to apply it. It's a good practice to write this amount of time down somewhere that you will see it often. The fridge is a good place for a sticky note or two. A maintenance service call by a professional plumber is always recommended to ensure proper functioning.

Besides cleaning your disposal regularly, it's important to turn the disposal on for a good amount of time with running water in order to make sure you break down the food well enough, after every piece of food is disposed of. If this is not the case, then it could cause for large chunks of food to be sitting there for days or weeks at a time and may cause clots which will be bothersome to clear out later on.

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