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Estimating Hot Water Needs: What
Size Should You Get?
In general, your hot water
needs can be measured by the number of bathrooms in your house. The smallest
size unit for a one-bathroom house should be 30 or 40 gallons, in either gas or
electric. For a 1 1/2-bath house, 40 gallons is minimum. For a 2- to 3 1/2-bath
house, choose a 50-gallon gas heater or a 66- to 80-gallon electric one.
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Keep The Comfort Inside Your Home
When the cold weather strikes, you don't hesitate
to grab all the appropriate gear to protect your body from the cold air when you
go outside. So why not do the same for your home?
Keeping cold, winter air out of your home is
not as simple as closing all the windows and doors. Every crack, open space and
anything connected from the outside of your home can let in cold air, making
your energy bill higher than it needs to be.
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Around The House Tip of The
Month
"How To Avoid A Cold"
You can help avoid a cold this winter by making
sure surfaces in your kitchen that come in contact with food are free of cracks
and crevices.
Pots and pans should not have pits or dents, and plates and cups should not be
chipped or cracked. Small crevices can harbor harmful bacteria even after
washing.
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First Aid For The Homeowner
All of us in the home service business know
that there's no such thing as a non-emergency call. To a homeowner with no heat
in winter, no air conditioning in summer, a plugged toilet, broken pipes, no hot
water or an unwanted wading pool in the basement, it is always an emergency.
Especially when the breakdown occurs at exactly the wrong time. As it always
does.
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Take The Plunge - Tip Of The
Month:
We ask of our plumbing two simple things - water
in and water out. Sometimes that's not always the case. A frequent problem,
kitchen clogs, are most often caused by fats that have been
liquefied by hot water from the sink or dishwasher to flow down the drain. As
the water cools, however, and before it reaches the main sewer, the fatty
deposits cool and solidify along the walls of your pipes. Over time, these
deposits trap debris and before long, the pipe is clogged shut.
Best tip: Don't let
grease go down the drain! Scrape fats away into a tin can, and throw
it into the wastebasket. Always run your garbage disposal with plenty of cold
water.
If your drain does get clogged, try a plunger. If you are working in a kitchen
with a double sink, seal the drain on the other side with a small towel. Seal
the mouth of the plunger over the clogged drain, and pump vigorously several
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