This morning, Portland’s Water Bureau issued a city-wide boil notice. The problem? E. coli and signs of fecal matter have been detected in three separate tests of the water in two Mt. Tabor reservoirs over the past three days. Portland currently supplies 935,000 customers in the metro area, and the reservoirs in question serve 670,000…
Your plumbing makes up the core of your home. It transports water, an essential resource, and also makes sure that waste makes its way out of your home. However, plumbing systems do not keep themselves healthy and issue-free: homeowners like you do. For this reason, we have compiled a list of plumbing tips that can…
With more and more people making the choice to stay in their homes and upgrade or renovate instead of selling, homeowners are on the watch for more comfortable, luxurious upgrades for their bathrooms. Escapism trends can be found in bathrooms that possess spa-like amenities and design. If you want to create a bathroom with allure,…
Dishwashers leak occasionally. We know this. However, a frequently-leaking dishwasher that ruins your flooring, burdens you with daily cleanup, and seeps through to lower levels of your home (or the apartment below yours – sorry, neighbor!) need not be a permanent state of affairs. There are three main areas that cause problems in dishwashers: hosing,…
Shocking as it may sound, the average American household’s leaks can account for over 10,000 gallons of water lost every year. Leaks in homes like yours may waste up to 1 trillion gallons annually on a nationwide scale. With undetected trickles causing this much waste, consider the amount of water lost when we brush our…
With one of the coldest winters in recent memory upon us, the threat of pipes freezing and bursting is real. Pipes that freeze and then defrost have an increased chance of bursting, causing water leaks that can lead to floods that damage the structure of your home as well as your valuables. One way to…
Getting a bathroom clean takes work. However, a little (or a lot) of elbow grease does nothing without the proper cleaners, each designed for a specific surface. Read on for tips, techniques, and which cleaners to use on which surfaces. Success Tip: Be sure to consult manufacturer details for exact uses and methods for each…
Looking for ways to avoid clogged drains? Consider not what you should use to clear the drain, but what should never, ever make its way into your pipes at all. The following items (6 of them!) should stay out at all costs: Grease Yes, pouring hot grease into your drain seems like a great idea…
Snaking your drain or toilet is one of the most common methods of clearing it. That said, not everyone has either the equipment or the know-how to do so properly. That’s where we come in! Snaking your drain is easy if you first purchase the appropriate apparatus. Coat hanger? Not usually the best choice. Here…
You know how your home plumbing works, but have you ever considered how plumbing operates in a zero-gravity space station? Resources such as square footage and water supply are limited inside NASA’s International Space Station (ISS), so engineers have devised creative ways of keeping the astronauts comfortable. Water and waste cycle through a complex filtering…
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