Archive for June 2013

Your new water heater should satisfy your hot water needs and use as little energy as possible. The standard size for a residential water heater is 40 or 50 gallons. The capacity of a hot water heater should be based on the number of occupants and the peak hour water demand, not on the size of the…

If your toilet keeps running and doesn’t shut off, it could be time to replace the flapper valve. You can go to a local home store plumbing department and find a flapper replacement kit. Some of the kits have a new rubber seal that you stick over the old hole in the tank. You simply…