Hiring a Plumber: Tips

In today's post I would like to revisit some of the points that I made a while back in the post Selecting the Right Plumber. I found a great video that I think could really expand on some of the things that I mentioned in that post and in a lot of ways cover a few new things as well. This video features a couple of master plumbers who I really think are honest guys. Not everyone in the plumbing business is a saint and these guys will help you make sure that when it comes time for you to spend your money you do so with a company that is solid. Here is the video:



I hope you were able to build your arsenal as a consumer after watching that video. You see folks the key to this is going into the situation informed. If you are ignorant then you are essentially asking for someone to take advantage of you. If you come across as knowledgeable and informed you are going to help yourself out big time in the long run. That's all for now I hope you all have a great weekend and remember to take some time and enjoy your life!

Sweating Copper Pipes

One of the most common tasks that a plumber will perform is sweating copper pipes. Now what exactly does that mean? Copper pipes are certainly not mammals so the concept of sweating seems a little odd to be associate with pipes. Well we in the plumbing world refer to sweating when it comes to a part of the procedure that is used when two cooper pipes are joined together. Now for home plumbers or what I like to call weekend warriors, this is a technique that must be mastered if you want to do any kind of serious plumbing. Basics of PVC and CPVC aren't usually as difficult to master as some of the more advanced techniques used when dealing with copper. So when would you use copper and when would you use cpvc? Well that is a question that a will probably have to devote an entire series of blog posts to but since it popped in my head as I was typing out this blog I'll leave it here as a reminder that that is a great topic for a series of posts. OK I know I have digressed(as I am well-known to do) but back to sweating copper pipes. OK I found a great video on youtube that I think really does a great job of explaining this process. The video is straight-forward and should be easy to understand even for a beginner. Now the plumber in the video is a guy by the name of Big Tony and he knows his stuff. What a great name by the way for a plumber, Big Tony, I love it. Ok enough rambling let me go ahead and give you the video so you can actually learn something useful today. Here it is: