Benefits of Re-piping Your Home Like everything else, pipes have a limited service life. They are designed to function for a certain period of time, and using them beyond their intended lifespan can cause damage to both you and your home. No matter how well-built your home is or how strong the materials used to …
Plumbing problems like a leaky pipe or water heater aren’t exactly fun, but they can often be repaired quickly. Unfortunately, not all plumbing issues are the same. If you’re having serious problems with your plumbing, it might be time to re-pipe your house. If it sounds overwhelming, don’t worry! Whole house re-piping should always be …
Replumbing or repiping means to completely replace the existing plumbing with brand new plumbing materials. Undertaking an entire home repipe/replumb project is not something you will want to attempt on your own. It requires the use of plumbers with experience in repiping/replumbing, like the experts at MET Plumbing. Why Would You Need to Repipe/Replumb Your …
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Determining the cause of low water pressure in your home can involve a variety of factors. Before resorting to repiping your home, it’s important to identify whether the issue is isolated to a specific faucet or room, or if it affects all of the water supply lines in your home. In the event that the …
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There can be several different underlying causes for noises coming from the water pipes within your home. It is important to determine what type of sound the pipes are making to better diagnose and troubleshoot the problem. Water pipes that make a groaning or hissing noise are often indicating a constriction somewhere in the waterline. As …
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What Causes Burst Pipes? When most people think about pipes bursting and water rushing out and into their homes, they picture cold winters in northern climates where temperatures drop below freezing. While this is one of the more common reasons for burst pipes, it is not the only one. Before we look at other reasons …
Grout is the filler material used between tiles, and it fills in the gaps around each tile. In the bathroom, many homeowners have some sort of tile for the walls around their bathtub and/or shower. Some may also have tiled floors. If you are the type of person who inspects the finer details, you may …
Are you frequently hearing strange sounds like banging, clattering, or hammering from your walls at night? Have you noticed gurgling noises emanating from your kitchen sink drain or the sound of dripping water that you can’t locate the source of? If so, while your initial thought might be that your home is haunted by ghosts, …
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