Plumbers West End Vancouver

Mostly residential, the easygoing West End offers gay bars in Davie Village, chic fashion stores on Robson Street, and diverse dining ranging from ramen shops to seafood grills. It’s also the gateway to vast Stanley Park, known for its forested trails and Seawall waterfront path. The area’s public art includes the A-maze-ing Laughter sculpture, featuring 14 cast-bronze figures, and the Inukshuk, a stone Inuit statue.

Area: 504 acres

Province: British Columbia

Restaurants: Joe Fortes Seafood & Chop House

West End

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West End, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Commercial Plumbing

Wintry Weather Tips

As cold weather draws near we brace ourselves for colder weather and higher heating costs. Beyond the higher energy costs winter can also bring unexpected expenses by means of burst pipes and heating units that quit working. Following are five simple tips for insulating your pocketbook against cold weather expenditure.

Protect The Outside Faucets

Prevent exterior pipes from breaking by protecting your outside faucets. Detach all exterior garden hoses and insulate the faucet against frosty temperatures. Also make sure to insulate any exterior exposed pipes. Wrap the tap and pipes with insulation like foam to surround it.

Insulate Pipes in Utility Spaces

People often ignore safe guarding pipes in utility spaces such as the attic or basement; however these are generally also prone to freezing in harsh weather. Protect these areas from drafts as much as possible and dont forget to insulate your pipes in these locations as well.

Toilet Tips

Fixing a leaky toilet is not difficult once you understand the basics. The first thing to fixing any problem is to seek out what is creating it. And to do that we learn the fundamentals of how a toilet works.

The two major components in a toilet bowl are the flapper and the float. The flapper is the large rubber stopper at the lower end of the tank that drops right down to seal the drain hole at the bottom when you flush. The float is the arm that floats upward as the water rises in the tank and thus shuts off the flow of water when it reaches the top.

Both of these components are the most typical things to exchange and should be common knowledge for anyone living on their own nowadays. Floats tend to spring a leak over time and need to be replaced once in a while and flappers lose their rubber uniformity over time compromising the seal needing to be replaced when that takes place. Youll certainly know when its time because it will be clear whats going on when the time arrives.

If you decide to fix the toilet or protect the pipes yourself we propose you gather the following. Tools youll need to fix most plumbing issues can be bought in the local hardware store. Some of the items youll want to have include:

• Rubber gloves
• A plunger
• Plumbing snake
• Plumbing putty
• A regular and a phillips screwdriver
• Simple cleaning products such as lemon juice and baking soda
• Pliers
• Adjustable pipe wrench

As you gather these tools over time you will soon have a decent collection that will come come in useful for things like clearing a sluggish drain plunging the toilet and pulling a hair clog from the shower drain. Simple tasks like this will save you quite a bit in plumbing fees if you take care of them yourself.

If for some reason you discover you couldt handle something and need to call a professional then refer to the link below for our suggested local plumbing company.