Plumbing Downtown Eastside Vancouver

The Downtown Eastside is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The area, one of the city's oldest, is notable for its levels of drug use, poverty, crime, mental illness, prostitution, and homelessness. It is also known for its strong community resilience and history of social activism.

Downtown Eastside

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Downtown Eastside, Vancouver, BC V6E 1N1, Canada

Residential Plumbing

Cold Weather Tips

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

Protect The Outside Faucets

Protect exterior taps by leavin them dry so they dont develop cracks.. Remove the garden hose and insulate the tap against freezing weather. Also make sure to insulate any exterior exposed pipes. Cover the tap and exposed pipes with insulating material such as foam to surround it.

Insulate Exposed Pipes in Crawl Spaces

Home owners often forget about protecting pipes in utility spaces like the attic or basement; but these are generally also susceptible to freezing in harsh weather. Protect these spaces from drafts whenever possible and dont forget to insulate the pipes in these places as well.

Toilet Maintenance

Fixing a leaky toilet is not hard once you get the basics. The first thing to fixing any problem is to find what is causing it. And to do that we learn the basics of how a toilet works.

The two major components in a toilet bowl would be the flapper and the float. The flapper is the big rubber stopper at the bottom of the tank that drops down to seal the drain at the bottom when you flush. The float is the arm that floats up as the water rises in the tank and thus shuts off the flow of water when it gets high enough.

These two components are the most typical things to replace and should be well known for anyone living on their own these days. Floats tend to spring a leak over time and need to get replaced on occasion and flappers lose their rubber uniformity as time passes affecting the seal and need to get replaced when that happens. Youll know when it is time since it will be clear what is going on when the time arrives.

If you decide to fix the toilet or do some work around the house to protect the pipes we propose you use the following accessories. Tools youll want to fix most plumbing issues can be bought in your local hardware store. Some of the items youll want to have include:

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

If you gather these tools as time passes youll soon have a sizable collection that will come come in useful for stuff like clearing a slow drain plunging the toilet and pulling a hair clog from the shower drain. Simple tasks like this will save you quite a lot in plumbing fees should you handle them by yourself.

If for any reason you discover you couldt handle something and wish to call a professional then refer to the link below for our suggested local plumber.