Plumbing Strathcona Vancouver

Strathcona is Vancouver, British Columbia's oldest residential neighbourhood. It is bordered by Chinatown to the west, Clark Drive to the east, and Canadian National Railway and Great Northern Railway classification yards to the south. Area: 3 km

Plumbing Services

Cold Weather Tips

As cold weather approaches we prepare ourselves for plummeting temperatures and soaring heating costs. Past the higher utility bills cold weather can also bring additional expenses by means of frozen pipes and heating units that quit working. Here are five simple suggestions for protecting your pocketbook against cold weather expenditure.

Prepare Outside Taps

Prevent exterior pipes from breaking by protecting your outside faucets. Remove the garden hose and insulate the tap against freezing weather. Also be sure you insulate any exterior pipes that are exposed. Cover the tap and pipes with insulating material like foam to surround it.

Protect Exposed Pipes in Utility Spaces

People often forget about protecting plumbing in crawl spaces like the attic or basement; however these are generally also prone to freezing in severe weather. You should protect these places from drafts as much as possible and remember to protect the pipes in these areas as well.

Toilet Tips

Fixing a leaking toilet is not hard when you get the basics. The first thing to fixing any problem is to seek out what is causing it. And to do that we learn the fundamentals 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 on the bottom of the tank that drops 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 gets high enough.

Both of these components are the most typical things to replace and should be common knowledge for anyone living on their own . Floats are likely to spring a leak over time and need to be replaced on occasion and flappers lose their rubber consistency over time affecting the seal needing to get replaced when that develops. You will know when its time because it will be obvious whats going on when the time comes.

If you choose to fix the toilet or do some work around the house to protect the pipes we suggest you gather the following. Tools youll want to fix most plumbing matters 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 and a phillips screwdriver
• Simple cleaning solutions such as lemon juice and baking soda
• Pliers
• Adjustable pipe wrench

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

If for any reason you find you couldt handle something and wish to contact a professional then click the link below for our suggested local plumber.