Waste backups can result from any number of causes. By running a specially designed tiny camera through the sewer line, we can find the cause without going through an expensive process of trial and error. Many older houses in Charlotte have cast iron pipes. Over time they develop fish-like scales on the inside that obstructs…
There are multiple benefits to having good water quality in the home. First, there are both obvious and not so obvious health benefits that may be difficult to quantify precisely, however most people would agree that their preference would be having any of these subtle benefits working for them instead of against them. Even trace…
Homeowners might be annoyed if local zoning ordinances require testing and possible upgrades to septic systems if more bedrooms are being added to a home. There are, however, very good reasons for those requirements. Each person added to a household adds to the water usage of that home. Septic systems are designed to handle a…
Disastrous attempts at home plumbing repairs make for a laugh on TV, but they’re not funny when they happen in real life. The flip side, though, is the dismay of spending hard-earned money to have a plumber do something you could have done far less expensively yourself. How is a homeowner to decide which is…
When plumbing professionals talk about draining your water heater, they’re not talking about what happens when you stand in the shower so long that you use up all the hot water. They’re talking about an important preventative maintenance task that should be done once or twice a year. The water that flows into your house…
The last thing any homeowner wants is a backflow of contaminated water, whether into the home or the home’s water source. An innocent-looking garden hose can turn into a source of contamination. A drop in water pressure in the home or municipal water system can allow water from the hose to flow backward into the…
Beautiful plumbing fixtures are older than most people realize. As early as the 18th Century B.C., the Minoan Palace in Crete offered the king indoor plumbing with faucets of precious metals and marble. Technology has improved since then, so although the typical homeowner doesn’t enjoy the luxury of a gold spigot in the bathroom, he…
It happens all the time. The teenager bathes a golden retriever in the bath tub. A cook pours a skillet full of bacon grease down the sink. The proud bearer of long silky tresses finds the shower drain clogged. A toddler flushes something down the toilet that doesn’t belong there. Sometimes just the accumulation of…
Indoor plumbing is a public health miracle that we take for granted until something goes wrong — especially with the disposal of the used water. That’s why it’s important to understand your home’s plumbing system, and to keep it properly maintained. Typically, gravity is our friend in waste water removal. A septic system uses gravity…
Is your plumber on your Christmas card list? If you answered “yes” then there’s a good chance your plumber is Chris Vigna, owner and president of All About the Pipes Plumbing, Inc. In addition to Christmas cards, Vigna regularly gets Thank You cards from his customers and has even received baby gifts when he and…