If you’re having issues with your plumbing, you might be wondering if you need to replace your pipes. This process is called repiping, and it’s something that many homeowners have to do at some point. Repiping can be an expensive and challenging task, but it doesn’t have to break the bank. In this article, Drain Genie Plumbing Services will discuss what repiping is, when you might need it, and what to expect.
If you own or operate a commercial business, you know that there are a lot of different moving parts that need to be kept in mind at all times. From ensuring that your products or services are up to par to making sure that your customers and employees are happy, there’s always something to be done. However, one thing business owners don’t always think about is the many benefits of plumbing services. For this reason, Drain Genie Plumbing Services covers the topic here.
As much as we all hope it won’t happen to us, various plumbing issues and emergencies happen every day to everyone. Luckily, a quick Google search can show you all the available plumbers in your area. So out of all those options, why should you choose Drain Genie? Let us give you a few reasons why our customers keep coming back, and why they refer us to their friends.
Are you having constant back ups in your sewer line? Maybe your home has deteriorating cast iron piping. The first thing is to know what kind of pipe you have in your home. The best way to determine this is the age of your home. For example homes built from the late 70’s til now are usually PVC pipe. While homes built from early 70’s and older are more then like cast iron piping.Once you determine the age of your home and what type of piping you have. The next step is to call an Orlando plumber. If you are having clogs that are all the time and you are not knowing what the issue is? The best way to know is to find a plumber that can hydro jet and camera the sewer line. When cast iron ages it builds flaky scales and rusts from the inside out. This … Continued
We get a lot of drain cleaning calls around this time of year. With thanksgiving just past us and Christmas a few weeks away we seem to forget the overload the extra cooking and family puts on our drains and plumbing system. Most people don’t get how there plumbing works. Plumbers are similar to doctors and your homes plumbing system much like the human body. What you put into your body affects you and your health. For example if you eat a lot of fatty foods it can affect your heart health such as clogged arteries. Well the same goes for your home if you put grease and fatty foods down your drain it is going to build up on the side walls of the pipe. Eventually causing a clog that will affect your drains. Do you have a clog? If it is just loose debris from to much toilet tissue. A … Continued
Hydro jetting or some people call it sewer jetting is it really necessary? What are the differences between Hydro jetting and snaking? These are the questions we hear a lot from our customers.How a Snake Works. Lets start by explaining how a snake works. With normal drain cleaning a cable or rod is ran through the sewer system until it reaches the clog. Once it reaches the clog it penetrates through the clog and frees the backed up drain. The problem with this is that with roots or grease or heavy build up it will only be partially cleared. There will be a lot of scale and debris on the sides of pipe left causing future drain clogs. Basically snaking will puncture a small hole in the clog and not really clear the whole obstruction.How Hydro Jetting Works. When hydro jetting is done right it is very effective. Sewer jetting … Continued
Is your Orlando FL home built in 1975 or earlier? If so, chances are your drain line is cast iron. We have for years known the issues cast iron pipes have and the effects it has on the home and the problems it causes for our Central Florida residents. We can count hundreds of situations where customers have had horrible back ups. This can cause sewage to seep into their homes. Here are some of the issues we have seen with cast iron pipe.Persistent back ups/clogged drains This is caused by scaling inside the pipe which slows the waste down and causes clogs. Also, chunks of the scale can break free from the pipe causing back ups.Broken pipe We see it all the time, especially on kitchen drains. The cast iron deteriorates at the bottom of the drain and 90 degree bend and causes a clog, causing sewage to leak … Continued
Polybutylene reasons to replace and repipe your Orlando home. There are many reasons to repipe your home if it has poly piping. But, lets first give an overview of how to spot polybutylene if you own your home or are purchasing a home. Poly pipe is easily recognizable. First thing is to go to a water heater or look under a sink. Look at the water pipes, polybutylene is gray in color and is cramped together, similar to PEX with metal rings. If you see you have poly pipe, it is a good idea to think about a repipe. Here are some reasons why polybutylene should be replaced. Poly has issues with splitting or zippering. The pipe is very thin and tends to split causing plumbing leaks and water damage. Another issue is the fittings. Polybutylene was joined using two types of fittings, plastic and metal. The plastic fittings get … Continued
Commercial plumbing is much different then residential plumbing in the Orlando area. One of the most common things in commercial plumbing that has issues is a clogged urinal. So a urinal only flushes liquid down the drain so how in the world does it get clogged. Well with all the low flow fixtures the water flow is very little in urinals and constant use will build up calcium from the urine. This will build up in the urinal its self and also in the pipes in the wall causing the urinal to drain slow. So what is the best process your Orlando plumber can use to unclog the urinal. There are a lot of individuals that will just dump acid in the line let it soak and flush it out. While this works sometimes it is not the best process to clean the urinal. The best way is to do … Continued
In commercial plumbing and residential plumbing there are many differences in Orlando Florida and one way it differs is drain cleaning. Most Orlando commercial properties whether it is a strip mall or a doctors office, there is usually a urinal or two in the men’s bathroom. Some Orlando plumbers will cheat when they get a call for a clogged urinal and dump cleaner in the urinal. This process does work sometimes but does not work or last that long. At Drain Genie Plumbing Services our plumbers will pull the urinal off the wall, take it out side and soak it in a special calcium dissolver while it is soaking. Then we run a snake through the 2 inch urinal drain and then reset the urinal and test the plumbing fixture. This process is the best and really the only way to do drain cleaning on a urinal. It does take time but … Continued
