If you are like most people, you rely heavily on your dishwasher to do the kitchen grunt work so that you don’t have to. In fact, the thought of something happening to your dishwasher that causes it to not work, can send many of us into a straight panic attack. When you are facing a…
No one wants to turn on their water to find that the water and drain smell bad. When your sewer isn’t draining properly, it can cause you to smell something foul in your water. There are several signs that indicate that your sewage isn’t draining away from your home the way it should including wet…
When it doesn’t flush, people immediately know there is an issue with the toilet. Today, we at The Original $49.95 Plumber would like to share the most common issues and what you can do to fix it though there are quite a few reasons that can be causing it. Why Do Toilets Clog? Toilet clogs…
When the tub starts to fill up around your ankles during a shower, you know you are doomed to clear out the drain sooner rather than later. Preventing adequate water flow often leaves people instantly feeling nauseated and the gut-wrenching hold comes at the thought of having to clear out the drain knowing there is…
You probably don’t give the sewer line to your house two second’s thought, but without it, you would be miserable. Your sewer line in out of sight as it runs underneath the earth and brings water into your home so that you can live a normal life with running water. When that sewer line is…
If you are lucky enough to have a garbage disposal in your home, you know that there are certain things that you shouldn’t be putting in it. If you are new to the garbage disposal world, it is important to remember that just like everything else, there are rules that you need to live by…
Most homeowners commonly envision it’s the horrible image of a toilet suddenly becoming a living nightmare, when you think of backflow there are many images that come to mind. Though these issues are far and few between, they do occur. Professional plumbers reference a backflow when the water in your pipes runs in the wrong…
When a drain or sewer line develops even a partial clog it can lead to serious problems. When a drain clogs it can add pressure to the rest of the drainage system throughout the home. A sewer clog can have the same effect. There can be a number of different outcomes when a drain becomes…
When you are working on a remodel, there are likely several materials that you are working with that you wouldn’t normally have in your house. You will be working with paint, sawdust, grout and many other things that are more than messy. This may leave you wondering what you can and cannot put down the…
When you have a dishwasher that isn’t draining, most homeowners will assume the dishwasher is broken, not realizing that the problem isn’t always the dishwasher. When a dishwasher isn’t draining after a cycle it might be due to a problem in the drainage system. The dishwasher has two steps to its drainage system. The first…
