Plumbing guides for Idaho homes
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Water Heater Guides
Choosing, maintaining and replacing water heaters, including tankless.
Tankless Water Heater Maintenance You Should Not Skip
The maintenance a tankless water heater actually needs, why hard water makes it more urgent here, and what happens when it is skipped.
ReadHow Long Should a Tankless Water Heater Last?
What determines tankless water heater lifespan, and the maintenance that decides whether you get the top or bottom of the range.
ReadHow Often Do Tankless Water Heaters Need Maintenance?
How often a tankless unit needs servicing, and why water hardness changes the answer more than the manufacturer's interval does.
ReadHow to Pick a Tankless Water Heater
Sizing, fuel type, venting and gas supply: what actually decides which tankless unit suits a house, and what it costs to install.
ReadWhat Water Heaters Do Plumbers Recommend?
What plumbers weigh when recommending a water heater, and why the answer depends more on your house than on the brand.
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Pipe & Material Guides
What your pipes are made of and why it decides how they fail.
Plumbing Pipe Materials and How They Differ
Copper, PEX, PVC, galvanized steel and polybutylene: what each is used for, how each fails and what that means for your house.
ReadPipe Sizes and Why They Affect Your Water Pressure
How supply pipe diameter decides the pressure at your fixtures, and why undersized or corroded pipe feels the same from the tap.
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Common Plumbing Problems
The failures we get called out for most, and which ones you can head off.
12 Common Plumbing Problems and How to Avoid Them
The twelve plumbing failures we are called out for most often, what causes each one and which are genuinely preventable.
ReadWhy Are the Walls in My Home Wet?
Telling condensation apart from a hidden leak, and the tests that settle it before you open a wall to find out.
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