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Basic plumbing maintenance can prevent costly repairs and huge hassles. To learn more about caring for your plumbing, take a look at these great websites and articles.

• For tips on how to keep your garbage disposal and kitchen sink clog free and working great, take a look at this page from Buildipedia.com.

• Before you flush old medicines down the toilet, consider the dangers they may pose to the water supply and environment. Check out Pain in the Drain to learn more about the environmental impacts and how to properly dispose of old medications.

• Are you looking for ways to prevent serious toilet clogs? Here’s a helpful list of items you should avoid flushing down the toilet.

• For more information on how tree roots can ruin your sewer lines, visit this page from the City of Paso Robles.

• Are you having some plumbing problems? Take a look at this page from SuperPages to learn how to fix basic plumbing issues.

• For all of the plumbing problems you can’t handle, call Done-Right! Rooter and Plumbing at (888) 379-0166.

Having problems with your hot water heater going out? Read this!

With the new “Ultra-Low Nox” water heaters, plumbers are getting calls from their customers saying the water heater keeps going out. A lot of times it’s the flue. Here is what we do. After we install a water heater, we hold a lighted match about one inch away where the flue ties into the water heater. If the flame of the match pulls towards the flue this mean the water heater has good draft. If it doesn’t pull, the water heater doesn’t have good draft and the water heater is not going to stay lit.

Here’s what must be done:

1. The flue is not sloped enough. Remember the previous water heater had a lot of exhaust (emission) flowing. However with less emission on the newer water heaters, if the flue is not sloped very well, the water heater is going to overheat and shut down

2. The flue is connected to the house furnace flue before it goes through the roof, and the house furnace has a blower in it. The exhaust of the house furnace is strong and pushes the water heater’s exhaust back, and the water heater shuts down

3. The water heater’s flue is metal. However, before the flue goes through the roof, the metal flue ties into oval asbestos flue. The metal flue and the asbestos flue carry different heat characteristics, and the low exhaust from the water heater won’t flow when the metal flue ties into the asbestos flue. The solution is to remove the asbestos flue. Run the metal flue from the water heater to and through the roof.  This will make the whole flue metal.

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But, if you need a glossary to communicate with your plumber, then it’s time for a new plumber. Call (888) 379-0166 for professional and helpful plumbers from Done-Right! Rooter and Plumbing. We provide expert plumbing services in the San Jose and Santa Clara areas. To learn more about our services, visit us online or call today.

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