As noted in the previous How To Plumbing post on faucets, you can’t troubleshoot or replace faucets without dealing with sinks. One is attached to the other. This post looks at installing a sink faucet and looks at one kind of faucet/sink install — the vessel sink. For the most part, you should be able… Read More
The pipes in your home are the real workhorses of your plumbing infrastructure, carrying water and waste to and fro each and every day. But pipes are behind-the-scene and you rarely, if ever, interface with them. Faucets, on the other hand, you interface with each day — at the bathroom sink, in the shower or… Read More
The typical water heater lasts for about 10 years, plus or minus five years in either direction. Down for the cheaper models, up for the higher-quality brands. Stay in your home for long enough and you’re bound to replace one. If you choose not to go tankless (see the last How To Plumbing post), then… Read More
Every homeowner will face this question when the water heater eventually ages and fails: Should I go tankless? In this How To Plumbing series post we take a look at tankless, or demand, water heaters. With apologies to The Clash, Should I stay (with a tank-storage water heater) or should I go (tankless)? Tankless or… Read More
If something goes wrong with a “plumbing appliance” like an ice maker or washing machine, you can call an appliance repairman or, if it’s water related, a Staten Island plumber. But if something goes wrong with another “plumbing appliance” — the water heater — you’re pretty much hosed. As any Staten Island plumber will tell… Read More
Water heaters are an important “plumbing appliance” that homeowners rarely think about until they’re standing in the shower and there’s no hot water. “Then it’s what the!!!“ Followed by a few “Damn, that’s cold!” cries and a hasty retreat out of the shower. In the next several How To Plumbing posts we’ll be taking an… Read More
Like the ice maker in your freezer, the washing machine is a plumbing appliance insomuch as it uses water from your home’s plumbing system. If something goes wrong, you can call a Staten Island plumber to take a look at the water-side of the issue or an appliance repairman to take care of everything else…. Read More
The ice maker inside your freezer is a plumbing appliance insomuch as it uses water from your home’s plumbing system. If something goes wrong, you can call a Staten Island plumber to take a look at it or an appliance repairman. In most cases, the ice maker is a complete and separate unit that is… Read More
Picking up where we left off: You tried initial troubleshooting steps to get your garage disposal working again . . . and nothing. Time for a new garbage disposer. Thankfully, installing or replacing a garbage disposal is a fairly easy task requiring no special skills. You won’t need to call a Staten Island plumber or… Read More
In November we introduced a How To Plumbing Series, tackling such topics as plumbing emergencies, toilets, water leaks, clogs, and understanding DMV and septic systems. We continue our How To posts during December by looking at the devices that use our home’s or condo’s plumbing infrastructure — the garbage disposer, the ice maker, the washing… Read More
