1-14-11 FROZEN PIPES and FLOODS ALL OVER TOWN call mark at 714-0759
Oh boy, are we having fun now ............
..master plumber mark..
How do I keep my pipes and home from freezing solid in bitter cold winter blizzards and ice storms this year???
1. Keep ALL of your water faucets running a very small stream on bitter cold days and nights. This only costs pennies a day and it is much , much cheaper than the damages caused by a burst water pipe.
2. Go outside and look around your home for open vents and crawl space doors , and cracks in the foundation... Seal them off with pink insulation, blankets or cardboard.
Pile snow up against the side of your home with a snow shovel... this will keep frigid cold air from blowing down through foundation cracks into your crawl space .
yes ......... Mr. Couch Potato
this might require that you do some hard physical work outside in bitter cold temps... 
this needs help 
a well insulated crawl space
3. Their is no easy way to unthaw plastic pex pipes!!!
you DO NOT want PEX to freeze solid this winter, because it is nearly impossible to unthaw PEX pipes in tight spots and in ceilings.....
you just have to wait till they finally warm up on their own when the weather gets better and just hope that they are not broken.
PLEASE keep all your faucets dripping and avoid all this trouble... Water is very cheap...
Please, do not be a tight-wad -- remember to keep ALL of your faucets running or you could be paying someone hundreds or perhaps even thousands of dollars to repair all the water damages....
4. Learn how to shut off your water in case of a flood.. Mark and tag the main shut off valve for future emergencies... educate your wife and kids on how to shut off the water in case you are not home when a flood happens..
Please shut off your water when you go on vacation this winter to Florida, or you might come home to a pleasent suprise........
--Please call anytime, and our freindly and helpful crew will be more than happy to help you out of a frozen pipe jam this winter......
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Bath remodels.
Here are a few before and after pictures from my own personal project...
Before getting into something like this, call me anytime for FREE advice first. My mobile number is 714-0759
You can see in the demo pictures, with the obstacles I discovered in the concrete slab floor, ( a large heating run +copper water lines running everywhere, ect) it came close to impossible to finish this mission without completely ripping up the whole bathroom floor and re-routing the hvac and plumbing system .
You never know what problems , difficulties, and FUN surprises you are going to run into in an older home.
Our downstairs bathroom dated from - 1964
Originally , on the left side was a 36 inch shower next to a toilet, and on the right was a full length 6 foot vanity,
call us anytime about your bath re-model
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