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Use Food Coloring to Detect a Toilet Leak
Toilet leaks may be easy to repair, but detecting them is a great challenge, especially when they are completely silent.
Cleaning Clogged Sink Drains without Chemicals
If your bathroom sink is draining slow it is very likely that you have a nice little mess of hair clogging up your drain. Chemical drain cleaners can help this, but going the green no chemical route is evern better and more effective. Unclogging a sink without chemicals is not as difficult as you may [...]
Your Septic System and How to Maintain it
What Is a Septic System?
There are a number of different septic systems, each with its own design. The conventional system is the one most commonly used (Figure 1). It consists of three main parts: the septic tank, the drainfield, and the soil beneath the drainfield.
The septic tank is a watertight concrete box [...]
Toilet Bowl Wax Rings and How to Replace Them
Faucetman886 has a great writeup explaining toilet bowl wax rings. Below is an excerpt from his article.
“ New Idea For Replacing a Wax Ring”. Follow the link below to read the entire article.
Faucetman886 says:
I read a lot of forums with questions regarding toilet leaks, smells coming from under toilets and how to properly install a new or reinstall [...]
Clogged Drain? Cheap Green Drain Cleaners You Can Make Yourself
The sink or tub is draining slow and you have a pit in your stomach.
Here are four options you can try before running to the store to buy some nasty poisonous drain cleaner. They are cheap safe alternatives to caustic cleaners or plumbers. In their defense, plumbers are generally are not really very caustic.
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