How To Flush Your Water Heater
A home’s water heater is an appliance that is commonly forgotten about until it fails. Sometimes the failure means just no hot water and at other times it is more serious such as when the hot water tank corrodes to the point of leaking and possibly causing costly water damage. There are some simple maintenance procedures a homeowner can perform to extend the life of their water heater and in this article “Shop Talk” will cover the proper way to flush a water heater to remove the sediment that collects at the bottom of the hot water tank. Read more…
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Slawek Home Maintenance Home Maintenance, home repair, water heater
Cleaning Air Ducts – A Breath Of Fresh Air?
With growing concerns over indoor air quality, there have been many questions regarding forced-air heating and cooling systems and whether or not cleaning of the air ducts has any health benefits. Read more…
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Slawek Home Maintenance heating and cooling, Home Maintenance, Indoor air
Washing Windows, What a Pane?
Oh No! Is it time for washing windows again? Yes, that time is here, you have been looking through your windows all winter and watching them get dirtier and dirtier with each passing month. I don’t believe there is a person out there that doesn’t enjoy looking through a nice clean window, so why is washing windows one of the most disliked chores of owning a home? I remember one fine day, with a bottle of my favorite window cleaner in one hand and a roll of paper towels in the other I set out to clean the outside of my windows. Now after a couple of hours of spraying and wiping each of our windows, I was satisfied with the job I had completed so I patted myself on the back and went inside to relax after working so hard. Then it happened! I bet you can guess how the rest of the story goes. The sun began to set and the streaks and smears started appearing on the windows and I wanted to scream! I realized right there that I had thrown two hours of work right out the window. Read more…
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