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Helpful tips for handy people
If you are a Cincinnati DIYer, Allied Reddi-Rooter has insights and how-to articles to help. Check out our library, and if you don’t see a topic that you would like covered, let us know. It will be next on the list to be published.
Buying a Home? Check the Pipes!
The Cincinnati home buying market is heating up for summer sales. If you think you've found your dream home, make sure your home...
Toilets: Repair or Replace? That is the question.
Last weekend, as we jiggled the toiled handled again (and again and again) to make it stop running, we felt it might be time to replace...
April Showers Bring Wet Basements
Our soggy winter has morphed into a soggy spring. Our backyard is soup. In Cincinnati, this means one thing: wet basements. For readers...
Tankless Water Heaters – A 101 Overview
Two years ago, we wrote a blog on tank vs. tankless water heaters – the local adoption rate of tankless was low at the time. Since then,...
Sewer Gas -- It Stinks!
In our 1920's vintage home, we're at peace with our vintage plumbing: everything above ground is new-ish. Everything underground is cast...
Shower Heads -- The Ultimate in Fine Bathing
Recently, we stayed in an historic 1929 English Tudor manor lodge near Chagrin Falls, OH. The lobby had the usual showcase of lodge...
Buyer Beware -- Original PVC Pipes Can Be Trouble
We have a 20-something friend who believes she's found the perfect starter home in an early 1980's neighborhood. The home seller is a...
What's the easiest way to lower my water bill?
Customer: I am on City water and sewer. Is there a way to lower my rising utility bill? Ray: First, understand how water charges are...
ThreadBanger Battle: Copper vs. Plastic Pipe. Who Wins?
Every home or business owner with a plumbing problem eventually arrives at the age-old question: Which is best...copper or one of the...
Winter Sump Pump Maintenance Tips
Now that we're well into wet winter weather, it's a good time to revisit a few sump pump maintenance tips. A happy sump will pump and...
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