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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.
Water Wasting 101: It's Curable!
Celebrate the EPA's Fix-A-Leak Week in March In our house, the quarterly water bill is one of our financial measuring sticks. With...
Feb 25, 2016
Water Heater Science: Expansion Tanks
Every 6th grade science geek learns that upon freezing, water expands. But did you realize water also expands upon heating? It's a...
Feb 19, 2016
The Allied Team - Perfect for Grease Trap Cleaning
Cincinnati has an impressive reputation as home to world class restaurants. And all restaurants, from Four-Star to Gold Star, have one...
Feb 5, 2016
Time for a New Kitchen Faucet Amazonians?
Amazon.com has faucets on sale; don't delay! The plan this morning was to hammer out a blog on how to fix a leaky kitchen faucet (mine)....
Jan 31, 2016
Our Greater Cincinnati Water Works (and "works" well!)
We've been closely following the developing story on the Flint, MI water crisis. After reading the in-depth news reports, we are thankful...
Jan 25, 2016
Basement water backups?
Installing a backwater valve may be the answer to your troubled waters. Recently, we came home to a major problem in our basement shower...
Jan 12, 2016
Do I Need A Water Softener In Cincinnati?
We recently heard a local radio station running an ad for water softeners in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Having long been under the...
Dec 26, 2015
Today's Toilet Choices: Making Thomas Crapper Proud
Thomas Crapper (1836-1910) , the London plumber frequently credited with inventing the flush toilet*, knew a good thing when he saw it....
Dec 18, 2015
Hot Water Heaters, Drinking Water & Power Outages
It’s not if, it’s when. Be prepared. For some reason, power outages in our urban Cincinnati neighborhood are common. Seemingly, our...
Dec 11, 2015
Tank vs. Tankless Water Heaters
Changing an American paradigm is tough. We've all experienced (and likely adopted) "disruptive innovations" -- inventions that create a...
Nov 26, 2015
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