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The Types Of Water Heaters

By Bob Oates | Jan 21, 2023

A water heater is one of the more essential pieces to any home plumbing system. The water heater ensures that you have hot water in your home at all times. If anything goes wrong, you will have no water and an expensive repair on your hands. There are a few different types of water heaters…

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Tips for Getting through the Seattle Cold Snap Without Letting Your Pipes Freeze

By Bob Oates | Jan 21, 2023

Boy, oh boy, is chilly out there! It’s been awhile since Seattle experienced a cold snap quite like the one we’re currently in! As a full service plumbing, sewer & rooter service provider, at Bob Oates we can only think of one thing when the weather gets this frigid; FREEZING PIPES. Not only are freezing pipes…

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Tips for Saving Water at Home

By Bob Oates | Jan 21, 2023

Saving water at home offers benefits beyond lowering your water bill. Minimizing water usage also helps prolong the life of your fixtures and plumbing and septic systems. Beyond your own home, saving water helps to relieve stress on limited local water supplies and lessen runoff pollution into local watersheds. Plus it’s helpful to the environment.…

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Toilet Tips: When to Put Down The Plunger and Call a Professional Plumber

By Bob Oates | Jan 21, 2023

Sure, there are resources online that give tons of tricks and tips for maintaining your toilets and dealing with clogs. Most seem to involve a plunger at some point or another, which is fine. As a Seattle area plumber, I can tell you that it doesn’t always feel necessary for me to show up just to…

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Tools For Unclogging A Toilet

By Bob Oates | Jan 21, 2023

For toilet clogs, there are a number of different things you can do. There are liquid and chemical products available that are supposed to clear any clog that happens. However, liquid and chemical products do not always operate how they are advertised. Toilet clogs can ruin anyone’s day, and ineffective chemical treatments only make the…

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Top 4 Reasons To Become a Plumber

By Bob Oates | Jan 21, 2023

Plumbers are an important link in the trade field. They do much more than unclogging drains and installing new shower heads. They maintain and protect the health of the nation through different types of plumbing systems found in residential and commercial properties. Read on if you or some one you know is interested in becoming…

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