Clothes Hangars...Arrrr!

Got to love 'em..if you look close at the picture you will see the steam systems dry return pipe starting to sag and get a banana bend in it under the weight of all those clothes being hung off the pipe...some day that bend will be equal to the diameter of the pipe and I'll be getting a no heat call..gotta love 'em...could be worse..could be a gas pipe!

Congratulations to NorthEast Ohio PHCC

Congratulations go out to the NEOPHCC for gaining 12 members during the March membership drive..well done to all who participated.

Ladies, Ladies, Please!

Do you want to save money!
What do you think these are I'm pulling out of this sewer?

Yup, lots of TAMPONS!!!
so if you want to save money, quit flushing your stuff down the toilet.
Thats a 4'' diameter pipe to put things in perspective.

Sump Pumps

Here is something to consider after all the rains we just had, and the supply house ran out of sump pumps to sell. How many good pumps do you think were replaced? Before you call anyone to replace your sump pump, make sure its really dead. If the pump is running but the water isn't going out, the city sewer may be swamped, or your own storm drain may be swamped, and the pump just can't pump any more water into the pipe. The water will rise and mislead you into thinking your pump doesn't work. Hows it seem after the monsoon stops? If it suddenly seems better afterward the pump was fine. The sewer was not!

How much rust can you have in a boiler!

How much rust can someone have in a boiler and still have it operate? Apparently about this much!

I'm counting gas explosions this year

What is up with all the gas explosions? Has anyone else noticed the increase in gas explosions lately? The block in San Fran that blew up started my interest. The house in Cleveland on w.83rd st., and the Allentown PA explosion recently. Closer to home how about the entire town of Fairport Harbour being shut down after a bunch of explosions in peoples houses. Whats your thoughts? Aging systems, perhaps..poor maintenance, perhaps..deregulation, perhaps...i know when i go into peoples houses, the one piping system that looks the worst is the gas..its just ignored..now the ever popular corrugated stainless steel tubing CSST gas piping is having an issue..wasn't this touted as the replacement for black pipe? yeah right...read about the law suit on that stuff at my web site at http://www.gwgillplumbingandheating.com/

flooding basements and boiler fires

Wasn't the flooding in Cleveland Hts. just amazing the other night..I wonder what happened to that deep sewer project thing..Wasn't that supposed to take care of that problem.. We have two boilers we are going to be replacing due to flooded basements..Who would have thought that just flooding a basement with one foot of water would cause one water boiler to explode and another boiler (a steam boiler) to catch itself on fire..Who would have thought!

Is it time to talk about sewer check valves.