The water heater in your home serves an important purpose by keeping your water heated. Many people do not take the time to think about their water heater until it stops working. If your water heater no longer works, you may find yourself in the cold, literally. Not only will you be unable to warm your water, but if your home's heating system uses water, you may be left without heat.

Steps to Flush a Hot Water Heater

It is recommended that you clean your hot water heater every six months to two years to prevent the buildup of mineral deposits that can prevent it from functioning properly. Not only will this allow you to rest easy knowing you will have heat in the morning, but it can even extend the life of the machine. Luckily, flushing a hot water heater can be done without the help of a plumber.

When you flush a hot water heater, you must:

Once this has been completed, you can use your faucets and hot water normally and you can now be assured that your hot water heater can stay running throughout the winter season.

If you have any questions about your hot water heater and whether or not it needs to be cleaned, contact your neighborhood plumbers at A-1 Sewer & Septic Service, Inc.

How far along are you on your holiday shopping? Are you still struggling to decide on a few gifts for certain family members or friends? If you know someone who is into home improvement, and specifically plumbing, we?ve got a few gift ideas that you might want to consider.

Gift Ideas For Plumbers

A Basin Wrench: Basin wrenches are a must when it comes to loosening and tightening the nuts that work to secure your sink faucets in place. This is especially helpful when you?re dealing with hard-to-reach spaces.

A Hand Auger: Hand augers are the key to success when you have a clogged drain! Also known as a plumber?s snake, this tool can help clear out back-ups in your shower, sink and toilet!

A Closet Auger: Unlike the hand auger, closet augers are specifically designed to take care of clogs that stem from the toilet. For those stubborn clogs a hand auger can?t fix, the closet auger might do the trick.

A Metal File:aFor those DIYers who handle more than just clogs, a metal file is the perfect stocking stuffer ? this tool in particular works to smooth down the edges of metal pipes that have recently been cut.

A Tubing Cutter: Tubing cutters are a DIY plumber?s best friend when it comes to cutting copper pipe. Available in a few sizes, this must be in a plumber?s tool box to help with more intricate work!

Interested in a few more gift ideas for the DIY plumber? If so, check out this article from Popular Mechanics!

Even if your recipient feels confident in their ability to fix plumbing problems on their own, as Orange County?s expert plumber, we know that doing it yourself isn?t always the answer. Therefore, in addition to these gifts, be sure to share our contact information with family and friends too! In the event that a DIY fix doesn?t do the trick, our team will abe ready to help ? all you or they have to do is call!

When remodeling your bathroom, most people tend to focus on the floor and the shower and/or tub, with the toilet and sink often trailing in terms of items of importance. However, if you?re looking to give your bathroom a truly distinct and unique vibe, bathroom vanities Cleveland can often be the secret key to making your new bathroom truly pop!

Traditionally, a bathroom vanity is defined as a combination of a mirror or mirrors, one or more sinks, a counter top, and usually some form of storage for accessories, linens, or other bathroom necessities.

While you don?t tend to have much wiggle room in terms of the materials needed for your shower or toilet, when it comes to your bathroom vanity, you have an almost endless number of choices available through your fingertips. After all, the bathroom vanity serves as a central focal point for your entire bathroom, offering both style and function. With so many different styles and materials to choose from, it?s no reason why many consider the bathroom vanity as the keystone of a bathroom?s style?that which holds the whole room together.

For example, let?s say you want to have a rustic bathroom, a bathroom that would fit right at home in a log cabin as it does in the suburbs. A quick browse online reveals a wide variety of sellers who build custom bathroom vanities from a host of different wood types?including reclaimed barn wood, reclaimed fence wood, rustic hickory, rustic cedar, willow, butter nut, walnut, or cherry, just to name a few. In addition, going with a freestanding unit can also add to that rustic flavor you?re looking for.

However, if the rustic vibe is a little too old-timey for your palette and you?d like something more modern and contemporary, then going with a built-in unit featuring large vanity drawers and a built-in storage unit can help you to keep your bathroom goods organized and out of sight to facilitate that cutting-edge look.

Third but not last lastly, if you are trying to give your bathroom a spacious look with a lot of natural light, going with a bathroom vanity that has ample countertops, display shelves, and cabinets that offer plenty of functional storage options is perfect for creating a bathroom space where you feel like you have plenty of room to grow.

Whether you are looking for a bathroom that?s modern, old-fashioned, or something in between, don?t skimp on the bathroom vanity; it could be what is most memorable about your bathroom!

Contact Litts Plumbing foraBathroom Vanity Ideas

As part of the 2016 Summit Sweepstakes: Road to Freedom, Mansfield Plumbingagave away five Milwaukee« 9-Tool Combo and 25 Outback Steakhouse« $100 gift cards. Thirty-one prizes were given out to winners nationwide. The more Summit toilets purchased during the sweepstakes timeframe, the more chances licensed plumbers and contractors had to win a prize.

Wholesalers were also encouraged to participate in a 2016 Scratch N? Win promotion that ran in conjunction with the 2016 Summit Sweepstakes. Every time a wholesaler sold a Summit toilet during the promotion and entered their customer for a chance to win in the sweepstakes, they received a Scratch N? Win card.

aaaaaaaaaaa More than 1,700 Scratch N? Win cash prizes were awarded during the promotion with John Landolt, showroom manager at Wholesale Supply in Cleveland, Tennessee winning the mega $5,000 cash prize.

A 42-year employee at Wholesale Supply, Landolt has been selling Mansfield products for as long as he can remember. ?I?ve won the $25 scratch off before and someone else here has won $250 but I never thought I?d win the $5,000!? says Landolt. ?I kept shouting ?I DID IT? and everyone got excited. Now I?m going to pay off some bills and maybe take a cruise with the prize money!?