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eRenovate.com has received a lot of requests from Canadian homeowners for articles on Plumbing. We have a good collection currently and are adding more each week. Browse through the articles below or try our Ask eRenovate feature to speed up your search. Or if you have a specific home improvement question, try our Ask the Expert feature at the end of this page and you will get a personalized answer from our expert panel.
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Water Pump Bits and Pieces
Few people with cottages or rural homes consider running water a luxury these days. That’s why water pumps are so common. But before you can select the best pump for your situation, there are two technical realities you must understand. First of all, water can’t be sucked up from vertical depths greater than 25 feet. If you try, the liquid water turns to vapour in the vacuum created, and nothing comes out of your pipes. ....Full Article
Keywords: jet pumps, piston pumps, submersible pumps, |
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A Better Way With Water - Up-and-Coming Plumbing for the 21st Century
In all likelihood, we Canadians probably would have been okay continuing our reliance on copper water supply pipes. Copper’s been used successfully for years, and it really is pretty good stuff. But sometimes the best advancements improve on something that wasn’t too bad in the first place. That’s the case with an emerging system of composite water supply pipes that you’ve probably noticed in hardware stores and building supply yards.....Full Article
Keywords: plumbing, PEX-AL-PEX, Uniform Plumbing code, International Plumbing Code, |
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Low-Flow Toilets - Excellent performance available for those who do their homework
Canadians harbour a deep-seated prejudice that even extends to government policy. Like all prejudice, this one’s not based in fact, yet it’s accepted as truth without question. It costs our country millions of unnecessary dollars each year while also degrading the environment. And the object of the scorn is the low-flow toilet.....Full Article
Keywords: low-flow toilet, water conservation, flange, wax ring, |
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Fixing burst pipes
Every May, cottagers head back up north to their favourite lakeside retreats, filled with the anticipation of peace, serenity and the cry of the loon. But before they can enjoy any of these things, many face a frustrating, psychological ordeal: trial by water pipe. Will it be you? It may. Let me prepare you to prevail.....Full Article
Keywords: cottages, burst pipe, copper water pipe, couplings, soldering, |
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Do-it-yourself plumbing made easier
Nobody calls in a plumber to connect a lawn sprinkler to a garden hose, and this same logic is starting to apply more and more often when it comes to installing new water supply lines in your home.....Full Article
Keywords: water, supply, pipe, line, plumber, plumbing, |
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| Plumbing
eRenovate.com has received a lot of requests from Canadian homeowners for articles on Plumbing. We have a good collection currently and are adding more each week. Browse through the articles below or try our Ask eRenovate feature to speed up your search. Or if you have a specific home improvement question, try our Ask the Expert feature at the end of this page and you will get a personalized answer from our expert panel.
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| Your search for 'Plumbing' produced 5 results |
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Water Pump Bits and Pieces
Few people with cottages or rural homes consider running water a luxury these days. That’s why water pumps are so common. But before you can select the best pump for your situation, there are two technical realities you must understand. First of all, water can’t be sucked up from vertical depths greater than 25 feet. If you try, the liquid water turns to vapour in the vacuum created, and nothing comes out of your pipes. ....Full Article
Keywords: jet pumps, piston pumps, submersible pumps, |
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A Better Way With Water - Up-and-Coming Plumbing for the 21st Century
In all likelihood, we Canadians probably would have been okay continuing our reliance on copper water supply pipes. Copper’s been used successfully for years, and it really is pretty good stuff. But sometimes the best advancements improve on something that wasn’t too bad in the first place. That’s the case with an emerging system of composite water supply pipes that you’ve probably noticed in hardware stores and building supply yards.....Full Article
Keywords: plumbing, PEX-AL-PEX, Uniform Plumbing code, International Plumbing Code, |
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Low-Flow Toilets - Excellent performance available for those who do their homework
Canadians harbour a deep-seated prejudice that even extends to government policy. Like all prejudice, this one’s not based in fact, yet it’s accepted as truth without question. It costs our country millions of unnecessary dollars each year while also degrading the environment. And the object of the scorn is the low-flow toilet.....Full Article
Keywords: low-flow toilet, water conservation, flange, wax ring, |
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Fixing burst pipes
Every May, cottagers head back up north to their favourite lakeside retreats, filled with the anticipation of peace, serenity and the cry of the loon. But before they can enjoy any of these things, many face a frustrating, psychological ordeal: trial by water pipe. Will it be you? It may. Let me prepare you to prevail.....Full Article
Keywords: cottages, burst pipe, copper water pipe, couplings, soldering, |
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Do-it-yourself plumbing made easier
Nobody calls in a plumber to connect a lawn sprinkler to a garden hose, and this same logic is starting to apply more and more often when it comes to installing new water supply lines in your home.....Full Article
Keywords: water, supply, pipe, line, plumber, plumbing, |
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