Tureks Plumbing Services Blog: Archive for the ‘Plumbing’ Category

Old Pipe Materials You Need to Replace

Monday, January 9th, 2023

As professional plumbers, we’ve seen new and old pipe materials in many of our customers’ homes. From copper to galvanized steel, and even lead, there can be pipes of all different materials in a home depending on how old it is.

However, some of these pipe materials can be pretty bad and can start leading to leaks or problems depending on the material type.

Today, we’d like to focus on some pipe materials that are not really in circulation anymore. When compared with newer pipe materials like PVC or copper, these older materials are both expensive and don’t hold up in terms of their safety and reliability.

If you’re noticing a trend where your older home has a lot of old pipes made out of unreliable materials, then you might be the perfect customer to call us for repiping in Appleton, WI.

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Video Pipe Inspection: A Dependable Resource for Your Home

Monday, December 26th, 2022

Plumbing services can be scary to a homeowner, especially a homeowner on a budget! If you’re looking to improve your plumbing system, either through the reduction of drain clogs or the fixing of some pesky hidden leaks, you’re going to want to be able to locate them and fix them accordingly. Our team of licensed plumbers can do all of that for you.

But if you’re nervous about the scale of work that needs to be done, or you’re not even sure if your home needs work, then what do you do? Do you just take your plumber’s word for it, like it was done in the old days?

Nope! Teams like ours utilize state-of-the-art video pipe inspection in Appleton, WI to take a deep dive through your plumbing system and locate any budding or urgent problems. Then, with proof in hand, we let you make the decision of how we should move forward.

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5 Tips for Your Drains This Holiday Season

Monday, December 12th, 2022
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The holidays are quickly approaching, which means your home needs to be prepared for some serious cooking, cleaning, and handling the needs of various family members. Even if you’re not having any family over, you still want to make sure that you can make it through this season without a hitch.

Drains can come under a lot of stress this time of year, from more people using them to the food waste that inevitably ends up down the kitchen drain. It can be stressful, and there’s nothing quite like experiencing a drain clog on Christmas Eve or New Years Day, especially when you’ve looked forward to relaxing a bit on those days.

So, we’d like to remind customers that there are some things they can do to clear out their drains in preparation for the season. But our team is also always available for drain cleaning in Appleton, WI.

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