The caddy hanging from your showerhead and the drain cleaner in your cupboard serve their purposes well. Efficiency is important to you, and those simple items keep you and your home functioning as they should. Or, so you think.
Homeowners in the Tampa Bay area make more plumbing errors than you think, and we at Cass Plumbing see them on a daily basis. Check out these 5 common plumbing mistakes that we see in Tampa Bay daily.
1. Placing too much weight on plumbing fixtures
There goes your shower head. It’s tempting to load those holders hanging from your plumbing fixtures, but it’s ...
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What to Do When Your Hot Water Heater Leaks
Water heaters, whether gas or electric, will last about 10 to 12 years if you take good care of them.
Even so, there’s always a chance your water heater could leak. Often, small water heater leaks can be patched up pretty easily.
There are several things you can do before you call a professional plumber, like Cass Plumbing.
What to Do When Your Hot Water Heater Leaks
WHY IS YOUR WATER HEATER LEAKING?
The leading causes of water heater leaks include:
Broken drain valves: These will cause water leaks from the bottom of the tank. They’re easily fixed by replacing the broken drain va...
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The Reason Water Heater Replacement is Best Left to Plumbing Professionals
When the hot water goes out, that's never a good sign. In general, a traditional tank-type water heater will last between 8 to 12 years. It's always a good idea to perform routine water heater maintenance and check for signs that it's not working properly. Often, you can nip a hot water heater problem in the bud if the issue is caught early and basic maintenance is done. Some signs that your water heater is about to become inoperable include:
Corroded tank: Most hot water tanks in the Tampa Bay Area are made out of steel. Eventually, they will rust. If your tank is r...
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Does your shower drain smell?
Shower drains can start to smell for several common reasons. Mold or mildew might be growing beneath the drain cover. Your p-trap could be malfunctioning, allowing sewer gas to rise up through your pipes. Or there could simply be hair or grime stuck in your shower drain strainer.
Luckily, most of the reasons your shower drain smells so bad right now are pretty easy to fix. Whether your drain smells like mildew or sulfur, we’ve listed the most likely causes of your stinky problem below. By following these tips, you should be able to find and remove it no problem. Let’s start with your st...
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8 Signs You Need to Replace Your Main Water Line
Main water line replacement in the Tampa area comes with accompanying signs. A lot can go wrong with your plumbing, and there are several factors such as time, use, and weather conditions that wear down your main water line. Every day your plumbing endures a lot, and just like the pipes and drains in your house, your sewer’s main water line can clog and break down. No Tampa homeowner wants to deal with the stress of damaged plumbing, but it happens, and it’s crucial to know when it’s time to replace your main water line.
The Warning Signs of a Damaged Main Water Line
Taking proper care...
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A Touch of Cass
If you turn on the television or Social Media in 2020 you would think this is the absolute worst year ever. The 1 common thread running through every message is how unhappy and disgruntled Americans are about the year 2020. Many are calling it the worst year in American history.
Conservatives on the right are complaining about the liberals on the left, while the liberals on the left are complaining about the conservatives on the right. Everyone is complaining about Covid 19, the economy, the government, racial injustice, the protests, the riots, the police, the weather, hurricanes, immigrat...
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Top 9 Causes of Copper Corrosion in Plumbing
Corrosion in our plumbing costs businesses & homeowners in the Tampa Bay region tens of millions of dollars every year in plumbing repair, repiping, flood cleanup and water damage restoration.
Copper corrosion in your plumbing systems is a common phenomenon, which can have many causes.
Besides actual piping failure, the telltale blue stains the oxidized copper leaves on sinks, tubs, and fixtures can identify copper corrosion.
Often laundry and even blonde hair can be tinted blue. Copper can be toxic, and water-containing levels over 1.0 mg/L should not be used for drinking.
If ...
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the 4th of July
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At Cass Plumbing, we are extremely patriotic of our Country & deeply appreciative of our ancestors that have come before us and the customers that we serve. We at Cass Plumbing, are the proud descendants of Brigadier General Lewis Cass. He was the 22nd United States Secretary of State, the President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, a United States Senator from Michigan, the United States Ambassador to France, the 14th United States Secretary of War and the 2nd Governor of the Mi...
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The Historical Evolution of Faucets
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Leonardo da Vinci said, “Water is the driver of Nature.” It’s certainly been the driver of invention, and our well-pumping ancestors wouldn’t believe the clean water technology we have available to us today. No doubt they’d be impressed by the filtration techniques, fancy chrome design, electronic Faucets, touch Faucets and even ionizing powers of our plumbing fixtures today.
Check out this timeline showcasing the evolution of plumbing faucets, and perhaps you’ll gain a bit more gratitude for th...
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Top 10 Dirtiest Things Hiding in Your Kitchen
With the onset of Covid 19 people throughout the Tampa Bay region have been concerned. We at Cass Plumbing have been following all of the CDC guid lines and have been practicing social distancing. Because so much attention has been placed on Covid 19 safety protocols many common things, like the kitchen, get ignored. In this blog, we want to draw attention to the top 10 dirtiest things hiding in your kitchen.
Most people think the bathroom is the dirtiest place in the home. Yet, no matter how clean you think your kitchen is, you just might be surprised by some of the dirtiest things tha...
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