Best Ways to Remove Lead from Water
In the pursuit of a healthy home environment, ensuring the purity of your drinking water is paramount. One common yet hazardous contaminant that often lurks in residential water systems is lead. Today, we’ll explain how lead exposure can occur through your drinking water supply and explore the best strategies to remove lead from water at […]
Ravinia Plumbing & Heating Earns Esteemed 2015 Angie’s List Super Service Award
Award reflects company’s consistently high level of customer service Ravinia Plumbing & Heating has earned the service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award, reflecting an exemplary year of service provided to members of the local services marketplace and consumer review site in 2015. “This award means a great deal to us,” said David Ariano, […]
Heating and Cooling Resolutions for 2016
Happy New Year. We know you made many New Year’s resolutions for this year. Exercise and losing weight seem to appear on most lists. So do travel and spending more time with family and friends. But do your New Year’s resolutions include things to improve your heating and cooling systems to make them run more […]
Buying a Water Softener
From time to time you have undoubtedly read about hard water vs. soft water, and the advantages and disadvantages of both. Hard water is generally preferred for drinking, while soft water is preferred for bathing, doing laundry and general cleaning. The hardness of water is measured in grains per gallon, or GPGs. The higher the […]
Selecting a Professional Air Duct Cleaning Company
Air ducts obviously play an important role in your home, moving air to keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer. But you can’t see inside them, so determining whether to clean them can be a challenge. The National Air Duct Cleaners Association recommends having your air ducts cleaned every three […]
Buying a New Furnace
We’ve already had those first cool days of fall. And you know what happens after cool days? Cold days. And that means you’ll need your furnace to be running smoothly to keep the house nice and warm. Do you need a new furnace? What you don’t want to have happen, of course, is to have […]
Fall Maintenance Ideas
We talk with you a lot about things you can do to prepare your home for winter from both plumbing and heating perspectives, including getting your furnace checked out and preventing frozen pipes. But there are other things you can do. Here are some. Foliage. Trim your plants, shrubs, and trees, especially those that may be […]
Is Your Toilet Running?
The old, joke, of course, is, if the answer is yes, go catch it. But running toilets can be annoying, and can cause your water bills to go up. So here are some tips on what to do if your toilet is running. First, test to see if the toilet is running. If the toilet […]
So You’re Less Than Pleased With Us?
We’re not perfect. Heaven knows we try, and we must be doing something right, since we’ve been around since 1928. But occasionally, we do get something wrong. And when we do, you have every right to call us on it. We’ll do our best to make things right, and to treat you politely and with […]
What Goes Into an AC Maintenance Inspection?
This is the time of year you get inundated in the mail and via email for air conditioner tune ups. We (because we do it too) will tell you how getting your AC tuned up will preserve the life of the unit and also reduce energy costs. And it is true. So this leads to […]