With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, you likely looked at your house with new eyes and, like so many Chicagoland homeowners, went into a frenzy of home improvement. New paint, new plants, new pictures. But before you settle into your newly designed home office and wait for the first snowflakes to appear, you need […]
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- Categories: Drains, Plumbing, Ravinia Plumbing
- Date: June 23, 2020
With the onset of COVID-19 “shelter in place” orders, many of us have become much more acquainted with our kitchens, cooking meals and eating at home. But unless we pay attention to what we are putting down our kitchen drains, we may have more problems than simply eating our own cooking. Here are five common […]
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With 2020 just around the corner, you no doubt are thinking about your New Year’s resolutions. And undoubtedly resolutions about your home’s plumbing are not top of mind. So to help you out, here are 10 plumbing resolutions (with some “subresolutions”) to greet the new year. Prevent your pipes from freezing. Here are the “subresolutions” […]
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- Categories: Drains
- Date: October 17, 2019
Drains – sewer, storm, and floor – do their job quietly, often unnoticed by you. But when they become clogged, they make their presence known. Plugged sewer drains can create soggy areas in your yard or, even worse, allow sewage water to back up into basements, sinks, and showers. You can prevent a smelly problem […]
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- Categories: Cleaning Tips, Drains, Flooding
- Date: October 15, 2019
Now that fall has arrived, this is a good time to prepare for the seasonal changes. Preparation may include changing the way we do those clean up tasks around our yards. As October winds blow, leaves dried by the summer heat begin to fall. How you clean up those fallen leaves and branches could lead […]
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- Categories: Drains
- Date: October 9, 2019
There’s a new chill in the air, and soon there will be more leaves on the ground than on the trees. The Midwest winter is peeking around the corner. Before you put away the lawn chairs and oil the snowblower, take one more stroll around your house and examine your gutters and downspouts for leaks. […]
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- Categories: Drains, Water Quality
- Date: September 6, 2019
“What is that smell in the kitchen?” You’ve taken out the garbage, cleaned your sink, and checked the food in the refrigerator. You just ran a load of dishes in the dishwasher. What’s the source of that smell? You open the dishwasher and to your surprise dirty, smelly water has pooled in the bottom of […]
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- Categories: Drains
- Date: May 28, 2019
Ugh! You watch the water pool in your sink, slowly trickling down the drain. What is the problem and how do you fix it? Before you look at a solution, it’s critical to first understand what’s causing the problem. In your bathroom sink, hair flows down the drain and builds up inside the plumbing system. […]
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- Categories: Drains
- Date: May 23, 2019
The doorbell rings and your guests arrive. But as you pass through the kitchen, you see dirty dishwater has backed up into your sink. Oh no! How did this happen?! Likely you have been following some seemingly innocent and common practices that actually clog the drain in your kitchen sink or garbage disposer system. Before […]
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- Categories: Drains, Plumbing, Safety Tips
- Date: April 25, 2019
Dropping objects into the garbage disposer, simply depositing sticky foods like banana or potato peelings or forgetting to run a steady flow of water when using the disposer can cause a worrisome clog. Before giving up on the appliance, take a few steps to remove the plug. First, determine if an object is stuck in […]
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