A Toilet Repair Tip You Can Try at Home
Any sort of toilet problem can be a major hassle. However, if you are at least a bit handy with tools and you have a good amount of patience, you can try at least one type of toilet repair job – fixing a running toilet – on your own. If you’re ...
A Drain Cleaning Product You Will Absolutely Love
Do you dread taking a shower or using the faucet to wash your hands because you don’t know when your drains will back up yet again? Having to call for drain cleaning on a regular basis is not only frustrating, it can also be very costly. However, the professionals with Ben Franklin ...
Tips to Keep from Needing Emergency Plumbing Service
It’s never any fun, of course, to need emergency plumbing. You’re not only stressed and possibly at risk for potentially extensive water damage, you’re also looking at a major disruption to your home routine. However, there are some very simple steps you can take to keep from having to call a ...
You May Need a Water Softener System If…
Just about every household will have a certain amount of hard water. However, if the water flowing through your plumbing gets to a certain level of hardness, you should seriously consider having a water softener system installed in your home by a San Jose professional. But how do you know if ...
How Bad is a Slab Leak? Really, Really Bad
You may think that when you read or hear about the seriousness of a slab leak, that’s just hype from plumbing companies trying to sell you something. But that couldn’t be further from the truth. This is one of the worst types of problems that a homeowner can suffer, and one ...
Bet You Didn’t Know These Interesting Plumbing Facts
While many people take it for granted, plumbing has been a critically important profession since the time of the ancient Egyptians. You may not give your home’s pipes a second thought until something goes wrong, but there are a lot of interesting plumbing facts that you probably didn’t know. The Santa ...
Heard Any Funny Plumbing Jokes Lately?
Just to show you that the Redwood City technicians with Benjamin Franklin Bay Area Plumbing have a sense of humor, here are a couple of funny plumbing jokes we’ve found on the Internet. The Parrot and the Plumber A plumber is called to the house of a cute little old lady. He spies a ...
How Repiping Can Save Your Plumbing and Sanity
How Repiping Can Save Your Plumbing and Sanity Old homes are great, with a charm all their own. They offer a glimpse of what life was like “back in the day.” But old homes can also present maddening problems, especially with plumbing. If your pipes are deteriorating due to age or ...
How to stop a toilet from overflowing
One of the worst types of bathroom plumbing problems is when a toilet overflows. You need to act quickly if this ever happens to you so that you can minimize not only damage, but also potential health concerns. Here’s what the professionals with Ben Franklin Plumbing Bay Area suggest on how to stop ...
The Sophistication of Leak Detection
There’s nothing more insidious as a slow leak that silently does a great deal of damage to your home. But there are sophisticated new methods in leak detection that can help stem the tide and minimize any potential problems. At Ben Franklin Plumbing Bay Area, we put advanced technology to work ...