Austin Texas making good use of garbage disposal waste. I like to think of myself as a forward thinking, environmentally conscious individual. I don’t really consider myself “green” because it conjures up images of The Incredible Hulk on a rampage in little purple shorts, but I would like to keep the planet clean and my [...]
Archive | 2010
Next Hybrid
A.O. Smith has a new High efficiency water heater. Its called “Next Hybrid”. We were fortunate to have Danny, and Zach from Morrison Supply run one buy or shop for a look. This water heater fill a gap between the tankless, and the Vertex (High efficiency gas 98%!). The Vertex has been one of my [...]
Hybrid Electric Water Heaters
Hybrid water heaters are saving money here in Austin. If you have an electric water heater that needs replacing, you really need to consider going hybrid. Consumer Reports just completed a study that shows that heat pump water heaters are saving customers $325.00 a year in energy savings! That is hard to beat. That’s $3,250.00 [...]
Updated City Of Austin Inspector Phone Numbers
It always seems hard to find a COA inspectors phone number when you need it. I came across this list, and thought I would pass it on. Most of the Inspectors leave their cellular phone numbers on the office #. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/development/onestop/downloads/bldg_inspectors_planreview_phone.pdf
Contest winners!
Well, we looked at quite a few old nasty water heaters. I thought we might get up to 30 years or so, but 47!? That is one old water heater. It was a gas heater by Rheem. The owner Mr Pool said he never ran out of hot water, and doesn’t remember ever having it [...]
Oldest Water Heater Contest
You may have heard we are giving away two water heaters, one electric and one Gas, to the homeowners with the oldest water heater in town. It’s simple. If you have the oldest gas system in town and we can come verify it, you’ll get a brand new Rinnai Tankless Water Heater installed. FOR FREE. [...]
Moen Digital Shower
Just when you think things cant get any more Star Trek…. I just installed a Moen iO Digital Vertical Spa at my house. Pretty cool! We love it. The installation was very simple. Moen has come up with a really cool quick connection fitting for connection piping to the digitally controlled valve. Other than a [...]
Kids and Plumbing Do Mix!
We wonder at times what people must think if they hear kids and dogs in the background when booking their service call. While we strive to create a “professional” atmosphere, this is a Mom and Pop’s business in every sense. 4 kids and 2 dogs definitely add to the excitement around here! Our kids have [...]
Austin Plumbing Tunnels
Holy Moly! That is a weak attempt at a mole-tunnel joke. I just thought I would share some recent tunnel pictures with you, and got to googling around regarding tunnels here in Austin, and all I can find are stories of this Tunneling Neighbor Menace. So, I learn that there has been a little buzz [...]
High Efficiency Toilets Here To Stay
Well it looks like the high efficient toilets are here to stay. House Bill # 2667 was signed into law, basically saying that by 2014 all toilets in the state of Texas will be 1.28 gallon flush. That will give the manufactures a little time to change up their lineup to suit the upcoming demand. We [...]
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