If you’re planning to engage in a remodeling adventure this summer, you have a lot of work ahead of you. Before you start cutting boards, pouring cement, or putting up walls, there is a long planning process. Familiarizing yourself with state, county, and local Denver remodeling codes; identifying each different component of your project; and getting help from professionals in various fields are just some of the important details you’ll want to take care of ahead of time to save money and get your project wrapped up before the snow starts falling again!

Don’t Forget the Air Conditioning

At Plumbline Services, we view our role in the community a little bit differently than most other companies do. Instead of seeing our Denver plumbing, electrical, and HVAC customers as simply names and numbers, we see them as friends. We value the relationships that we have built, and we show our appreciation through a number of different charity and outreach efforts in the Denver area. You may not always see those efforts personally, so we wanted to let you know what’s going on.

Family in Need Contributions

Maybe your Denver plumber has given you the unwelcome news that your old toilets are wasting water while he was on a service call. Or maybe you’ve just decided that it’s time to stop paying such high water bills, and you’re looking for ways to reduce your water usage. In either case, investing in a water-saving toilet is right for the environment and right for your wallet!

Cracking Down on Water Waste

If you’ve been a homeowner for any length of time, you know the dismay you feel when an appliance or major home system breaks down. Dollar signs crowd your brain immediately, and you start wondering whether or not you will be able to take that family vacation after all. In some cases, this disruption is no more than the result of failing to plan ahead. With some long-term thinking and a realistic view of your Denver A/C system, you can confront the inevitable breakdown with a calm smile and maybe even cash in hand to pay the bill.

Regular Maintenance

The Denver A/C systems that we appreciate so much during the summer months are complex, high-functioning pieces of equipment. The world marveled when inventors first came up with a way to cool down the air inside a building, and the air conditioning process is still remarkably similar to those first methods. There have been, of course, many important improvements. For example, early A/C designs used very dangerous gases as refrigerants, creating the risk that your air conditioner could explode and destroy your house! We don’t have to worry about that hazard today, but many common Denver A/C problems are still centered on the all-important refrigerant that cools your air.

It probably does your heart good to see the color green return to the Denver area in the spring. Blooming flowers and fresh grass are a welcome sight after the white and gray winter, but local plumbers see a danger in the quickly growing vegetation that most people don’t think of. In Denver, drain pipes often share space with tree roots under the ground, and the two don’t always make friendly neighbors! Root systems are a surprisingly strong force of nature, and it is not uncommon to find that they have cracked a drain pipe and begun filling in the area inside it.

When you call Plumbline Services with a Denver or Englewood plumbing catastrophe, you get more than a guy with a pipe wrench. You get a technician who is serious about his business, brings a long history of experience to your problem, and has a passion for helping people keep their home’s systems running safely and efficiently. Meet Joe Lanteigne, and you’ll see what we mean.

Excited About His Job

Were you the victim of an April Fool’s Day joke this year? If you were, hopefully it was only the embarrassing kind and not the kind that cost you a lot of money. While you’re in the mode of keeping a sharp lookout for people that would like to put one over on you, it’s a good time to talk about electricity prices.  This April, don’t let yourself be made a fool of by paying too much for power.  Our Aurora electricity experts have some tips that will keep your power bills low throughout the spring and summer.

Believe it or not, the long Denver winter is nearly over. Before you know it, the sun will be warming the air again and your house will start to feel uncomfortably hot and stuffy. Do you know what will happen the first time you switch your system over from the furnace to the A/C? Denver families have learned from experience that leaving it to chance can result in weeks of discomfort and a scrambling to make repairs or even buy a new unit. What’s the better option? We’re glad you asked.

Full Checkup

Many homes in the Denver area are unfortunate enough to have their water carried by polybutylene pipe. Plumbers never use this pipe today, because research and painful experience have taught the country that it is a dangerous, unreliable, and inferior product. But when polybutylene was introduced to the field about thirty years ago under the brand name Quest, it appeared to be a huge benefit that would revolutionize the plumbing industry. Because of its low cost and low maintenance requirements compared with the standard copper pipe, professionals began using it extensively and recommended it to new home builders.