Plumbing
Plumbing and Heating Sounds You Should Never Ignore
Every home has its share of noises. Some of these are expected, since appliances like your heating, your dishwasher, or your dryer all have characteristic sounds when they run, and your home has a symphony of other noises, from creaky floorboards to whiny hinges, that crop up from time to time. However, when your plumbing…
Read MoreCan Pipes Freeze in Central California?
Short answer first: you bet they can. Since that may not tell you much you didnโt already know, and wonโt do a lot to protect your home, what can you do to prevent frozen pipes? And, equally to the point, when should you call a plumbing professional likeย ContactAce Plumbingย if you suspect the plumbing in your…
Read MoreGet Ready for Brown Friday
Some families spend weeks getting ready for the bacchanalia of food, drink, and family that is Thanksgiving day. Others scarf down their turkey then rest up for the shopping extravaganza of Black Friday. Your friends atย Home Ace Plumbingย are resting up, too, but for an entirely different reason. The Friday after Thanksgiving is usually one of…
Read MoreIs Your Basement Ready for Winter?
There are plenty of articles offering โone weird trickโ to save money, prevent expensive repairs, or make your home more comfortable. Usually weโre skeptical of that kind of thing, but if youโre a homeowner, there really is one simple thing you can do that will, in turn, take care of those other things. Winterize your…
Read MoreBest Times for Plumbing, Heating, and Cooling Replacements
Unlike the milk carton in your fridge, the appliances and fixtures in your home donโt come with expiration dates stamped on them. That can leave many Sacramento homeowners scratching their heads when it comes to replacing key items. If it ainโt brokeโฆ well, it might still be time to replace it. Rather than calling heads…
Read MorePlumbing Old Wives’ Tales
In a word, no. A strong acid or base can clear a clogged drain, but the phosphoric acid in cola is too weak to do the trick. If youโre worried about the caustic chemicals in many drain cleaners and donโt have the right tools or know-how to snake a drain, soda isnโt your best alternative.…
Read MorePlumbing a Kitchen Island
Itโs one of the great paradoxes of home design: you can have an enormous kitchen, but if itโs laid out poorly, it can still feel cramped. The solution to your problems may not be more square footage; instead, itโs often better to put the square footage you have to smarter use, and a kitchen island…
Read MoreCall Your Plumber for Valentine’s Day
When you need help with the essentials โ ahead of Valentineโs Day or at any other time of year โ give Ace Plumbing a call. We even offerย 24/7 emergency plumbing serviceย (and tips so youโll have fewer plumbing emergencies). Home Plumbing Repairs We understand that life gets hectic, and that itโs easy to put off things…
Read MoreWhat is Greywater?
Droughts in recent years have all of us thinking about conservation in areas as diverse as agriculture to lawn irrigation. Some answers are closer, and simpler, than you may think. Defining Greywater Wastewater falls into two categories. Anything that goes down the toilet or otherwise involves human waste (like diaper cleaning) is called black water.…
Read MoreGetting Ready for a Plumberโs Visit in Your California Home
Life is unpredictable, and plumbing emergencies even more so. But youโre in luck, since Ace Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning offersย Contact New Window 24/7 emergency plumbing and HVAC repairs in Sacramento. Weโre also here for things that allow for a longer lead time, like furnace installations. Even though we come prepared, there are some things…
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