There are countless reasons to put off performing a plumbing repair. Perhaps you’re short on cash, or you don’t have time to do it yourself or accommodate a plumber. With so many demands on our time, it’s easy to forget about fixing a leaky faucet or other common problems, letting it languish when it doesn’t present any major day-to-day inconvenience. However, by neglecting minor repairs, you run a serious risk of the issue becoming much larger, more complicated and more expe

Throughout North America, hard water is a regional phenomenon. If you’ve spent most of your life in an area without much in the way of mineral sediment, you may not know much about hard water problems at all. But if you live in the Upper Midwest or parts of the Great Plains, chances are you have plenty of experience combating this scourge. Tap water is considered hard when it has an above-average concentration of minerals like calcium and magnesium. Water collects these parti