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We in New York City may not be as vulnerable to drought conditions this summer as, say, Texas or Arizona. But water costs money here, too, and if you’re a Brooklyn home owner, that’s certainly a concern. Here are some tips on how to save water all year round.
- Use a bowl of water to peel and clean vegetables instead of running the water over them.
- Install a slow-flow faucet. Take short showers instead of baths, and consider using a shower timer.
- Instead of letting the tap run until water gets cold, keep a pitcher of drinking water in the refrigerator.
- Place a bucket in your shower to capture the water that runs while you’re waiting for it to get hot. Use the water to water your plants.
- Don’t use your toilet as an ashtray or garbage disposal. Every time you flush cigarette butts, Kleenex, or even small bits of trash, five to seven gallons of water is wasted. And you also may be clogging up your sewer line.
- Look for Leaks:
◦ Test Your Tank. Add 12 drops of food coloring to your toilet tank and wait an hour. Look to see if any color seeped through the tank, a fitting or into the toilet bowl. If so, you may have a leak.
◦ Read your water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is used. If it doesn’t read exactly the same, you have a leak.
And if you have a leak, why not get it fixed professionally and affordably by the local Brooklyn experts at Vigilante? Call us today at 718-530-0404.
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Brooklyn residents know that they can trust their own neighbors—the certified plumbing experts at Vigilante—to help them solve a multitude of problems with, and improve, the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and fire prevention, in or around their Brooklyn home.
Well neighbors, here’s a special deal for you. On all our services, we are now offering a special discount, with our online coupon, of $25 on ALL the many services we provide you!
Do you need repairs done on your plumbing, hot water heater, or sewer and drains?
Do you want to install a more efficient, more secure air conditioning system, like the new Ductless Systems with flexible tubing and 3” holes vs. the old window models?
Are you worried about the danger of fire and would you like to install, or service, new or old smoke detectors and sprinkler systems?
Do you keep hearing a loud bang in your old heating system, or is it costing you big time on heating bills when you could have it repaired or replaced with a much more efficient system?
$25 on each job, and a job done well, efficiently, and quickly by experts who live in Brooklyn. So don’t pass up this bargain! Give us a call at 718-530-0404! You’ll be glad you did!
Filed under: Brooklyn Drain Clearing, Brooklyn Drain Repairs, Brooklyn Plumber, Brooklyn Plumbing Repairs, Drain Cleaning, Faulty Pipes, Leaky Pipes, Piping, Plumbing, Plumbing History, Plumbing Repairs
Who wants the disgusting mess of a clogged drain in your Brooklyn home’s shower/bath or kitchen sink? There’s a lot you can do to avoid this. These are daily, weekly, and monthly chores you can do, such as:
Daily:
- Run very hot tap water through the drain
Weekly:
- Put a tablespoon of baking soda into the kitchen drain about once a week, then slowly pour in 1/4 cup of vinegar or lemon juice and let it stand for 30 minutes.
- Then run hot water through the drain to eliminate minor buildups and odors.
Monthly:
- Remove the drain stoppers throughout your home.
- Clean each one thoroughly, as food, soap scum and hair can easily cling to stoppers and create problems.
- Test each drain in your Brooklyn home. Run faucet water to see if your drain is running slowly or if it is completely clear.
- If it’s clear, use a natural cleaner: easy on your pipes as well as the environment. If not, you can try the harsher, more artificial cleansers, but these can damage your pipes over time.
But ultimately, the built up debris in your drainpipes will accumulate. That’s why you should have your drains thoroughly inspected and cleaned by the Brooklyn plumbing professionals at Vigilante, once a year.
Over the years our plumbing company has provided high quality Sewer and Drain Cleaning, and Repairs to local residents with nothing but satisfactory results. Our Brooklyn plumbers pay attention to all details regarding your Sewer and drain cleaning, repairs, or replacement services. For more information regarding your plumbing company services in Brooklyn, New York, give us a call at Vigilante, 24-7, at 1-888-317-1227
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If you’re buying an old home in Brooklyn, or you want to keep your sewer lines running smoothly, you need to have them inspected regularly. Why?
The trees on the street near your sewer lines can grow right into your sewer lines. They crawl into tiny openings and expand in the sewer line, latching on to debris such as grease or eggshell waste.
All by themselves, such debris can build up in your sewer line and cause backups. As a result, the pipe may be damaged and require excavation to fix the problem.
If you have a home built in the 1950s, it probably has sewer lines made from tar paper called Orangeburg pipes. These disintegrate and collapse over time.
How can we inspect your sewer lines? We just attach a camera to a snake, and take pictures of the interior of your sewer line, to see what damage, clogs, and debris have accumulated. We can then make repairs. This way you can avoid a costly replacement in the future and address problems that might continue to grow if left untreated!Our goal is to make life easier for you, and we do that with efficient and reliable plumbing repairs in Brooklyn.
So call us today to schedule your
sewer inspection! (718) 530-0404
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Clogs Can Lead to Overflows and Water Damage. How can you minimize clogs in your drains?
Use your toilet only to dispose of body wastes and toilet paper. Never flush anything that won’t dissolve in water. That includes sanitary napkins, baby wipes, a whole box of cat litter, or even very thick toilet paper. These things can swell up or get caught on corroding pipes and cause clogs. Put them out in the trash instead.
Use strainers to catch hair in showers and tubs. Use filters in sinks to catch big food particles, and throw these out in the trash.
Never pour fat, grease, or cooking oils down the drain. These go solid in cold pipes and clog them up. So these also belong in your trash, not in your drains.
Don’t Ignore That Dripping Faucet or Pipe Leak!
You can lose as much as 150 gallons of water a day through a leak! Leaks can occur not only through your faucet, but also under the sink. Always check under there, and get your drippy faucets fixed!
If you have a clog or a leak, call on the Brooklyn-based experts at Vigilante, 24 hours a day at 1-888-317-1227!
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Would Your Home Benefit From a Tankless Water Heater? Sometimes it can be hard to decide which water heater will work best in your Brooklyn home, that is where we come in!
The traditional water heater uses a water tank, which takes up space in your Brooklyn home’s basement, or even in your kitchen, so that you’ll have a hot water. This creates a “reserve” of hot water you can rely upon, but has the drawback of taking up space. It is also relatively inefficient by today’s standards. And sometimes, when used quickly, it can run out. This means you have to fight with your teenagers or roommates over hot water! The new “tankless” system avoids that problem. It uses high-powered burners to quickly heat water as it runs through a heat exchanger. It is also more than 20% more energy efficient than the standard storage-tank model.
However, the tankless system has its drawbacks as well. While you’re saving energy and space with the tankless system, it will be less consistent in heating up the water in your Brooklyn home, and requires more care than the storage-tank system. So you need expert advice. With our years of experience and knowledge of Brooklyn plumbing we can help you make that decision!
Give Us a Call at Vigilante Plumbing in Brooklyn, 24hours a day: 1-888-317-1227
Filed under: Brooklyn air conditioner installations, Brooklyn air conditioner maintenance, Brooklyn air conditioner repairs, Brooklyn air conditioner tips, Brooklyn air conditioner tune ups, new york city air conditioner repairs, new york city air conditioner tune ups
Whether you have traditional Central Air with Ductwork, or the newer Ductless Mini-Split systems, you’ll need a tune-up from Vigilante Plumbing! Both systems have condensers and an indoor air handler as their primary components. These are complicated pieces of equipment, with moving parts. The outdoor condenser is particularly likely to get dirty and clogged. Central Air has ductwork that can also get dirty. These parts need to be cleaned periodically. And just like your automobile engine, corroded, faulty or failing parts need to be discovered, fixed, and/or replaced, before they prove to be a major headache.
A tune-up from our Brooklyn A/C technician will allow your system to run efficiently, with less waste of energy, and you make sure it will cool your Brooklyn home throughout the summer months. Put it off till July: and you face the prospect of waiting in a long line for service, and a bigger service bill, as the parts that might have been fixed ahead of time, now need to be replaced. Make sure you have a functioning, reliable air conditioner in your Brooklyn home this summer by calling Vigilante today!
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Vigilante has been in Brooklyn for three generations! And that means we are experts at surviving the heat in all five boroughs. Whether you live in Brooklyn or Manhattan, we all suffer through the ups and downs of New York City springs and summers. Don’t let the season get the best of you, and ask our master plumbers about how to stay cool this season.
One of the most common recommendations we give to our Brooklyn customers is simple: make sure you get A/C tune-ups! If your air conditioner is older, malfunctioning, or not running like it used to we can perform A/C repairs and replacements in Brooklyn and the other four boroughs. But the best way to avoid this and extend the life of your cooling system is to get regular tune-ups. This information is most important BEFORE spring and summer. Because you do not want to wait until the last minute to find out that your air conditioner is no longer working properly. The Brooklyn A/C technicians at Vigilante can perform thorough air conditioner tune-ups and ensure that your system is ready to take on the heat!
Since 1972 we have provided the residents of Brooklyn with the best air conditioner repairs and installations, as well as the most extensive A/C tune ups in town. Across all five boroughs we are well known for our commitment to superior plumbing, heating, and air conditioning services. And for over 80 years we have worked to make sure our customers have all the information and services they need to enjoy the scorching heat of summer in New York City. The benefits of proper A/C tune ups extend from avoiding the need for extensive repairs, to prolonging the life of your air conditioner. So call up our licensed technicians and schedule air conditioner maintenance today, we guarantee that you will not regret it!
Filed under: Drain Cleaning, Plumbing, Plumbing Repairs
For all their charm and beauty, new and existing trees shrubs seek out the moisture inside your sewer lines, and can wreak havoc if they succeed!
Mature trees add beauty and shade to landscapes, but their roots can cause extensive damage to sewer and drain pipes. Roots grow into the pipes because they like it there! Sewer pipes contain water, nutrients and oxygen – the essential elements for trees to grow.
How do the roots get inside your pipes in the first place? As the Jeff Goldblum character,
Dr. Ian Malcolm, says in the classic movie Jurassic Park, “Nature finds a way.” Here’s that way.
The flow of warm water inside sewer and drain pipes causes vapor to escape to the cooler soil surrounding the pipe. Tree roots grow toward the vapor to the point of its source. The source of the vapor is usually a crack in the pipes or a loose joint. Once the tree roots reach the crack or loose joint, they will grow through the opening to reach the plentiful nutrients and moisture inside. Once inside the pipe, the roots will continue to grow, and if not disturbed, they will eventually completely fill the pipe with hair-like root masses. These masses can act as a net as they catch household fats, oils, grease, grit (FOGG), tissue paper, and other debris discharged from the residence.
Slowly flowing drains are the sign that the system is having a problem from roots. Homeowners will notice the first signs of a slow-flowing drainage system by hearing gurgling noises from their toilet bowls. A complete blockage will occur if no actions are taken to remove the roots/blockage.
As roots continue to grow, they expand and exert considerable pressure at the crack or joint where they entered the pipe. The force exerted by the root growth will break the pipe and may result in total collapse of the pipe. Severe root intrusion and pipes that are structurally damaged will require replacement.
So What’s a Careful Homeowner to Do?
Long time resident or just moving in, you need to know the location of your drain lines, and refrain from planting certain types of trees and hedges near them. Trees should be located more than 10 feet from sewer lines to minimize root intrusion.
As for pre-planted trees and shrubs, call your plumber – at Vigilante plumbing, heating & air conditioning, we’re always ready to answer the call – to make help prevent, minimize, and eliminate any existing problems.
- First, we can show you the exact location of your existing lines.
- Using our video inspection technology, we can determine if root invasion has already occurred and to what extent.
- If the problem is minimal, we offer a product called Root X. It’s a liquid and organic root killer that won’t damage your pipes or the environment. Root X is not available in retail stores.
- Should drain repair or replacement be required, now or later, we can get that done for you as well.
So yes, nature is going to have its way. But it doesn’t have to do away with your sewer and drain lines!
Filed under: Brooklyn Plumber, Energy Saving Tips, Faulty Pipes, Leaky Pipes, Plumbing, Plumbing Repairs
If you suspect a leaky pipe, look carefully at it. If it appears to be wrapped in any kind of insulating material, that’s likely to be asbestos. Asbestos is carcinogenic, which means it can cause cancer and other illnesses when breathed in, or even if it falls on a person’s hair and clothes. Before you call a plumber, you’ll have to call an asbestos abatement company. Asbestos removal is not cheap, but it has to be done before your plumber can access the leak or other damaged area. Asbestos removal requires special equipment and safety measures – do not attempt to do it yourself. Don’t waste your time or money calling a plumber if your damaged pipes are wrapped. A professional plumber worth the ink on his license will refuse to touch it, and if you do encounter a plumber who’s willing to work around asbestos, be aware that you’re putting the health of everyone who comes into your Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens or Staten Island home or business at serious risk by allowing anyone to disturb that asbestos without the proper safety measures in place. Once you have that asbestos safely out of the way, then call a Vigilante Plumbing expert to your Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens or Staten Island home and get the pipes repaired properly.
Posted on May 15th, 2012 by admin
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