There are many different water treatment systems available to help you have cleaner, fresher, and healthier water in your home. Filters are one of the standard methods to remove larger pollutants, and water softeners are used to combat hard water minerals.
What Water Pollutants Will a Reverse Osmosis System Remove?
October 26th, 2015Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. Is Donating to Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
October 14th, 2015
Did you know that 1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetimes? Breast cancer is currently the second leading cause of death among women, and each year over 220,000 women in the country will be diagnosed with it. Breast cancer affects men as well, with an estimated 2,150 diagnoses each year. This is why it is so important to contribute to funding for breast cancer research and resources for both women and men to diagnose the disease early and effectively treat it. Already, research funding has helped to contribute to a decline in death rates thanks to continually improving options for treatment and better screening.
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. is proud once again to join in the fight against this widespread form of cancer. For this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, MPI will be donating a percentage of our October revenue to UF Health Cancer Center – Orlando Heath. These donations will go to help women in need meet the expenses of their breast cancer care. To help further increase awareness among our customers, all of our MPI technicians will be wearing pink booties on their service calls.
Please join with us this month—and every month—in helping to shed more light on breast cancer and to honor those who have suffered from this affliction and those who are fighting to bring an end to it.
How Much Can I Expect to Save with a Tankless Water Heater?
October 12th, 2015We often advise people who are shopping for a new water heater for their home—either as the first installation for a new house or a replacement for an older system—to give serious consideration to a gas-powered tankless water heater. The technology of tankless water heaters continues to make them more and more attractive choices, and their advantages are undeniable: unlimited hot water, long lifespan, small size, and immense energy savings.
What Makes Hydro-Jetting a Great Choice for Drain Cleaning?
October 5th, 2015There are a number of options available for cleaning the drains in a house—whether it’s to remove an obstinate clog or as part of regular plumbing maintenance—and they aren’t all equal. In fact, a few of them are actually harmful for drains, such as using store-bought bottles of chemicals that are advertised as “drain cleaners.” These caustic chemicals don’t really clean drains, since they will leave behind heavy clumps of the material that creates blockages and often won’t break through heavy clogs. Worse, they can potentially damage your drainpipes.
Mythbusting the Tankless Water Heater: What You Need to Know!
September 28th, 2015We often advise our customers to look into a tankless water heater for their home the next time they’re searching for a new water heater, either to replace an aging one or as part of new home. People are often hesitant about choosing a gas-powered tankless water heater, and it’s only partially because they’re so accustomed to having a large storage tank system handle the task of supplying hot water to their households. The hesitancy is mostly due to a misunderstandings about how efficient these systems work. We’ll try a bit of mythbusting here about tankless water heaters.
How to Landscape Your Property to Protect the Sewer Line
September 21st, 2015One of the biggest dangers to the sewer line that runs under your property—that vital pipeline responsible for taking the wastewater from your home and into the municipal sewer system—is trees and shrubs. An elm with spreading branches may look lovely on the front yard, but its deep-burrowing roots can end up as a disaster for the sewer line. Plant roots tends to move toward areas of warmth, moisture, and high nutrients, which often leads fast-growing roots right into the sewer pipeline. Root infiltration can lead to a blocked or cracked line and serious problems for a home.
Do You Have Tips for How to Do Drain Cleaning on My Own?
September 14th, 2015You want to have the drains in your home thoroughly cleaned… not just to get rid of a single nuisance clog, but to have the drainpipe’s interior cleansed so that you’ll have fewer problems in the future and your plumbing will work at its best. That’s commendable, and we wish that more people scheduled routine drain cleaning for their homes.
However, you’re interested in doing this task yourself. Maybe set aside half a day, put on some long yellow kitchen gloves, and really put some hard work into cleaning those drains. We have an excellent tip for how you can do this:
What Is a Tankless Water Heater, Really?
September 7th, 2015One our specialties at Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. is installing and servicing gas tankless water heaters. We’ve written before about the advantages of choosing to have a tankless system instead of a standard storage tank unit. But we would like to go a bit more in-depth about what exactly a tankless water heater is. Customers are often confused by the idea of a tankless system, since most people grow up around conventional water heaters that use a large tank to store water and keep it at a continuous high temperature.
Why You Need Commercial Leak Detection Services
August 31st, 2015Finding hidden leaks inside a home is a difficult job, and it almost always requires the services of professional plumbers with the right equipment to pinpoint the location of the leak so it can be fixed. Now when you consider the size and the extent of a commercial building compared to a house, and how much more plumbing serves the building, you will see why it’s so vital to have experienced plumbers take care of leak detection in businesses. And not just any professional plumbers, but ones that specialize in the needs of commercial plumbing.
Help! I’m Not Getting Any Hot Water in My House!
August 24th, 2015Among the emergency service calls that we receive the most frequently are for when a house suddenly has no hot water at all. Losing the hot water in your home is obviously a serious problem, since it makes numerous ordinary tasks very difficult—especially keeping clean. (Nobody wants to wake up in the morning and start off the day with an ice-cold shower.)