Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. will have a booth at the 2013 Community Associations Institute’s Central Florida Tradeshow. This year’s theme is Wild Wild West, and there will be special door prizes. The tradeshow will be February 7th at the Hilton Orlando. Educational seminars will be held from 1pm to 3pm and the tradeshow will continue after with over 130 different vendors.
MPI provides top quality plumbing, drain cleaning and water heater services throughout the Orlando area. Call us for all your plumbing needs. We offer 24/7 emergency service and maintenance plans to keep your plumbing systems running smoothly and efficiently.
Modern Plumbing Industries, Inc. encourages everyone to get involved in Breast Cancer Awareness Month. There are many local events to help support the fight against breast cancer and raise awareness. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation will be having numerous events throughout Central Florida. The Pink Out Winter Park event was held on September 9th and businesses throughout the area continue to raise awareness, “Participating Park Avenue and Hannibal Square retailers will offer Pink Out apparel, merchandise, food, and beverages with proceeds from sales benefiting the Winter Park Memorial Hospital Mammography Scholarship Fund” . Trek Women and 
nford Art Walk hosted by the Historic Sanford Welcome Center. Central Florida artists will be featured, along with live music and food. The event is free and open to the public. Beginning at 6pm, the Art Walk winds through historic downtown Sanford. The Art Walk occurs every fourth Friday of each month. This month’s theme is “Breakable” – A tribute to all things breakable, broken or pieced back together.
Florida is well known as the thunderstorm capitol of the United States. Here in the lightning belt, we get particularly severe thunderstorms and lightning. Apart from the dangers of being caught out in one of these storms, did you know that lightening can cause expensive damage to your pipes? Studies conducted by the Orlando Utilities Commission have shown that lighting can cause pinhole leaks in metal piping. In a study done in 1991 the Orlando Utilities Commission found extremely high levels of copper in a home’s water supply and sand crystallization surrounding pinholes in copper pipes after lightning strikes-further proving the damage done to plumbing during these storms. When lightning strikes it follows the path of least resistance, seeking the most conductive substance it can find. When an electrical charge traveling through the ground comes in contact with a home’s copper piping or ground rod it travels along this line until it hits another non-conductive material. At this point the charge needs an outlet, “a minilightning strike occurs within the pipe as the charge jumps from the copper to the water – leaving a hole behind. The stronger the bolt, the bigger the hole”. Some home owners see immediate damage to their pipes, to which they are often alerted of by the hissing sound of water under pressure leaking through these pinholes. Other times it can take months to discover the damage.