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Is My Tap Water Safe to Drink?

Is My Tap Water Safe to Drink?

Have you ever seen the movie Erin Brokovich and her journey of discovering contaminated tap water? If you have not, the topic of today's blog might motivate you too. Tap water usually does not look as a danger in your home. In which, if you drink it, there is a good...

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Do I Need a New Water Softener?

Do I Need a New Water Softener?

Do you need a new water softener? Like every appliance in your home. It will eventually go bad. Old age kicks into the old piece of metal and you begin to see a decline in the job it is supposed to do. So, what about your water softener?   Water softener's perform a...

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How to Find Your Main Water Shut-Off Valve

How to Find Your Main Water Shut-Off Valve

Trying to find your main water shut-off valve? There are plenty of reasons on why you need to find your main water shut-off valve. Maybe you are getting your bathroom remodeled by a licensed plumber. Or you have noticed a really bad leak and you need to shut off the...

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Toilet Tank, Base, or Bowl is Cracked?

Toilet Tank, Base, or Bowl is Cracked?

No, it is not a sign that you need to go on a Jenny Craig diet. Cracking is a very common thing to happen. It happens because either your toilet is getting a little older or it encountered some impact. Usually, if your toilet has a crack we recommend a brand new...

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Main Sewer Line Back-Up: Causes and Symptoms

Main Sewer Line Back-Up: Causes and Symptoms

The main sewer line that takes away your (well, you know) is critical to the function of any home or business. When that line gets clogged, it can cause a little chaos and a foul smell for that matter. But, do not worry, you can get this fixed by Carter's My Plumber!...

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Bathroom Remodeling Tips!

Bathroom Remodeling Tips!

So, you are going to remodel your bathroom? You want to update it to the more trendy ways of the new decade rolling in. Updating keeps things nice and adds value to your home. But, there are a couple big and minor things you can do to ensure that you and potential...

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Sump Pump Alarm Is Going Off. What Do I Do?

Sump Pump Alarm Is Going Off. What Do I Do?

You are asleep in your comfy bed and within the distance you hear a frightening sound. A sound that is coming from below. It is your sump pump alarm. So, what do you do when you hear the sump pump alarm? Do you ignore it? Act like it is not there? No! Immediately go...

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What Causes Urinal Overflow

What Causes Urinal Overflow

Hello everybody! Prince of Plumbing here with your blog of the day and before I start I want to start with..   Move over girls! This is man territory! Today, we are talking about "man" things. Things that men like, like: Football, Cars, and...Urinals? Yes! Urinals!...

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What to Do When You Get a High Water Bill

What to Do When You Get a High Water Bill

Life is expensive! Especially after you pay for all the necessities of life. You have groceries, the light bill, car payment and gas. But, after a few months or so you realize that you have a high water bill. Higher than it has been in the past but you know you have...

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Child Flushed a Toy Down The Toilet!

Child Flushed a Toy Down The Toilet!

Your child flushed a toy down the toilet huh? His/hers Buzz Lightyear is stuck between the pipes and causing a back-flow onto your new tile and trim. You are not sure who is crying more. Your child who is screaming about the horrible drowning they are witnessing or...

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How Do I Clear A Clogged Drain?

How Do I Clear A Clogged Drain?

Deep down in the turning pipes of your dark crawl space lays a ball of your own hair. Clogging the pipe that leads to the sewer. Leaving you with a pool of water in your sink. Clogs can be anything from hair to soap scum and calls come into plumbers daily about drain...

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Help! My Water is Discolored!

Help! My Water is Discolored!

You get up in the morning, stretch your muscles, and walk into your bathroom to brush your teeth. Once you put on the toothpaste and turn on your sink to add some water and…your water is YELLOW! You are brushing your teeth with water that is the exact color you are...

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Why Is My Garbage Disposal Not Working?

Why Is My Garbage Disposal Not Working?

Is your garbage disposal not working? Do not worry because Carters’ My Plumber is here to help with you with all your plumbing needs. Garbage disposals are a very handy tool for meal clean-up. But, if taken for granted a little bit. You can jam your garbage disposal...

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How To Get Your Diamond Ring Out Of The Drain

How To Get Your Diamond Ring Out Of The Drain

Oh no! You dropped your beautiful wedding ring down the drain and the shiny rock disappeared in the overflow of bubbles coming out of your sink. You panic and dive into your sink and then it hits you. Your ring went down the drain and is floating down blinging next to...

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How to Dispose a Water Heater Tank

How to Dispose a Water Heater Tank

So, you just got a new and fancy water heater put in your home. But, for whatever reason the service you used does not dispose the tank themselves or you installed it yourself. Now, you have an old tank sitting around your house. So, where and what are your options to...

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When You Should Replace Your Water Heater

When You Should Replace Your Water Heater

Little do we know how easy water heaters make our lives. Can you imagine taking a cold shower everyday (if you are a shower everyday type of person). Water heaters are easily one of the most expensive system a house or building can have and when they fail, it can make...

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Carter’s My Plumber is Hiring!

Carter’s My Plumber is Hiring!

Carter's My Plumber is Hiring Plumbers!  Here at Carter’s My Plumber, we are hiring plumbers with at least three years of experience who know all the tricks of the plumbing trade and great customer service! If you are a Service Plumber looking for a new start at a...

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Why Do I Run Out of Hot Water So Fast?

Why Do I Run Out of Hot Water So Fast?

Let me ask you if this is the life you live: You are standing in the shower listening to your favorite Pandora station and the water is the most perfect, warm temperature. But then, all of the sudden….the water changes to a downpour of Antarctic temperatures! You...

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Which is better: Tank or Tankless Water Heaters?

Which is better: Tank or Tankless Water Heaters?

Are you considering replacing the water heater in your home? Or maybe you are building a new home and debating if a tank or tankless water heater better fits your needs? Luckily, there are a number of factors homeowners can decipher from. Here are the components of...

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Why Won’t My Toilet Flush

Why Won’t My Toilet Flush

What does “won’t flush” actually mean, does it mean a slow or weak flush? Possibly your toilet flushes but drains slowly, and doesn’t even drain everything from the bowl.

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Why is my Toilet Running?

Why is my Toilet Running?

A running toilet can be annoying and may need plumbing service soon. We, as the homeowner, want to attempt to fix this problem on our own but we may need an expert.

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What is a Tankless Water Heater?

What is a Tankless Water Heater?

Despite the overall warmer weather in Greenwood and Indianapolis, hot showers are still part of routine during colder months of the year. So, when you’re not getting enough hot water, it’s usually an indication of….

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Spring Sump Pump Maintenance

Spring Sump Pump Maintenance

It’s springtime again and we all know the saying “April Showers bring May flowers”. The rainwater finds the easiest path to flow usually along your home’s foundation….

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How to Avoid a Leaky Faucet

How to Avoid a Leaky Faucet

That drip-drop sound of a leaky faucet is enough to make even the most patient person angry and frustrated. For others, it’s the thought of a high water bill and water wastage that causes concern. All it takes is a quick call to the plumber to have your leaky faucet fixed, but how….

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Lead in Your Drinking Water

Lead in Your Drinking Water

Although an increasing number of research organizations are revealing that our water resources are contaminated with harmful metals like lead, the general public still lacks basic awareness about the potential carcinogenic and its effect on…

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Water Softener Maintenance

Water Softener Maintenance

We all love our water softeners, they keep our clothes, hair, and skin looking great and healthy! If you are a lucky water softener owner or in the market for one, water softener maintenance 101 is for you. Water softeners, of all appliances, are easy to….

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World Plumbing Day

World Plumbing Day

Carter's My Plumber celebrates World Plumbing Day all week! Celebrated every year on March 11, World Plumbing Day is an international event initiated by the World Plumbing Council that recognizes the important role plumbing plays in our health and safety. It is far...

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