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Every homeowner knows what it's like to deal with slow drains, whether in the kitchen sink, the shower, or elsewhere. There's much you can do to unclog a drain on a DIY basis, such as using a plunger or a plumbing snake. Some homeowners may even turn to chemical drain...

How Long Does it Take to Replace a Line? The amount of time it takes to replace a line to the city sewer depends on a number of factors, including the type of repair that's performed. For a trenchless sewer line repair method, the work can often be completed in as...

Across the Indianapolis area, many homeowners deal with hard water. What this means is that the water supplied to their home is fairly dense with mineral content, including calcium and magnesium. There are a number of consequences to hard water, including potential...

water softener salt In order for your water softener to work properly, it's important that you attend to some basic maintenance steps. Most notably, it's important to keep your brine tank filled to the proper salt level. As such, homeowners often wonder: Exactly how...

Our Advice: Choose Water Softener Pellets At Carter's My Plumber, we highly recommend choosing salt pellets. What happens when you use salt crystals is a "salt bridge" can form. A salt bridge is a hard crust that develops over the water in the brine tank, making it...

What's the Life Expectancy of My Water Softener? With the right level of maintenance, water softeners can often last as long as 20 years. But there are a lot of variables to consider. The first thing homeowners should know is that the older a water softener is, the...

Most homeowners try pretty hard to keep revolting odors out of their bathroom. They clean their toilet regularly. They empty the wastebasket. They keep the bathroom stocked with potpourri or deodorizing spray. But what if those efforts aren't enough to keep your...

Are You Supposed to Tip Plumbers? Is tipping a plumber & other tradesmen expected? I mean you tip the local, part-time, teenage pizza delivery guy. Why not the more experienced men & women in the trades? It depends on a couple of factors. But, usually it is...

As a homeowner, you've probably learned some basic home maintenance abilities. But even if you consider yourself to be pretty handy, sooner or later you'll run into a project that throws you for a loop. And when that happens, you'll likely head to Google or YouTube...

Our Gratitude to Plumbers and other essential tradespeople during COVID- 19 We at Carters My Plumber, want to show gratitude to our plumbers and the other tradespeople who have been deemed essential during this time of crisis. We see firsthand just how essential the...

Garbage disposal leaking? Let's fix it! Although leaking garbage disposals are not typically detected until a puddle is forming under your sink, there are a number of solutions to address the issue before it becomes a larger problem. The first and most important step...

THE SIGNS OF A BROKEN SEWER PIPE A sewer pipe break is a headache. There I said it. It causes back-ups into your home and possible sewage flooding in your yard. It is more of a job than a simple clogged drain. Through time, sewer lines are used a lot to flush the...

The most frequently asked plumbing questions are not the dumbest ones! But, they are the questions that form a basic foundation to our own plumbing knowledge. For the non-plumber, plumbing can be difficult to understand. Questions like "Why is my hot water heater not...

The Holiday season is upon us and Santa is close to coming to town. What is on your holiday plumbing wish list this year? Is it a new toilet for the downstairs half bath? OR maybe you tried to replace the outside spigot. Either way, if you wish hard enough and give...

"What to do when the sump pump alarm goes off" is a great question. The sound of the alarm is scary enough because you might be on the verge of a flooded basement or crawl space. In this article we will go over some of the factors you may consider when you hear the...

When a simple plumbing issue come to rise in the home. "can I do this by myself" is a possible response you may have just so you can save some money. But, you may run into a time that the job is simply too big for your knowledge.    Let's not worry about that scenario...

When a clog or pipe burst happens and a professional plumber gets a call to fix it. The plumber has to fish around to see what is causing the problem within the drain. Sometimes it comes to a point where the plumber has send a camera down the line to get a visual...

Every once in a while you will need to get your drain cleaned because there will be a clog or an icky smell coming up and out. Whether the case, you can approach the drain yourself to try to resolve the problem. There are plenty of DIY techniques online.   But, if you...

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...

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...