Julius Caesar had a weekend native-bashing excursion to Britain in 55 BC. But I guess he didn’t enjoy the damp boarding houses with their fierce landladies, for he quickly went back to Rome, naturally claiming a great victory. Almost a hundred years later the emperor Claudius sent a powerful invading army, and the Romans then occupied Britain for the next 350 years. What did those Romans ever do for us? (more…)
All plumbers know that apart from looking after our hands, our feet are equally as important. No feet, no action!
I was busy speaking to the smart Real estate property managers of Bondi Beach about the benefits of having a great plumbing team like The Lone Drainer and Pronto, look after their emergency plumbing repairs and the benefits of using Vaporooter sewer root control.
As I walked down Gould street I came across The Running Company Bondi. The owner Chris Chapman had a smile as big as Bondi and it was only minutes before he had me on his walking treadmill, filming my walking/running gait with some simple, but powerful video tools.
Buying shoes from someone who actually knows about running shoes makes a huge difference. Chris’ advice was so professional and made so much sense. Chris had me on his treadmill in each different shoe I tried on, to check how my feet were landing with his video equipment. Buying running shoes from a runner and shoe expert makes a lot of sense and since suffering a bad lower leg injury about 14 years ago I’ve suffered with knee and hip pain whenever I run. So when Chris showed me the running analysis he uses I realized why.
As with advice on emergency plumbing repairs, if you’re wearing the wrong pair of trainers you could be setting yourself up for all sorts of problems in a few weeks, months or years from now. It seems most sales people at the big chain stores just don’t know this stuff, which is why it’s important to get checked now before you get injured. If you suffer from any sort of knee pain or shin splints when you run, or want to prevent future problems I highly recommend you spare an hour of your time and come along to meet Chris at The Running Company Bondi.
The importance of getting the right advice about plumbing repairs or your trainers is self evident. Oh, I made a decision about my new runners pretty quickly.
The drainoscopy camera survey makes it easier for our clients to also make an accurate decision!
It’s Saturday night in the city and we received an emergency call from a long term client, HELP we have a tap over the kitchen sink that is leaking lots of water and flooding our kitchen.
Now on a Saturday night, this sounds like a job for “The Lone Drainer and Pronto“!
We were at the house within 30 minutes!
The kitchen sink mixer tap had exploded, gushing water everywhere, and our clients who were having a peaceful dinner, could not turn the water off!
The 2 valves controlling hot and cold water supply to the kitchen sink flickmixer style tap, and the Water meter at the front of the property could not be turned off.
Both the taps had siezed and the water just kept running out all over the kitchen!
We went to Louisville to see how the best of the best plumbers in the United States, look after their clients. If you have blocked sewer drains, blocked sewer pipes caused by tree roots in your pipes or tree roots in your drains or overflowing toilets the experts we met at Pumper Cleaner 2010 know how to fix your problem.
As the name of the show suggests the focus is on pumping and cleaning up on that other topic very close to my heart, sewerage, thats right S – - T, because in our game S – - T happens.
Our short Youtube video shows some of the equipment on display and how it is used
Enjoy the trip!
Music by Chuck Mangione, “Give it all You’ve Got”
If you have a plumbing emergency, you have running water in your house, a split tap washer or burst water heater and your water meter won’t turn off.
You may be in trouble!
If your meter tap has a tee-head on it, turn it off in a clockwise direction as firmly as you can. Firmly, don’t overdo it.
If your meter tap is missing the tee-head, get a large pair of grips and turn it off in a clockwise direction as firmly as you can. Firmly, don’t overdo it.
Open a garden tap to let out the pressure.
Then call an emergency plumber!
Check out this video below showing what we do to upgrade your water meter control valve.
Great fun on a hot day!
Where and how to turn off your cold water supply is incredibly simple if you know where it is, before any plumbing emergency arises
I want you to have our plumbing Hints and Tips, they are free.
Simply fill in the box on our home page to get our Plumbing Hints and Tips.
I know they will help save you in a plumbing emergency!
This post is relevant to a Randwick plumbing emergency that happened yesterday.
We had an SOS from a long term client “Joan”
You could hear the panic in her voice, “Come quickly, we have a burst water pipe under our vanity basin and we can’t turn the water off” screamed Joan.
Is your floor waste drain clear? we asked. Yes Joan replied!
We told her how to minimise the water damage, shut the cupboard doors and direct the gushing water towards the floor drain and put a towel across the doorway to keep the water flow in the bathroom.
We were at the house within 15 minutes, and with a large pair of grips, we were able to slow down, but not stop the water flow.
Now, a picture paints a thousand words and this short video will actually take you there.
Please watch and learn.
Where and how to turn off your hot water and cold water supply is incredibly simple if you know where they are, before any plumbing emergency arises
I want you to have our plumbing Hints and Tips, they are free.
Simply fill in the box on our home page to get our Plumbing Hints and Tips.
The Lone Drainer and Pronto are not like other cowboy plumbers… with Silver bullet speed and without making a mess, we fix your blocked drains, leaking taps and toilets, and before we start, you get our legendary no surprise fixed quote that blends over 40 years plumbing experience, technology and training so good…. even other plumbers seek our advice!
(02) 9664 4990 http://www.TheLoneDrainerAndPronto.com.au
Thanks to Dr Marc Dussault for helping us “hit our targets”.
Check him out at http://www.antimimeticisomorphism.com/
In early June this year, a young boy in Britain decided to give his one week old puppy a bath using quite an odd method; putting him in the toilet bowl and giving it a flush. The dog was sent down the pipe, well out of reach from the fire brigade who were first on the scene in an attempt to rescue the pup. (more…)