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Archive for the ‘Plumbing Tips’ Category

July 16th, 2008

Non-Working Outside Faucet - Quick and Dirty Solution.

I have an outside faucet that doesn’t work.  While I don’t have the monetary resources at the moment (nor the desire to dirty myself up in the crawlspace today on a longer project) I do need another working faucet that I can hook a garden hose up to. It also has to be a cheap […]

By William -- 1 comment

April 18th, 2008

All Done!

Well after a week of having no water at all in my house the water is finally back on. This has definitely been a very trying time for me and my family. Stress levels were through the roof. One thing that helped with the stress levels not getting out of control was the fact I […]

By Collin De Ruyck -- 0 comments

April 18th, 2008

Making the repair - part 1 - Video’s 1 and 2

In today’s 2 videos you will see that full replacement of the water service here at my home. The reason why there is two video’s is because the file size when I had everything in one video was 2 large and I was unable to upload the video to You Tube. I don’t think it […]

By Collin De Ruyck -- 0 comments

April 16th, 2008

Breaking ground - part 3

In today’s video post the contractors have arrived at my place and have started to dig a massive hole in my yard. Today’s video and tomorrows I think are super great video’s simply because I have been in the trades for 15 years and have never seen this done before. So we all are going […]

By Collin De Ruyck -- 1 comment

April 15th, 2008

Call before you dig - part 2

In today’s video I talk about a few simple safety steps you should take care of before contractors enter your yard and start digging something up, or even if you plan on digging.
This video is part 2 of my replacing a water service series. To view part one please click on this link -> Replacing […]

By Collin De Ruyck -- 0 comments