Despite the mild fall temperatures we have enjoyed, there are colder, and likely freezing, temperatures ahead this winter. The most common home plumbing issues during freezing weather conditions come from hose bibs, frozen pipes and areas where water is routed to the outdoors. Taking these simple steps to winterize your home can help you avoid costly
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We have a water system from Hague that is at least 18 years old, and has worked great during all of those years. As with all things, time caught up with it, and it failed right before the holiday! Our water has a LOT of iron in it, and when the system failed, the water
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It is truly amazing how cavalier we are about our water quality. We assume (hope really) that something so basic as our water—so vital and necessary—will actually be healthy for us (or at least not make us sick). Unless we are buying a new home almost none of us ever has our well tested (and
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It is hard to watch the news or read a newspaper (you know, that thing you used to read at breakfast before the internet and laptops) or magazine without seeing something alarming about our water. Within the past two weeks there was a Drinking Water Advisory issued for portions of northwest Washington, DC—a municipal water
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