A plumber knocks on your door, looks at your water heater, and tells you it needs to be replaced — not repaired. The problem is you have no way to know if that is the honest diagnosis or the most profitable one. Unless you know how the plumber gets paid. What is a commission-based plumber?…
There is a licensed plumber in Abilene and there is an unlicensed person with a truck and a wrench. In Texas, you cannot tell the difference from a Google search or a yard sign. The verification takes 30 seconds and it is the most important thing you do before letting anyone touch your plumbing. How…
The slab leak is confirmed. You are looking at a $2,000 to $6,000 repair bill. The first thing most Abilene homeowners do is call their insurance company. What happens next depends entirely on how you make that call — and whether you have the right documentation before you make it. Does homeowner’s insurance cover slab…
It is 2am and your pipes are frozen. Start here. Step 1: Find your main water shutoff valve and turn it off right now before you do anything else. This one action separates a 300 dollar thaw job from a 15,000 dollar ceiling collapse. Location: usually under the kitchen sink, in a utility closet, or…
Your water bill jumped $80 last month. You hear water running somewhere but every faucet is off. There’s a faint warm patch near the hallway tile. You’re not imagining things. In Abilene, these are the warning signs of a slab leak — and the meter test you’re about to learn takes 15 minutes and tells…