Define: Drain Backup
A drain backup (AKA sewer backup) occurs when water rises up and out of a drain. It is often caused by a blockage in the sewer lateral or drain stack that prevents water from draining properly out of your drain system. As a result, wastewater will alternatively rise from the lowest available drain in your home since it is the water’s path of least resistance.
John THE Plumber on Safety, Sump Pumps & Basement Flood Protection 2020
Our Company already offers 24/7 emergency services year round, and as part of Canada’s Community we are even more committed to help keep everyone safe and healthy at this time. Given that potential illnesses associated with mold stemming from water damage and flooding can cause flu like symptoms, we felt it may be timely and helpful to provide the public with some tips on flood prevention, as well as information on an important yet rarely thought of piece of preventive flood equipment found in many basements: The Sump Pump.
Oakville Business Owners: Backflow Terminology
If plumbing is not something that you are familiar with, you may be confused if you have received a notice in the mail from the City of Oakville requiring you to install a backflow preventer for their Backflow Prevention Program. Here at John the Plumber Oakville we want to help you understand what it being asked of you and why, and thought we would write this blog for you to help explain what backflow prevention is all about.
Backflow Terminology for the Ottawa Business Owner
You may have received a notice in the mail from the city of Ottawa requiring your business to install a backflow preventer for their Backflow Prevention Program. We are sure that the terms used are not ones that the average small business owner are familiar with. So we at John the Plumber Ottawa thought we may write a useful blog for you to help explain.
So what is a backwater valve and do I need one?
Backwater valves are often confused with a backflow preventer. Though they do essentially work in the same manner, they are two different things.
