Spring into Plumbing Oshawa!

Folks who live in cold climates like Oshawa will tell you that spring is probably the most favorite time of year. Most of the snow is finally melted, the temperatures outside warmed up and the roads are not full of salt and sand. Spring is a fantastic time to do a little look over of your house and having a look-see at your plumbing should be part of your spring cleaning list.
Listen Up Oshawa! Sump Pumps 101

Here at John the plumber Oshawa, we always call the spring season the flood season. We recieve many questions about sump pumps and we are here to expand your knowledge of them. You may be buying a new home and wondering whether you need to have a sump pump. Or you may have a sump pump in your existing home and have always wondered exactly what the heck they do. Just because you never had flooding in your home doesn’t mean that your sump pump doesn’t need to be inspected on a regular basis. An ounce of prevention is definitely worth a pound of cure in this case.
Melting Snow Around Your Foundation is Bad
Big piles of snow building up around your foundation on winters such as this one can be a problem. Every spring when the snow is melting, our plumbing technicians see many people with flooded basements. When the weather warms up, the big piles of snow that accumulates around our homes each year, begin to melt. When we’ve had […]