#plumbing plumbing

[kunosoura]

[bexarplumbing]

Essential Plumbing Tips Every Homeowner Should Know

Plumbing is one of the most critical systems in any home, yet it often goes unnoticed until something goes wrong. Understanding your plumbing system and knowing how to maintain it can save you time, money, and stress. In this blog post, we’ll cover essential plumbing tips, common issues to watch for, and maintenance advice to keep your system running smoothly.

Understanding Your Plumbing System

Your home’s plumbing system consists of two main parts: the supply system and the drainage system.

Supply System: This brings fresh water into your home from the municipal supply or a private well. It includes pipes, fixtures, and appliances like sinks, toilets, and water heaters.

Drainage System: This removes wastewater from your home. It consists of pipes that carry sewage to the municipal sewer system or a septic tank.

Understanding these components can help you identify issues when they arise.

Common Plumbing Problems

Leaky Faucets: A dripping faucet can waste gallons of water and increase your utility bill. Often caused by worn-out washers or O-rings, this problem is usually easy to fix.

Clogged Drains: Clogs can occur in sinks, tubs, or toilets due to hair, grease, soap buildup, or foreign objects. Regularly using a drain strainer can help prevent this issue.

Running Toilets: A toilet that continuously runs can waste a significant amount of water. This is often due to a faulty flapper valve or fill valve.

Low Water Pressure: If you notice a sudden drop in water pressure, it could be due to mineral buildup in your pipes or a leak somewhere in the system.

Water Heater Issues: If you’re experiencing inconsistent hot water or strange noises coming from your water heater, it may need maintenance or replacement.

Maintenance Tips

1. Regular Inspections

Schedule regular plumbing inspections with a professional plumber to catch potential issues early. They can identify problems before they escalate into costly repairs.

2. Know Your Main Shut-Off Valve

Familiarize yourself with the location of your main shut-off valve. In case of a major leak or burst pipe, knowing how to quickly turn off the water supply can prevent extensive damage.

3. Avoid Chemical Drain Cleaners

While they may seem like an easy fix for clogs, chemical drain cleaners can damage your pipes over time. Instead, try using a plunger or a drain snake for minor clogs.

4. Insulate Pipes

In colder climates, insulating your pipes can prevent them from freezing and bursting during winter months. Use foam pipe insulation sleeves for added protection.

5. Monitor Your Water Bill

Keep an eye on your water bill for any sudden increases that could indicate a leak somewhere in your system. If you notice an unexplained rise in costs, it’s time to investigate further.

Conclusion

By understanding your plumbing system and following these essential tips, you can help ensure that everything runs smoothly in your home. Regular maintenance and prompt attention to issues will save you time and money in the long run. If you encounter any plumbing problems that seem beyond your expertise, don’t hesitate to call a professional plumber for assistance!

With Bexar Plumbing Fast & Friendly services, there is no gray area. You will always know the cost of every repair or replacement BEFORE our technician begins solving your problem.

(210) 343-2333 17054 Barker Path, San Antonio, Texas, 78247 info@bexarplumbing.com https://bexarplumbing.com/

[genderqueerdykes]

from Original Plumbing, a publication for and by transmasculine people.

What's your favorite part of being a transsexual?

"While I often wish I was born a bio boy and didn't have to go through all of this, it's more often that I find it a blessing to have lived and experienced both sides of life, sex and gender and get to play in-between. To have been a girl, a woman, a lesbian, a dyke, a tomboy, a 'questioning', a boy, and now a queer man is pretty amazing and fucking hot!"

[hell0mega]

people are drawing Steamboat Willie Mickey doing all this crazy shit and whatnot, but you could always do that. you can do that now, with current Mickey, just fine. it's fanart and it's legally protected. hell you could take Disney-drawn Mickey and put a caption about unions or whatever on it and it would still be protected under free speech and sometimes even parody law.

what is special about public domain is that you can SELL him. you could take a screenshot and sell it on a tshirt. you can use him to advertise your plumbing business. people have already uploaded and monetized the original film.

you could always have Mickey say what you want, but now you can profit off it.

[flapdoodlez]

I aint afraid of no.. no no I am actually very afraid of ghosts

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

David and Michael in the interview with Ali Plumb for BBC Radio 1 from 10th July 2023 (x) :).

AP :I won't read some ot the stories I've glanced upon.

David: Right.

AP: Yes. Fanfiction is quite….

David: Oh, I see. Oh that is not for us to read.

Michael: Oh I read it all.

AP: Oh you should. You write most of it, right?

Michael: I write most of it.

[montereybayaquarium]

Day in the life of a plumber at the Aquarium

Water is the lifeblood of the Aquarium. For 30 years, Ralph has kept our Aquarium afloat, ensuring smooth sailing for our fishy friends and human visitors alike. From the seawater flowing through our exhibits to the freshwater that flushes our toilets—meet the man who holds the keys to the pipes.

[ominouspuff]

Kote’s House

Kote’s first house is a pathetic thing, and he is incurably proud of it. The twi’lek he purchased it from very evidently could not make up his mind what to do with a man that grinned while he haggled, but it was the first time Kote had haggled over a purchase of his very own. He had thoroughly enjoyed it.

The house is built for one being, and a compact being at that, but Kote doesn’t have much. Moving in is quick, and most of his efforts during the next few days after go into attempting ambitious repairs for things he doesn’t know the first thing about. 

His plumbing is an issue, he knows. Something is getting blocked up. Somehow while trying to fix the kitchen tumbler, his fresher spout explodes.

He hadn’t kept his new house a secret from anyone by any means, but it is still surprising when Fox barges in through his jamming front door. He finds Kote on the floor in his cramped kitchen while the fresher rains water in the adjacent room, laughing so hard and so crippled with delight that he can’t get up.

He tries to explain how wonderful it is —

“I-I have to fix my plumbing on my own, vod—”

—but judging by Fox’s single raised eyebrow he knows it doesn’t translate.

Fox, it turns out, is moving into the neighborhood. Kote doesn’t ask about the house Fox already has — the house he has visited, which is very nice and fancy — or point out that Fox’s contract there cannot possibly be up, which begs the question of why he’s here in Kote’s neighborhood — except that Kote already knows the answer to that question. So he doesn’t ask.

Fox doesn’t show him any grace or forbearance, though.

“Don’t even know how to fix a damn pipe, front lining show-off—” His brother snarls, but it is muffled; his top half had to go down beneath the floor they’d pried up to get at the plumbing issue.

“So that’s what they had you doing all these years.” Kote says, because he really is in a criminally good mood. He barely ducks the foot-long pipe Fox throws at his head, feeling giddy.

He makes dinner that night in thanks. Fox stays, ostensibly because now that he’s fixed the fresher he intends to use it, because his new house isn’t hooked up properly yet to all the supply lines and power grids. 

They choke on homemade tiingilar (vode-style; Kote can’t pretend at the real thing yet) so heavily spiced it’s got grit to it that sticks between the teeth. It’s disgusting, but Cody had bought fifteen different spices and while usually he likes to keep his approach to the unknown more cautious, more methodical, he couldn’t think of anything he wanted to do more than use them all at once for the first time. 

Wolffe joins them not long after; brings a few others along by recommending the apartment he picks out, so that soon most of the complex is taken up by vode, Kote hears, but he doesn’t visit yet. Everyone’s too busy coming over to his house, it seems; filling up his kitchen and asking why he hasn’t fixed the trash disposal yet, why he doesn’t have a couch, doesn’t he know they’re all the rage among civilized folk?

Kote fixes the trash disposal with Rex, who is better at it than he is but says it’s only due to Skywalker’s influence on managing all things mechanical. 

“How is Skywalker?” Kote asks, and gets more than he bargained for over the next hour. At first he’s a bit off-put, because he’s trying to get dinner sorted again and he’s not been very fond of Skywalker at the best of times, but Rex is snorting out a story and laughing and it’s contagious, so Kote just resigns himself and settles in to enjoy.

Skywalker has little ones, now. Obi-Wan is the only one that can get them to sleep. Ahsoka is distressed; she knows better, but every instinct in her is apparently in agony over the little ones’ inability to eat meat yet. She obsesses over nutrients in their diet — which, given what tiny natborn humans primarily ingest in the early stages, makes for some slightly awkward conversations.

Rex helps with dinner afterward, and they take turns being incredulous over natborn baby facts, shoving around one another in the tiny, uncomfortable kitchen.

“What’s your next project?” Rex asks at one point, glancing sidelong with a cheeky look, and Kote levels his vegetable knife at him (he’s got a vegetable knife. Specifically for vegetables. It’s a very new concept). 

“I make everyone’s dinner on Tuangsdays.” He says. “I’m productive.”

Rex’s sharp-toothed grin turns thoughtful. “Yeah” He says. “Everyone loves coming here, you know. You could be the new 79’s.”

Kote knows. He plans and plots, and puts more work into researching recipes than he’s put into any research whatsoever in months. It feels a bit like coming out of a shore leave; his thoughts quicken and his excitement grows. He hunts down a market. He brings a bag. He shops, bargains, and returns victorious.

He sends out a few comms., and can’t help but shake his head and grin at how different the responses are. 

What a marvelous idea, Cody. His general — ex-general — says.

Yus pls, Ahsoka sends back, with some sort of strange tooka vidclip that dances with wiggly gyrations Kote can only assume indicate excitement.

Where is your house, Anakin says, blunt and to the point, and Kote can appreciate that. 

He sends the address. He cooks all day. The sun sets, and Fox and Wolffe arrive, already bickering, Rex trailing behind with a long-suffering look sent to Kote, begging commiseration.

“Ugh, don’t you ever stop smiling, now?” He gripes when Kote just grins at him. 

“Nope,” Kote says, unrepentantly.

He leaves the soup on the stove, simmering, and takes his cup of caf to the window. He leans on it, breathing in cool air, and just listens — listens to the squabbling as Wolffe gets on Fox’s case for not washing Kote’s dishes correctly the last time they visited. Hears the soft thumps of Rex sneaking into the cramped room Kote has set aside for plants and the sole pet he has; a pastel goullian, fins swaying ever so gently, permanent scowl in place. Thinks he catches, distantly, the sound of his remaining three guests (Padme couldn’t attend, and had made him feel very awkward by how thoughtfully she apologized for it) plodding up the hill. 

“Cody!” Ahsoka cries, coming into view and waving. 

Kote’s cheeks have stopped aching from all the smiling he’s gotten used to, so it’s easy to let another through.

[demigods-posts]

headcanon that percy and annabeth host a 'Grover Appreciation Day' once a month to remind grover how much they value him. they have a picnic out in the strawberry fields where they talk about their future and grover's role in it. they talk about getting married one day and asking grover to be the best man. they later explore the city and take pictures in place they definitely shouldn't. they go to lunch and cause harmless mayhem like they did when they were younger. they end the evening with a movie marathon of all of grover favorite nature documentaries and fall asleep cuddling together on the couch.

[jacky93sims]

Valentine Hot Tub for The Sims 2

This is a 4to2 conversion from Cowbuild, medium poly (9k). It's functional and comes in 6 colors. When sims enter or exit the tub they will go "inside" the stairs because the tub is bigger than the game one. However they will place correctly inside the tub.

DOWNLOAD HERE

[marlynnofmany]

Happy Indoor Tree Season to those who celebrate.

[genderqueerdykes]

excerpt from Original Plumbing, a publication for and by transmasculine people.

Khane - The Brooklyn Barber

"Even though I identify with the trans community, I also identify with the butch community. When I barber I use 'she' because it's important to me to use that pronoun in this male dominated profession. The are 'female' barbers, but I don't see them getting notoriety. That's why I take every opportunity to do interviews, barber in public, and post photos to show that female-bodied barbers do exist and are just as good if not better than persons identified male at birth."

[tripamania]

bedma'am

bonus:

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

David and Michael in the interview with Ali Plumb for BBC Radio 1 from 10th July 2023 (x) :).

AP: Do you get fans in the street quoting lines or just pointing and staring?

Michael: Well, I get a lot of 'To the world'.

David: Oh, yes. Nice.

Michael: People like to… yeah.

David: Yeah.

Michael: And 'You go too fast, Crowley.'

David: Ooh.

Michael: There's a lot of that.

[the-brucest-fan]

Super dorks ❤️💚

[hometoursandotherstuff]