I hear you on the under-sink units, but I’ve seen a lot of folks get in over their heads with “just a little bit of plumbing headache.” Last time I he...

Had a customer once who wrapped their pipes in old bath towels during a cold snap, thinking it’d be a quick fix. Worked for about a week, then the tow...

Pipe tape’s saved my bacon more than once, but you nailed it—it’s not magic. Had a rental property a while back where the tenant called about a “small...

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to crawl under a tangle of pipes with nothing but faded stickers and my phone flashlight. I once labeled a retu...

Title: Water pressure woes—anyone else dealt with this? That’s the thing about old plumbing—just when you think you’ve got it figured out, it throws ...

Funny you mention the disco ball effect—ran into that at a client’s house last winter. They’d just done a full kitchen reno and went with polished chr...

Yeah, learned that one the hard way a few winters back. Had a pipe freeze solid behind an outlet in the laundry room. Thought I was good with just foa...

Had a similar issue once at a friend's place. He spent weeks convinced his thermostat was faulty, even ordered a replacement online. Turns out, his wi...

Yeah, that's spot-on. Had a job last winter where the homeowner thought we'd just swap out his rusty old tank and call it a day. But once we got in th...

Yeah, tired eyes definitely make a difference. I remember once rushing there straight from an emergency boiler fix—eyes blurry from staring at gauges ...

Totally agree about gravity-fed systems—saved me more than once. But honestly, even the best-designed greywater setups can get messy. Had a client who...

Had a similar thing happen with my dishwasher last year. Kept finding water pooling at the bottom after every cycle, figured it was on its way out. Al...