Winterizing Your Cabin or Cottage

The September long weekend has passed, and it’s time to start thinking about winterizing your cabin or cottage. Hopefully you’ll still get a few nice fall days to enjoy your vacation space; but, soon enough, it will be time to tuck your summer getaway in for the winter. This is especially important for your plumbing systems.

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Editor of Action Plumbing Blog
Why Is There No Hot Water?

There are several possible reasons why you don’t have hot water – or hot enough water. After you check the temperature setting on the water heater, more investigation may be required. Although it’s always best to call a professional to have them assess what is happening, let’s discuss a few common situations you might encounter, and help you determine what could be going on.

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Water Heater Maintenance

Recently, we’ve given you some advice on furnace maintenance. But your furnace doesn’t heat your home alone. When it comes to baths, showers, and washing dishes your water heater is the hero of your house, and it could use a little attention too. Given that it accounts for about 20% of your utility bill, maintaining your water heater is a good investment.

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Furnace maintenance – what you can do, Part One

Last week, we talked about the importance of furnace maintenance (hint: it saves you money). We – we’re pretty sure – made such a compelling case for furnace maintenance that you now can’t stop thinking about what else you could do to make your cozy friend happy, so it works more efficiently. Predicting this “Furnace Mania”, we want to share with you four quick and easy things you can do right now to help your furnace work better (we’ll save five more tips for next week, so you don’t get overexcited!)

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Vernon Boldick
Why Planning A Renovation is Important.

Are you dreaming of a home renovation? If you are, we highly recommend you get started sooner rather than later. While you may think, “I can do it myself” or “it won't take long”, we would really like to give you some food for thought. Home Renovations are an expensive investment, and you want to plan as much as you can ahead of time to keep costs down. Today, Action Plumbing and Heating would like to go over the importance of planning your home renovation out far enough in advance. A minimum of 6-8 weeks before starting.


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