Showing posts with label WA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WA. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Bellingham Covid Sewer

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 This was done during the height of the pandemic scare. To say everyone--from the city to the team--was distracted by events is a huge under...
Wednesday, September 16, 2020

What a difference six months makes...

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 Different world out there, isn't it. 
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Price Increase

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Wowsers! Prices of everything are going up! Why am I whining about it? I've got to start collecting the $40.00 service charge that...
Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Hey Bellingham! Winter is Coming! Protect Your Plumbing!

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Halloween is the bookmark in the calendar to winterize your buildings.  1. Disconnect all garden hoses. 2. Turn off lawn sprinklers. 3....
Thursday, October 26, 2017

New license plate

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Here's the truck's new plate. Now I need a new truck to match it. plumbers plate bellingham wa
Thursday, May 22, 2014

Sewer Clean Out Bellingham, Wa

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Anyone who has had the a sewer stoppage has heard the question, "Do you have a clean out?" This is a sewer clean out Ball Plumbi...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Sedro-Woolley Septic Tank

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This was a very, very old house that had the original cement sewer drain stubbing out of the foundation. From that point, it went to a Big B...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Sudden Valley toilet replacement

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Once upon a time, a black Kohler toilet was the ultimate in bathroom style. Today, not so much. We replaced it with a toilet that we have ...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Sink Stoppage in Sedro Woolley, WA

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We got a call about a stopped up bathroom sink (aka basin) in a small rental house off Hwy 9. I tried to clear the stoppage through the trap...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Difference in toilet flushes

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Here's a few quick vids of what a bad flush is compared to a cheap good flush. The bad flush is a new Kohler toilet that we replaced w...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Sudden Valley, Wa Water Pipe

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This was a bad leak that made the water meter spin like crazy. After digging a new 150 foot ditch from the meter to the house, we never saw ...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Another Bellingham Water Shut-Off

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The same builder must have done the Sudden Valley house (see Blog 6/27/13) because he used a gas valve instead of a full port water valve. ...
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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Sudden Valley Water Service

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This gas shut-off was being used as a water shut-off on a very nice home next to the Sudden Valley golf course. We found it while replacing ...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

More pics of water service in Alger, WA

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When I first looked at this job, it was raining, so the issue of ground water wasn't. But it was, big time.  We had to build a dam and u...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Water Main in Alger

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This is the current project. More on it later.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Blaine Kitchen Faucet

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Finally got these Semiahoo snowbirds to replace their kitchen faucet. Mr. Snowbird didn't have much choice, as the old one was leaking i...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

water leak, Mt. Vernon, Wa

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It's been said that plastic pipe is easier to work with. I think this has been said by someone who hasn't had to repair it. This l...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Toilets

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Ball Plumbing does toilets, too. This 20 y.o. toilet was in a master bathroom of a nicer Bellingham home. Notice the leak in the back. ...
Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Sewer repair in Mt. Vernon, Wa

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This was a messy one. This configuration tied two neighbor's sewers together. The neighbor had replaced his sewer 20 years ago, but th...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Water pressure regulators or PRV

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Many homes have pressure regulators, sometimes known as PRV (pressure regulator valves), because the incoming water pressure is over 80 psi....