Home maintenance tips from our Battle Creek plumbing, heating and cooling shop. The Only Crooks You Can Trust!
Battle Creek Furnaces are running for hours again. Here is how to check the small condensate pump your Furnace drains into before it floods the floor or shuts the Furnace off.
Read postBattle Creek ran warm most of last week, so a lot of Boilers have not done a real day of work yet. Here is how to check radiators, pressure and leaks before steady cold arrives.
Read postA dry, nearly windless Battle Creek week with fog most mornings and cold nights. Here is how to check that Furnace and Water Heater exhaust is getting out of the house.
Read postBattle Creek went from the low 80s to 32 degrees Saturday morning. The first freeze finds crawl space, garage and outside-wall pipes first.
Read postBattle Creek hit about 40 Tuesday night and 43 Friday. A hose still on the spigot can split the outdoor faucet on the next hard freeze.
Read postBattle Creek took ~0.7" midweek, then a 43 low Friday. That water is still in the sump and foundation while heat runs over a wet floor.
Read postSaturday and Sunday hit 40 in Battle Creek, coldest nights of the month. A dry cool week is when summer-idle Furnaces fail on the first overnight run.
Read postBattle Creek took 1.39 inches Tuesday, then a soggy week. When the sewer surges, the floor drain is the first thing that fails in the basement.
Read postSaturday hit 84 in Battle Creek. Sunday hit 49 with a 27-mph gust. A power blink on a cold night kills heat and the sump. Check power before the next front.
Read postSunday hit 49 in Battle Creek, coldest of the month. Aging Water Heaters fail on the first cold nights. Check the tank and the floor this week.
Read postBattle Creek hit 93 mid-week, then storms. A week of hard A/C use is when the condensate line clogs and the pan overflows upstairs.
Read postBattle Creek took a thunderstorm with hail Wednesday and rain Sunday. Labor Day weekend is when nobody is home to hear the pump fail.
Read postA 49-degree night in late August is when Battle Creek Furnaces fail. Ten minutes this weekend beats a Saturday in October.
Read post