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Do you need a Water Heater Installed this cold winter? Brrrrrr….

Potty Talk #25 I don’t usually plug a manufacturer but I believe in this company’s product so much that I’m passing it on to you. The product I’m referring to is Bradford White water heaters. Certified Plumbing Company has been installing these water heaters for decades and, without a doubt, they lead the field in [...]

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Do You Need a Water Heater Replacement?

Potty Talk #24    The cold winter water in the Denver Metro area and water heaters can be a bad mixture at times. Generally you will find that if a water heater is going to leak through the tank or out the temperature and pressure relief valve, it will do it at night while you are [...]

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Happy Holidays from Certified Plumbing Company

Happy Holidays from Certified Plumbing Company Snow falling, lights twinkling, waistlines expanding: the holiday season has arrived. And we at Certified Plumbing Company couldn’t be more excited. This time of year always puts us in an unusually good mood. Maybe it’s the eggnog. Or the presents. Or the music. Or the lights. Or maybe it’s [...]

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Leaks & Leaking Faucets, drip, drip, drip……?

Welcome to Potty Talk.  We are Glenn and Fran Kenney, with Certified Plumbing Company Inc. http://www.certifiedplumbingcompany.com/.  We are here to help so let’s get started.   The lady of the house has been asking you for months to either fix that leaky faucet or call a plumber. She has been listening to the water drip [...]

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Kitchen Faucet Fiascos

It’s winter, and it’s early, really early, like 5-am early—time to get ready for work. First stop: the kitchen. Gotta make that coffee. Gotta wake up. Caffeine to the rescue.   So you plod over to the kitchen sink to fill the coffee pot, one eye open, the other desperately trying to squeeze out a [...]

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Garbage Disposal Repair, Garbage Disposal Replacement

Thanksgiving’s just around the corner, and that means you’ll be eating a lot of food—a lot of food: turkey, gravy, yams, cranberry sauce, green beans, pies (both pumpkin and apple), whipped cream. Yum! But just because you’re eating a lot doesn’t mean your garbage disposal has to, too.  We know: it’s easy to forget this [...]

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Toilet Repairs – Are they calling your name?

Are you having toilet problems? There could be a number of things that are causing it to not function properly. One of the worst things a homeowner can do to a toilet is to put harsh chemical cleaners inside the toilet tank such as a large chlorine tablet. Most of these products available have acetone [...]

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Littleton Plumber Toilet Repairs

You are watching a football game at home. It’s commercial time and you head for the bathroom, flush, then go back to that game on TV. The next commercial comes and the toilet is still filling up. Time to repair the toilet. Get a watch with a seconds’ hand. Flush the toilet and time how [...]

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Leaking Pipes on Vacation

Water leaks at home while you’re gone - costly! If you’re leaving town this winter, be sure to turn off your water. Yeah, yeah, we know what you’re thinking: “Nothing’s going to happen to me. I’m luckier than a leprechaun with a four-leaf clover in his pocket and horseshoe hanging from his nose.” Well, listen to this [...]

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Winterize your home – prevent frozen pipes

  September and October are the two months of the year that all homeowners need to be on top of their game or it’s going to cost them some money down the road. In Colorado, you just never know what the weather will be this time of year.   Be smart and disconnect those garden hoses [...]

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