How to Retrieve Jewelry that Fell Down the Drain!
Have you ever lost jewelry down the drain? Panic can set in quickly, especially if the item is valuable! Don’t worry! You may be able to retrieve the jewelry yourself. Before you call a plumber, take a deep breath and read on for helpful tips on how to retrieve lost jewelry from the drain! Step 1: Turn off the water and consider shutting off the valve to prevent the jewelry from potentially traveling into the sewer. Next, locate the pipes below the sink and identify the P-Trap. This is the ‘u’ shaped area of the pipe. Step 2: Before removing a portion [...]
Celebrating 30 Years of Service
This is a special month for Burton AC, Heating, Plumbing and More. We’re celebrating our 30th anniversary in business. We’ve served Omaha and the surrounding communities for three decades. Maybe you’ve seen our billboards or heard the jingle – “If Your Plumbing’s Hurtin’ Just Call Burton.” Perhaps you’ve made updates to your home, or maybe you’ve had an emergency situation with one or more of your home’s systems, and our team was there to install, repair or replace what you needed. However, it has been a journey to get to where we are today. We continue to evolve and adapt [...]
How to Dispose of Cooking Oils and Grease
Do you ever notice an unpleasant odor coming from your Omaha and Bellevue kitchen sink drain? Or perhaps you’ve heard an occasional gurgling sound as you hand-wash dishes. These, along with slowly draining water, could mean your pipes have grease or cooking oil build-up. Of all the things that should not go down the sink or garbage disposal, fat, grease, and cooking oil are at the top of the list. While grease and oil are in liquid form during and shortly after cooking, they begin to solidify as they cool. Over time it accumulates and attracts food particles that might [...]
The Benefits of a Drain or Sewer Video Inspection.
You know what used to happen before drain video inspection cameras first came on the scene? A lot of educated guesswork, that’s what. The kind needed to figure out – or at least attempt to figure out – exactly where along a drain line a problem might exist, much less the extent or cause of the problem. If the drain company working without a video camera guessed right, that minimized the amount of digging inside walls, under a lawn, or under an outdoor paved surface needed to get at the problem. If they guessed wrong, then more digging was required [...]
Flushable Wipes Will Clog Your Drain. Period
We’re not picking on anyone in particular. We’re just here to tell you not to believe everything you read, at least on flushable wipe packaging! Literally, flushable wipe manufacturers aren’t lying when they tell you their products can be flushed. So can jewelry, cutlery, toys, hand towels, and lots of other things that technically can be flushed down a toilet, and yet not recommended for that purpose. And why is that? Because until someone comes up with a true innovation, the only product that is designed to be flushed down a toilet and does in fact dissolve is toilet paper. [...]
Drain Cleaning Tips and Tricks
If you were to make a list of “least favorite household chores,” clearing a clogged drain would most likely be on it. The worse the clog, the higher up the list it goes. While it’s never going to be fun, drain cleaning can be a little less stressful if you heed the following friendly advice from Burton. Clearing a Slow Drain If you have a slow-moving kitchen or bathroom sink drain, then something is probably trapped in the drain trap or trap arm. If you have the right tools and even a modest amount of skill, start by shutting off [...]
How a Plumbing Inspection Can Save You Time and Money
Admit it. You neglect your plumbing maintenance. Between work, getting kids to and from school, and all of life’s other more urgent events, you probably never give your poor old pipes a second thought. And why would you? Other than buying or selling a home, “Plumbing Inspection” is a phrase most homeowners probably never say in the normal course of conversation. But the truth is that if you neglect regular plumbing maintenance, your home and family can meet with some expensive and inconvenient circumstances. As a matter of fact, there could even be some potential health risks involved. Why Plumbing [...]
Clogged Drain and Toilet Problems in Omaha and Bennington
“Impulsive” is something that describes all of us to one degree or another. If you’re a contrarian, right now you’re probably thinking: “Oh yeah, what’s so impulsive about a couch potato?” Heck even couch potatoes give in to sudden impulses and changes of heart, whether it’s changing the channel in the middle of their favorite show to catch the score of a ballgame, or foregoing the ever-present bag of chips for an apple or orange. It happens, right? Well, at Burton, we’ve noticed an impulsive behavioral trait among many of our customers that all too many later come to regret. [...]