How Green is Your Omaha Home?
Burton company president, Mark Evans, has earned the prestigious GreenPlumbers USA designation. Throughout the United States, there are approximately 85,132 plumbing companies, with hundreds of thousands more of individual plumbers. In that vast community, only 3,000 have qualified for the GreenPlumbers USA designation, and Burton company president, Mark Evans, is one of them. And the only plumber in Nebraska to be so designated. The national GreenPlumbers association challenges companies like ours to look at our careers and companies in a diffe rent way by extending our education to include new technology and advanced conservation techniques. The five courses include [...]
How Roots Can Affect Pipes in Your Omaha Home
If left to grow, tree and shrubbery roots will completely fill your underground pipes with multiple hair-like root masses at each point of entry. The root masses quickly become clogged with toilet tissue, grease and other debris flowing from your home to the main sewer, resulting in reduced flow and slowed drains. A complete blockage may occur if the roots are not removed and root growth impeded. Once roots have entered the pipe, they continue to grow and expand, exerting considerable pressure at the crack or joint. The increased pressure often breaks the pipe and may result in total collapse, [...]
Hey Omaha and Council Bluffs! Tell Us Your Funniest Plumbing Stories!
There’s “bathroom humor,” and there’s, well…bathroom humor. The former is what we were taught NOT to say as kids…or else! The latter is a reference to amusing stories about plumbing gone bad in your bathroom or anywhere else in your home. That’s why we urge you to submit the funniest thing that ever went wrong with your plumbing. The humor can be about the problem itself, how it was or wasn’t handled, any resulting mishaps, and so on. Every month, we’ll send a check for $50 to the author of the funniest story of them all, and post it on [...]
Hey Omaha! It’s Our Anniversary
2009 marks 20 years in business for our company, and we’re looking for a few good ideas on how best to honor our customers for helping us achieve this milestone.Something along these lines, perhaps: · Run a raffle where the winner gets a free vacation, etc. · Run a contest for the most original Green Living idea…maybe we award the 3 best? · Sponsor a walk-a-thon for a local charity, the charity to be determined by your votes? The point is, we want your suggestions on how we can say “thanks” in a special way….thanks, that is, to you and [...]
Earn a government tax credit up to $1,500 and more!
It’s the height of the summer season, and I want to be sure you know about tax credits that are now available through President Obama’s stimulus package.Included among them are hefty tax credits high-efficiency heating and cooling equipment, heat pumps, and tank-less Water Heaters.How much are the credits? Thirty percent on the purchase of qualifying equipment up to a maximum of $1,500…though the max. is even higher for heat pumps.Plus, the credits are available through 2010.We’re here to help you save not just on your purchase, but on your monthly energy bill.
Is Your Home Eco-Friendly? Tips for a Greener Living Space
Our web site has loads of suggestions on green plumbing, heating and cooling tips. Go going green goes way beyond that. So what I’d like you to do is a give us a few suggestions of your own that we can add to our web site.We’re especially looking for things you’ve thought of and put into practice on your own, heard from a friend, etc. All the “good stuff” will be added to our web site, including your name (provided we have your permission to do so.) Green Home Improvements That Make a Difference Want to make your home more [...]
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