Plumbing Tips & Advice

Control your TEMPERature

What is a Tempering Valve and why do we Install so many of them?

A tempering valve is a anti scald device that can be fitted to your existing hot water service. It’s a device that restricts your hot water temperature to 50 degrees celsius.

A water service without this device delivers a temperature of 60 degrees Celsius or more depending on the thermostat setting. The reality is that it can take 1 second for a serious burn to occur at this temperature. With a hot water delivery of 50 degrees celsius a serious burn will not occur until after 5 minutes of contact.

Low Cold Water Pressure? Here’s a possible explanation and the easy solution.

Plumbing

If the cold taps in your home suffer from low water pressure and it is over 30-35 years old, chances are that it is caused by rusty, corroded galvanised wrought iron pipes. It was common practice up to the late 1970’s to run cold water supply pipes in galvanized wrought iron pipes.

Melbourne’s water is classed as ‘soft water’. Soft water has low levels of calcium and magnesium salts which react aggressively with galvanised wrought iron pipes. Due to this process the pipe rusts from the inside out over time. This leads to lower water pressure as the inside pipe diameter is restricted more and more over time.

What you need to know before buying a toilet

Toilet Repairs

Things you should know before purchasing a new toilet

A frequent phone call we receive at H2- Pro Plumbing is “Hi, I’ve just bought some new toilets and I need you to send one of your plumbers around to fit them”.

The first question I then ask is “do you know that they are going to suit your current plumbing configuration?”. The answer is usually “oh, I’m not sure, I assumed they’re all the same”.

There are several factors to take into account when replacing a toilet in your home.