North Hollywood plumbers Schuelke Plumbing keep your home or commercial building in top condition when it comes to plumbing and sewer repairs and maintenance. Toilets, showers, and sinks can easily become clogged for a variety of reasons. Sometimes the drain is sluggish, but not completely clogged. Before you call in the plumbers, run the hot water for about 10 minutes. Many times this will open the drain.

Sometimes you can remove the basket strainer from a sink drain and then use a plunger to open up the clogged drain. If this does not work, you will want to call the plumbers at Schuelke Plumbing. They will come to your home or office very quickly and unclog your drains. Their plumbers and technicians are professionally trained to get to the root of the problem to save you time and frustration. They will also check your entire plumbing

The intrusion of roots into waste pipes can be a challenge. With older sewer systems, you are much more likely to suffer damage from root intrusion. The growth of root mass inside sewer lines will block the discharge of wastewater, resulting in backup into your home or building. Schuelke Plumbing is available to serve you when this happens at your property.

The damage caused by the backup can be costly to repair and troublesome to deal with. Root growth can also cause deterioration of the pipes and pipe joints, as well as underground pipe structures and pipe connections to the main sewer line. It is best to have an effective root control program in place.

Root growth is determined first by gravity and secondly by water. The root hairs, which are fine, hair-like projections found on the surface of the roots, will find their way into drain lines and sewer pipes. They enter through small cracks or openings in the pipe or pipe joint. Once inside they will continue to grow, finally forming

If you are experiencing sewage backing up into your toilets, bath tubs, and showers, it is time to call your plumber. Sewage contains germs such as E. coli, Cryptosporidium, Hepatitis A, and Shigella, so it must be cleaned up and the plumbing system repaired immediately.

While you are waiting for our professional plumbers from Schuelke Plumbing to arrive, clean up the area with a solution of one cup bleach to every five gallons of water. Keep children, the elderly, and pets away from the area, and wear long pants, eyewear, gloves and boots. Wash your hands afterwards with soap and clean warm water.

When Schuelke Plumbing arrives, we will complete the clean up and repair the problem. It may be a clog between the shower and toilet, or the waste line may be plugged. No matter what needs to be done to repair your plumbing system, you can count on

If you have an older home or commercial building, you will want to consider having the galvanized pipes repiped with copper. Repiping will remove or bypass your existing system. Galvanized pipes rust as they age. If you are getting rusty colored water when you turn on your faucets, copper repipe may be in your future plumbing maintenance plans.

The plumbers and technicians at Schuelke Plumbing can use their video camera technology to sow you what it looks like deep inside your sewer lines. With this system we are able to show you immediately if you have a clog or other problem that needs to be addressed.

Rust builds up inside of the pipes, restricting the flow of water and causing the added build-up of gunk and slime throughout your plumbing system. Clogged pipes reduce the volume of water that can get through to the fixtures. Copper pipes last for decades and give you the water flow needed in your home or other building. Call Schuelke Plumbing for all of your questions and to set up an appointment for copper repiping.

Root intrusion is blamed on more than 50% of all sewer blockages and cracked pipes. Once trees are more than several years old they are extremely difficult to remove and you must repair or replace your damaged sewer lines. So think twice about what types of trees you plant and make sure to eliminate ficus and magnolia trees from your landscaping list.

When the roots intrude into the sewer pipe area they begin to seep through the joints, resulting in cracked or ruptured sewer lines. The direction of the roots is determined by both gravity and the water source. The root hairs will seek out water and find their way into drain lines and sewer pipes, entering through small cracks or openings in the pipe or in the pipe joint.

A sign of possible root intrusion is a sudden

Fall has arrived in Los Angeles, and your plumbing system needs to be part of your plan to keep your home or office running smoothly. This includes service to your water heater.

Your water heater must work harder during the colder months. It should be flushed out to remove sediment buildup, which can cause corrosion, shorten its life span, and reduce heating efficiency. Call us here at Schuelke Plumbing to service your water heater today. We are conveniently located in Sherman Oaks, and serve all of Los Angeles, the San Fernando Valley, and Santa Clarita.

We will drain several gallons of water from the faucet and connect a hose to direct this water into a nearby drain. Our plumbers will then test the water heater’s pressure relief valve by

Clogged drains must be repaired. It may seem like your kitchen and bathroom drains get clogged on a regular basis. The plumbers at Schuelke Plumbing offer a complete variety of services and will repair your clogged drains at your home or office, but recommend some green ways to keep your drains open, without using powerful industrial chemicals that can be harmful to the environment. These products may contain lye or acid, and can be dangerous to the wastewater system, your PVC pipes, as well as your health.

You may want to use a more natural approach to keep your drains from getting clogged. Some health food stores carry bacteria based enzyme cleaners. Pouring a cup of baking soda down your drain, followed by about 3 cups of boiling water may also work, as long as water has not yet backed up in your drain. The chemical composition of the baking soda is changed by the boiling water, making it more alkaline.

If these methods do not work, you will need to

Your home’s sewer and drain lines have probably been there since your home was built. With the average age of a home in the greater Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley area currently at 43 years old, it is just a matter of time before your sewer line breaks.

When a sewer line breaks, the leaking sewage is a hotbed of disease, hazardous chemicals, and rat infestation. You must have it repaired immediately, and Schuelke Plumbing, based in Sherman Oaks, in the plumbing company of choice by many homeowners.

The older neighborhoods in Los Angeles and the Valley often have combination sewers which collect both sewage and stormwater. The stormwater can cause the system to overflow, releasing raw sewage into local waterways.

Breaks in sewer lines commonly occur at the connection to the branch lateral at the curb line, or at the transition point from cast iron at the house to clay or cement pipe, located about five feet from your home. Property owners are responsible for breaks between the house and the curb, including the sidewalk and

Valley Village is an older section of Los Angeles, so if you are evaluating your older faucets or shower heads to see what your GPM (gallons per minute) rate is, here is a way to quickly determine it. You may not realize that the Federal Energy Policy Act of 1992 required all faucet and shower fixtures made in the United States to have a flow rate of no more than 2.2 GPM at 60 PSI. If your fixture is more than 2.2 GPM, it is probably time to replace it with a new one that will be code compliant for water efficiency.

Here is how you can quickly determine the flow rate for a specific faucet or shower head in your home:

1) turn the fixture on to its normal position

2) place a container under the fixture and collect the water for about 10 seconds

3) measure the quantity of water in the container and then convert it to gallons

4) multiply the measured quantity of water by 6 to calculate the flow rate in gallons per minute – example – if you have a half gallon of water flowing it would be .5 x 6 = 3 GPM

Call the plumbers at Schuelke Plumbing if you have any questions or need assistance with this in your home or office, whether you are

Many people are tempted to take on the job of installing a toilet when their old one needs to be replaced. Here are 7 reasons why you may want to call Schuelke Plumbing to do it for you:

1. You will want to make sure you are not violating or ignoring any local code restrictions
2. You must make sure to properly align tubing into fittings or stop valves – forcing the nut onto the compression ring at an incorrect angle will cause a leak
3. An air gap filling must be installed for fixtures
4. The pipes used must be the correct size
5. A brass or dielectric fitting must be attached to connect copper to galvanized pipes
6. Threaded joints need PTFE tape or pipe compund
7. You must run the outside hose valve and flush all toilets after installation to bleed the dirt and air from the lines when you turn the water back on – otherwise, the debris will cause problems in your sink faucets and other plumbing fixtures

Call Schuelke Plumbing and we will do a complete and thorough inspection of your home or commercial building’s plumbing system while we are installing your toilet. The Woodland Hills plumbers also serve the entire San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles area.