Smelly hot water is normally caused by four things: High concentrations of sulfates in the supply water. Low amounts of dissolved oxygen. Active sulfate reducing bacteria. Excessively active hydrogen in the water heater tank, caused by anode. Solutions: Remove the anode, and replace it with an aluminum alloy anode. Shock the hot water heater with…

Whenever the weather turns cold, pipes in outside walls can freeze. To avoid this keep the heat on in these rooms. If you have had water pipes freeze before, bump the heat up a little more. Insulation should be placed between the pipes and the outside. Pipes under mobile homes or in pump houses should…

This morning on the Today Show they had a story about bacteria growing in shower heads. After making it sounds really scary, they brought an expert on who said the risk to humans was extremely small. What they didn’t mention was that if you use water from a chlorinated system such as the Kalispell City…

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