A sweet older lady living on Canberra Road in Lafayette, LA just south of the mall experienced a plumbing nightmare at 1 a.m. on a recent Sunday morning. The hot side water supply line under her lavatory sink in her hall bathroom suddenly and spontaneously cracked and […]
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A kitchen sink clog in Youngsville was cleared by my apprentice Jesus Morales this week. As a master plumber one of my responsibilities is to train the next generation of plumbers. A big part of the training includes drain cleaning. Besides getting on the job experience with me, […]
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I recently fixed a broken drain pipe in Youngsville that was causing a lot of anxiety for an elderly homeowner in the Fairway Village Subdivision off of La Neuville Road. The drain repair was necessary because the very nice lady couldn’t flush her toilets or wash her […]
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It’s becoming predictable every time we get a call for a toilet that won’t flush and is backing up - flushable or baby wipes are the cause of the slow flushing or backing up toilet. In Lafayette, Broussard, Youngsville and throughout Acadiana, I estimate about 50% of […]
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In a lot of the newer subdivisions in Youngsville Louisiana, you will see the clean-out installation of pipes sticking out of the ground in the front yard. Recently a customer in San Sebastian subdivision had a broken cap on one of the clean outs. It was accidentally […]
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It’s not unusual for the condensate drain line from your AC unit in your attic to cause your lavatory sink to back up. At a recent drain cleaning job in Lafayette the customer had a condensate drain line from her AC unit tied into the vent pipe […]
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As a Youngsville plumber I see many leaks and drips in bathtub faucets. The plumbing services we provide include water leak repairs. One of the main reasons for bathtub and shower drips and leaks is because the brass seats inside the tub/shower valves become worn and chipped, and […]
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Recently I was called out to a home with two slow draining bathtubs in Lafayette. Usually a drain cleaning job for a bathtub involves using a small cable machine. But in this case, the clog was directly at the strainer at the bottom of both tubs. I […]
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As a plumber in Morgan City LA I see many strange things. Recently a commercial customer had a toilet that wouldn’t flush. As hard as I tried to clear the clog inside the toilet, I couldn’t clear it. I had to tell the customer that they would have to […]
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Testing backflow preventers is one of the unique plumbing jobs done by Master Drain Services. Not all plumbers can conduct backflow tests. A licensed plumber must attend a 40-hour class and pass a rigorous written and hands-on exam to become a certified tester, and then re-certify every […]
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A customer in Lafayette this week had a leak under their custom glass bowl lavatory sink. When I looked under the sink, I discovered someone used black vinyl electrical tape around a connection between two pipes under the sink. Apparently, enough tape was used for the connection to […]
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This week a customer of Master Drain Services in Youngsville had water steadily dripping from his shower head. It was a clear sign that the shower cartridge inside the Delta valve body was compromised and needed to be changed. Usually lots of hard water over time cause […]
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This week a customer of Master Drain Services in Youngsville had water steadily dripping from his shower head. It was a clear sign that the shower cartridge inside the Delta valve body was compromised and needed to be changed. Usually lots of hard water over time cause […]
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We recently went to a job in Cecilia, where the customer was complaining about her toilet rocking. After I pulled up the toilet, I discovered that the toilet flange which holds the toilet down to the floor was rusted out and could no longer hold the […]
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This customer in Morgan City called to check out some issues in their attic concerning their hot water tank. I was dispatched and arrived shortly after and upon inspection quickly realized there were multiple slow leaks coming from the old copper piping. I turned off the […]
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This customer from Berwick, La called about not getting hot water to their spare bathroom. When this customer called complaining that their guest bathroom wasn’t getting hot water and was looking for a solution I recommended the Rheem under sink tankless water heater. Once installed the […]
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This customer in Arnaudville,La has a lot of sediment in their water. So I installed a sediment whole house carbon water filter that is 5 microns that cleans the water by reducing dirt, sediment, sand, and rust. Going forward the plumbing fixtures should have a longer […]
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A customer in Kaplan, La this week called about not having any hot water in her mobile home. It turned out that the wiring to the thermostat shorted out and caused the electric water heater to malfunction. Since the water heater was more than 10 years […]
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Recently in Broussard, La, a customer called about toilets that were bubbling and flushing slowly. I went out and ran my cable machine through an existing clean out and cleared the clog. It turned out that toilet tissue was stacking up inside a section of the […]
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In Youngsville recently a water heater in an attic, leaked badly onto the ceiling in the house. The water heater was original to the house in Copperfield subdivision (about 28 years old) and was extremely corroded from the hard water in the area. The metal tank […]
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Here is a rheem under sink point of use water heater installed in Lafayette this week. It was taking a long time for hot water to get to this kitchen sink in this very large house because the water heater was on the opposite side of […]
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In Youngsville, a customer was digging in his backyard garden when he accidentally struck a PVC waterline and broke it. He called Master Drain Services and I went out immediately and cut the broken part of the PVC pipe out and rebuilt it with copper pipe. […]
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It's important to flush and de-scale your tankless units once a year to maintain the life of the unit. If you haven't maintained your tankless unit in over 10 years, the manufacturers actually recommend that you don't the scale them, because the scale could move off […]
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Here's an old Plumber trick to get a stuck shower cartridge out of a valve body. Insert a screw into the plastic cartridge that is stuck, and then wedge it out with a pair of pliers. Otherwise you're likely to fight with this for a long […]
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Chase is holding up a 6 foot long root he pulled out of a pipe at a residence in Lafayette while doing routine drain cleaning. We were able to dig up the pipe and fix the problem in a timely fashion. Location: Lafayette, LA […]
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A broken sewer line at the sidewalk in Lakeside subdivision in Morgan City has been causing toilets and bathtubs in a home to backup periodically over the past few months. The owner of the home paid several plumbers to run cables to clear the blockage, followed by […]
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Occasionally, on older model natural gas water heaters the pilot light will stay on but the burner won’t light. Why? Could be a couple of reasons why. The most likely reason is the gas tube and/or burner assembly is clogged with debris. The gas tube and burner assembly needs […]
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How do you extend the life of a water heater? Add a water filter in front of your water heater to capture the large particulate minerals from the public water system so there will be less sediment buildup inside your water tank over time. Your water heater will […]
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There are many issues that can occur with plumbing systems, but here’s my list of the top 5 plumbing problems in Youngsville, LA and the plumbing services needed to fix these problems. 1. Clogged toilets and other drain lines. The issue: things are flushed down the toilet that […]
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I recently had a customer in Broussard who needed my drain cleaning service because her washing machine drain kept backing up. She would have to stop the washing machine for a minute or so every time it started to drain to keep it from overflowing. This is a […]
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Sky Zone in Lafayette recently had a commercial toilet in the men’s room with a sensor that was constantly running. The toilet repair in this case required replacement of the diaphragm kit. It’s necessary occasionally on these G2 Optima sensored flushometers. After turning off the water to the […]
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A customer in Lafayette recently had a water leak show on their ceiling. The leak was directly under a second story bathtub. As a master plumber with 17 years of plumbing experience I knew immediately what the likely cause of the leak was after looking at the […]
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I had a customer this week in New Iberia who owned a rental home where the natural gas was turned off. When the new tenant moved in, the pilot light on the gas water heater would not stay lit. The pilot kept going out. Fixing gas water […]
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Teche Bar in Parks, LA has been host to many entertainers over the years, the likes of Cajun favorites Aaron Hebert & Crossfire, Kip Sonnier, Horace Trahan and many more over the years, not to mention the many free suppers, bingo games and DJ's playing for […]
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Master Drain Services had a customer this week in Youngsville, LA who’s home was on a water well system way back when, and some how when they connected to city water, their existing hose bibbs went dry. The customer hired me to install 4 hose bibs around […]
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Did you know if you operate a commercial business in a commercial building, by law you are required to help protect the public water system with a backflow preventer? A commercial hair salon business in Parks, LA recently got a required new backflow preventer. Backflows are like fancy […]
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A Lafayette couple recently decided to take their backyard to the next level for outdoor comfort and entertainment with the help of Master Drain Services. The couple added a new cement slab and hired a brick mason to build an outdoor wood burning fireplace. And they hired Licensed […]
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Replacing a water heater made one customer extremely happy. I installed a new gas water heater for a customer in Morgan City who had been without hot water for a year after a fire in her home. Her insurance claim recently came through to pay for […]
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40 foot excavation 3-4 feet deep to replace cast iron sewer pipe infiltrated with roots from nearby crepe myrtle trees and bushes. Toilet would not flush. Sewer water in bathtub. Service provided: Sewer Pipe Repair Location: Lafayette, LA […]
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