Plumbing Tips and Advice from Wyman Plumbing

Is a Permit Required for Plumbing Work in your Home?

Before you begin a plumbing project, it’s important to consider whether or not a permit is required for plumbing work in your home. Typically if the work is small, there isn’t a need for a permit. But it is important to check with your town, or municipality to verify...

Leak Detection Services, Don’t Overlook Leaks

Leak Detection Services are often overlooked by homeowners. It is actually an important aspect of plumbing. Plumbers often get called out for clogs, or for fixture problems. But here in Bradenton and Sarasota areas of Florida, it’s important to weed out leaks due to...

Slow Flushing Toilet? Here’s why

Plumbing has improved our lives in so many ways, ways that we usually don’t think about every day as we use our plumbing systems. We take them as convenience, but when plumbing systems go wrong, not only are they inconvenient, but they can be embarrassing, such as a...

Can Heavy Rain Affect Plumbing in your Home?

In southwest Florida, it is the rainy season, meaning we will likely have rain at least once a day. Can heavy rain affect plumbing in our homes? The short answer is yes, it absolutely can! When the streets get flooded and everything gets backed up, so can the water...

Three Reasons to Update Your Bathroom Plumbing

If you’re considering updating part of your home, you should start with updating your bathroom plumbing. Whether your bathroom plumbing is old, or it is just part of a remodel, you should choose a professional plumber rather than attempt to do it yourself. See these...

What is that Pink Stain in Your Shower?

Have you noticed a pink stain in your shower? Maybe even in your sink or toilet too? Have you stopped and wondered what it was or why it was there? Did you clean it with Lysol or Bleach? It comes off easily, but what is it, and why is it there to begin with? You...

Signs of a Sewer Drain Clog

A sewer drain clog can be a serious issue, and even a health issue. When faced with a sewer drain clog, there runs the risk of the sewer waste having nowhere to go but back into your home. Gross! That is a serious health issue. If you are looking at a clog, it’s...

Benefits of a Professional Drain Cleaning

Maintenance for homeowners seems to be never ending, this includes the plumbing in your home. Often times however, we let things sit too long. Especially now, when the summer is coming and vacations are happening. But we can’t let problems with our drains slip our...

Electronic Leak Detection, Could it Help You?

We can notice leaks around our home. Simple ones, such as a leaky faucet, or a leaking toilet. But what about the leaks we can’t see? You know, like leaks in pipes under our sinks that we might not notice until they become a larger problem. Or a leak in a wall? That’s...