Our Family Blog
As a family business, we’re dedicated to providing the Regina community with a trusted place where they can freely access useful tips, tricks, and DIY fixes. We regularly add new posts to our blog in an effort to be transparent and helpful to anyone needing advice on their plumbing and heating needs.
I use to be really bad at air conditioning
At some point in all of our lives, we’ve been put in a position at our jobs where we were deemed “green-as-goose-sh!t”. It's a horrible feeling like you're a child
Starting up you Air Conditioner in 3 Easy Steps
What can we say except that it’s spring in Saskatchewan. Twenty degrees above one day, and a snowstorm the next. I guess that’s what we get for living in the
Plumbing Maintenance and Repair in Your Rental Property: Who’s Responsible for What?
*The following is our first ever guest post provided by Leenan Property Management! They've been helping homeowner's and tenants alike for the past three years in Regina Sk. They've provided
A Year in Review
I think I speak for everyone that I’m gonna miss 2020….not! 2020 can take a long walk off an extremely short pier at this point. We at least have hope
What Mark taught Family Plumbing
The key to success in the service industry is directly tied to how thorough you are. Find the problem and the appropriate solutions. One aspect of being thorough is ensuring
Renting vs Financing
It goes without saying that furnace and air conditioner breakdowns don’t wait until you’re ready for them. They always seem to happen at the most inopportune time. Now a person
This blog will teach you why you should replace your main water valve (if you haven’t already)
Temperature drops in Regina happen often and without warning. Waterlines exposed to these temps are easily susceptible to freezing and cracking. Consider yourself lucky if you have never experienced an
Discussing heat exchangers
What's the worst furnace breakdown you can have? What’s the one repair you don’t want to make? What’s the last thing you want us to tell you is wrong
Water heater pans and why homeowners don’t have them.
Give a water heater enough time and it will spring a leak. 9 times out of 10 the leak will be from the bottom of the tank. Hopefully it’s a
FamilyPlumbing X Santa’s Anonymous
Christmas season is in full swing. It’s an understatement to call this the busiest time of year. For Family Plumbing and Heating that statement rings true. We find ourselves either
Family Plumbing: A Jiu Jitsu Story
Last month Tyler and I competed in the Queen City Open, an annual Brazilian jiu jitsu tournament held in Regina every fall. Humble brag: both Tyler and I were able
Do you want to talk about furnace inspections?
When I go to the mechanic, sometimes they motion for me to come to take a look under my hood and describe how everything under there is doing. I nod
Bad luck and the litter box
As a homeowner it’s the little things you don’t know exist that can give you the biggest headaches. Sometimes these issues are seemingly invisible, but for techs they stand out
Started at the bottom now we’re here.
This time last year Tyler and I started Family Plumbing and Heating, one year later we’re on the beach sipping mixed drinks and lighting cigars with hundred dollars bills….Just kidding,
Summer BBQ!
Every once in a while, when the temperature outside is just right and somewhere out in space a couple of planets are lining up for the first time in a
