Removing Toilet Stains
Your toilet works just fine. It’s served you well over the years, flushing with power and precision year after year. However, time can age a toilet—and much like an old man growing crow’s feet and liver spots, your toilet will show signs of age in…
Toilet Talk V: Buying The Right Toilet
It’s a sad day in your household—the day that you must say goodbye to a trusted companion you’ve known for years. You two have spent a lot of time together and had many memorable experiences—you’ve been through the good, the bad, and the ugly. It…
Things Your Plumber Wishes You Would Stop Doing
Your Honolulu emergency plumber at Emergency Plumbing & Solar doesn’t mind fixing your mistakes, cleaning up your messes, or unclogging your clogs—that’s just a part of the job. But there are certain things that grind the proverbial gears of plumbers across the world—things that make…
Toilet Talk IV: History of The Toilet
According to bladderandbowel.org, a self-proclaimed voice of the bladder and bowel community (???), the average human uses a toilet six to seven times in a 24-hour period. That’s a lot of toilet time. But do humans every stop to think about why they can relieve…
To Emergency Plumber… Or Not Emergency Plumber?
As Honolulu’s emergency plumbers of choice, Emergency Plumbing & Solar knows that plumbing emergencies can come in many forms. As a homeowner, you may not know the reason for the problem, but you certainly know the symptoms: an overflowing toilet, a backed up shower drain,…
Toilet Talk, Part 3: Toilet Tune-up Time
In part 1 and part 2 of our Toilet Talk series, Honolulu’s emergency plumbers discussed how toilets work, and signs that it’s time for a new toilet. In part 3 of the series, we’ll give you a cheat sheet to a toilet tune-up—ideas and strategies…
Toilet Talk, Part 2: Signs It’s Time for a New Toilet
Your toilet is your safe space, your luxurious lavatory—your judicious john. You two have spent a lot of time together over the years, comforting each other in the good times, bad times, and unspeakable times. But in the words of the great Geoffrey Chaucer, “All…
Let’s Go Clog Huntin’!
Sometimes, a clogged drain needs the magic touch of the Honolulu emergency plumbers at Emergency Plumbing & Solar. But other times, harnessing your inner MacGyver and staring your clog straight in the hairballs is enough to keep your drain draining. In this blog, we’ll discuss…
Planning A Commercial Restroom Space
If you’re an employer, building owner, or office manager looking for commercial plumbing service in Honolulu, there are a number expectations and standards you must meet to keep your employees or tenants happy, and your health and safety standards up to snuff. Here are some…
When Sewer Lines Attack
We’ve all had a backed up toilet, a clogged sink drain, or a water heater failure at some point. But what if your biggest plumbing problem is hiding all the way in your sewer line? Learn the signs of sewer line failure before pungent plumbing…