Baby, it’s cold outside! When Myrtle Beach residents woke up this morning and ventured outside, they were greeted with frigid temperatures. Early morning temperatures dropped well below freezing and caught some people off-guard in Surfside Beach, Garden City, and Myrtle Beach. Fogarty & Fogarty Plumbing responded to several calls for help today to deal with [...]
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Get the Lead Out of Drinking Water Myrtle Beach
New Law Effective 1/4/2014 The Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act, signed into law by President Obama, will become effective on January 4, 2014. The law requires manufacturers of plumbing fixtures, pipe, and fittings to reduce the concentration of lead from the current 8% to less than .2%. Reducing the amount of lead that [...]
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Wash Up for Dinner Plumbers in Myrtle Beach understand the importance of hand washing. Do you? As far as I know, no one caught their death from going outside without a coat in the winter. However, your mother was spot on when she told you to wash up for dinner. Washing your hands is the [...]
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Brain-eating Amoeba in Drinking Water Sounds like something right out of a B horror movie, doesn’t it? Just imagine the Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals issuing a warning to residents to be aware of Naegleria fowleri, the brain-eating Amoeba, in drinking water. Incredibly, residents in Louisiana don’t have to imagine, because that is exactly what [...]
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With little fanfare outside the plumbing industry, the U.S. Department of Energy proposed to redefine the definition of showerhead as used in the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (the same policy that forced us to use the 1.6 gallon per flush toilet). The Plumber Who Cares is fairly certain you didn’t lose any sleep while [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Feeling Sick – Better Call The Plumber
Did I get your attention? Are you wondering if I mistakenly wrote ‘Plumber’ instead of ‘Doctor?’ According to a poll conducted in 1999 by the British Medical Journal, the most important medical advance since 1840 is . . . drum roll please . . . proper sanitation (clean water & sewage disposal). Sanitation ranked [...]
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