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Money Saving Plumbing Tips

Tap Problems Call Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water & Gas When it comes to household appliances and fixtures, you may feel like there is little you can do to control the energy expenditure and subsequent cost. Plumbing pipes and drains flow freely throughout your walls and underfoot and can be forgotten until a problem arises. However there are ways to save money on your water and plumbing costs.

Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas are your local specialists when it comes to plumbing. Servicing the South West for over 35 years, Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas can assist you with all of your plumbing queries and issues that may arise and are focused on providing a superior service to all of our customers.

Some areas you can save money in your home include:

Water Bill
Plumbing Maintenance
Just Use Less!

Water Bill

Water conservation is essential, especially as our summers seem to get hotter and water stores are rapidly declining. Save natural resources as well as consumption costs by:

Checking taps, hoses, shower heads and water outlets for leaks
Make sure your toilet isn’t running constantly. A great way to check for the smallest leak is to press a small amount of toilet paper to the back of the bowl – if it gets wet, you’re wasting money.
Gradually change shower heads to lower pressure, water-wise models.

Plumbing Maintenance

Plumbing problems and emergencies can be expensive to repair so getting on top of small issues can save you big money in the long run. Checking pipes for possible blockages and cracks, walls for the start of water damage and your mains valve for any damage or excessive usage can ensure you spot any potential problems and arrange a professional to fix now, before they become bigger, and more expensive and inconvenient!

Just Use Less

Are your kids taking super-long showers?
Do you excessively use your washing machine or dishwasher?
Do you all use a full toilet flush every time?
Is your garden retic working adequately, in the early morning and has no leaks?

Excessive use of plumbing fixtures can increase wear and tear, as well as wasting water in the process. Introduce timed showers, wash small amounts of dishes by hand and encourage water-wise behaviours amongst the younger members of your family to ensure water conservation for years.

Who Can Help Me With Money Saving Plumbing Tips?

Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas place our customer needs as our top priority. To ensure you don’t suffer the inconvenience and cost of faulty plumbing and water emergencies, Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas are only too happy to assist with preventative maintenance and assistance throughout the South West. Call Mainline Plumbing and Cheap Hot Water and Gas today on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) for all of your plumbing enquiries.

Grow native plants and save water

Save water, tips on saving water in your garden.

Do you love gardening? A lot of us love to grow plants and feel at ease when they are inside their garden. Most people find gardening a great stress reliever. It’s a way to relax and enjoy the great outdoors at the same time. When growing plants, it require a lot of TLC – you talk to your plants, let them enjoy enough sunshine and most of all, sufficient water. When it comes to watering your plants, what are your tricks to save more water? Well, you can use save

A lot of us love to grow plants and feel at ease when they are in their garden. Most people find gardening a great stress reliever. It’s a way to relax and enjoy the great outdoors at the same time. When growing plants, it require a lot of TLC – you talk to your plants, let them enjoy enough sunshine and most of all, sufficient water. When it comes to watering your plants, what are your tricks to save more water? Well, you can use save

When it comes to watering your plants, what are your tricks to save more water? Well, you can use save rainwater and use it on plants but did you know that growing native plants will save you water?

Planting native plants can save you water because they are naturally adjusted to the local climate which means they require less water to survive. They can survive with the area’s typical weather pattern.

How to know if your plant is native?

The definition of a native plant varies. A plant that has been in Australia for 200 years is considered native but some others would still consider these plant invasive. A good way to check if a plant is native to if it grows naturally in your area. You can ask the staff at your local nursery, they will be able to advise natives that grow well in your conditions. They can give you an idea which plants will grow best in your area and the plants watering needs.

What type of plants do you have in your garden?

Are they high maintenance plants or have you planted a native garden? Not only do native plants look fabulous but they are low fuss too! Be waterwise and plant a native garden at your place.

Waterwise tips and plumbing needs.

For all your plumbing needs and other water saving tips contact Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas.
Call the friendly team today on 9791 1608 (Bunbury) .

Save Water, Save Energy, Save Money

Water is an important part of our daily lives and we use it for a wide variety of purposes, from waking up in the morning, taking a shower, brushing our teeth – to grabbing a cup of coffee or tea, but do we understand how much we use?
Water tips

In our local communities, water also plays a big role. Local businesses and industries use water, fire fighting, municipal parks and public swimming pools all needs water. Public water systems that bring reliable water supply to our taps every day.

“We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.” – Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1732

Where does all this water come from?

“Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface. It is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth, 96.5% of the planet’s crust water is found in seas and oceans, 1.7% in groundwater, 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica and Greenland, a small fraction in other large water bodies, and 0.001% in the air as vapour, clouds (formed of ice and liquid water suspended in air) and precipitation. Only 2.5% of this water is freshwater and 98.8% of that water is in ice (excepting ice in clouds) and groundwater. Less than 0.3% of all freshwater is in rivers, lakes, and the atmosphere, and an even smaller amount of the Earth’s freshwater (0.003%) is contained within biological bodies and manufactured products. A greater quantity of water is found in the earth’s interior.” – Wikipedia

Heating water for showering, bathing, shaving, cooking and cleaning also requires a considerable amount of energy. Homes with electric water heaters, for example, spend one-fourth of their total electric bills just to heat water. Therefore, you can’t have water without energy and with energy comes the bills.

Adapting simple steps and using water-saving technologies will help reduce the energy consumed at home and ensure reliable water supplies today and for the future generations. Preventing water pollution in nearby lakes, rivers and local watersheds are also one of the benefits of water conservation.

Small things can make a big difference in an overall view. This can be applied to our daily life, especially in the laundry or in the kitchen area. How do we lower the overall water usage in these areas? Ways to conserve water:

Laundry water saving tips

Make sure you’ve got a full load of laundry before you hit the ‘start’ button on the washing machine.
Measure laundry detergent and use HE detergents for HE high-efficiency top-loaders and front-loaders. Regular detergents are too sudsy and using too much can cause these washers to use more water by extending the rinse cycle.
Select the right setting for the load. The heavy-duty soil setting can use more water and extends wash time. For most loads, the normal settings will do.
Appropriate water level setting— often small, medium or large—for the load if that’s how your machine works. This feature automatically determines the load size and the amount of water needed.

Dishwasher water saving tips

Run full loads of dishes only.
Install a new ENERGY STAR high-efficiency model to save water and energy.
Pre-rinsing is not required with many new dishwashers. Read the instruction manual for your machine to determine if you can minimise the rinse water usage.

See Mainline Plumbing & Cheap Hot Water & Gas weekly tips to get some great money saving ideas.

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