It’s easy to take your water heater for granted. It’s easy until you wake up one morning to nothing but cold water hitting you in the shower. But by then it could be too late and time to replace your water heater. Thankfully, there are a couple telltale signs you can keep an eye out for to help you determine … Read More
Technology creating smarter homes is nothing new. Sure, more recent advances may be more impressive to us. However, the concept has been around for a very long time. This concept, called home automation, often makes people think about being able to perform tasks around the house from miles away of a phone or tablet. This, while true, is just one … Read More
What (and What Not) to Feed Your Disposal Garbage disposals are awesome. They are an extremely convenient method of doing away with scraps and waste from cooking and eating. It’s basically like having another garbage can! Well, not really. Although there are plenty of things that are perfectly okay to feed the growling, whirling blades that live at the bottom … Read More
Winters in Indiana begin in November. The temperatures might stay cool and mild for a while, but the weather quickly turns chillier as the last of the leaves fall. It’s during this time when homeowners face one of the biggest risks that cold weather can bring–a frozen water pipe that could potentially burst and cause severe water damage to your … Read More
At Chapman we are proud to install sump pumps manufactured by Myers. In business since the 1870’s when they first introduced a dependable double-acting hand pump, today they offer a full line of sump pumps, sewage pumps and effluent pumps.
When was the last time you thought about your sump pump? Probably during the last heavy rain or flood warning. Sump pumps aren’t really something we think about often, but when heavy rain hits, they can save tons of money in damages.
Despite what the popular song by Glen Campbell says, it does rain in Indianapolis in the summer time. When you add a naturally high water table to the frequent showers you are likely to have flooded basements and crawl spaces.
All month long, we’re talking about water. When was the last time you stopped and thought about the quality of your water, how it’s affecting your appliances and what you can do about it?
Here in Indiana, we’re known for things like Basketball and Indy Car racing. Ask a plumbing professional and they will tell you Indiana is also known for having very hard water. So, what is hard water and why is Indiana so prone to it?
Since the age of 14, Chuck Colbert has been learning the ins and outs of the plumbing industry. His career as a plumbing technician started alongside his dad, going along on service calls and learning the trade. After high school, Chuck went into plumbing at the same company his dad worked for, working alongside him just like he had as a teenager.
