Quick Tip #0002 - STOP!

Before filling you up with tips and tasks that will help you to enjoy the benefits of your plumbing and electrical systems more than ever, we gotta set some parameters. We love the functionality, beauty, simplicity and responsiveness that these systems can provide, but the number one job of your systems is Safety.

Electricity, water, gas, or sewage in the wrong place at the wrong time is disastrous. Contaminated drinking water can also be deadly. We luckily live in an era in which we’ve learned how to design systems to control these risks.

How do we keep these systems safe? It’s all written down for us (albeit it in a form that might challenge Albert Einstein) in the Plumbing and Electrical codes that, by law, you must follow. As it says in the Code itself: “The purpose of this code is to establish the minimum requirements to safeguard the public health, safety, and general welfare . . . to preserve life and property . . . and to provide safety . . .” (CPC 101.2).

Sooooo, if you don’t know the code, don’t try to do it yourself. It’s simply not worth the risk.

Basic maintenance and simple repairs are one thing. For these, as long as you buy quality materials that are marked with UPC or other code-compliance marking for the task at hand, you have the right tools and ability, and you follow the provided instructions completely, you should be okay.

But if you need to add to, eliminate from, or significantly change any part of these systems (water, drainage, sewer, gas, or electric), STOP! Know the code, or hire a professional who does. It is simply not worth the risk.

If you are in our service area from Yuba City to Red Bluff, Magalia to Willows, Chico or parts in between, give us a call with any questions you may have. We are ready, willing and ABLE to help.