Tales From The Trenches
What causes carbon monoxide emissions from your gas heater?
Gas Heater Services & Safety Checks – Geelong, Torquay, Anglesea, Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove & surrounds Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odourless, colourless gas that can be produced by faulty, damaged or unserviced gas heaters. It can be fatal, but it’s easy to protect your family from this silent killer. What causes it? The following … Read more
What can you do to protect your family from carbon monoxide?
Gas Heater Services & Safety Checks – Geelong, Torquay, Anglesea, Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove & surrounds It’s quite simple – get your gas heater serviced at lease every two years by a registered or licensed gas fitter to ensure it is working properly. The gas fitter who services your appliance must use a Carbon Monoxide … Read more
Hot Water Systems – don’t attempt to DIY !
DIY disaster – hot water system explosion rocks the suburbs! The owner of this home has hopefully learnt his lesson with this near catastrophe. He admitted to making rectification works to his gas hot water system by removing the leaking pressure temperature relief (PTR) valve and replacing it with a standard tap fitting. PTR valves … Read more
Hot water systems temperatures – Geelong
What’s the right temperature for my hot water unit? We came across the following information on the Victorian Building Authority’s website and wanted to share with you how important it is to make sure your hot water system is set to the correct temperature. In 1998 the Victorian Government passed legislation aimed at eliminating the risk … Read more
When was the last time you had your gas heater serviced & safety checked?
Gas Heater Service & Safety Checks – Geelong, Torquay, Anglesea, Barwon Heads, Ocean Grove & surrounds Energy Safe Victoria recommends that all gas heaters should be serviced and tested for carbon monoxide at least every two years. This needs to be done by a licensed plumber and gas fitter. When Tomlinson Plumbing services your gas heater, we put one … Read more
Water Audit Report – Geelong & surrounds
Green Plumbers – Residential water and energy audit report Received a high water bill? Or perhaps you’d just like to know how much water you are currently using around your home. We can conduct an assessment and provide you with a 50 point water audit inspection report for your property, and then help you with … Read more
Water Usage Audit – Schools & Commercial Buildings
Schools & Commercial Buildings Water Usage Audits – Geelong & surrounds The Green Plumber 50 point Schools and Commercial buildings environmental plumbing report has been created to assist schools and small commercial businesses in accessing the volume of water used. This is a great way to take a ‘health check’ of your school or business … Read more
Do it yourself tap disaster!
We recently came across this ‘Do It Yourself Tap Disaster’ This person has used flexi hoses in a wall cavity to operate a laundry flick mixer tap. Even though everything looks very neat and the person thinks they’ve saved themselves some money by doing the work themselves, if the hoses burst in the wall cavity, … Read more
Automated water leak detection shut off valve for internal hot water systems
Mildred Valve for hot water systems The Mildred Valve is an electronic shut off valve for the mains water supply to your hot water system. Designed for internally installed hot water systems, the valve senses water pooling and immediately shuts off the water supply and an alarm alerts the home occupier. Connection to mains power … Read more
Bay FM Radio Ad – Apricus Worry Free Solar Hot Water Program!
Listen to our new Bay FM radio ad on the Apricus Solar Hot Water Worry Free Program.
Pre-slab and post-slab CCTV drain inspections
Check the condition of your drains Before you get too far into the building process, it’s a great idea to have your under slab sewer drains checked for any defects or issues that may have occurred during the site preparation or slab pour. Issues with drainage are much easier to rectify in the early stages, … Read more
How do solar hot water systems work?
Harnessing the sun’s energy The Department of Industry and Science explains the simple process of how solar hot water systems work, as follows: Solar hot water systems use solar collectors (either flat panels or evacuated tubes), which absorb energy from the sun to heat water for your home. The heated water is then stored in … Read more