Gas Fireplaces: Your Burning Questions Answered
Have a question about gas fireplaces in San Francisco? The plumbing pros at George Salet Plumbing are here to help. Get answers to your top questions here!
Common Holiday Plumbing Problems & How to Avoid Them
Picture the scene: your Thanksgiving dinner is finally ready, and you’ve all settled down to feast. But then, one of your guests comes into the room and tells you that the toilet is overflowing. Or maybe you’ve just worked up…
Gas Fireplace Maintenance 101: Your Annual Checklist
Our winters may be relatively mild here in San Francisco, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love a good, cozy fire in the autumn and winter months. In fact, gas fireplaces have seen something of a resurgence in popularity in…
Top 5 Tankless Water Heater Myths Busted
Market research shows that the demand for tankless water heaters is on the rise, and showing no signs of slowing down. But for every homeowner who makes the switch, there are plenty who are understandably hesitant. After all, there’s a…
Why is My Drain Clogged? Five Surprising Causes
A slow or clogged drain every now and then is a regular occurrence for homeowners here in the Bay Area. Most people know the common culprits: hair, food scraps, maybe even a flushed kid’s toy (we’ve all been there). But…
The Unflushables: How to Avoid a Clogged Toilet
Two years ago, the EPA awarded San Francisco $513 million for improvements to our largest wastewater treatment plant. We’re now in the process of investing $3 billion into upgrades as part of the Sewer System Improvement Program. But for all…
8 Simple Ways to Select a Superior Service Company
I Didn't write this this Blog I borrowed it from My friends at Accent Plumbing The information really hits home so I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy George Selecting any type of home service company is a frightening…
40% Of The World Has No Flush Toilets
It's hard to believe that 40% of the world does not have flush toilets. The biggest concern most people have here in the United States is what color or does it flush well? The truth of the matter is in countries…
Sewer Plant Tour
I took a tour of the San Francisco Oceanside Treatment Plant Tuesday with a group of plumbers from the Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors association of San Francisco. If you have never been, what a facility! Most of the plant is underground, in…
It Finally Happened
It finally happened the first rain in the Bay Area and the first snows in the Sierras, Fall is here and winter is approaching, even if it is a little late this year,since it is almost Thanksgiving. Since rain has began…