Is Your Pump Working Properly?

During the summer when Chicagoland is usually its rainiest, a properly functioning pump may the answer to avoid a flood in your home’s basement.

Tom’s Plumbing of Elgin specializes in pump repair and replacement. Here are some tips for proper management -

 

1. A pressure reading will need to be taken.

2. Make sure that the pump data is saved.

3. The warranty must be quick and easy.

4. Ensure that the pump is of high quality by checking the bushings and bearings.

Tom’s Plumbing checks all the boxes. They have served the plumbing needs of The Far Northwest Suburbs of Chicagoland for decades. Tom’s plumbing technicians will come to your home and check all your pumps to make certain they are working efficiently. Just make a phone call to Tom’s Plumbing at (847) 697-6444. Visit tomsplumbingservice.com and see all the plumbing services they have to offer. 

Flooding.

No one in the Far Northwest Suburbs of Chicagoland wants to see their basement flood. The possible damage to the foundation of your Elgin area home is one thing. It is quite another to lose valuable items that you have saved for years. Tom’s Plumbing of Elgin can clean up the mess, but wants to offer some helpful hints to prevent it in the first place.

You might consider putting your major appliances onto blocks. Keep all of your gutters and downspouts clean. Are there any storm drains nearby? If there is any snow or ice up against your home...clear it away.  You could go so far as employing sandbags, inflatable floodwalls, and flood skirts.

Avoiding a flooded basement this spring in the Elgin, IL area may be difficult. If flooding and the clean-up thereafter is an issue call the flood clean-up professionals at Tom’s Plumbing in Elgin. Here is the phone number to call (847) 697-6444. For more information about Tom’s Plumbing of Elgin please visit tomsplumbingservice.com.