http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com A Name You Can Trust Wed, 03 Mar 2010 11:09:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, it's blowing my own horn a bit, but I recieved a nice testimonial from a customer I've had for 30 or so years and I wanted to share it. This is from Rona from Cambridge: "Dennis Foley has helped me renovate a small Queen Anne house in North Cambridge over the ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/testimonial/ We've been doing a lot of complete bathroom renovations the last few months, so I wanted to write about what it is we are doing. First there's the issue of protection. We live in an area where most of the houses are old, and have been remodeled at least once, so ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/bathroom-remodeling-that-lasts-part-one/ Many people have seen my email tag and asked about The Denny Club. This is what it is and how it works! The Denny Club is really a service shopping club. By being a memeber, you save many times the cost of membership every time we perform service to the mechanical systems ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/the-denny-club/ A close friend of mine recently had quite a tragedy. Her washing machine was connected with the old rubber hoses, the kind that comes with the machines. These hoses were probably installed with the machine, over ten year old I would guess. Well, in the middle of the night, one ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/washing-machine-hoses/ Have you seen, or do you have,  the flexible gas piping (CSST) that some plumbers are installing now? It looks like metal electrical cable, covered by yellow plastic. I can't say that we've never used it, but it has to be a really unusual installation for me to choose it ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/flexible-gas-piping/ This is a complicated thing to write about. Oh, there's the usual stuff that you should expect from all the contractors that perform any type of service for you: Be on time, or at least communicate if things change. We all know they can. Be polite, not too loud, respectful of your ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/customer-service/ Do you buy bottled water?  I'm looking for you!  Bottled water is such  a waste of money and time. Who knew that the big soft drink companies would get rich selling water from faucets. If you look at a lot of the bottled water labels you'll see PWS listed as ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/water-filters-and-bottled-water/ We've had a lot of questions over the years about turning down your heat, both daily and when you go away. Does turning the thermostat down save money? The short answer is yes.   The flow of heat from the house to the outside is proportional to difference between the temperature inside ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/turning-your-heat-down/ This may not be just a plumbing issue, but before you go out and buy a condominium, or if you already own one, here are a few of our stories about condo living. Caveat emptor!! Let me tell you a few stories. We went to look at a leaking waste pipe in  ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/condo-living/ [caption id="attachment_269" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Lifetime Hot Water Tank"][/caption] You know, it's really funny that I've already written about high efficiency oil fired boilers, and about steam boilers, when the majority of the boilers that we install aren't either one! Nowadays, with the cost of fuel escalating, and with our country's reliance on ... http://dennisfoleyplumbing.com/high-efficiency-gas-fired-hot-water-boilers/