Roger's Plumbing and Heating

03/27/2021

Do not flush FLUSHABLE WIPES!

Across the U.S., cities and towns are being forced to throw more money at solving blockages as consumers buy (and flush) more wipes than ever.

09/18/2016

Any one tried this?

09/12/2016

Cool, or what?

07/25/2016

Excited to announce that Roger's Plumbing and Heating is being updated to 2016 - and Page Roles have changed to include Severin Olson and Christine Olson, owners of the what was Roger's Plumbing and Heating and what is now Olson Plumbing and Heating. To learn more, go to: http://olsonplumbingandheating.ca

We find plumbing issues early to prevent upsetting expensive emergencies! We inspect / repair / install these items and more: Water Pressure, Hot Water Tanks, Tank-less / On Demand Water Heaters, ...

02/04/2016

What You Can and Can’t Flush Down The Toilet

What’s okay to flush down your toilet? As little as possible.

Okay, so a topic like this can be a little sensitive, for lack of a better word. Nevertheless, it’s a question we get asked all the time.

When it comes to worry-free flushability, stick to the basics: human waste and toilet paper only.

That’s the short list. Here’s a much longer list of things that are frequently flushed down toilets that definitely should not be!

Facial tissues
Baby wipes, disinfectant wipes, moist wipes, etc.
Toilet bowl scrub pads
Swiffers
Napkins (paper or cloth), paper towels
Dental floss
Egg shells, nutshells, and coffee grounds
Fats, oils, and greases
Hair
Sanitary napkins, tampons, condoms, or any non-organic material
Vitamins, medicines or other pharmaceuticals
Sheet plastic, or plastic of any kind
Diapers (cloth, disposable, “flushable”)

Still not convinced? Then try this “flushability test.” Fill two bowls with water. Place toilet paper in one, and place one of the items above in the other. Swish both items in the water. Wait an hour, then swish again. The toilet paper should have significantly disintegrated by then, while the other item (for example, Kleenex, wipes, napkins, etc.) will likely remain intact. Unless the item disintegrates at the rate of toilet paper, it should be placed in the garbage and not down the toilet. Otherwise, you risk a blockage in your own pipes as well as clogging a pump station and causing a sewage backup for other homes and businesses. Remember: the drains that connect your home to the main sewer are often no wider than 4 inches.

Of course, should you encounter a clogged toilet (or other clogged drain) in your White Rock and Surrey area home, you know what to do: contact Roger the Plumber to unclog a toilet in your home.

02/02/2016

Perhaps Alfred Hitchcock said it best when he claimed, “Television is like the invention of indoor plumbing. It didn’t change people’s habits. It just kept them inside the house.”

01/31/2016

I would put a good chunk of money down to bet that you will never find a plumber who bites their nails.

01/29/2016

A prestigious neurosurgeon calls a plumber to tend to his leaky faucet. The problem requires an easy fix and the entire job takes less than two minutes. Before leaving, the plumber says, “That will be $200.”
The surgeon replies, “I am a surgeon and even I do not charge $100 a minute.”
The plumber says, “Yeah, I didn’t either when I was a surgeon. Why do you think I switched?”

01/27/2016

Perhaps George Meany was right when he said, “Anybody who has any doubt about the ingenuity or the resourcefulness of a plumber never got a bill from one.”

01/25/2016

Somebody broke into the police station and stole the only toilet in the joint. Right now the cops are anxious to find the perp but in the mean time they have nothing to go on.

01/22/2016

A man at a bus station shows off pictures of his three sons to an acquaintance. “What do your boys do for a living?” asked the man.

“Well the two youngest ones are both neurosurgeons,” he replied.

“What does the oldest do?”

“He’s a plumber. How else would the other two have been able to afford medical school?”

01/14/2016

That would be nice!