F.H. Furr's Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical Insider Blog

With August only a few weeks away, gear up for the last hot month of the summer! We're back with our HVAC Maintenance series and we've got more tips for you for savings and efficiency!

Your home may be suffering from sewer issues! Take a look at these helpful tips to find out whether you've got leaks, burst pipes or backups beneath your home! These issues can be disastrous if left unattended! Be sure to have on of F.H. Furr's trained technicians take a look at your home's sewer lines to see if a repair or replacement is needed! Take a look at this informative info graphic to see the 5 important signs of a sewer line problem! Do you have any of these issues at your house?

Water leaks have your utility bill on the rise? You could be wasting thousands of gallons of water each month if you allow them to continue! Have the professionals perform a leak detection on your home and find out how much you could be saving every month!

What would you do if you discovered that you were wasting hundreds of dollars every single year without even knowing it? What if you found out that your money was simply going down the drain…. literally! Most Northern Virginia homeowners don't realize that water leaks can happen all year long, and there’s a good chance that they could be happening in your home right now! So what are water leaks, and how can you prevent them?

Here we are in the middle of July, which means that summer is half over! With so much to do, and seemingly so little time, we hope you're taking advantage of these beautiful summer days! Of course, we all know that those come with the price of some pretty serious heat and you've probably been pumping your A/C all summer so...we've got more tips for your HVAC savings!

Noisy air conditioning unit driving you nuts? Constant droning that keeps you from focusing on anything? Maybe you're working from home (yeah right, no one can work with that noisy crate in the background), or maybe you're just trying to get ahead on your studying for night school before dinner has to get made. There are a million reasons you want peace and quiet in your home. There also a good amount of reasons that your A/C unit might be throwing a noise tantrum! Take a look at these common sounds and their possible causes! Get rid of that noisy A/C for good!

More often than not, you don’t put much thought into your toilet, because come on...it’s a TOILET! But what most people don’t realize is that toilets actually account for about 26% of water use in single family homes. Without your knowledge, it’s more than likely that you’re flushing money down the toilet....literally! By switching over to a high efficiency toilet, you could save money by reducing the amount of water that you use each month.

Ask F.H. Furr: What to Do if You Suspect Your Plumbing Has Developed a Leak...and how do I go about detecting it? Asked SAM G. of Bethesda, MD.

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Celebrate Independence Day, with these fun 4th facts (with some Furr Facts thrown in for good measure)! We hope that you have a wonderful and happy 4th of July! We are thankful for our independence and the freedom that we enjoy in this great country!