"There's a good rule of thumb, they say 1 to 3 people a 40 gallon gas, 40 gallon,electric,40 gallons is all right. When you go to 3 to 5 people in the home, it's usually about a 50 gallon."

- Bobby Crowder, Plumbing Expert

Check A Pro Joe (Jim Klauck) has asked plumbing expert, Bobby Crowder from The Family Plumber, to join him on this segment of the show.

The question today - "Does the size of your water heater matter?" How to size a water heater for your home?

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

Size may matter. Well, I'm talking water heaters here. I've asked my good friend Bobby Crowder, the family plumber in surprise Arizona to join me here on the program today to talk about the size of your water heater. What is the best size? What is the size you need? And it's interesting because Bobby, I think a lot of people aren't sure what size they have. Welcome. Hey, thanks for having me on Joe. Yeah, they don't, the thing is, is they don't care. They just see a tank out there and like, ok, it's just gonna provide but when they replace it or they get, you know, more people in the home or less people in the home, it's, you know, it's adequate to see what size you should actually have. So, there's a good rule of thumb, you know, they say uh 1 to 3 people is, you know, 40 gallon gas, 40 gallon, electric, 40 gallons is all right. When you go to 3 to 5 people in the home, it's usually about a 50 gallon. So keep in mind, you know, people, you know, running out of water or hot water, blah, blah, blah, you gotta remember. It also depends on your fixtures in your home, your showerheads, if you took out the aerators or, or, or flow restrictor, you're gonna be pushing out 23 gallons per minute. So, yeah, you're gonna drain that water heater down quickly. So I won't, I don't recommend that. You also got to remember the first hour of a water heater is much more than the continuous use of it. So, say like a 40 gallon you're gonna get, uh, like, I think it's 60 58 or 60 gallons for the first hour. So you will gain more that first hour. But if it's continuous, you know, shower after shower, shower. Yeah, then you're going to deplete it pretty, pretty quickly. So it has to be sized for your home and your family and a great way to tell if it's sized, right is by using it. So, if it's relatively new, let's say it's six months old to three years old. It, it still should be in great shape regardless if it's gas or electric, if you're constantly running out of hot water, regardless of why you need a bigger water heater. Because you're drawing you, you, I mean, like if you like, take 30 minute showers and so does your spouse and so do the kids then get a bigger water heater? That's correct. Yeah, it, you gotta to size it properly. Yep, it's important. Now some people in their homes will have two and it's great because it'll be split on both sides of the house. So, maybe the kids have their own and, uh, mom and dad have their own and then of course one of the sides is going to have the kitchen, which is important and, and the laundry, but you can actually split it. So you could have two forties and you really got 80. Correct? Yeah, I've seen that quite a bit. It's, it's, you know, a split system in their home or a holding tank, you know, vice versa. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm kind of greedy. My wife, my wife and I are empty nested and we have two fifties. Oh, nice. It's just about endless. We never run out of hot water. It's great. Hey, Bobby, this has been great. If you want to get a hold of Bobby and his team over at the family plumber. It's right in the description. All his information is right in the description of this podcast, his phone number and his website, Bobby once again. Thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. Thanks, Joe.

"When you start doing those liquid plumbers you know solutions and stuff like that a lot of times they won't get any like the hard blockage ."

- Bobby Crowder

To use or not to use liquid drain cleaners in your home's plumbing. Plumbing expert, Bobby Crowder - "The Family Plumber" answers this question on the Check A Pro Radio Show with host Jim Klauck, AKA Check A Pro Joe!

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Podcast Episode Transcript:

When you start doing those liquid plumbers you know solutions and stuff like that a lot of times they won't get any like the hard blockage. This is the check a pro radio show check a pro Joe has assembled a team of pre-qualified home service contractors to bring you the latest in services products and techniques now here's your host a man with a hard hat and tool belt check a pro Joe every once in a while our drains get clogged could be our kitchen sink it could be our bathroom sink heck it could even be our toilets and it's inconvenient it can also be dangerous because it can back up so I've asked my friend Bobby Crowder from the family plumber to join to tell me whether or not I should be putting that liquid drain cleaner into my sinks and into my toilets hey Bobby welcome to the program hey Joe thanks for having me on yeah so for years and decades I guess we've seen on TV you know buy these products there's a number of them out there that have liquid in them and are kind of Jelly and you pour them into a sink that's clogged or a toilet and it works its way through supposedly and opens up the drain is this the way to go are these safe well some of them are but a lot of them are not so I don't recommend a lot of them just because overtime they can damage the piping so if anything I would get a licensed plumber out there to actually see what's going on when you start doing those liquid plumbers you know solutions and stuff like that a lot of the times they won't get any like the hard blockage you know it won't release any of the hard blockages it'll release the this the smaller lot you know the softer blockage is what we call it you know if it's draining slow yes it can clear it but there they are bad for the piping but there is some products out there that's really excellent for maintaining your drain and clearing the blockages so I guess it depends the best thing to do is to call you because you're a licensed plumber and explain over the telephone what's going on and you would probably either recommend yes you can use this product or I need to come out and I need to help you yes exactly so when they do call me I do you know I'll recommend some different products that can depending on what kind of blood cancers are they're dealing with the they'll explain it to me and then I'll kind of diagnose it over the phone a little bit but there is you know the best thing is for like a licensed plumber like myself to come out and see exactly what is happening what is causing that blockage it might be might be a hard blockage or might be a broken pipe they were putting a bunch of chemicals down there that's just going to make things worse so we need to come out there and see exactly what's going on call the family plumber hello and water is his name he is the gentleman who's on with me right now all of his contact information is in the description of this podcast and you can also go to Google and type in the family plumber surprise AZ you will get his website and also all of these podcasts that we produced together hey Bobby thank you so much for your help today appreciate it thanks Joe have a good day check a pro as your local source for pre-qualified contractors stay tuned for more of the check a pro radio show.

" When I go to these houses I'll see you know these wipes on the toilets on top of the toilet tanks and I see a lot of baby wipes and those are a no no..."

- Bobby Crowder, Plumbing Expert

Bobby Crowder from The Family Plumber joins Jim Klauck (Check A Pro Joe) today on the show!

To flush or not to flush wipes down the toilet? That is the question today on the program!

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This question comes up all the time are those flushable wipes that we use those personal wipes something that we should be putting in the toilet aren't they safe to flush down the toilet I've asked my good friend Bobby Crowder he's the family plumber in surprise AZ to answer this question for my listeners here today on the program hey Bobby how are you hey Joe how are you I'm doing fantastic thanks for joining me here on the program so some people don't ask the question they just throw everything including the kitchen sink into the toilet and they wonder why they call you out to you know have you clean out that line you know to get it unclogged so are these flushable wipes flushable well actually when I go to these houses a lot I'll see you know these wipes on the toilets you know on top of the toilet tanks and stuff like that the I see a lot of baby wipes and those are of no so any flushable wipes even though it says you know biodegradable it really is not most of them are not there is one that does do quite well we've done a lot of research and done tests and stuff and the one that does is the Cottonelle it actually breaks down the other ones do not after 24 hours they're just they're still like a big cotton mess so you've heard of icebergs before right yeah now these are called fatbergs is what we call that birds are softballs so if that bird is just like a big mass of fluid you know flushable wipes feminine hygiene products disposable diapers everything down and then it's combined with you know solidified fats so it just becomes big softball fat bird is what we call them so mostly residentials or the we call them softballs but yeah those are not the best thing if you're going to do that I highly suggest you know put them in a trash can or something like that because you're just going to mess up your sewer line and you have to have one of us come out and unblock that for you but if you're going to do anything I would definitely you know start the cotton mills that's for sure the tip of the day is don't put Q-tips in there don't put anything in there even Kleenex but just you know anything that's you know toilet paper disgusting fine but I have a recommendation which is totally coming from left field don't use toilet paper and you're like what do you mean don't use toilet paper well Europeans often don't they use the bidet and you're actually going to bathe yourself clean it's odd to us here in North America but it's very common in other countries isn't it oh for sure you know like the Europeans they've gotten a lot of stuff before we've gotten like the tankless water heaters all that stuff so we're kind of you know behind everything behind them so but yeah but days are very nice you know I would recommend a bidet and no pun with the behind you clean the behind with water and it's it is it's either another fixture like a toilet in your bathroom or you have toilets now that can do all in one but it's kind of nice because you're saving money on toilet paper you're saving money on plumbers coming out to fix the mess and the only thing going down is human waste and really that's all that should be going into the sewer system or the septic system exactly 100% hey Bobby this has been great hey all of Bobby Crowder's information from the family plumber is listed in the description of this podcast you can easily Click to get ahold of him or his phone number is there as well to get ahold of him Bobby once again thank you so much for joining me today on the program thanks for having me Joe appreciate it!