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With the wet week Brisbane is currently having and it being the first major rain of the season it is inevitable that downpipes and storm water drain are going to have blockages.

When it comes to unblocking a blocked drain there are 100's of DIY methods and home remedies and whilst some of these may work in very particular cases, some of them are downright dangerous and have the potential to damage your pipes and injure yourself or any future plumbers working on your drains.

We have all heard of plumbing nightmares, maybe you have had friends or family have something go majorly wrong, maybe it was you?

Summer fast approaching and the weather heating up, it's only natural that you are going to want to run the air conditioner more, water the garden more often to save the plants and let the kids play under the sprinkler too cool off.

By the very definition of the word, emergencies are things that need to be acted upon as quickly as possible and plumbing emergencies are no different.

When homeowners hear the word termite they often break into a sweat, and rightfully so.

Bathrooms and toilets are parts of the hygiene of our daily lives, and because of this they get a large number of things such as dead skin, hair, oils, human waste and saliva washed down them every day.

As all of our plumbers will tell you unblocking a clogged toilet is not a nice job. Any time you have to put something down the drain to unblock it such as a drain snake or a plunger there is a potential for the mess of water and bacteria to get all over you.

We all know that plumbing can leak, especially in older systems or when no installed professionally in the first place, but quite often those leaks are out of site, in the plumbing in your walls on under your house.

It's that time of year again, summer is on its way, and in Queensland whilst that means beaches, barbecues, and 35 degree day's it also means storms, and lots of them.