Your Plumbing & Water Filtration Experts in Athens & Northeast GA

Ideally, you should have your drains cleaned annually. Over a single year, any number of substances go down your drains and collect along the pipes’ interiors. Soap from showers, sinks, and washers collects and builds up. Kitchen grease sticks to the walls of your pipes even more aggressively than soap. You can expect mineral buildup in your plumbing if you have hard water. Even if you aren’t experiencing clogs, the blockage around the pipes may cause an inefficient system, raising your water bill.

All plumbing aims to bring waste away from your home, so there’s a natural inclination to put any waste down the drain. The old “out of sight, out of mind.” Unfortunately, that’s not true for plumbing, and some substances should never go down any drain.

Drain enemy number one is kitchen grease. The fats and oils present in our cooking as liquids seem fine to go down a drain like any other liquid. However, when the grease cools, it solidifies, becoming an immovable blockage in the drain. It’s better to dispose of grease by letting it cool in a disposable container and throwing it in the trash. Your pipes will thank you!

In short, no. Products such as Drain-O seem like a great DIY clogged drain cleaning service. But just about any way you slice it, they’re unsafe for anybody, plumbers included.

First, the chemicals in these products are highly toxic. When people notice a clogged drain backing up water in their sink, they may grab the DIY drain cleaners and pour them into the standing water. These products only create a dangerous pool of chemicals in your sink that need proper disposal.

These same toxic chemicals make their way out into the town’s water supply. The water in your house has to flow somewhere, usually to municipal water services. Pouring commercial drain cleaners into your home plumbing starts a journey into everyone’s water. Not exactly safe.

Also, the reaction the chemicals cause in your pipes could damage them. The chemical reaction generates dangerous amounts of heat that can weaken PVC pipes in your house. That heat can also melt glue holding pipes together. Avoid creating a bigger problem for yourself by avoiding these products altogether. At C&C, we prefer to use safe plumbing solutions for your family and ours.

Every business in Georgia could benefit from whole-building filtration systems. That’s because all tap water contains varying levels of sediments, contaminants and other elements that can affect taste, smell and even health. In addition to the benefits for drinking water and food/cooking, filtered water is easier on your business’s appliances and plumbing. This is particularly important for businesses like foodservice, healthcare, education and hospitality—all of which leverage commercial appliances that are expensive and cumbersome to repair or maintain. The reasons are endless!

The installation of a whole-building water filtration system doesn’t have to be disruptive. In fact, we can install your water filtration system in just a single afternoon!

The short answer is yes! In the long-term, your water filtration system will pay for itself in bottled water savings. But besides the direct cost, you’re saving the time and energy spent hauling cases of bottled water and plastic waste.

Our goal is to make sure everyone in Northeast GA has access to cleaner water! Filtered water not only improves the taste of your water (by removing chlorine) but also increases the lifespan of household appliances because the mineral content is reduced substantially. Less detergent is needed because the water is softer and suds up quicker. Laundry comes out soft and not stiff. Showers and baths are more enjoyable. Hair is softer and more manageable. Pets are healthier from not ingesting chemicals that remain in tap water, improving their joint and kidney health. The reasons are endless!

The installation of a whole-home water filtration system doesn’t have to be disruptive. In fact, we can install your water filtration system in just a single afternoon!

The short answer is yes! In the long term, your water filtration system will pay for itself in bottled water savings. But besides the direct cost, you’re saving the time and energy spent hauling cases of bottled water and plastic waste. Plus, the benefits of whole-house water filtration systems span far beyond drinking water. You’ll experience benefits for your skin and hair, and increase the lifespan of home appliances that use water (thanks to less hard water buildup).