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Locate Your Main Water Shut Off

Locate Your Main Water Shut Off As a homeowner, and even a renter, it is extremely important to know how to locate your main water shut off valve. Why? Because if you live in a home long enough you are bound to spring a leak somewhere, at some time. Often, that leak will appear behind Read the full article…

Categories: Blog DIY McAdams Plumbing Residential Plumbing Tips Tips


WaterCop Has Your Back – Flood Prevention

WaterCop Has Your Back – Flood Prevention Recently, one of our industry partners decided get on the flood prevention train and install a WaterCop Pro Series automatic water shut-off valve. After the installation was complete and the system operational, he was inspired to blog about how cool the system is. So that’s where we come Read the full article…

Categories: Blog Erie McAdams Plumbing WaterCop


Looks Like Colorado Found the Winter!

Looks Like Colorado Found the Winter Happy Monday Colorado, and it looks like we finally found the winter! So we know what winter means: Slick roads, early darkness, and temperatures dropping well below zero, especially at night. The most important thing to remember when the weather starts changing like this is to drive safe, keep Read the full article…

Categories: Blog Broomfield Frozen McAdams Plumbing Residential Plumbing Tips


Fun Fact of the Week: Water Pressure

Fun Fact of the Week: Water Pressure This week McAdams Plumbing is going to discuss how water pressure can wreck havoc on your home. Got your attention? Good. Let’s talk numbers. A waterline failure at 70 pounds of pressure can discharge around 650 gallons of water in an hour. That’s enough to fill an 8′ Read the full article…

Categories: Blog Broomfield Emergency Fun Fact Leak WaterCop


Dishwasher Flooding Repair DIY

Dishwasher Flooding Repair DIY A common problem the folks at MP run into with their customers is dishwasher flooding. Luckily, just last week, we came across a great blog written by Chris Barnes of the Huffington Post about some DIY tips for checking your dishwasher before you call out a plumber. And since we’re in the Read the full article…

Categories: Blog DIY Emergency Residential Plumbing Tips


Beware of Water Damage!

Beware of Water Damage! Water damage is can happen to anyone, at anytime. Water, as you probably know, is the most destructive force on Earth! It can carve valleys and move mountains. It can also collapse the ceiling in your home and destroy all your floors.  3 cubic feet of water weighs roughly 1,700 pounds, Read the full article…

Categories: Blog Frozen Leak Longmont McAdams Plumbing Special

  • Courteous, knowledgeable and efficient

    Customer Review Mary Glatz Review 11.22.14 Rick McAdams came over for a consult on a Saturday morning, diagnosed the cause of the water coming through a doorframe in the downstairs bathroom – a loose overflow drain connection in the upstairs master tub. He fixed the problem, was courteous, knowledgeable and efficient, all for NO CHARGE! Read the full article…

  • “One of the best jobs he had ever seen.”

    Customer Review Gary Koenig Review 7/11/12 Rick was here yesterday and installed a new water heater for my house that is currently being built. A very nice guy and he did a great job. Today Andy Smith from the City and County of Broomfield stopped by to perform the inspection. He said the plumbing work was Read the full article…

  • “He was extremely professional and courteous”

    Customer Review Michael Klatt Review 5/02/12 I had to make an emergency call at 5:30 a.m. because there was water backing up into basement. I have had two other situations in my life where I have had to call for plumbers in an after hours, emergency situation. On both occasions, the guys who showed up Read the full article…

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