2025 Guide to Garbage Disposals

2025 Guide to Garbage Disposals. Photo of a plumber's hand performing maintenance on a garbage disposal under a kitchen sink.

If you are tired of spending precious time scraping plates into the garbage or grossed out when you have to scoop food bits from your kitchen sink, it might be time to consider installing a garbage disposal. This underrated kitchen gadget is more than just a modern convenience—it’s a cleanup superhero ready to make your life easier.

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What Is an Air Handler?

What Is an Air Handler? Service Man Working on Furnace.

The same goes for a heat pump. The outdoor unit might be in perfect working condition. Still, the heating and cooling process stops without an indoor evaporator coil, connecting refrigerant lines, and a fan to blow conditioned air through ductwork.

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What Is Reverse Osmosis?

What Is Reverse Osmosis? Photo of water filtration system under a sink.

When it comes to water quality in Alberta what you can’t see matters just as much as what you can.

You might assume that clear water straight from the tap is clean and safe, but it can often contain hidden contaminants, minerals, or impurities that affect how it tastes, smells, and impacts the plumbing and appliances in your Calgary home.

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How to Reduce Dust in Your Home

How to Reduce Dust in Your Home. Using yellow sponge for cleaning dusty wood.

It might seem like a minor nuisance, but in reality, dust is no laughing matter, no matter the setting. From causing allergies and respiratory issues to making your home look and feel less clean, dust greatly affects the indoor air quality (IAQ) of your Bearspaw home.

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What’s That Smell Coming From My Furnace?

What’s That Smell Coming From My Furnace? Photo of a man sitting on a couch with his phone in his hand, looking outside and seems worried.

If your furnace is producing a strange smell, you should always treat it with caution. While the cause for the odor may be benign, it could just as easily be harmful to inhale. When in doubt, always open windows to ensure ventilation, and evacuate your Calgary home.

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How to Prevent Frozen or Burst Pipes This Winter

How to Prevent Frozen or Burst Pipes This Winter

With winter weather just around the corner, it’s critical for Calgary, homeowners to understand the risks and dangers of frozen or burst water pipes. According to the website CostHelper, the average cost to repair a burst water pipe can be $900, with other water damage repairs added on top of that amount.

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Prepping Your Plumbing for Winter

Prepping Your Plumbing for Winter

Imagine this winter, sitting in your Calgary home by the fire, looking out the window at the falling snowflakes while sipping your hot cocoa with marshmallows. Life is good. It is good, that is, until you hear the loud rush of water somewhere in your Alberta home.

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How To Detect a Sewer Line Leak

How To Detect a Sewer Line Leak. Pipe leaking.

Whether it is the suspiciously lush patch of grass in your Calgary yard, the unmistakable, nose-crinkling scent of sewage, or the ominous gurgling sound reverberating up your drains, these are some of the signs every homeowner dreads signs of a sewer line leak.

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How Often Does a Commercial Boiler Need Maintenance?

High power gas boiler burners in a cogeneration station.

Maintenance keeps repair costs down and maximizes efficiency. That’s why it’s imperative to game plan for taking care of your air conditioner, furnace, or boiler. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) make up about 44 percent of energy costs for the average business, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

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5 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality

5 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality. Senior woman feeling pain at home.

The reality is airborne contaminants, such as dust, dirt, and pet dander, can negatively impact the indoor air quality (IAQ) of your Alberta home. At Alpha Plumbing Ltd., we want you to breathe in fresh air, which is why we offer maintenance to keep your HVAC in top shape.

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Why Do My Drains Keep Clogging?

Whether you’re dealing with a clogged drain, burst pipe, or sewer line problem, our plumbing professionals are here for you. We can take care of any plumbing problem or concern and work hard to help prevent issues from occurring in the first place. Give us a call! Plumbing issues, occupation in sanitation and handyman contractor concept with plumber repairing drain with plumbers snake (steel spiral that twists through pipes to collect dirt) in residential sink.

Whether you’re dealing with a clogged drain, burst pipe, or sewer line problem, our plumbing professionals are here for you. We can take care of any plumbing problem or concern and work hard to help prevent issues from occurring in the first place. Give us a call!

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How Often Do I Need Plumbing Maintenance?

How Often Do I Need Plumbing Maintenance? Good looking young handyman looking at a broken sink and writing a work estimate

Want to keep your Calgary home’s plumbing appliances operating smoothly and efficiently for years to come?

Develop a Maintenance Schedule

Professional maintenance helps you get the most out of your equipment. You’ll maximize your investment and enjoy the safety, comfort, and ease that your entire home’s plumbing system provides.

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Why Is My Garbage Disposal Humming?

Why Is My Garbage Disposal Humming? African female doing the dishes while having a conversation on her mobile phone, laughing. Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Your garbage disposal could be humming for any number of reasons. You may be able to resolve the issue on your own, but if you can’t or would rather leave it to the professionals, Alpha Plumbing Ltd. is here for you. Our experts can arrive to diagnose and resolve the problem in no time!

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What You Should Know About Air Handlers

What You Should Know About Air Handlers. Happy funny little child girl in motion jumping on bed alone flying in air feeling joy, cheerful cute active kid having fun playing laughing in bedroom after waking up, good morning children concept.

An air handler works in tandem with your air conditioner or heat pump to help you get the most efficiency from your HVAC system. As you take in these details on air handlers, our Alpha Plumbing Ltd. professionals are happy to answer any questions you may have.

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How Do I Know When It’s Time to Buy a New Furnace?

How Do I Know When It’s Time to Buy a New Furnace? Woman carrying firewood with dog.

Nobody wants a problem with their furnace—but even the most efficient systems have to be replaced at some point.

Is the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in your Bearspaw home malfunctioning? If so, be sure to address the issue as soon as possible—doing so can prevent further discomfort and damage.

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What to Do If Your Furnace Stops Working

Maintenance man working on a furnace repair.

Every homeowner’s nightmare. You wake up on a cold winter morning and something doesn’t feel right. Why does it feel so darn cold? Oh. The heating didn’t come on. Oh. That means the furnace stopped working. Oh. What do I do now? Oh. Do I need a new furnace? A furnace that stops working may just be a mild…

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Common Gas Boiler Problems and How to Troubleshoot Them

Gas boiler room with IBC boiler equipment.

No resident needs much introduction to the harsh winter weather. If you live here, you know. You also know the importance of a fully functioning gas boiler to your home. Hot water for heating is a basic requirement for many months of the year here. It’s essential that you have a good quality boiler that…

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Is it Time for a Boiler Replacement?

Image of a newly installed IBC Boiler.

Boiler Replacement – How to know when it’s time for your boiler to go Boilers are responsible for up to 60% of your electric bill, which is why it is so important to make sure they are working efficiently. There are a few steps that you can take to ensure that your boiler is running…

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6 Common Plumbing Mistakes to Avoid

High Angle View Of Handyman Lying On Floor Repairing Sink In Kitchen With Toolbox.

Whether it’s a clogged toilet or a slow-running drain, plumbing problems are never fun. With the growing do-it-yourself mentality and the access to a great deal of how-to information online, it can be tempting to try to resolve your issues on your own.  Before you give it a try in your home, take to heart…

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7 Furnace Maintenance Tips

Maintenance man working on home furnace.

It’s understandable that maintenance tasks often fall by the wayside. Many homeowners follow the mantra of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Everyone is busy and many seemingly more important priorities tend to creep up every month to consume time and money.  However, the last thing you want to worry about when the weather…

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Everything You Need to Know About Boilers

Repairing a boiler with a wrench in a bathroom.

Did you know radiant heat—the type of heat your boiler creates—was one of the first methods of indoor heating systems invented, dating back to 1300 BC? At , though we haven’t been working with boilers since 1300 BC, we know a thing or two about them. Our highly trained and experienced , ventilation, and air…

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