The Thought-full Plumber

Hi, I'm Scott McCracken, General Manager of AttaBoy Plumbing Company in Indianapolis. Plumbing is my LIFE!!! Well, not really, but it is an important part of my life. Aside from plumbing, the most important things to me in life are my family, my faith, and my. . . . . ummm. . . okay, it IS plumbing! But, that will be a good thing for you since that is probably why you're here in the first place.

Together, you and I are going to explore the world of plumbing and the way it relates to our everyday world. So let's "plunger" right in and, who knows, we might even learn a little something together.

AttaBoy Plumber's Post-Super Bowl To Do List

Monday, February 6, 2012 by Scott McCracken

Monday's (day after big game) To Do List:

1. Un-jam Mrs. Clark's garbage disposal in Fishers...buffalo chicken wing bones.

2. Check out the Timpington's water heater in Carmel. Said they ran out of hot water when their guests were showering in the morning (Mr. "T" said he wants info on a tankless model).

3. Toilet clogged and overflowed at Johnson's house. Either the kids dropped a toy in it or it's Uncle Buzz. . . again.

4. Another Broad Ripple clogged drain. May need to suggest Bob actually turns the disposal on the next time he makes his special spicy potato soup.

5. Tree roots clogging Wilson's main drain line after heavy use over Super Bowl weekend. No drains flowing at all. Make this one a priority!

6. Be sure all of our customers know how they can get a 15% discount off of today's work and get a chance for their job to be refunded in Wednesday's Payback Drawing.

7. Oh, and don't forget the most exciting part -- AttaBoy's Facebook Profit Share! They can just click here to find out about all of AttaBoy's Facebook rewards.

AttaBoy Plumbing or Big Box Store for Best Price for Water Heater?

Monday, January 30, 2012 by Scott McCracken

We get a lot of phone calls from people "shopping" to find the best price to clear a clogged drain, install a sump pump or to have their old water heater replaced. Because shopping around is so common, I wanted to take a little space here to talk about getting the best buy for a water heater.

First, you need to notice I did not say "lowest" price, and for good reason. Lowest price is definitely not synonymous with best price. I have often encountered a homeowner who was frustrated because they have purchased a water heater that seemed like a good deal at the time only to experience a great deal of frustration when it comes time to service it.
Probably the most common senario goes like this:

1. A thrifty-minded homeowner purchases a water heater from a "big box store". They get it installed and everything's hunky dory.

2. One day the homeowner wakes up and discovers he or she has to take a cold shower and there's little or no hot water from the faucets. So they call the store where they purchased their water heater and find out that they will have to call the manufacturer to rectify the issue. After talking with tech support on the other side of the globe to troubleshoot the issue it is eventually determined that the gas valve or burner assembly that is causing the problem is under warranty (this time), but will have to be shipped to them since they are no longer dealing with the big box store, but the water heater manufacturer.

3. The now angry customer does not want to wait for the part and calls a local plumbing company, like AttaBoy Plumbing, to get their water heater up and running again quickly. Overall, there ends up being no real cost savings and a disgruntled big box store customer.

The next time you are considering purchasing a plumbing fixture like a water softener, garage disposal, sewage pump or yes, water heater, your best price is going to be AttaBoy Plumbing. We major in customer service in Indianapolis, Broadripple, Greenwood, Brownsburg, Fishers, and Carmel.

And if you really want to put money in your pocket, check out our Facebook Rewards Program.

AttaBoy's Tankless Water Heaters

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 by Scott McCracken

As an Indianapolis plumbing company we always get our share of calls for clogged drains, slow toilets, sump pump problems, and garbage disposals not working. But we also get a lot of inquiries about tankless water heaters.

A tankless water heater is a product that generates hot water immediately by heating water upon demand. That basically means that when you open a hot water faucet the tankless unit’s burners ignite to heat the water you're using as it passes through the pipes in the water heater. When you are finished and turn the faucet off the heater senses the stop of the water flow and immediately turns itself off.

The advantage of the tankless heater is that there is an operating cost savings over the lifetime of the unit because it doesn’t have to heat and re-heat a tank of stored water as with a conventional water heater. It also gives virtually unlimited hot water if the unit is sized correctly for your home. Additionally it takes up less space and uses less energy. The disadvantage is the higher initial investment costs.

If you would like to see if a tankless water heater would be right for you, just call AttaBoy Plumbing. We are not only downtown plumbers, but we service Fishers, Carmel, Greenwood, Lawrence and Avon.

Interested in Attaboy's innovative ways of putting money in your pocket? Then be sure to check out our Facebook Rewards Program! Just click here.

Discount Plumbing???

Thursday, December 22, 2011 by Scott McCracken

Okay...here it is...my all-time favorite bit of plumbing humor. This cartoon by Gary Larson portrays the image that plumbers have in the service industry, namely, that having your toilet, drain or other plumbing problem serviced is expensive. Well, yes plumbing can be expensive, just as it can expensive to have your car or furnace repaired, but just because it might be pricey doesn't mean it always is.

In fact, just today one of AttaBoy's technicians was called out to service a water heater that was not heating. Turned out that our guy only charged $49 because the call did not require hours of time or expensive parts to get the homeowner hot water again.

Let's face it, don't we all want cheap plumbing -- and cheap everything else for that matter? Sure we do, but we would probably agree that we aren't thrilled with paying less for anything if the quality of materials, service or workmanship is bad.

Most of us have gone the "cheap route" on something before and wished later that we'd spent a little more for the good stuff. The same thing happens in the plumbing world. AttaBoy Plumbing is not going to be the most expensive plumbing company out there, but we are also not going to be quite as cheap as the guy working out of the back of his El Camino. That's actually a good thing. AttaBoy is, however, going to be the company that is fussy over quality and service.

And by the way, when it comes to money AttaBoy offers you something no other plumbing company does: Three ways to put money in your pocket. Curious? Watch this little video (click here):

AttaBoy Plumbing Social Rewards Program

Monday, December 12, 2011 by Scott McCracken

As promised last time I want to tell you about the three ways our Social Reward Program can put money in your pocket.

1. Right off the bat your gonna save 15% off our regular prices for any plumbing we do for you.

2. Next, your job will be entered into our weekly Payback Drawing so you can have a chance to get a refund on the work we did for you. Did I mention that your job is entered every week unless it's drawn? In fact, I just had one of our customers call in today who saw on facebook that his job had been drawn. So what happened next? BAM!!! , a check for $469 is in the mail for him tomorrow. He could hardly believe it was that easy....and with no catch. I like to think of it as getting your sump pump, faucet, or toilet for free!

3. But personally I think the best part is that you're immediately eligible to start building your AttaBoy Profit Share. So let's say you've liked AttaBoy Plumbing on facebook and registered for our Social Rewards Program, that's how you start. Next you tell some friends or family members to do the same thing. Now, anytime any of those people you told to register do so and then call AttaBoy the next time they need plumbing, then you will receive a check in the mail from us. The more people who register for the program because of you, the more often you can get a check. Picture this: your next door neighbor needs their faucet repaired - you get paid; your sister has her clogged drain opened - you get paid; someone on the other side of town gets a new water heater from AttaBoy - you get paid. Just think, all you had to do was put the word out and tell others to tell others to register. This could get BIG!

So, here's the bottom line: we want more happy customers and you probably wouldn't mind receiving monthly checks. Hmmmm, let's do this :-)

For more information about The AttaBoy Social Rewards Program, click here

How Much Does Your Plumber Pay YOU?

Friday, December 2, 2011 by Scott McCracken

One of the great things about working with AttaBoy Plumbing is knowing I am working for a company that is always on the cutting edge of what it takes to be the best plumbing company in town.

Not only do we do the expected things like drain cleaning or installing and repairing water heaters, faucets and sump pumps, we also do the unusually great unexpected things like our Social Rewards Program.

AttaBoy's Social Rewards Program is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for you to actually receive checks in the mail from your plumbing company (that's us), even on a monthly basis -- whether you used AttaBoy Plumbing that month or not. Best of all, it costs you nothing. Peaked your interest? Well, all you have to do is "like" AttaBoy Plumbing on facebook and register there for the program and you're in! My next blog post will explain the three ways, count 'em, THREE ways you can SAVE, WIN, and EARN money with AttaBoy! And remember there is. . .

NO COST, NO CATCH, NO COMMITMENT

Plumbing. . . Seriously

Thursday, September 23, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Yesterday, I happened upon a YouTube video from a segment of the TV show "Dirty Jobs" about plumbing. As I watched it I noticed that the host, Mike Rowe, couldn't resist taking the theme of plumbing to the humorous side of our profession: tight places, butt crack jokes, smelly/dirty work, that kind of thing. Normally, I'm pretty light-hearted as well in my approach to all things plumbing on this blog (e.g., my last post), but in my next couple of posts, I want to take things a different direction - the serious side of plumbing.

We have a poster in the AttaBoy Plumbing office that comes from a 1930's advertising campaign that shows a plumber standing with the earth behind as a backdrop and surrounded by a myriad of admiring people gazing up at him with grateful looks on their faces. The caption over the young, strong, overalls-clad technician states: "The Plumber Protects the Health of the Nation."

I have to admit that I've always looked at that poster as a somewhat fanciful bit of plumbing propaganda from a bygone day in our country when people were a little more gullible to advertising. I actually believe people are just as gullible today, but our advertising has gotten a little more sophisticated.

Well, I am humbled to say that a couple of days ago one of our plumbers was sitting in my office talking with me and during our discussion he referred to that poster and said to me, "I believe that." He went on to say that he feels his job is very important and that, in fact, the work he does IS vital to helping our customers live healthy lives. He was dead serious. Somehow, as General Manager, I felt a little ashamed for not having been the one to make that statement, but at the same time, I was very proud knowing that he was one of OUR plumbers!

I am proud to be a part of AttaBoy Plumbing Company.

- The Thought-full Plumber

Time for Bad Indianapolis Plumber Humor

Monday, September 20, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Okay, so I never claimed that my plumbing blog would be helpful or any good, so I get to put whatever I want in here. Sooooo.....today is joke day! On top of that, I am going to make these jokes have a local feel. Here goes.

A Carmel doctor called the plumber out in the middle of the night because one of his toilets was clogged. Upon arrival the technician lifted the toilet lid, threw in two aspirins, and said "If it's still there in the morning, give us another call."

A good flush beats a full house every time.

How many non-AttaBoy plumbers does it take to screw in a light bulb in an Indianapolis home? Three...A boss to tell a plumber, a plumber to tell a helper, a helper to get his electrician friend to do it on the side.

What's the difference between a doctor and a plumber? A doctor washes his hands AFTER he has gone potty, but a plumber washes his hands BEFORE he goes potty.

That's all I can stand for now, but if you're nice I'll find some more for you next time!

The Thought-full Plumber

Plumbing Trivia #3 from AttaBoy Plumbing Company

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Okay, here is my last plumbing trivia installment as I promised. Enjoy. Or not.

Albert Einstein was named an honorary member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union after saying publicly that he would become a plumber if he had to do it all over again.

Archeologists have recovered a portion of a water plumbing system from the Pyramid of Cheops in Egypt. The evidence of indoor plumbing in palaces has dating back to 2500 B.C.

In a typical home, more than 9,000 gallons of water are wasted while running the faucet waiting for hot water. As much as 15% of your annual water heating costs can be wasted heating this extra 9,000 gallons.

In the tomb of a king of the Western Han Dynasty in China (206 BC to 24 AD), archaeologists discovered a 2,000-year-old “toilet” – complete with running water, a stone seat and even a comfortable armrest! The finding: marked the earliest-known water closet, which is quite like what we are using today, in the entire world.

Over their lifetime, women spend the equivalent of one year, seven months and 15 days in the bathroom, a month more than men do.

- The Thought-full Plumber

Plumbing Trivia Installment #2

Wednesday, September 1, 2010 by Scott McCracken

1. The most recognized video game character in the world is a plumber. No, not an AttaBoy plumber. Nintendo’s Mario (of Super Mario Brothers fame) was created by Shigeru Miyamoto, and has appeared in more than 200 games.

2. In Japan, some urinal toilets have voice-activated flush mechanisms. According to wikipedia, these urinals respond to as many as 30 different languages and several terms, including “fire.”

3. The terms Faucet and Spigot were once used only in the Northern and Southern U.S., respectively. The terms have come to be used interchangeably (although spigot is more commonly used for outdoor connections).

4. At 140 degrees, it takes 5 seconds for water to burn skin. At 160 degrees, it takes only 1/2 of a second. It is recommended that your home water heater should be set to no hotter than 125 degrees.

5. There are more than 10 different types of common end-user plumbing fixtures. Can you name them? They include, at least, toilets, urinals, drinking fountains, sinks, bathtubs, showers, ice makers, humidifiers, plumbed-in coffee pots, water heaters, washers, dishwashers, and fountains. And AttaBoy Plumbing Company can install and service all of them.

I know you're starting to get into this trivia thing, so I'll give you the last five facts in my next posting.

- The Thought-full Plumber

It's Trivia Time with your Though-full Plumber!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Okay, I'm a sucker for trivia, so you'll just have to bear with me for the next few posts. This will be the first of three installments.

Water pipes used to be made from Lead. In fact, the word Plumbing (and plumb, and plumber) actually derive from the Latin word for Lead, plumbum. (Incidentally, the periodic table element label for lead, Pb, is based on the same word).
Pipes haven’t always been made of metal. In the 1800s, both Boston and Montreal used wooden pipes; they were logs that were hollowed out and tapered at the ends.
Lead solder was used even after lead was found to be harmful to humans, all the way through the 1980s. It was believed that the amount of lead that could potentially leach into the water was too small to matter. We’ve sinced smartened up.
There are actually two common types of plungers – a toilet plunger and a sink/shower plunger. Toilet plungers narrow at the bottom to fit into the toilet drain, while sink and shower plungers have a flat rim.
Sir John “the john” Herrington is credited with inventing the flushable toilet in 1596. He called it the “Ajax” a shortened version of “a jakes.” “Jakes” was a common old slang for toilet at that time. Unfortunately, Sir John’s designation for the flusable toilet didn’t stick, but his name did. Thomas Crapper (baptised 28 September 1836 – died 27 January 1910) was a plumber who founded Thomas Crapper & Co. in London. Contrary to widespread misconceptions, Crapper did not invent the water closet (toilet). He did, however, do much to increase the popularity of the toilet, and developed some important related inventions, such as the ballcock.
While you may have been able to make it through your day without knowing these not-so-important plumbing facts, it is important to know which plumbers to call if you have a clogged drain, gas leak, or water heater problems in Carmel, Fishers, Zionsville or Indianapolis. . . and that would be AttaBoy Plumbing Company.

Your Thought-full Plumber

Isn't "Hot Water Heater" Redundant?

Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Sometimes a client will call our AttaBoy Plumbing office and will say something like, "hi, this is Mr. So and So and I think my hot water heater in Noblesville is leaking." Now, if I remember correctly, my school teacher taught me that when we say something like, "I don't have no basement flooding in Zionsville" that to use both the word "don't", which is a negative, and the word "no", which is another negative, actually creates a totally different meaning to the sentence than the one intended. So, instead of meaning " I have a flooded basement in Zionsville" it means "I do not have a flooded basement in Zionsville."

Using that same idea, would not the phrase, "hot water heater" mean that the water that was being heated was already hot? Think about it. . . . . .or not.

If you live in Beech Grove, Fortville, Noblesville, or anywhere in the Indianapolis area and need your WATER HEATER repaired or replaced, or have any other plumbing concerns for that matter, just give AttaBoy Plumbing Company a call. Or maybe I should say, "Don't give no call to AttaBoy Plumbing."

Your Thought-Full Plumber

High Efficiency Toilets - The Modern Era in Indianapolis

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Having determined in my last post that the water closets of old may not have flown over too well in Carmel, Fishers or Zionsville, we now ramp up to today.

In earlier American times the plumbing was still largely outside. The early cousin to the port-a-

john that we see today was the outhouse. Much like the castle toilet we considered earlier, the outhouse was still a bit chilly in the winter, but eventually the toilet made its way indoors.

When plumbers and technology finally reached the place where it is today, the toilet moved inside the domicile and gained the ability to flush. But, nowadays with the concern about conserving water, even the basic flushing toilet isn't enough.

Enter today's high performance toilet. Since 1992, U.S. law has mandated that new toilets sold in the United States be low-flow or low-flush, which means that they consume no more than 1.6 gallons per flush. Before that time, typical toilets sold in the United States used 3.5 to 7 gallons per flush.

So now it's low-flow or no go! But, that's a good thing. Just remember that, as holds true in most things in life, you often get what you pay for. The same holds true with water closets.

You Thought-full Plumber
-Scott

High Performance Toilets Back in the Day

Thursday, August 12, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Anytime our Indianapolis plumbers are called to take care of a toilet clog , there is always a chance that the toilet is an older or under-performing model that will continue to have problems unless it is replaced. As I was saying in my last blog, high-performance toilets could be the answer.

Modern toiletology (okay, I made that word up, but it's one we need) calls for utilizing less water to flush more waste solids during a flush cycle. Generally, the more flushing efficiency the toilet, or "water closet" (to use actual plumbing toiletology nomenclature), has the more expensive it is. But it was not always so.

In my search for toilet efficiency, I think the best was probably the prehistoric toilet. You get

the idea, no water usage, no clogs and very cheap price. Later came the Roman toilets (right) and granted, they were efficient, but cost a little more to build. They seemed to lack some privacy as well.

By medieval times the privacy issue was addressed, but costs had skyrocketed since, while the toilet itself didn't cost too much, the price for attaching a castle to it was astronomical. Kind of reminds me of some of Carmel toilet repair customer's homes I've been to.
Or as the Carmel cave man would have said when he called in prehistoric Carmel times, "Carmel fix toilet." Sorry, I digress. As can be seen in the photo (left), there is total efficiency with that toilet, I'm mean how would you EVER clog that baby -- you can see daylight!!! Of course it wasn't too great during the winter. Important side note: it behooved the moat keeper to keep a heads up when he was working, but hey, that was the cost of efficiency for ancient plumbing.

We'll break into the modern era of toilet efficiency next time.

Your Thought-full Plumber,

Scott

A History of High Performance Toilets

Tuesday, August 10, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Okay, let's face it, every last one of us has at least a little bit of fascination with toilets...right?
I mean, think of when you were a little squirt and what some of your first words were: Mama, Da da, poo poo, potty. And remember how big of a deal your parents made of when you used the big boy or big girl potty for the first time? When you made the leap from a little plastic model on the floor to the real deal with the flush handle that made everything disappear, you knew you were on to something!

Well, it doesn't stop there. We recently had a Fishers toilet repair customer who was so into his new toilets we installed that he wanted to find out about possibly adding a $1,100 toilet seat that he liked -- I kid you not, they're out there! While he changed his mind about the fancy schmancy seat, he certainly liked his new high performance toilets we installed. Those are some tough-to-clog toilets. In fact, I once installed one of those babies for a Carmel toilet repair customer who bought it to give to her husband as a birthday gift, complete with big red bow!
See. . .toilets can be fun :0)

You may be asking, "what is a high performance toilet?" Well, they used to be defined by how much could be flushed down them without a clog, but today it means being able to do that and do it using a minimum amount of water. I'll tell you more about that tomorrow.

In the mean time, if you need Avon plumbers or Fortville plumbing done, give AttaBoy Plumbing a call.

Your Thought-Full Plumber

Zionsville Plumbers can get get rid of your starch!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010 by Scott McCracken

I was called out to work on a Zionsville clogged drain awhile back and found a very typical scenario. The homeowner had dumped a bunch of cooked rice down the garbage disposal and ran just enough water to make it go down the hole while turning on the disposal for a moment. As often happens the food did not get washed all the way through the smaller drain to the larger ones and stopped part of the way down. The the abundance of starch released due to the hot water caused the rice to become a well-cemented plug that would not allow any more water to pass. We see this kind of thing happen a lot with pasta and potato peels too.

Not only do we see blockages like that Zionsville drain cleaning that are due to food, but

other clogs, too. I talked to a nice lady about today on an Indianapolis drain cleaning that was caused because of the corrosion and years of build up in her old pipes. Sometimes, as in this case, it's not there's a problem with what you put down, but a problem with the pipes themselves. Old drain lines are like old arteries, they can get build up on inside that hinders the passage of anything through them. So after you've done whatever you can to keep your drains flowing freely and you still have problems, you know who to call. . . . 317-522-0591

Better call the Plumbers of AttaBoy Plumbing Company!

Working in "The Hole"

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Once you manage to crawl over, under, and around all the low-hanging water lines and drain pipes, and reach the spot where you are actually going to attempt the repair, "The Hole" presents a new set of problems. I'll give you an example of one I encountered that I'll call my Noblesville plumbing services fiasco.

My partner and I had already repaired a toilet in the house and were working on some drain cleaning in this old farm house in Noblesville, when I entered the crawlspace to fix a drain line. The only way to get to the leak was to crawl along the length of a large flexible cold air return from the furnace that had been installed in a special "ditch" that was dug out for it. I noticed that if I was really careful, it would support my body weight. So, I belly-crawled along the top of it until I got to my repair point, made a very difficult, barely reachable, drain line repair and then started my slow backward crawl out.

Now, remember, this was a VERY tight situation and this old farm house had VERY old plumbing. In the course of my backward crawl, the heel of my foot raised up and knocked an old compression fitting loose on a water pipe and BANG, the outpouring began! In panic, I started moving as fast as I could, feet first, to get past the water that was soaking me down as I belly-crawled straight under it. Because I was crawling on top of the air return duct, I had no way to get out from under the spray and I felt like I was a car in a carwash. Just when I got to the point where I was getting my back hosed down the 16 inch air duct I was crawling on collapsed under me and I went down into the ditch which was now turning into mud! I was now able to put my escape into overdrive and finally got out of the Hole, soaked but with my life.

Naturally, my job was far from over because I now had another plumbing repair to do, but I managed to gather my composure, got the water shut off, and got the job done. Of course, I had to get new ductwork and fix that too. When everything was said and done, I may not have made a lot of money that day in The Hole, but I didn't find any bodies either.

After I left that house I did what any self-respecting AttaBoy Plumbing Company plumber in our area would do - I cleaned my muddy self off and moved on to a Carmel plumbing repair.

The Hole

Friday, July 16, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Comes now "The Hole", the third category of crawlspaces that plumbers encounter. The Hole is a place that separates the men from the boys. It's probably similar to some of the bad places prisoners throughout history have been sent to for isolation purposes, except a plumber can escape if he has to. A true Hole has an undersized entrance, which is unfortunate for for smaller guys like me because homeowners will say things like, "make sure you send your littlest man," (true example) which I happened to usually be when I was a plumber for AttaBoy Plumbing Company. Calls for The Hole are good news to the guys with beer belly's because they can't fit into them to do the work. Sorry 'bout ya 'lil guy!

The access is merely the gateway to good times. Once inside, and after you have pushed years of cobwebs out of your way, your flashlight beam falls on a graveyard of old plumbing debris left behind by plumbers past. Abandoned sump pumps and old cast iron drain lines laying around make passage nearly impossible since to crawl over the top of them reduces your clearance to about eight inches. Of course, a "littlest man" like myself can practically jump over those hinderances.

There are other goodies scattered about in the Hole like, oh, I don't know, mummified furless cat carcasses. I found one of those once that actually looked more like an NFL "The Duke" football than a feline. I wonder if they use cat leather for balls in other countries? Anyway, animal bodies aren't really that much of a concern unless they're less than a week or two old - I'm sure you understand. However, human remains are always a concern and can be reason enough to just wiggle your little man body on out of there and not bother to holler "no charge today" to the homeowner as you're bolting for the truck.

Everything I've written up to this point has just been about getting access to the work you were hired to do in The Hole. Once you have managed you finally reach the place where your plumbing repair will take place, a whole new set of concerns come into play. I'll talk more about them next time.

On Crawlspaces - The Plumber's Lair

Thursday, July 15, 2010 by Scott McCracken

Yesterday I met a young man at my house who wants to earn some summer money. I am going to hire him to clean out the debris in my crawlspace and put down a new layer of plastic sheeting as a vapor barrier. Now, in my years of working as one of AttaBoy Plumbing's plumbers, I have spent many hours in crawlspaces and let me tell you they are not all alike.

First there's the really sweet crawlspace to work in where every drain and water line is neatly

attached, there are no old sump pumps or well tanks laying around, and it's so tall you can nearly stand up in the thing. Gotta love those! For you locals those are mostly in Carmel, Fishers, and Geist.

The second type of "crawl" is like the one at my house. Sure, there's some old insulation laying around and you've got to maneuver on you hands and knees, but all-in-all, it's not a bad work environment for a plumber, or the kid you hire to clean it out. That young man has no idea how good he has it working in my crawlspace because he's never had to enter "the hole." That's the third category of crawlspace and that one needs to be described in it's own blog post. We will journey there together tomorrow. Bring a weapon.

The Thought-full Plumber