Backflow Prevention and Testing

Backflow, a reversal in the flow of water in a plumbing system, is a fairly common problem caused by back pressure.

Since backflow can contaminate both your water supply and the main water line, most homeowners and businesses are required to have a backflow prevention system, or an RPZ (reduced pressure zone) assembly. Federal regulations also require backflow assemblies for a variety of equipment that use water, such as refrigerators, ice boxes and water fountains.

At Advanced Plumbing and Mechanical of South East Idaho, we are dedicated to protecting your water supply through comprehensive testing of backflow and RPZ (reduced pressure zone) assemblies. With a staff of highly trained and experienced assembly evaluators and state-of-the-art testing equipment, we have the tools to provide you with complete protection against water system contamination.  We can easily test for Backflow issues, and take necessary steps to stop Backflow or even prevent it from ever occurring.
So whether your backflow testing needs are residential or commercial , we can help. For more information or to receive a free estimate, please contact us at Advanced Plumbing today!

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Water Purification & Filtration

Water in the Intermountain West is 3 - 5 times harder than the national average. This can pose serious problems for water systems that are mass-produced for the lowest national averages.

Hard water can coat your family, your home and your appliances with thousands of pounds of inorganic mineral rock-scale each and every year.  Hard water slowly destroys everything it touches. Left untreated, hard water costs you money, ruins your lifestyle and can even lower the value of your home.

The Home Empowered Water system is designed to address hardness, heavy metals, pesticides, herbicides, chlorine tastes & odors in microbiologically safe water.

There are many variables that can negatively affect the efficiency, performance and reliability of a water conditioning system, including:

High Water Hardness: The harder your water is the larger a system must be to remove contaminants effectively. However, if the system is too large it will waste water and salt while potentially allowing your system to be contaminated with bacteria.

High Water Pressure: Municipalities in the region could never have foreseen the massive population influx that has occurred. Cities are now forced to increase net pressures in piping distribution systems to push as much water as they can to new housing developments. These high pressures can raise attrition rates and cause premature failure in equipment.

Low Water Temperature: Although cold water tastes good, it is not good at all for water softening, conditioning or filtration equipment. Cold water has been proven to reduce system operating capacities by as much as 60%. Undersized systems will have a much greater chance of failing when the winter influent water is as cold as it is here.

Chlorine & Chloramine: All ion-exchange based water softening, conditioning and filtration systems can degrade at a minimum average rate of 5% - 10% per year (attrition) due to chlorine alone. Intermountain Water’s proprietary Structured Matrix media has a much slower chlorine attrition rate than traditional softening resins.

Iron & Heavy Metals: Resin attrition is further exacerbated by factors such as high water consumption, inadequate regenerations, elevated chlorine levels, iron & heavy metals in water. Even after leaving the city plant meeting or exceeding EPA minimum standards, your water can absorb and collect contaminants such as copper, zinc, lead, rust, manganese and a host of others before it even reaches your home. These are obviously potentially harmful to humans, but even more dangerous to your water equipment unless it is specifically designed to address these threats.

Heterotrophic Plate Count Bacteria (HPC’s): Your city produces water that is free of bacteria and safe to consume. However, HPC’s can exist in piping, water meters, fittings and regulating valves. These HPC’s are benign but can be the growth medium for potentially pathogenic bacteria. HPC’s can grow and colonize in a water system in as little as 4 days, even with chlorine or chloramine in the water. If your water system is not specifically sized & designed to address HPC growth issues, then your system could be a ticking bacterial time-bomb. Intermountain systems are specifically designed to use Pur-Gard or Pur-Gard Plus as well as regenerating appropriately to mitigate this risk.

Water Purification & Filtration - ID, Idaho, Rexburg, Idaho Falls, Rigby, Blackboot, Island Park

Sewer and Water Line Repair & Replacement

Our technicians are equipped with the most sophisticated equipment available to service all of your sewer and waterline repair or replacement – without destroying your yard.

One of the most common causes of sewer line back-ups, cracked lines and drainage problems is root infiltration. Roots from trees and larger shrubs enter the sewer line from a joint; they grow and expand to fill up the pipe with a hair-like root mass. The masses quickly become clogged with toilet paper, debris and grease coming from the home to the main sewer line. As the roots continue to grow, they put pressure on the pipe and it will eventually crack.

Diagnosing these sewer and water line problems can be difficult; often, it’s just guesswork. Repairing and replacing usually means tearing up your yard and property – a labor-intensive and expensive nightmare, as well as an eyesore. But not with Advanced Plumbing & Mechanical!

• Video analysis of trouble areas
• Cutting tree roots growing into your sewer systems
• Trenchless sewer line repair

Advanced offers a satisfaction guarantee on all work and our technicians are extensively trained and dedicated to excellence to provide superior plumbing and drain cleaning services.

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Drain Cleaning & Rooter Service

• Bath tubs
• Bath sinks
• Kitchen sinks
• HVAC lines
• Washer/laundry lines
• Sewer lines/main drains
• Dishwasher lines
• Roof drains
• Septic lines
• Grease lines
• Shower drains
• Toilets
• Pool skimmer lines
• Basement drains
• Floor drains

 

Advanced Installs Noritz brand tankless water heaters.