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Hydrojet Drain Cleaning: When It’s the Right Choice for Your Pipes
If you’re a homeowner or business owner in Overland Park, you know how frustrating and disruptive a severely clogged or backed up drain can be. At Lutz Plumbing, we’ve seen it all when it comes to stuck drains. After so many years in business serving this community,...
The Hidden Dangers of Iron in Water: Protecting Your Health & Home
That ugly orange-brown staining in your sink? The metallic taste from your faucets? They’re tell-tale signs of a common but problematic issue: high iron levels in your household water. While iron itself isn’t dangerous, high concentrations can cause real problems for...
Diagnosing Low Pressure in Your Kitchen Sink: A Pro’s Checklist
A weak water stream can happen at any moment, and the slow stream of water can make washing dishes a difficult chore. Without your normal water pressure, washing your hands or filling up a pot can take forever. At Lutz Plumbing, we have the experience you want when it...
Before You Start: 7 Things to Consider When Installing a New Shower
A new bathroom remodel is an exciting time in your home. Once you make the decision to remodel your bathroom and you decide on a bathroom design, it’s time to consider how your new shower installation is going to work. A new shower can be the centerpiece of your...
How Long Does It Take to Install a Water Heater? A Lutz Plumbing Explains
When your hot water heater fails, the first question that usually comes to mind is how fast can I get my hot water working again? If you find yourself without hot water, it’s time to work with an experienced plumber that is ready to install a new water heater for you....
What Does a Water Softener Do? The Lutz Plumbing Breakdown
Spotty dishes, stiff towels, dry skin, soap scum in the tub, and having to use a ton of soap to get any suds are all signs of one thing in the Kansas City area: hard water. The best solution to this problem is a quality water softener. But what does a water softener...
The Truth from Your Plumber: Yes, Baby Wipes Clog Toilets. Here’s Why
At Lutz Plumbing, our plumbers have cleared thousands of clogged sewer lines and toilets across Kansas City, and a lot of the time, when we find a clog, we find “flushable” wet wipes or sanitary wipes. These supposedly flushable baby wipes clog toilets and pipes, and...
A Professional Take: Is Poo Pourri Plumbing Safe for Your Pipes?
We’ve all got that one member of the family that nobody wants to follow through the bathroom queue, simply because of the overall odor left behind. Modern products have made this process a bit more bearable, but they also bring new questions to mind, such as is Poo...
What’s That Foghorn Noise From Plumbing? We’ve Heard It All Before
We’ve all heard it at one time or another, a loud, resonant foghorn noise from plumbing when a faucet is turned on or your toilet is flushed. Though it sounds like a serious - and expensive - problem, it’s a noise that we’re very familiar with in the plumbing...








