Water quality is required by state and federal regulations to be monitored; Fairfax Water Authority took 13,000 samples over last year to come up with their quality tables that they have released into their nine page yearly report. If you're curious how safe our water is you should give it a read; the short answer is: very safe. [...]
The Federal Government offers tax credits for a number of Engery Star qualified HVAC systems. Dwyer Plumbing customers should always be aware, though, that the cost of the extremely high efficiency systems may be so much greater that savings may take many years to pay off even after the tax credit. $50 credit for an [...]
One of our plumbers, Oscar, completed his four year plumbing apprenticeship program recently, and officially graduated last night. Dwyer Plumbing was a platinum sponsor at the PHCC award banquet, where our company president, Dan Cochran, himself a graduate of the program many years ago, was there to congratulate Oscar. Dan had previously also been an [...]
We're always looking for honest feedback. We aim to consistently you with excellent service that will keep you happy and referring us to friends, family, and neighbors. Most of our business is through personal referrals, which is just the way we like it. However, back in March, Dwyer Plumbing finally decided we'd set up a Facebook [...]
A month ago I went down to Richmond, VA so Dwyer Plumbing could complete the process for becoming a contractor to perform heat pump tune-ups. Dominion Power is giving up to $90 per heat pump tune up. You can only receive a rebate (one per heat pump) once every five years, but, hey, that's better [...]
Two weeks ago, I installed two Nest thermostats in our company president's home. I admit that it's more pleasing to the eye than the previous thermostats, but honestly a thermostat isn't exactly something you notice much after walking past it a few times. The important part to us at Dwyer Plumbing is determining if the [...]
Since June 2007, Dwyer Plumbing has offered hydrojetting. This is more a service we offer to commercial customers to better serve sanitary waste line maintenance requirements, but we also perform it for residential homes when asked, or when we think it's the best option. We can locate the line and determine by camera inspection the cause [...]
There are likely not many people interested in the long history of the Dwyer family and their businesses, however, the Dwyer family was instrumental in the development of Alexandria, Virginia--which may be of interest to a few local history buffs. We're proud of our past and stand by our name. Dwyer isn't just a name, it's [...]
It's always nice when intellectual elites recognize their capacities have limits. A few years ago, Philip Terzian, the literary editor of the "Weekly Standard", acknowledged: I am generally bewildered by the mechanics of heating and air conditioning, and after a few desultory attempts to stop and restart the system, came to the sad conclusion that [...]
Spring may be here at last. Well, the official day has passed us by but the typical temperatures haven't come around to stay yet. Last year, a WaPo blogger reported that 2012 was the warmest spring on record, but this year is clearly different. We saw a surge a warm weather a month ago when [...]
