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What a great year 2017 was for us at Harts Services! We hope it was for you and your families too. We wanted to take this opportunity to show our gratitude for all of our amazing customers! Because of you and your trust in us, we reached a lot of milestones….

We moved into this great new building in June of last year! It has a fantastic shop area where we are adding inventory to help make our jobs easier and quicker with fully stocked trucks ready to go!

Harts Services 9523-A 19th Ave East Tacoma, WA 98445

Our owners attended several motivational conferences to help grow our business and bring back some more best practices. At one of them, they worked to rebrand our business… maybe you’ve seen some of our awesome new vehicles on the roads?! We also reached an all-time record for reviews, about 240 on Google alone! We appreciate those of you who took your personal time to leave those reviews for us. There are stellar ones that we celebrated and some that helped us learn and grow, as we charge forward “Going from Good to Great!” It wasn’t all work though, we did enjoy time together as a family at weekday cookouts and holidays, like our phenomenal 4th of July celebration!

2018 is already proving to be just as thrilling…. We are bringing on two more licensed plumbers and we have a new Operations Leader joining us next month! All thanks to you, our loyal customers and our growing business. We are excited to see what else the New Year brings and wishing you and yours peace, health and happiness!

Happy 2018 from Harts Services!

Our team at Harts Services is honored to announce we have been selected as recipients of the prestigious People Love Us on Yelp Award. Only a small fraction of businesses and companies ever receive this award, making it a unique accomplishment and signifier of client satisfaction and company excellence. Because Yelp is a purely customer-based rating system, you can rest assured you are getting the most accurate evaluation of our professionalism, approach, and services when you check out these authentic reviews.

This award is determined according to a business’ history and Yelp rating, and we are proud to currently maintain a 5-star average thanks to the invaluable feedback of our clients and customers, who have been more than happy to share their experience with Harts Services to the world. Earning this title allows us a number of exciting opportunities, including a letter of commendation from Yelp, as well as an opportunity to display Yelp’s review badges on our website and place of business.

We at Harts Services, look forward to continuing to service our community with excellence for years to come!

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Harts Services Selected for People Love Us On Yelp Award

With the new year among us it is important to make sure your pipes and plumbing are prepared for all this year's possible issues. Some preventative measures that can be taken to ensure your home is ready and continues to work throughout the season are:

 – Very helpful but also easy to damage and clog pipes and drains. Oils, grease and certain food can cause your disposal to back up, corrode and even break. Take caution while cooking to use cold water before during and after running. Avoid putting anything with paper, metal, hard stringy foods like corn husks, or even the starch from potatoes, as these can cause blades deteriorate.

 – Its best to make sure your toilets have been cleaned, scoped and inspected before having an excess amount of use during the holiday season. Extra build up with all the use as well as the possibility of “non flushables” going down the drain is a likely possibility and can turn into a bigger issue like damage to your septic tank or sewer system/lining in its entirety.

 – With a higher use during the holidays, or even regularly, it’s important to take care of your shower drains. Hair is the most common issue that will back up a shower or sink drain. This is easily preventable by making sure you have a small screen that comfortably locks over the shower drain and the usual stopper in sinks will help. If a clog happens further in the pipe that is reachable, a technician can snake these drains as they would toilets and other fixtures to clear blockages if needed.

We are open for emergency service 24/7! If you have a concern about your sewer lines, water pipes, or any other plumbing concerns don’t hesitate to call us at Harts Services!

Avoiding the Same Old Issues with the New Year Here!

Cast iron pipe is historically known for its use as a pressure pipe for transmission of water, gas and sewage. This type of pipe has also been used for water drainage during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is made up of a cast iron tube and was commonly used uncoated. Later, it was discovered that coatings and linings reduced corrosion and improved hydraulics. During the 1970s and 1980s, most manufacturing plants began transitioning to ductile iron pipe, which is a direct development of cast iron. Today little cast iron pipe is manufactured.

In the 17th century, the very first cast iron water pipes were made. These pipes were made and installed to distribute water throughout the gardens of the Château de Versailles. How old these pipes are makes them considerably historically valuable. Even after undergoing extensive refurbishment in 2008, 80%of the original pipes still remain today.

Cast iron was used as a replacement for the original elm pipelines that were laid in the ground earlier, as cast iron proved to be a far more beneficial material for the manufacturing of water pipes. These water pipelines were made up of individually cast sections of cast iron. These sections were often referred to as “sticks” and were joined together by a bell and spigot joint. A bell is when the end of a pipe stick is flared out. This can also be termed a “socket” and is there to enable the spigot (or smaller) end of the next stick to be inserted and create a joint. Gaps in these joints were sealed with oakum (a preparation of tarred fibre used in shipbuilding for caulking,) to prevent any water from leaking out. A molten lead joint was then run around the socket to ensure that the oakum seal would remain in place.

Throughout the years, there have been three main methods for manufacturing cast iron pipes:

 The very first cast iron pipes were produced in horizontal moulds, the core of which was supported by iron rods that would eventually become part of the pipe. Horizontal casting would usually result in an uneven distribution of metal around the pipe circumference. This was due to slag that would collect at the crown of the pipe which would create a much weaker section.

 The very first occurrence of a pipe being cast vertically in a pit was in 1845. This worked out so well, that by the end of the century all pipe was being manufactured by this method. The aspect that made this a superior means of manufacturing is that all the slag would collect at the top of the casting, and could be removed simply by cutting off the end of the pipe. While this became the best method for casting, there was still an issue of pipes suffering from off center bores. This would result in one side of the pipe being thicker than the opposite side which was caused by the core of the mould being placed off center.

 After it was invented by Dimitri Sensaud deLavaud in 1918, a lot of cast iron pipe manufacturing shifted to the dramatically different technique of centrifugal casting. In this casting method, a rotating mold is continuously spun while molten metal is poured inside of it. This allows the metal to be thrown towards the inside of the mold wall where it solidifies after cooling. Modern pipe production continues to use this method of casting.

While the first occurrence of standardised cast iron pipes was in 1917 Britain, these pipes are still commonly used today. If you have any questions about what your sewer pipes are made of, feel free to give Harts Services a call at 253-345-7222 to request a service, and we will set up a camera scope that will answer any questions you may have. Our Tacoma plumbing company is here to answer your questions and meet your needs.

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Customer service and answered the phone was pleasant and helpful. Person who came on site to discuss the work was thorough, gave great advice, and made suggestions for future planning.

Hart's Services got here about 3 hours after calling them. Very courteous and helpful with going over my options for all of my plumbing needs. They are getting our emergency repair work completed for a reasonable rate.

Very friendly, very knowledgeable. Made replacing my whole sewer line as painless as possible.

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At Harts Services, our #1 priority is your utmost satisfaction. We won’t just show up at your location and provide easy fixes that will eventually come undone, causing you more aggravation and costing you more money. Our plumbers provide lasting results at affordable prices, holding themselves to the highest standard for excellence in every job they undertake. We also offer peace of mind inspections, maintenance plans, and customer education to ensure complete peace of mind today and in the future.

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Harts has amazing customer service and responded promptly to our plumbing emergency! Chris has been to our home in the past and is very knowledgeable and professional. Harts is a great local company to work with.

I was so happy to finally get my faucets outside my house fixed. Anytime I turned them on they dripped, dripped, dripped. Now I have frost free hose bibs and no drips! Thanks Harts!

Harts Services is a very professional company. We called because our sewer was backing up into our home and they had someone at our house within the hour.

Fast service, excellent follow-up, and Tim who performed the service was excellent and easy to work with. Will definitely use again if needed.

Thank you Chris McAlister from Harts Services. The service was professional, quick but thorough. Thank you

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