{Albany, NY -Jan 16th 2019} – E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling is proud to announce that it has earned the home service industry’s coveted Angie’s List Super Service Award (SSA). This award honors service professionals who have maintained exceptional service ratings and reviews on Angie’s List in 2018.

“Service pros that receive our Angie’s List Super Service Award represent the best  in our network, who are consistently making great customer service their mission,” said Angie’s List Founder Angie Hicks. “These pros have provided exceptional service to our members and absolutely deserve recognition for the exemplary customer service they exhibited in the past year.”

Angie’s List Super Service Award 2018 winners have met strict eligibility requirements, which include maintaining an “A” rating in overall grade, recent grade and review period grade. The SSA winners must be in good standing with Angie’s List and undergo additional screening.

“We are very pleased to be recognized” says Kevin Miller, Vice President.  “E.W. Tompkins has been serving the Capital Region of New York State since 1921.  We are the oldest plumbing company in the region and we have worked hard to also obtain over 100 Google reviews with the highest rating of 4.9.  Not many companies can match the value with bring to every call”.

Service company ratings are updated continually on Angie’s List as new, verified consumer reviews are submitted. Companies are graded on an A through F scale in multiple fields ranging from price to professionalism to punctuality.

For over two decades Angie’s List has been a trusted name for connecting consumers to top-rated service professionals. Angie’s List provides unique tools and support designed to improve the local service experience for both consumers and service professionals.

Contact our Customer Care Team for your next plumbing service in Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga and all the important places in between!          518-462-6577

UTICA BOILERS ARE A TOP CHOICE FOR BOILER INSTALLATIONS IN ALBANY – TROY – SCHENECTADY

Utica Boilers have been manufacturing both gas and oil-fired boilers for residential and commercial use in the Capital Region since 1928.  Like E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling, they are approaching 100 years in business. E.W. Tompkins was established in 1921 and is the oldest plumbing company in the Capital Region.

Utica Boilers are highly efficient, easy to maintain, easy to install, and have a  limited lifetime warranty.

They use superior parts and have earned a reputation for exceptional quality, performance, and dependability since its inception in our Albany area.

Utica Boiler Products offer:

• Innovative, dependable designs made right here in America
• Solid reliability
• Highest quality parts
• Best-in-class warranties
• Responsive and adaptive service professionals

Water Heater Expansion Tanks  are a Safety Device

Water Heater Expansion Tanks are a safety devide that can reduce the chance of pressure damage to your plumbing system.  This applies to tank water heaters and not to the new tankless systems.  E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling will make a recommendation for you to install one if you do not have one and might.  

During the heating process, thermal expansion happens.   The expansion tank servies as a “overflow” tank.  It absorbs fluctuations in the incoming water supply pressure and absorbs excess water volume too.  Water expands when heated.  

In the Capital Region, there are open systems where the expanding water can push back into the city water lines.  There is typically not an issue there.

But many homes have a “closed water supply system” where the water plumbing system in the house has a one-way valve ( sometimes called a backflow preventer valve).  In this system, the extra water pressure that is building up with the thermal expansion.  It can cause a lot of damage because the water pressure cannot return into the city water pipes.  It has no where to go.    Many of the areas in the Albany, Troy, Schenectady require expansion tanks.  Check your local building code and find out.  You may be required to have one.  

Even if you do not have a one way valve on your hot water tank, you may benefit having an expansion tank.  They sit above the water tank and are about 15 inches long and about 12 inches wide.  Having a tank reduces the pressure on your toilet and faucets.  This may help those fixtures last much longer.  The tank is easy to install and E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling.  We like the Amtrol brand name.  

We suggest checking your water heater for rust on top and at the bottom of the unit.  If your tank is 10-12 years old, you may want to consider a water heater installation and an expansion tank installation.  

Call E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling at 518-462-6577 and speak to our Customer Care Reps.  We offer Red Runner Treatment that will protect your floors.

E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling suggests having a carbon monoxide detector on each floor of the home when you have a fuel-burning appliance of any kind.

We would like to see more units in the home when we do hot water heater tank installations.  It is not good enough to have one just in the basement.  Especially if you have a very large home.  We suggest them when we install gas appliances, water heaters, gas lines and more.

You cannot smell carbon monoxide and it is deadly!   

When you go to purchase one, you generally fun into two types of units.  One that connects to a smoke alarm.  And those that are independent.  They may be the most inexpensive.  They are easy to install.   It is important to be sure that you have enough of them.  It might be that you need more than one.  One can purchase one that is hard-wired or requires a battery.

Some of the brand names are:

First Alert OneLink Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm.  Which goes for about $55 on Amazon.  It is a combination unit.  It takes AA batteries.  It can link to others in the home.  So, when one goes off so do the others.  This is a great choice for large homes.

Kidde has been another leader in this product market.   If you do not need a combination unit there is the Kidde Nighthawk KN-Coop-3 unit.  It just plugs right into an outlet and has a battery included that works when the power goes out.   Really check out the features because, besides reset buttons, some have power cords, a level button, and LED displays too.

Kidde also makes the Kiddo KN-COB-B-LPN unit.  This is a really affordable $20 model.  You can place it on a nail, on a table or on a wall.  It uses 3 AA batteries and does not plug in.  It’s a tad tricky to get the batteries into the unit but it is intentional so there is no way you forget to place them inside.  The unit has a low battery indicator also a reset button.  

For those who live with their cell phone attached to them, take a look at the NEST Protect Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm.  This is very expensive and so we doubt that you will place multiple units in your home.  But their unit combines smoke and carbon monoxide alarms.  And they can send the alarm to your cell phone.  It is one of the more attractive units!

Again, if you have an appliance that uses fuel, you need to have multiple carbon monoxide units in your home to keep you and your family safe.  

If you need a hot water heater installed in the Capital Region of New York, call E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling at 518-462-6577