Backflow service should be service you can count on.  Sometimes, sadly, it is not.  In order to make sure you hire only the best technician for your backflow service, arm yourself with some general knowledge about backflow and the dangers inherent in backflow.

So, what is backflow?  This is a question important to every homeowner in the United States, so pay attention.

Backflow is a situation where water, and other polluted liquids in your plumbing system, suddenly reverse flow and flow back into the city’s potable water supply. That means, of course, that dish soap, grease, pesticides, and other pollutants flow unimpeded back into the general water supply, and it doesn’t take a chemistry major to understand the problems associated with that problem.

Seems kind of important, right?  One might want to fix that, right?  In order to prevent that from happening, backflow systems were designed with automatically stop the flow of water and liquids back to the water supply.  The systems, which employ what are known as backflow preventers, or backflow devices, actually block the flow in a reverse direction using air gaps, cocks, and valves, and when necessary, for big jobs, several backflow preventers will be used in dual systems.

Backflow is such a serious problem that it is now regulated on a Federal level, and all cities in the United States require that backflow devices be inspected annually by licensed and certified backflow technicians.

These technicians are trained and certified by the ABPA, and each technician is trained to re-build, replace, and test your backflow preventers.  If a repair is needed, a backflow technician will have the internal seals, springs, and moving backflow parts necessary to repair your system.  Because these backflow preventers are made up of moving parts, those moving parts can become fouled, clogged, or can wear out from fatigue, so it is necessary that they be inspected once each year.

So, as you can see, backflow service is highly important, and finding the right backflow testing company for backflow repair is of crucial importance.

In Texas, cue the music, the best backflow service for a residential backflow preventer, hands-down, is City Backflow Testing.

If experience is important, City Backflow Testing is the company you should call.

If certification and training is important, City Backflow Testing is the company you should call.

If great service is important, City Backflow Testing is the company you should call.

And if peace-of-mind is important . . . you got it . . . City Backflow Testing is the company you should call.

What do you need to know about backflow?  All you need to know is in this article…it is dangerous, it needs to be stopped, and you need the best backflow service you can find.  That’s it!  You need no technical knowledge at all.  If it’s a problem the Federal Government deems important for your safety, then you darned well better take it seriously.

For your family’s peace-of-mind, have your backflow system inspected and certified.

For the very best in backflow service, inspection, and repair, call City Backflow Testing.

It’s just that simple!