Category DIY Plumbing Repairs

DIY Plumbing Repairs provides concise, actionable guides for troubleshooting, repairing, and maintaining home water softeners, water heaters, filtration systems, and other residential plumbing and water-system components.

DIY Plumbing Repairs

How to Light or Relight Your Gas or Propane Water Heater Pilot Light

AO Smith gas water heater with a red pilot light button, installed in a utility space

Step-by-step guide to light/relight the pilot on gas/propane water heaters AO Smith & Rheem models, safety tips, troubleshooting.

Bob McArthur
January 23, 2026

DIY Plumbing Repairs

DIY Well Pump Replacement: Your Step-by-Step Guide for Shallow and Deep Wells

Close-up of a blue centrifugal well pump with a threaded pipe connection, used in residential water wells.

DIY replacement and installation of shallow and deep well pumps for home water systems: softener, heater, filtration, plumbing.

Bob McArthur
January 19, 2026