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Pro Serve plumbing has been a family owned and operated business for the past 15 years. Our mission is to provide quality plumbing services to our customers that is affordable, reliable, and conducted with honesty and integrity.
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Our technicians are skilled licensed professionals, who are continuously striving to perfect their craft through continuing education. It is our promise that each customer will receive the highest quality of service from a knowledgeable and professional member of our team.
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It is our goal to ensure that each customer receives the best level of service we have to offer. We want you to feel confident in your decision to choose Pro Serve Plumbing, and it is our hope that we exceed your expectations every time.
Pro Serve plumbing has been a family owned and operated business for the past 15 years. Our mission is to provide quality plumbing services to our customers that is affordable, reliable, and conducted with honesty and integrity.
Our Promise:
Our technicians are skilled licensed professionals, who are continuously striving to perfect their craft through continuing education. It is our promise that each customer will receive the highest quality of service from a knowledgeable and professional member of our team.
Our Goal:
It is our goal to ensure that each customer receives the best level of service we have to offer. We want you to feel confident in your decision to choose Pro Serve Plumbing, and it is our hope that we exceed your expectations every time.
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General plumbing, inspection and repair, sewer drain cleaning and camera diagnostics, slow drains and clogged drains, stoppages, sewer inspection and replacement, leak detection, water leak repair, slab leak, water and sewer main replacement; re-pipe; gas leaks, gas line testing, inspection, and repair; fixture repair or replacement (i.e. kitchen faucet, garbage disposal, lavatory faucets, tub and showers, commodes, urinals,) flush valve, kitchen and bath remodel; bathtubs and showers, hot water re-circulating system, washer and dryer hook up, water heater repair and replacement, tank less water heater repair and replacement, backflow installation and backflow testing, code violation repairs. We work residential areas and commercial industries; as well as remodeling. The best way to discuss your particular project or need is to just pick up the phone and call us at 817 984-9968.
Cost-Saving Plumbing Tips Even Non-Plumbers Can Use:
Shower heads – Weak or changing water pressure usually points to a mineral buildup in the shower head. Clean the outlet holes with a pin or unscrew the faceplate and soak it overnight in vinegar. Scrub it clean before replacing it on the shower head.
Scalding Tap Water - Thousands of people are scalded by tap water every year. The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association recommends that the full-on hot water temperature at the faucet be set between 120° and 125° F
Garbage Disposal - Use cold water when the disposal is operating. You can clean your disposal by grinding ice cubes. When you disposal needs a little freshening, just grind some lemon peels. Of course, you should read your maintenance manual.
Water Moisture In The Home – Make sure that vents (with a ventilating fan) are installed in your kitchen and baths. These rooms can produce a lot of moisture. Ventilating fans are great but will be of no use if they are not turned on! So make sure that you use them!
Mildew – You can help to avoid mildew problems with these preventative actions. Ventilate basements or run dehumidifiers to dry the air, walls and furnishings. Don’t hang wet clothes in your closets. Keep your showers and tubs clean of soap-scum so that they dry quicker. Air-out your bathroom cabinets and kitchen sink cabinet often.
Pipe Insulation - Insulate those pipes before it gets cold! When temperatures are at or below freezing, running a steady drop of hot and cold water from your faucets may keep your pipes from freezing. If your pipes are not insulated, they can freeze even with a small flow of water. So, insulate those pipes! But beware; insulated pipes can freeze when there is no water movement to keep the pipes warm.
Roots - Roots can be a big problem. They can grow into the joints of the pipes. A little "root-x" flushed down the toilet can reduce the growth of roots in your pipes. It needs to sit in the pipes overnight, so do it before bed. from Ben Franklin plumbing
Shower heads – Weak or changing water pressure usually points to a mineral buildup in the shower head. Clean the outlet holes with a pin or unscrew the faceplate and soak it overnight in vinegar. Scrub it clean before replacing it on the shower head.
Scalding Tap Water - Thousands of people are scalded by tap water every year. The Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association recommends that the full-on hot water temperature at the faucet be set between 120° and 125° F
Garbage Disposal - Use cold water when the disposal is operating. You can clean your disposal by grinding ice cubes. When you disposal needs a little freshening, just grind some lemon peels. Of course, you should read your maintenance manual.
Water Moisture In The Home – Make sure that vents (with a ventilating fan) are installed in your kitchen and baths. These rooms can produce a lot of moisture. Ventilating fans are great but will be of no use if they are not turned on! So make sure that you use them!
Mildew – You can help to avoid mildew problems with these preventative actions. Ventilate basements or run dehumidifiers to dry the air, walls and furnishings. Don’t hang wet clothes in your closets. Keep your showers and tubs clean of soap-scum so that they dry quicker. Air-out your bathroom cabinets and kitchen sink cabinet often.
Pipe Insulation - Insulate those pipes before it gets cold! When temperatures are at or below freezing, running a steady drop of hot and cold water from your faucets may keep your pipes from freezing. If your pipes are not insulated, they can freeze even with a small flow of water. So, insulate those pipes! But beware; insulated pipes can freeze when there is no water movement to keep the pipes warm.
Roots - Roots can be a big problem. They can grow into the joints of the pipes. A little "root-x" flushed down the toilet can reduce the growth of roots in your pipes. It needs to sit in the pipes overnight, so do it before bed. from Ben Franklin plumbing
Benbrook Historical Background
The ability of the City of Benbrook to shape its future is intimately tied to its past. Prior transportation and land subdivision actions profoundly affect the ability to make future land use decisions by establishing the framework within which future development can take place. Prior economic activity tends to direct future economic activity along associated lines. Prior planning activities, whether implemented or not, also continue to influence land use decisions directly or indirectly. Prior to the arrival of Anglo settlers, large herds of buffalo and members of the Wichita, Caddo, Comanche and Lipan Apache Indian tribes roamed the Benbrook area. Archeologists estimate that the area has been inhabited for some 11,000 years. Indian communities look for the same environmental factors as present communities, with the availability of an adequate water supply being a primary consideration. Undoubtedly, the confluence of the Clear Fork-Trinity River and Mary's Creek provided such a watering place to tribes as they passed through the area on hunting expeditions. As a community, Benbrook is one of the oldest in Tarrant County. But as an incorporated City, it is one of the youngest.
Anglos originally settled the Benbrook area, part of the Peters' Colony established by the Republic of Texas, in the 1850s. W.S. Peters of Kentucky was granted a contract to attract 250 families per year by offering 320 acres free to family men and 160 acres to single immigrants, plus a free cabin, seed and musket balls. S. Edward and Nancy Willburn of Missouri reportedly came to the area in 1843 as Family 107 of the Peters' Colony, then settling along Mary's Creek near Benbrook in 1854s. A "Mary's Creek Post Office" was established sometime during the 1850s or 1860s, with Benjamin Richerson serving as Postmaster. Lemuel Edwards settled along the Clear Fork near present day Hulen Street in 1848, with land holdings that eventually covered 4,020 acres by 1955. A 20-foot by 20-foot single-room school building and Methodist Church was built in 1857 near the Clear Fork by Edward Willburn. The structure was apparently made on concrete and had a dirt floor, but the structure apparently collapsed from poor construction materials in 1865. Classes had apparently ceased during the Civil War. A new school and church known as "Old Rawhide" was built of lumber in 1872 by the Chapman, Edwards, Ward, Majors, and Willburn families. Newspaper accounts indicate 27 students in 1877 and 48 students in 1879. This building reportedly burned down in 1879. The school was re-established near the corner of the present Mercedes Street and Winscott Road and was called the Miranda (or Marinda) School (or "Marinda Academy") named after one of the Willburn children, Mrs. Merinda Snyder, who donated five acres of land to the "Marinda Seminary School Community" for the school. The site reportedly included a cemetery which probably was the beginning of the present Benbrook Cemetery which was established in 1885. The building continued to double as the Methodist Church. The community was known by the name of the school during its early years. A post office was established at Benbrook in 1880.
Just three years later, the Marinda school (and Church) was relocated again to the intersection of Winscott Road and Old Benbrook Road (where the present day Computalog building is located.), again on land donated by Mrs. Marinda Snyder. The Benbrook Common School District No. 58 was established in 1884. The school was renamed Benbrook School in 1885 and residents became the first district in Tarrant County to vote for a school tax. The school had 64 student by 1905. A branch of the "Old Chisholm Trail" apparently passed through the area, crossing Mary's Creek at Old Rawhide Crossing in the area of the present Z.Boaz Park, and served as a route to avoid the main trail route through downtown Fort Worth. A branch trail, known the Long Trail or Cleburne Cut-Off, extended from Raw Hide Crossing to Cleburne and shortened the trip by 13 miles. The Butterfield Stage Line followed the Old Chisholm Trail and was headquartered in Bowie, Texas. An old water well used to water the horses was located on the Coder farm. The Fort Worth-El Paso Mail Route Stage Line also ran along Mary's Creek on its way west (1876-1881), and was reportedly robbed several times in the vicinity of Miranda. A gang known as the "Bold Banditti" (including Sam Bass) was responsible for many of these crimes and they often took refuge in "Hell's Half Acre" on what is now the site of the Tarrant County Convention Center in downtown Fort Worth. Bass reported robbed the Cleburne-Fort Worth stage at Mary's Creek on November 1877 and the Weatherford-Fort Worth stage on January 26, 1878. Fleming (Slim) Doggett robbed the Granbury Stage near Benbrook, and was later slain by Texas Rangers on the H.C. Stephens farm.
In 1876, local resident James M. Benbrook petitioned the Texas & Pacific Railroad to place a station along Mary's Creek near Miranda as the railroad ran west out of Fort Worth. The line was completed to Benbrook in May 188022 and the station was named after Benbrook Station by the railroad. In May 1893, James Benbrook sold the Texas and Pacific Railroad a half-acre for use as a depot for $25.00. During the 1890s, two trains a day stopped in Benbrook. Just like the stage line, the railroad was an easy target for thieves, particularly at the wooden trestle bridge over Mary's Creek. In 1886, Congressman S.W.T. Lanham (later to be elected as Governor) was a victim of a robbery near Benbrook while traveling from Weatherford to Fort Worth to give a speech on prohibition. The train was robbed by five men in June 1887 and again in September 1887, both of which were attributed to the Rueben and James Burrows gang who later bragged about train robberies he pulled in "Bend Brooke(sic)". A robbery in 1896 in broad daylight, allegedly by Eugene "Captain Dick" Bunch, was one of the last such robberies in Texas. A total of $40,000 was reportedly stolen. The Peter Boaz family arrived in Birdville from Kentucky in 1873 and the family subsequently moved to Benbrook in 1878. Among Peter and Martha's nine children were Will N. Boaz, Hiram Abiff Boaz, Ex Boaz and Z Boaz. Hiram Boaz reportedly converted at one of the Old Rawhide Camp Meetings, became one of the early leaders of the Methodist Church in Benbrook and subsequently became a Methodist Bishop in 1922 and president of both Polytechnic College in Fort Worth (later known as Texas Wesleyan) and Southern Methodist University in Dallas. After Peter Boaz's death in 1882, his widow married James M. Benbrook. J.A. Childers, ranch foreman for W.J. Boaz's 3,000-acre ranch, and later constable and county commissioner, built his home on Old Benbrook Road during the 1870s. Z Boaz donated 136 acres of land to the City of Fort Worth as a public park in 1928, only because Benbrook did not have a municipal government or park department at that time. Z Boaz died in 1935 and is buried in the Benbrook Cemetery along with his wife, Teck who died in 1970, and an infant son, Thank, who died in 1898.
The Benbrook family had arrived in the Miranda area in 1874 from Illinois. The family built a large Victorian house on Walnut Creek east of the community in 1891. James Benbrook was known as "Squire" because of his English heritage and served as Justice of the Peace for many years. James M. Benbrook was born in Posey County, Indiana on June 20, 1831. He was the grandson of Ezekial G. Benbrook, born in North Carolina in 1748 and who reportedly served as a Colonel with George Washington in Valley Forge. Ezekial's son James and his wife Sarah Shadowen were the parents of James M. Benbrook. The family moved to Hamilton County, Illinois in 1845, and he married Martha Metcalf in 1852. James fought as a sergeant with the 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was wounded in the hip in 1862. Following the War, Benbrook and his family traveled south for his health, finally settling in Miranda in November 1876. In 1891, they built a large two-story Victorian house near Walnut Creek. James and Martha had six children, three of which died in infancy. The other three children included Albert L. who became a teacher, Monroe who went into the furniture business in Dallas, and Ida who married Dr. E.W. Snyder and moved to Brownwood. Martha died in July 1884 and was buried by the Baptist Church (James was a Methodist). James later married Mrs. L.A. Boaz, widow of Peter Boaz. James Benbrook was active in politics during his life, serving as constable in Illinois and as Justice of the Peace while in Benbrook. He died on February 18, 1907.
The families that lived north of the railroad along Mary's Creek also built a school and church, known as Chapin School, after early settler I.H. Chapin. The Wallace's settled along Mary's Creek near the intersection of Chapin Road and Chapin School Road. The property was later purchased by Arch Rowan, president of Rowan & Nichols Oil Co. Several family cemeteries were established in 1867. The Willburn Cemetery remains at 3720 Streamwood Road in what is now Ridglea Country Club Estates. The Willburn cemetery contains about 15 graves with burials from 1867 to 1924. The Burke Cemetery is located just outside the city limit on Bryant-Irvin Road. The Jackson Cemetery is located on the north side of Chapin Road adjacent to Leonard Middle School. In 1885, the Benbrook Cemetery was established with James M. Benbrook as one of the original trustees. Graves from the Hunter, Day, January and Mustang cemeteries were moved to the site in 1947 to avoid inundation by Benbrook Lake and the Howard Cemetery was relocated from the Wedgwood area in 1955. James M. Benbrook's grave in the Benbrook Cemetery is designated with an Official Texas Historical Marker. Taken from http://www.cityofbenbrook.com/content/52/85/default.aspx.
The ability of the City of Benbrook to shape its future is intimately tied to its past. Prior transportation and land subdivision actions profoundly affect the ability to make future land use decisions by establishing the framework within which future development can take place. Prior economic activity tends to direct future economic activity along associated lines. Prior planning activities, whether implemented or not, also continue to influence land use decisions directly or indirectly. Prior to the arrival of Anglo settlers, large herds of buffalo and members of the Wichita, Caddo, Comanche and Lipan Apache Indian tribes roamed the Benbrook area. Archeologists estimate that the area has been inhabited for some 11,000 years. Indian communities look for the same environmental factors as present communities, with the availability of an adequate water supply being a primary consideration. Undoubtedly, the confluence of the Clear Fork-Trinity River and Mary's Creek provided such a watering place to tribes as they passed through the area on hunting expeditions. As a community, Benbrook is one of the oldest in Tarrant County. But as an incorporated City, it is one of the youngest.
Anglos originally settled the Benbrook area, part of the Peters' Colony established by the Republic of Texas, in the 1850s. W.S. Peters of Kentucky was granted a contract to attract 250 families per year by offering 320 acres free to family men and 160 acres to single immigrants, plus a free cabin, seed and musket balls. S. Edward and Nancy Willburn of Missouri reportedly came to the area in 1843 as Family 107 of the Peters' Colony, then settling along Mary's Creek near Benbrook in 1854s. A "Mary's Creek Post Office" was established sometime during the 1850s or 1860s, with Benjamin Richerson serving as Postmaster. Lemuel Edwards settled along the Clear Fork near present day Hulen Street in 1848, with land holdings that eventually covered 4,020 acres by 1955. A 20-foot by 20-foot single-room school building and Methodist Church was built in 1857 near the Clear Fork by Edward Willburn. The structure was apparently made on concrete and had a dirt floor, but the structure apparently collapsed from poor construction materials in 1865. Classes had apparently ceased during the Civil War. A new school and church known as "Old Rawhide" was built of lumber in 1872 by the Chapman, Edwards, Ward, Majors, and Willburn families. Newspaper accounts indicate 27 students in 1877 and 48 students in 1879. This building reportedly burned down in 1879. The school was re-established near the corner of the present Mercedes Street and Winscott Road and was called the Miranda (or Marinda) School (or "Marinda Academy") named after one of the Willburn children, Mrs. Merinda Snyder, who donated five acres of land to the "Marinda Seminary School Community" for the school. The site reportedly included a cemetery which probably was the beginning of the present Benbrook Cemetery which was established in 1885. The building continued to double as the Methodist Church. The community was known by the name of the school during its early years. A post office was established at Benbrook in 1880.
Just three years later, the Marinda school (and Church) was relocated again to the intersection of Winscott Road and Old Benbrook Road (where the present day Computalog building is located.), again on land donated by Mrs. Marinda Snyder. The Benbrook Common School District No. 58 was established in 1884. The school was renamed Benbrook School in 1885 and residents became the first district in Tarrant County to vote for a school tax. The school had 64 student by 1905. A branch of the "Old Chisholm Trail" apparently passed through the area, crossing Mary's Creek at Old Rawhide Crossing in the area of the present Z.Boaz Park, and served as a route to avoid the main trail route through downtown Fort Worth. A branch trail, known the Long Trail or Cleburne Cut-Off, extended from Raw Hide Crossing to Cleburne and shortened the trip by 13 miles. The Butterfield Stage Line followed the Old Chisholm Trail and was headquartered in Bowie, Texas. An old water well used to water the horses was located on the Coder farm. The Fort Worth-El Paso Mail Route Stage Line also ran along Mary's Creek on its way west (1876-1881), and was reportedly robbed several times in the vicinity of Miranda. A gang known as the "Bold Banditti" (including Sam Bass) was responsible for many of these crimes and they often took refuge in "Hell's Half Acre" on what is now the site of the Tarrant County Convention Center in downtown Fort Worth. Bass reported robbed the Cleburne-Fort Worth stage at Mary's Creek on November 1877 and the Weatherford-Fort Worth stage on January 26, 1878. Fleming (Slim) Doggett robbed the Granbury Stage near Benbrook, and was later slain by Texas Rangers on the H.C. Stephens farm.
In 1876, local resident James M. Benbrook petitioned the Texas & Pacific Railroad to place a station along Mary's Creek near Miranda as the railroad ran west out of Fort Worth. The line was completed to Benbrook in May 188022 and the station was named after Benbrook Station by the railroad. In May 1893, James Benbrook sold the Texas and Pacific Railroad a half-acre for use as a depot for $25.00. During the 1890s, two trains a day stopped in Benbrook. Just like the stage line, the railroad was an easy target for thieves, particularly at the wooden trestle bridge over Mary's Creek. In 1886, Congressman S.W.T. Lanham (later to be elected as Governor) was a victim of a robbery near Benbrook while traveling from Weatherford to Fort Worth to give a speech on prohibition. The train was robbed by five men in June 1887 and again in September 1887, both of which were attributed to the Rueben and James Burrows gang who later bragged about train robberies he pulled in "Bend Brooke(sic)". A robbery in 1896 in broad daylight, allegedly by Eugene "Captain Dick" Bunch, was one of the last such robberies in Texas. A total of $40,000 was reportedly stolen. The Peter Boaz family arrived in Birdville from Kentucky in 1873 and the family subsequently moved to Benbrook in 1878. Among Peter and Martha's nine children were Will N. Boaz, Hiram Abiff Boaz, Ex Boaz and Z Boaz. Hiram Boaz reportedly converted at one of the Old Rawhide Camp Meetings, became one of the early leaders of the Methodist Church in Benbrook and subsequently became a Methodist Bishop in 1922 and president of both Polytechnic College in Fort Worth (later known as Texas Wesleyan) and Southern Methodist University in Dallas. After Peter Boaz's death in 1882, his widow married James M. Benbrook. J.A. Childers, ranch foreman for W.J. Boaz's 3,000-acre ranch, and later constable and county commissioner, built his home on Old Benbrook Road during the 1870s. Z Boaz donated 136 acres of land to the City of Fort Worth as a public park in 1928, only because Benbrook did not have a municipal government or park department at that time. Z Boaz died in 1935 and is buried in the Benbrook Cemetery along with his wife, Teck who died in 1970, and an infant son, Thank, who died in 1898.
The Benbrook family had arrived in the Miranda area in 1874 from Illinois. The family built a large Victorian house on Walnut Creek east of the community in 1891. James Benbrook was known as "Squire" because of his English heritage and served as Justice of the Peace for many years. James M. Benbrook was born in Posey County, Indiana on June 20, 1831. He was the grandson of Ezekial G. Benbrook, born in North Carolina in 1748 and who reportedly served as a Colonel with George Washington in Valley Forge. Ezekial's son James and his wife Sarah Shadowen were the parents of James M. Benbrook. The family moved to Hamilton County, Illinois in 1845, and he married Martha Metcalf in 1852. James fought as a sergeant with the 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was wounded in the hip in 1862. Following the War, Benbrook and his family traveled south for his health, finally settling in Miranda in November 1876. In 1891, they built a large two-story Victorian house near Walnut Creek. James and Martha had six children, three of which died in infancy. The other three children included Albert L. who became a teacher, Monroe who went into the furniture business in Dallas, and Ida who married Dr. E.W. Snyder and moved to Brownwood. Martha died in July 1884 and was buried by the Baptist Church (James was a Methodist). James later married Mrs. L.A. Boaz, widow of Peter Boaz. James Benbrook was active in politics during his life, serving as constable in Illinois and as Justice of the Peace while in Benbrook. He died on February 18, 1907.
The families that lived north of the railroad along Mary's Creek also built a school and church, known as Chapin School, after early settler I.H. Chapin. The Wallace's settled along Mary's Creek near the intersection of Chapin Road and Chapin School Road. The property was later purchased by Arch Rowan, president of Rowan & Nichols Oil Co. Several family cemeteries were established in 1867. The Willburn Cemetery remains at 3720 Streamwood Road in what is now Ridglea Country Club Estates. The Willburn cemetery contains about 15 graves with burials from 1867 to 1924. The Burke Cemetery is located just outside the city limit on Bryant-Irvin Road. The Jackson Cemetery is located on the north side of Chapin Road adjacent to Leonard Middle School. In 1885, the Benbrook Cemetery was established with James M. Benbrook as one of the original trustees. Graves from the Hunter, Day, January and Mustang cemeteries were moved to the site in 1947 to avoid inundation by Benbrook Lake and the Howard Cemetery was relocated from the Wedgwood area in 1955. James M. Benbrook's grave in the Benbrook Cemetery is designated with an Official Texas Historical Marker. Taken from http://www.cityofbenbrook.com/content/52/85/default.aspx.
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