Pump ran dry for a long time – should I replace?

This is for our drinking water/household plumping system: I have 1HP 220v surface mount jacuzzi brand jet pump (model S1CY-S) that pumps from a cistern (cistern bottom is about 8+ feet below the height of the pump). The pump needs to pump up 15′ to reach the first floor and another 10′ to reach the [...]

To the "If I pay your mortgage, honk!" bumper sticker people.?

If I pay to sanitize YOUR clean, drinkable, water, honk! If I pay for YOUR kid’s public education so he can grow up and hate me because im different, honk! If I pay for the trash bag full of ho-oh’s, twinkies and fried anything that you shove down YOUR families throats every night, honk! If [...]

Can a low amount of oil cause our hot water pipes to freeze?

We have oil heat. Meaning the oil heats the water, and the hot water is used for both our hot water and radiator heat. Our pipes froze over the weekend. Our landlord came over today and told us it was because we didn’t have enough oil in our tanks. Is this true? He said that [...]