Grover Electric and Plumbing Supply

Do It Yourself Sprinkler Guide is now online!

It’s time to get your in-ground sprinkler system going. We’ve put our easy to use sprinkler guide on-line so you can download it and get started planning your sprinkler system without having to come to the store and pick it up. Once you’ve mapped out your yard, just come on in and we’ll get you set up to have years of trouble free sprinkling!

Download and print the files below to begin. It’s easier than you think.

Sprinkler Installation Guide

Roof Vents and Keeping Your Attic Cool

Bring on the summer heat! Yeah, that’s when we’re out having fun. Of course, it’s not much fun for your attic. It gets really hot up there. More than you probably ever imagined. One of the simplest, yet most effective, things you can do to keep your home cool in the summer is with proper roof ventilation. The more you keep the super hot air out of your attic the less work your insulation, air conditioning, or fans have to do to keep the living space livable.

Here are some of your options:

  1. Hard-wired attic fans; probably the most effective means of keeping the hot air out. When the attic hits a certain temperature, the fans kick on and blow the hot air out. As long as you’ve got power, they should work as promised.
  2. Solar attic fans; these get better and better as the years go by and solar technology improves. They don’t use any electricity that you pay for and it works most reliably during the time of year when you really need them most … hot weather!
  3. Good old-fashioned Whirlybirds; these you’ve seen around for years. They spin like a pinwheel. They are part solar-powered and part wind- powered. If a breeze blows, they spin. If it gets too hot in your attic, the rising hot air makes them spin. They do their job with very little chance of failure.

One thing about attic vents you may not have considered; they aren’t just for getting rid of hot air in the summer. Good attic ventilation can prevent unwanted condensation in the winter and even prevent ice build up in freezing weather. So no matter what time of year it is, it’s a good idea to have proper roof ventilation. That being said, there’s no better time of year to do your roof ventilation work than right now. Come on in. We’ll show you how!

DIY, Semi-pro, Pro

You know that age-old joke about “the last place you look is always the place you find something”?  Finding something is always easy if you know where to look. In electric and plumbing, that’s sometimes difficult for people to figure out who is “at their level” to give good advice. Help-seekers tend to come in three categories:

  1. DIY’s Do-It-Yourselfers: Folks who are either bold enough or confident enough to tackle a job themselves with the proper assistance.
  2. Let’s call this group “Semi-Pros”:  folks who have done this sort of thing but it’s been a while. Or perhaps people who own rental properties, vacation properties, or do maintenance for hotels or large offices. They might not be a “specialist” at any particular thing but they’ve done a little bit of everything and they need stockpiles of supplies plus the occasional tip on how some new product works.
  3. Pros: Professional people who really don’t need advice.  They need what they need and they want to get it and get back to work. Time is money … don’t waste mine.

This is one of the areas that makes a Grover store different in that we can cater to all 3 of these categories.

As to do-it-yourselfers, we actually ENJOY helping people do it themselves!  We use the old “grab a number” system.  Once you have your number you know someone is going to get to you and answer all your questions. Our people are trained and know what they’re talking about and … well, it’s your turn to ask!

Semi-pros get that middle ground they’re looking for. They can get in and out with all the things they need in the volumes they need and at the prices they need. We carry emergency lighting, plugs, switches, all your maintenance plumbing supplies like toilet repair, drain snakes, facet repair parts, etc.  And some things like light bulbs can even be purchased at volume pricing too.

Professionals have been coming here for years because we carry what they want and we get them out the door quickly.   And, just like the semi-pros, they get the convenience of buying some things in volume at volume rates.

We’re the last place you look even if we were the first place you looked!