Restoring Your Home’s Plumbing Health

Home is the place where you relax, unwind and create memories with your loved ones. Everybody gets anxious if any problem arises in your home. Plumbing problems are no small issues, rather they can pose serious threats to your home’s health and functionality. Leaking pipes are quite the headache but when they burst it gets scary and life threatening. Fixing them as quickly as possible is the first step towards restoring your home’s plumbing health. Let’s discuss in detail about burst and leaking pipes repair today.

Burst and Leaking Pipes: The Difference 

Many homeowners still do not have a clear concept of burst and leaking pipes of their own home’s plumbing health. So in naked untrained eyes both seem similar until the issue gets serious and horribly wrong. 

1. Leaking Pipes: Leaks can happen at any given point in time. Reasons can be many but mostly leaks happen due to erosion from prolonged usage. Leaks can happen anywhere in the plumbing system and may or may not be in visible range and this is the biggest concern. If the leak is in some remote or concealed part then you will only see some tiny reduction in water flow initially. Over time it will cause dampening of the surrounding walls which again is a big indicator of hidden leak.
2. Burst Pipes: Bursting is a sudden and complete rupture of plumbing pipes, it happens all of a sudden without any prior notification. Although the reason behind the burst is always a prolonged blockage. Bursting of pipes can cause mild to fatal accidents, they can happen even when the family members are present in the house. This is why it is important to learn and keep an eye on abnormal behaviors of your home’s plumbing system, no matter how small it is.

Burst Pipe Repair

Repairing a burst pipe is not a very complicated task yet prompt action is mandatory. You may waste a lot of water, unwanted debris and dirty water may flow inside your house and create a big mess. Bursting of plumbing pipes is never a good experience in a home. Here is what you should do in case of such abrupt bursts.

1. As plumbing experts ourselves, we suggest that you shut the main water supply to stop the water flow. This is the first step that you should follow in case of such emergencies. 
2. Once it is shut, seek emergency burst pipe repair service from expert plumbers. It will help save you a lot of time and remove threats from your family as well.
3. Try to identify the place and source of damage, shut or cover the place, try to keep your family away from the place of accident.
4. Remove your valuable items from there in order to protect from further damage and wait for the expert plumbers to arrive at your house.
5. To repair the ruptured part the experts will examine the place first. Upon thorough checking they may replace some parts, just repair the damaged part or install something new in order to prevent future damages. It all depends upon the current situation of your plumbing system’s health. 

Pipe Leak Detection

For leaking pipes there are some signs and symptoms which you as a homeowner must learn. This will only help you save your family from bigger plumbing accidents. Here are some hints of a hidden leak for you to remember,

1. Reduced water flow
2. Higher utility bills
3. Hissing or buzzing sound coming from behind the walls
4. Damp walls

Broken Pipe Repair

Broken pipes are another plumbing headache. Due to a burst sometimes a single or a multiple portions of a pipe may get broken. In such situations the plumbing experts will thoroughly examine the entire length of the pipe, check for any hidden blockage, rusts, damages, signs of wear and tear etc. Then they will replace or repair the broken pipes using new fittings.