One of the most critical tasks you can perform for your home is ensuring its plumbing system remains in top shape. Clogged or damaged pipes can lead to numerous costly and disruptive problems – not to mention extra costs associated with replacing or repairing them.
By scheduling regular plumbing maintenance, you can avoid these problems from occurring and save yourself both money and health concerns! Not only can this service save money and maintain safe environments for living spaces but it can also keep the health and wellbeing of those within them intact!
Prevents Water Damage
Water damage to your home can lead to many issues, from mildew and mold growth, dry rot, termites (who want the soft soggy wood they love so much to snack on!) and even compromised structural integrity.
Routine plumbing maintenance can help avoid water damage by keeping up-to-date on current plumbing issues, which could eventually become costly repairs in the long run.
Regular maintenance and inspections can also help identify minor issues such as clogs, leaks and pipes on their way out before they become serious issues – saving both time and money! Doing this can save time, money and heartache!
Prevents Clogs
Maintenance of your plumbing system will help prevent many common plumbing problems, like clogs. Plus, regular inspection will maintain its value.
Clogs usually result from material accumulation or blockages. This could include food scraps, hair, soap scum or any other substances accumulating inside pipes and restricting their drainage path.
Clogged drains can significantly restrict waterflow and lead to backups, creating havoc at an inconvenient and costly moment. Fixing them quickly is often essential.
For your own safety, keep hair out of showers and sinks, use drain covers to stop soap scum from building up on drains, and never pour cooking grease down sink drains or garbage disposals. To avoid clogs altogether.
Prevents Sewage Backups
Sewage backups can be an expensive and hazardous threat to any home. They can wreak havoc, damaging floors, carpets, electrical systems, furnishings and more.
There are ways to stop sewage backups before they occur. Regular plumbing maintenance will help keep your sewer lines functioning smoothly and extend their lifespan as much as possible.
An additional way to prevent sewage backups is to be mindful about what goes down your drains. Flushing down items such as hair, grease and kitchen paper towels into the toilet could potentially block pipes and clog the main line, potentially leading to backups in your septic tank system.
Roots from trees can also become a significant issue for drainage, particularly if they penetrate your main sewer line and create blockages that cause wastewater to back up into your basement through drains and overflow into other parts of the home.
Prevents Mold and Mildew Growth
Proper maintenance of your plumbing system is key to avoiding leaks, clogs and other issues as well as the growth of mold and mildew, an ever-present threat in humid climates which if unchecked can lead to health concerns as well as structural damage to your home.
Mold and mildew are microscopic fungi that thrive in warm, damp areas of your home where there is food, water, and oxygen available for them to feed upon. Common spots for their presence in homes include walls, wood furniture, ceiling tiles and carpets.
Fungi are known to spread rapidly and cause serious health concerns if left unattended, so to protect yourself from their growth in your home it’s essential that moisture levels are managed. The best way to do this is through controlling humidity.
Prevents Water Heater Damage
Plumbing systems are essential components of every home. Proper upkeep of these systems is necessary to keep them running optimally and safely.
Your plumber should perform regular maintenance to spot potential problems before they become more serious, which could save time, money, and stress in the future. By keeping an eye out for potential plumbing emergencies before they occur and catching any upcoming ones early, regular inspection can prevent plumbing emergencies that require expensive emergency service calls from happening again in future years.
Water heater tanks collect sediment as the water flows through, which can become a source of blockages over time and is essential to keeping efficiency and avoiding corrosion at its highest level. It is vital that this sediment stays outside the tank to preserve efficiency and avoid corrosion altogether.
