Self Diagnosis

How to Detect Common Plumbing Problems

You never want to call one, but when you do they need to be trustworthy and more than competent. At Discount Plumbing we understand the personal nature of inviting a plumber or technician into your home, so we’d like to tell you a little about who we are and how we do business in this community.

Discount Plumbing takes the home services industry to the next level, utilizing a professional, friendly, customer-centered approach. In addition to protecting your floors with stain-resistant booties anytime we enter your home, Discount’s experienced technicians also wear ID badges for security purposes, and arrive on time and smartly dressed in crisp, clean uniforms.

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Toilets

As one of the most frequently used plumbing fixtures, working toilets are essential to our modern life style. Hard use and abuse cause typical toilet plumbing malfunctions in potential of intensifying into plumbing emergencies if neglected. A leaky or running toilet should be fixed immediately by a professional plumber, not only to prevent it from intensifying into a plumbing emergency, but rather to save up on water. Fixing even the smallest leak can save 27-hundred gallons of water annually.

Plumbing repairs are usually conducted to broken toilet components which cause weak flushing, sweaty tanks or running leaks. After flushing the stopper valve in the toilet's tank lifts up, enabling water flow from tank to bowl and the removal of waste. As the tank empties of water, the ball float lowers and the rubber stopper valve settles back into its valve seat. The toilet's tank will fill up with clean water from the refill tube.

Until the plumber arrives on the scene follow our toilet service guide for quick toilet fixes:

Problem: Weak Flushing
Diagnosis: Toilet's tank float ball is set too high or too low. A high float ball causes too much water in the tank. A low float ball prevents enough water from filling up the tank. Other times the float ball might retain water, causing improper or very weak flushing.

Problem: Sweaty Tank (external condensation)
Diagnosis: The interior walls of the toilet's tank require proper insulation.

Problem: Leaky Tank
Diagnosis: Leaky toilets are virtually unnoticeable because water running in the tank is soundless. The tank will keep pumping more water than it needs; this extra water is wasted away only to increase household utility bills. A simple test will allow you to spot a leak at its earliest stage and have it solved before it becomes an emergency plumbingcrisis. Add several drops of food coloring to the water tank, if the color appears in the bowl within an hour, call immediately your local plumber to repair your leaky toilet back to working condition.

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4 Most Common Plumbing Emergencies

How to Avoid the 4 Most Common Plumbing Emergencies

Surprisingly the four most common plumbing emergencies are the result of plumbing negligence. Blocked drains, freezing pipes, gas leaks and clogged toilets can all be prevented with a little more care on our part. We ignore leaky plumbing fixtures and noisy pipes until they escalate into costly plumbing emergencies by which time it is too late to undo the damage done. On time plumbing repairs will go a long way in preventing complicated plumbing emergencies.

Preventive maintenance is the key to avoid plumbing leaks, floods and clogs. Regular inspection of your plumbing system will enable you to spot early faulty parts and apply the appropriate do it yourself repair to resolve the problem. Regular plumbing maintenance will ensure the good working conditions of pipes, drains and plumbing fixtures and will save you the time and money otherwise spent in the plumbing emergency.

Follow the guide below to learn which SOS repair to conduct in case you encounter one of the four most common plumbing emergencies:

Burst Pipes
Split pipes waste gallons of water and cause extensive damage to the home and infrastructure if water supply is not closed off immediately. Instead of trying to pinpoint the damaged section of the pipe, locate the main shutoff valve and close it.
Closing the shutoff valve will turn off water supply to the plumbing fixtures and therefore stop the flood. Next release pressure in pipes by turning on cold water taps and draining trapped water and steam. Once you have stopped the continuous water flow and released pressure, call you local plumber Fairfax County to repair or replace the torn section of the pipe.

Frozen Pipes
Exposed pipes can freeze as temperatures drop in winter. For this reason pipes should be insulated with electrical heating tape in time for winter. As water changes to ice it takes more space in the pipe and therefore every frozen pipe can split open in due course. After turning off the shutoff valve, frozen pipes should be thawed gently with hot water bottles beginning from the end of the pipe nearest to the tap. Emphasis should be placed on gentle thawing and not with a naked flame to avoid thermal water expansion that can also burst open the pipe. After thawing the pipes it is best to call in your local plumber Loudoun County to follow up treatment.

Leaky Fixtures
Leaky toilets, dripping faucets and shower heads waste gallons of water and therefore should be repaired if only to save water from going down the drain. Again close the shutoff valve isolated to the leaky fixture. The leak can stem from clogs, worn parts, and more. It is best to call in your local Plumber Prince William County to provide the appropriate treatment.

Blocked Drains & Clogged Toilets
When showers, bathtubs, sinks and toilets drain slowly it is a red flag for a clogged pipe or blocked drain. Try a plunger and then a plumber's snake should the first apparatus fail to lift the obstruction. If both plumbing tools cannot clear the block then the problem might be located further down the system - call in the plumber for further treatment

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Our full service plumbing company assists residential and commercial customers with sewer/drain clogs, garbage disposals, water heaters, water filtration, steam and hot water boilers, thermostats, leaky faucets, tub valves, gas pipes, appliance installation, and outside hose faucets, A/C condensers, A/C exchangers, furnaces, air ducts, remodels and finishing work.

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