Cut plumbing costs at home

Plumbing services are among those things that many individuals take for granted until something goes wrong with it. When clogs or broken pipes occur, it can send your family into a frenzy scrambling to take showers, wash dishes, and flush the toilet and more.

While mishaps sometimes occur in spite of being cautious, there are other times when negligence or carelessness is to blame. There are a few problems we can avoid by being just a little careful:

Broken garbage disposal: One of the most common reasons for a garbage disposal to break down is by peeling carrots or potatoes into it and attempting to grind up the veggie skins. These vegetable peelings are the perfect skinny sizes to become wedged into the mechanical gears, causing it to grind to a halt. Peeling potatoes and carrots into the trash bin will save your from budgeting for a new garbage disposal installation prematurely.

Wrong items down the toilet: Toilets are meant to flush water, human waste and scant amounts of tissue. Some heavy duty systems can handle certain types of feminine hygiene products but this will depend on the fixture. You can avoid expensive plumbing services in Murfreesboro, TN by not flushing anything else that will cause a clog or overflow. Q-tips, paper towels, diapers, napkins or massive wads of T.P. are all no-nos.

Frozen pipes: Homes built in regions that freeze in the winter months need to take some extra precautions with the household plumbing pipes. Plumbing companies in Murfreesboro, TN can insulate them with foam rubber insulation tubes to make them work; they also position them closer to the centre of the house rather than against outside walls should help too.

Inexperienced DIY installation: While many do-it-yourselfers can unclog a toilet or sink, installing new pipes or fixtures should be left to precision plumbing professionals. When something is plumbed incorrectly, there will be no end to the headaches.

Frozen hoses: During the winter months, gardeners need to remember to unscrew and put away the garden hose. Leaving these rubberised watering tools out can cause frozen water to backup into the outside spigot as well as the attached pipe-ways. It will also crack and ruin the hose.

Grease in the kitchen sink: Grease from bacon or other meats will solidify as it cools. When cleaning up the dishes after cooking a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs, the cook needs to pour the grease into a container such as an empty soup can and toss it, when cooled, into the trash. Your kitchen drain will thank you for this small step and you will avoid unnecessary bills for plumbing services.

Bleach in a septic system: If a house has a septic system, the cleaning products utilised to scrub out the toilet must be compatible. The way that a septic sewage system works is by natural biodegradable decomposing. Tossing bleach into the bathroom bowl to whiten it can hamper the sewage system’s ability to do its job.

With a little more precaution, you will hardly have to deal with 24 hour emergency plumbing bills at home.

By Richard C.
Christ & Co.