subject: Don't Let Your House Suffer From Plumbing Problems! [print this page] Don't Let Your House Suffer From Plumbing Problems!
Plumbing problems typically come unexpectedly and the last thing you want to do is avoid dealing with them. Not handling the problem completely or immediately can cost you a lot more damage and a lot more money. Even the tiniest of a problem can cost you more money than you think. Take a dripping faucet for example. One faucet in your house dripping on a regular basis can waste nearly 1,000 galloons of water in a year. On top of that, that dripping can stain your sink costing you even more money.
Now a dripping faucet is not normally the most serious plumbing problem that comes to mind when people think about plumbing problems. Leaking pipes are a problem that probably does though, and for good reasons. A leaky pipe can cause severe damage such as weakening your homes foundation, ruining sheetrock, causing mold growth, and damaging furniture and personal belongings. These problems may not be as serious if a leaking pipe is fixed promptly and the water cleaned up properly.
A leak under your foundation can be a whole different problem. The biggest concern about a leak buried in the ground is that it will most likely go unnoticed. That being said, the leak can possibly erode away and create holes in the soil your foundation was laid on. Another possible problem is if your foundation was laid on top of soil made of clay materials. The leak can expand the clay soil, and once the leak stops the soil can shrink, also causing holes and cracks to be formed. Once holes have formed under the foundation of your house, the foundation itself can begin to crack. With a cracked foundation your home will become stressed, causing floors, walls, ceilings, and anything else that relies on the solid and sound foundation to crack.
