subject: Home Plumbing Repairs? When You Should Call A Professional Plumber [print this page] Owning a home is a great experienceOwning a home is a great experience. There is a lot of responsibility that comes along with it, however. Maintaining the property and making sure everything on the inside of the house is in good working order is a must in order to avoid huge headaches. This includes your home's plumbing. Ventura homeowners should know when it's time to call in a plumber rather than attempt to make repairs on their own. Here are a few situations in which you should always call in the services of a professional plumber.
Correcting Gas Lines One of the largest hazards of making an attempt to work on your own gas lines is leaks. The majority accept that if you can not smell gas then there aren't any leaks. The reality is, little leaks don't always emit an odour. As such, you may have a leak and not even know it.
Many cities and towns require that anyone working on gas lines be a licensed professional. This is to protect your safety. Special pressure-testing equipment is needed in order to ensure there are no leaks. This pressure-testing tool is a standard tool when it comes to professional plumbing. Ventura residents should never attempt to work on their own gas lines.
Need one more reason not to work on your own gas lines? Here's one. It is vital that all fittings and joints on your gas system be correctly fitted. If they are not you might have one of those tiny leaks discussed earlier. To correctly thread pipes and fittings so they fit comfortably you want special threading clobber, and it's costly. You might go out and purchase some, but it is highly impractical, and still won't make you an overnite expert.
Water and Sewer Lines This is another situation in which you should call for professional plumbing. Ventura, like other communities, has curbside shutoff valves that usually need to be shut off before any work can be done. It's highly unlikely that you own one of the special rods that are used to shut the lines down - or that you would know how and where to safely locate them.
So far as your sewer lines go, many residents try and clear out clogged sewer lines with a convenient piece of hardware called a snake. It is a long piece of flexible wire that will be inserted right into your drain to clear a line. There's no problem with this. Nonetheless if the line ceaselessly clogs, you have got something happening in there that requires the notice of a plumber. If the line is damaged or back-pitched, repairing it yourself is pretty much impossible.
Summing It All Up as a rule, if you should happen to feel as if you can make the fix yourself, and you have got the knowledge and tools to do it correctly, it's potentially OK to give it a try for the most elementary plumbing hiccups. If nonetheless, the issue lies with the gas lines or sewer lines it is usually best to let a plumber do the plumbing. Ventura residents would do well to follow this guideline.
