Plumbers offer a range of services, including emergency leak detection, drain cleaning, garbage disposal repair, water heater replacement, root removal, pipe rerouting, and preventative inspections. Emergency services are more expensive. Leak detection involves cutting holes in walls, while drain cleaning uses rooter machines, snakes, and hydrojet. Garbage disposals and water heaters may need repair or replacement. Tree roots can cause blockages. Preventative inspections can prevent problems.
Plumbers repair and install water, waste, and other plumbing systems. A wide variety of plumbing services are available. Some of the more common plumbing services are emergency services to detect leaks, unclog pipes and drains, and replace worn-out garbage disposals, water heaters, and other appliances. Plumbers also remove tree roots from sewage systems, reroute pipes, and perform preventive inspections of new and existing properties. Emergency plumbing services are typically more expensive than routine maintenance services.
Leak detection plumbing services include reviewing water meters for unusually high readings, which can indicate leaks. Searching for a leak could take a few hours of the plumber’s time and can include cutting holes in walls to examine pipes and fittings. Food, hair, and other things can clog kitchen and bathroom sinks. Plumbing services to clean clogged drains and pipes involve the use of rooter machines, hydraulic snakes and water jets.
Rooter machines have rotating blades attached to cables that spin and clean up messes. Plumbers’ snakes, also called augers, reach down pipes to remove clogs and come in different lengths; some have cameras attached so plumbers can see inside the pipes. Hydrojet involves the use of high pressure water to clean and unclog pipes, sewer lines and septic systems.
When garbage disposals wear out from use, plumbing services may be needed to install new ones or to repair damaged parts on existing disposals. Repairing a damaged disposal may include replacing broken parts and fittings or replacing the entire unit. Replacing your water heater is one of the most common emergency calls plumbers get. Replacing a water heater often takes two to three hours and is a rather specialized service that is best performed by a professional plumber because water heaters must comply with local building codes.
Tree roots can grow into drain pipes and cause toilets to back up. Plumbers can use their specially equipped snakes to examine pipes and identify where the roots are and then remove them. Pipe rerouting is often necessary during home renovations or when pipes are old and leaking, and professional plumbers include pipe rerouting and rerouting in their services. Rerouting involves changing the configuration of your pipes to match your new bathroom or kitchen design, or to plug leaky or damaged pipes.
Plumbing services also include preventative plumbing inspections, which can prevent many problems from occurring. A preventive inspection by a plumber might be done when a home is bought or sold. It typically includes visual inspection of pipes and fixtures, checking faucets for leaks, testing drain flow, and more.
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