Saving Water and Preventing Flooding in Your Home

Feb 5
08:48

2013

CharlesP

CharlesP

  • Share this article on Facebook
  • Share this article on Twitter
  • Share this article on Linkedin

Leaks and floods in your home are among the worst disasters that you would never want to encounter. Water wasted spells stress and money wasted, as you will be raising your water bill, hiring Plumbers in Essendon for a repair, and damaging your things at home, especially your furniture and appliances.

mediaimage

These kinds of disasters can actually be avoided easily if you conduct plumbing maintenance on a regular basis. Here are some of the tips that you can do to prevent floods,Saving Water and Preventing Flooding in Your Home Articles leaks and wasting water.

1.       Know the location of the main shutoff valve in your house. The main shutoff valve controls all clean and new water that enters the plumbing system of your house. If ever you encounter an emergency leak or a bursting pipe in your house, simply closing this valve will prevent the damage from escalating, and will also give you time to locate the damage and isolate it. You can put a label on it with instructions on how to close it, so that anybody from your home can easily find it and turn it off in case you are unavailable or unable to do it when the problem has started.

2.       Clean your kitchen and bathroom drains regularly. Annoying clogged drains are due to the blockage somewhere in your pipes. The culprits of blocked drains in the kitchen are the buildup of solidified fat and leftover food, while in the bathroom, the buildup of hair and grime are the causes. To clean your kitchen drain, you can melt the solidified fat and soften leftover food by pouring liters of hot water into it regularly. In the bathroom, you can remove hair and grime by using a wet-dry vacuum cleaner or a liquid chemical drain cleaner that is safe enough to use for your pipes.

3.       Check for leaks in your toilet regularly, because a leak in your toilet is a major but rarely noticed reason for wasted water. To check for leaks, simply add a few drops of dye or food colouring in your toilet tank and observe if some of the color shows up in your bowl on the following day. The usual cause for toilet leaks is a faulty flush valve, which you may need to replace. Replacing a flush valve by yourself is an easy and cheap but cost effective remedy to save gallons of water.

4.        Check your laundry. Flooding occurs in the laundry area when the rubber hoses that connect to your washing machine are damaged or dislodged. Over time, these rubber hoses can become brittle and may crack. Regularly check them for signs of deterioration, or you may want to consider replacing them with metal ones, to make sure that there will be no leaks.

 

Actually, there are a lot of other ways to save water and prevent flooding in your home. You can ask Plumbers in Essendon for other essential tips that you can do to prevent such stressful and costly disaster.