One of the most effective ways of maintaining an excellent home plumbing system is to conduct routine inspection runs of your entire plumbing system on a regular basis. And when we talk about regular inspection runs of your plumbing system, we are referring to two main approaches. The first approach is where you conduct the inspections on your own from time to time. And the other approach is where you hire a professional DC plumber to conduct a thorough inspection run of your entire home plumbing system every few months. The two approaches are complementary and should hence be instituted together to ensure the health of your home plumbing system. We have compiled some do-it-yourself (DIY) inspection tips to help you maintain a healthy home plumbing system.
You should always make a point of inspecting your home plumbing system from time to time. Depending on how busy you are with your other personal engagements, you can set aside a few hours every week or every two weeks to conduct a thorough inspection of your entire plumbing system. In order to be successful in these DIY inspection runs, you have to first acquaint yourself with your entire home plumbing system. It is always advisable that you learn everything you can about your home plumbing system early on when buying or building the house. Make sure that you are properly acquainted with all the components in your home plumbing system including the visible and invisible piping network. This will make it far much easier to conduct the DIY inspections without missing a thing.
When conducting the DIY plumbing inspections, you should pay extra attention to the all the critical components and areas in your home plumbing system. This means that you should pay particular attention to some of the more functional areas or sections of your plumbing system. And by critical we mean those plumbing installations, appliances, or fixtures that play an integral role in the proper functionality of your home plumbing system. Some of the integral plumbing installations and components that you should pay extra attention to when inspecting your home plumbing system include the system controls, such as the water meter, the water shutoff valve, the power breakers, and various plumbing fixtures such as the water heater, whether an electric water heater or gas one. . You should also consider the health of the entire piping network, especially the main drainage and sewer lines to avoid major problems with your waste disposal system.
The main purpose of conducting these DIY inspections is to identify any existing faults in your plumbing system and to fix them before they cause major problems in your home. The other reason is to identify any potential plumbing faults that could cause serious problems in your plumbing system if not addressed in the near future. Whichever problems that you discover during your DIY plumbing inspections, make sure that you fix them as soon as possible. You can try to fix the simple hitches and faults, such as slow dripping faucets and mild drain clogs, on your own. But you should always contract a professional plumbing company to handle the more severe and technical plumbing defects, such as water heater malfunctions, sump pump problems, underground sewer line backups and leaks, heavy water and gas leaks, so on.