Plumbing maintenance is something most people don’t think about until they have to but it is worthwhile being informed about how to deal with water damage and how to prevent it from happening in the first place. By having a regular schedule of maintenance in your home or business you may be able to offset costs considerably. The old saying goes that prevention is better than cure and this holds doubly true for water damage. Here are some tips on what you should do in order to prevent water damage from happening will stop

• You should inspect your boiler or water heater each year before the time of year that you will need to start using it regularly. Make sure it is in working condition and unlikely start leaking.
• Locate any and all shut off valves in your home or business and make sure know that they are working but you know where they are in emergency. You can save yourself a lot of money by switching off the water when it counts.
• Regularly look around your home or business for any signs of water leaks. If you can trace the leak back to its source you may be able to deal with the problem early.
• Any old or decaying fixtures or pipes or any other parts of your homes plumbing system should be replaced.
• Any ageing caulking should be replaced.
• If you have a basement make sure that the pump in the basement is in working condition.
• Locate your septic tank and make sure that water is not being funnelled towards it as this may cause it to leak.
• If you have low water pressure you may be dealing with elite or a blockage both of which should be dealt with immediately.
• Make sure all the drains in your home are you have clogging and running smoothly.
• Sometimes even in California it gets so cold that pikes start to freeze and this should be taken into account. Frozen pipe will burst and cause you I’m told the damage.

Here’s the deal when it comes to slow leaks in the plumbing system of your home. They are costly, how to repair and often your insurance won’t cover all of the repair work. Prevention is of course the best solution but that’s not always possible. There are some initial signs to look out for and some things that you can do to prevent leaks from going undetected in future.

• One easy way to determine whether you’ve got a slow leak is to listen to your house at night. Turn off all water and listen to hear if you can hear the sound of running water. This would indicate that you have a slow leak.
• Another way to find out what you got slowly is to wait for your monthly water bill. If it’s about what you expect you should be safe but if the bill suddenly creeps up all over several months gradually starts to rise you may be dealing with a slow leak.
• One very common sort of league is a slow leak in the tank of your toilet. This manifests as a sort of hissing sound but to be sure that this is the problem the best thing you can do is put forward covering in the tank. If after 15 minutes the food colouring is still in the tank then you don’t have a leak. If however the food colouring has vanished when you do have a leak.

If you do not feel you have the necessary expertise to deal with these parking issues yourself you may want to consult and water damage restoration company.