3 Most Dangerous Household Plumbing Mistakes

Avoiding Them, and What Can Happen if a Homeowner Does Not

Plumbers have to be licensed in every state. Additionally, most plumbing jobs have to be at least overseen by a professional plumber. This ensures that there is accountability in the job.

Accountability is important because incorrect plumbing can cause injury or death and drastic property damage.

When homeowners attempt plumbing projects themselves, they are risking the health of the occupants and damage to the entire structure.

This can happen from very small mistakes that are made by novices. There are three particular mistakes that can be very damaging to health and property. For these reasons and many more, it may be more feasible to acquire the services of a professional plumbing company for all plumbing repairs.

Placement Mistakes

The placement of plumbing is a major mistake that inexperienced plumbers make. Plumbing should not be in direct proximity to electrical components. Additionally, plumbing should not be routed in a manner that exposes the plumbing to any punctures.

This is often the case with plumbing that is contained in the walls. If the plumbing is not placed properly, driving a nail into a wall could puncture pipes. This could cause small leaks that cause multiple problems before the leaks is discovered. This multiplies the damage exponentially.

Choose the Professionals

Novice plumbers may not make the proper seal when connecting piping. This is true for PVC connections and especially true in copper connections. However, they occur for mainly the same reasons. Failing to flux a pipe in cooper connections or to properly clean PVC with PVC pipe cleaner can leave these connections compromised even when they appear to be clean.

These leaks will be minute. This means that the leaks will remain unnoticeable for long periods of time. This can cause major mold damage. This damage is compounded exponentially because the leaks went un-repaired for an extended period of time.

Don’t DIY

The third mistake that homeowners make in reference to plumbing is in thinking that plumbing is a simple job that requires no technical expertise.

Plumbers are licensed. This means that they have all the requisite education and experience that it takes to become authorized by the appropriate authorities. Even the materials that were used as recently as a decade ago have become passé in some cases.

This means that there are very few issues that involve plumbing that can be rectified without a licensed plumber from a reputable company.

The most appropriate action that a homeowner can take when concerning plumbing issues is to contact a licensed, reputable plumbing company.

Don’t get mixed up in a serious plumbing issue in your Waterbury home. Call Cyrious Plumbing at (203) 592-8325 today, and have the professionals clean up that mess.