Have you been procrastinating and holding off on having plumbing fixings completed in your bathroom? This is not always the best option. Without your bathroom in prime working order, your home would be a mess! Keeping your bathroom(s) plumbing system in working order is always the best option. A few of the bathroom plumbing issues that are an occurrence in most households are outlined below.
Water Back Up
If the water you’re seeing overflow into your showers, tubs, or sinks is coming from your washer, or worse, your toilet, then you have a serious situation and plumbing repair is headed your way very soon. If you put off a fix like this it usually leads to unsanitary conditions throughout your entire home. but it could also allow the situation to become even more out of hand, necessitating more expensive repairs incurred by getting too slow about dialing up your neighborhood plumber.
Leaky Hot Water Heater Tank
Pooling water on and around your water heater is never a good sign. and to add insult to injury, a leaking hot water heater can be tricky to find since the hot water heater itself may not be placed in a very accessible area. Sometimes then the problem goes on so long that the only real solution is to simply go ahead and replace the water heater. The most common reason leaking water heaters have is tank corrosion, usually due to neglect and poor maintenance and lack of regular flushing.
Nasty Odors Coming From Pipes
Corrosion on your water heater or anywhere else in your plumbing system in your home can create an odor in your water that comes out through the faucet of your sink or shower. Although more likely a case of corrosion, it can be an indication that there is bacteria in your hot water heater. Heat will force bacteria to grow at a high rate, and when you smell something other than corrosion, it is possible that the anodes on your hot water heater are going bad and not providing protection against bacteria any longer. Anode replacement or even hot water heater replacement may be required.
Loud Plumbing
Any shower head, faucet or sink in your house that is making abnormal whistling, gargling and clanking noises can be an alert to your home line plumbing system. Gurgling noises may be caused by water valves that are damaged and require emergency plumbing repair services. Clogs and obstructions in drain line or pipe to said drain may be causing gargling noises. A clanking noise is often the noise of a malfunctioning valve that has suddenly ceased or shut down without warning.
Water Quality Issues
If you go to switch on your tap faucet and notice that the water coming out of the faucet is not by any means crystal clear and has a color similar to mud, then you may have a water quality issue and plumbing repairs in your future. While in some other cases of discolored water may just mean that you have not been utilizing pipes in the particular area of your home for a very long time, it also means a warning sign of a major water issue in your home. Rusty water or cloudy water is never normal. In some other cases, clogged pipes in your home may need to be flushed out. Moreover, if you possess a corroding water heater tank, it may also lead to dirty water coming out of the faucet tap.
Low Water Pressure
In case you realize your water is not as pressurized in the kitchen/bathroom sink or shower, then you may have a plumbing problem that you know not of. When the plumbing pipes are clogged or backed up, low water pressure is apt to occur. Maybe you’ve noticed that your water drips instead of spouting out as a solid jet of water as it once did. Initially, attempt to look at your shower heads and sink faucets. If water continues to be coming from the tap in the usual way, then there is certainly a more hidden issue. You may then need a pipe replacement. A professional plumber can use sewer camera inspection equipment to tell you exactly what is amiss and how he can go about fixing it.
Mold
Mold is unsightly. It is also a health risk that can affect air quality and cause respiratory problems. If you are seeing mold in your bathroom, it is the first sign of moisture accumulation. Water that has pooled from a leak is usually the culprit. Mold you find anywhere in your bathroom means a leak in the plumbing system in most all cases. This is one plumbing repair you need to urgently get on quickly, along with finding any existing mold damage that can cause more issues down the road.
Unpleasant Water Temperatures
If your water is the wrong temperature and this isn’t because you’ve reset your thermostat on your hot water heater tank, then you may have an issue with your tank that needs to be repaired or replaced. One of the most common issues with hot water heater tanks is a drained heating element. If your heater component has burned out, then your water heater itself will need to be replaced by your plumber. On rare occasions, a faulty thermostat is responsible, although it’s not as common as a fix.
Toilet Troubles
If your toilet isn’t flushing normally or if it’s overflowing onto the floor after you flush it, then you’ve got an issue requiring plumbing repair. Whereas in most cases, a simple plunger will fix it in the short term. Sometimes plunging your toilet actually makes the problem worse by simply forcing whatever is restricting the flow deeper into your pipe line system and causing problems elsewhere. The solution is always to have it checked by a professional plumber.