| The plumbing system is an integral part of each | | | | - Clogged Sinks. As in clogged toilets, the kitchen sink |
| home and infrastructure, yet its importance is only | | | | may also be clogged and the water would not drain |
| realized usually when difficulties or other serious | | | | due to rusty drain pipes. |
| problems arises. Some who are familiar with plumbing | | | | - Low water pressure. A turned on sink tap reduces |
| can repair common plumbing problems, however | | | | water pressure in the entire plumbing fixtures in the |
| professional plumbers are necessary to resolve more | | | | house is caused by defective plumbing parts or |
| problematic issues with their expertise. | | | | incorrect sink installation. |
| A home can never do without a toilet and toilet | | | | There are other plumbing problems that are not |
| problems can get be very inconvenient and disturbing. | | | | focused on a particular plumbing fixture but are |
| Some common toilet mishaps are: | | | | disturbing matters that plumbers can effectively |
| - Toilet clogs. A toilet is clogged when there is a slow | | | | repair are: |
| or no drainage of water down the bowl when | | | | - Dirty Water. The tap water must be clear and void |
| flushing. The clog is probably caused by build-up of | | | | of color, otherwise the water pipes may have been |
| waste matter in the pipes or a foreign object was | | | | filled with harmful minerals such as rust, dirt and |
| flushed down the toilet. | | | | sediment. |
| - Unwelcoming Toilet Odors. Strong sewage odors is | | | | - Creaking pipes. When hot water runs in pipes, it |
| a common result of burst pipes, defective wax ring | | | | heats up the material causing slight pipe expansion. |
| or insufficient water in bowl. | | | | When the flow of hot water is ceased, the pipe |
| A shower is another important feature of a | | | | cools off and the metal contracts. Thus the creaking |
| bathroom and plumbing that can have problems such | | | | sound is caused by the pipe's expansion and |
| as: | | | | contraction. |
| - Clogged shower-heads, when there is a limited flow | | | | - Burst Pipes. This problem can occur in locations |
| of water in clogged shower-heads are often caused | | | | where extreme coldness occurs thus freezing and |
| by accumulated deposits of minerals which must be | | | | expanding the water in the pipes. This series of |
| removed or dissolved. | | | | action leads to pipe burst and results to emergency |
| - Shower Leaks. A defective or worn shower in need | | | | flooding. |
| of repair may cause water to leak from the shower. | | | | - Rattling pipes. Vibration is produced by water |
| Another bathroom plumbing fixture problems are | | | | pressure runs through a loosely attached pipe. When |
| encountered is the bath tub. | | | | the pipes vibrates against something hard and solid, |
| - Bad odor. The bathtub's drain emits sewage odors | | | | the clattering sound is also produced. |
| into the room when the trap is broken or leaky or | | | | - Whistling Pipes. As a plumbing fixture is turned on, |
| when the trap dries out if used infrequently. | | | | the water flows. And when there is sediment build up |
| - Impeded drain. The water does not drain or drains | | | | in pipes or when there is a defective valve in the |
| slowly due to the accretion of bodily fats/grease, | | | | plumbing system, the water flows through a |
| soap scum or hair along the pipes. | | | | restricted section of the pipe thus causing the |
| As for the kitchen, plumbing problems that usually | | | | whistling sound. |
| happen are: | | | | |