If you own your own property whether it is your family home or your business, you will experience some plumbing issues but for the vast majority of times, they are minor ones and so they cannot be categorised as an emergency. You should make the call to your plumber but you can tell them that there is no immediate rush and coming in the next 2 to 3 days will be fine. There are other times however when something is a plumbing emergency and sometimes people have a different interpretation of what exactly a plumbing emergency is.
You could always turn to the people at DB Pro Plumbing to explain your issue and they will ascertain whether or not it is a plumbing emergency or not. It is your job as the owner of the property to make sure that the call is made to a professional plumber in the event that you do experience any plumbing emergencies. If you’re still a little bit confused about what exactly an emergency is then the following are just some prime examples of when you need to call out your plumber to get them there as soon as possible.
- Your drains are blocked – There will be a few tell-tale signs at the beginning like the water in the sink not draining away as quickly as it normally does. You may notice water not draining away at the base of your shower and these are things that you should be concerned about. It’s likely that the drains are blocked up with things like hair, fat and other grease that isn’t going to clear itself away. No matter how many times that you tell the kids not to throw their leftover food down the sink, they continue to do it and so this is why you find yourself experiencing a plumbing emergency.
- Issues with your toilet – The bathroom is one of the most used rooms in the house and it doesn’t need to be explained why here today. This is the room that is visited by all of your family members first thing in the morning, throughout the day on the weekends and at night. If you have children then you know that they throw things down there that they shouldn’t and maybe you have some teenagers who continue to throw and try to flush away their sanitary products as well. If you flush the toilet one morning and the contents start coming up towards you then this could be categorised as a plumbing emergency.
- A burst water pipe – This is definitely an emergency because the water can accumulate in your home very quickly and if you don’t know where the stopcock is to turn off the water then you are in real trouble. It doesn’t take long for water to inundate your property and damage your carpets, your tiles and furniture as well. If you live in a two-storey property and the leak occurs upstairs then both floors will be damaged in a very short space of time. This is definitely an emergency and you need to call out the plumber as soon as you possibly can.
- There is no hot water – If you have kids to get the school on weekdays and you have to go to work as well then everyone needs to have a shower before they leave the house. Imagine turning on the shower and no hot water comes out. There is no amount of convincing that will get your young kids to have a cold shower and so this is definitely an issue that needs to be addressed today. It’s likely that there is an issue with your hot water heater and so you need to call out your professional plumber to figure out what has gone wrong.
- You can smell gas – The wonderful thing about professional Australian plumbers is that they are qualified to fix any issue with water pipes but also with gas installations as well. They come fully equipped to deal with either of these two problems and so if you smell gas in your property and you can’t attribute it to someone leaving the gas hob on for example and it can be fixed by turning the knob then you have a problem right then and there. A gas leak is a significant issue and so you need to contact your plumber quickly.
These are just some examples of plumbing emergencies in Australia and believe me when I tell you that there are numerous more. The thing to take away from this is that you shouldn’t attempt to address any of the above problems by yourself no matter how confident that you feel that
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Eamon