Fixing the Leakages in Do It Yourself Fashion

Be it a dripping faucet, a clogged drain or a broken pipe, plumbing problems exist in almost all homes. A plumbing catastrophe may damage your home. Plumbing problems are annoying as well as disruptive to your home. Handymen have been charging heavy fee lately for fixing your plumbing problems. You can save a fair amount of money by learning plumbing in do it yourself fashion.

Some of the repairs are easy to handle, while others may seem complex. Working on pipes that are beyond reach or are hidden behind walls or floors, is really difficult. But by learning few plumbing basics, you may be able to save costly plumber’s bill. Your bathroom maintenance projects can be undertaken with a set of tools and a heart full of patience.

There are many plumbing issues that are easy to repair. Though, they seem to be trivial, but if not repaired on time can prove disastrous to your home. Here are some of the plumbing tips that will help you in carrying out repairs.

Repairing a running toilet

Nothing can be more irritating than listening to the noise of a running toilet continuously. Householders do get pestered with this incessant noise and are sometimes unable to sleep at night. Try jiggling the handle which may set the float ball or flapper free to move. Most of the times, mere jiggling will resolve the issue, whereas sometimes the flapper needs repair.

Tips for clogged sink

If you have to unclog a bathroom sink, firstly remove the P-trap by using a a pair of slip-joint pliers. Place a bucket underneath it to dump out the debris and water into it. Remove the trap and the trap arm and pull out about 18″ of a hand auger. Put it inside the wall to unclog the sink. Remove the hand auger and replace the trap. You can now run the water to check whether the clog is cleared.

Fixing a leaky Faucet

Most of the times a faucet starts leaking when rubber washer is damaged. When the dripping does not cease, despite your efforts of tightening the faucet, it means that the rubber washer is not able to seal off the flow of water. With the help of the shutoff valve the water source is shut off for a while. The faucet handle has a removable cap which can be easily opened by removing the screw underneath it. Fix the newly bought rubber washer in the faucet and reassemble the handle correctly. By following this simple procedure, you can save your time as well as money.

So, before giving a call to a Handyman do check all the faucets, toilets and drains, to make sure that there are no other leakages. Now prepare a list of the plumbing to be done and tick mark the tasks that you can do on your own.

Article wrote by Handyman Services in London

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