Water is precious. You have to pay for every gallon that comes into your home, and the world doesn’t have an endless supply of clean fresh water. But also, water is dangerous. Even a relatively small amount can do shocking damage to your home. For these reasons, a plumbing leak is the sort of problem that needs to be dealt with as quickly as possible.
If you’re concerned about a leak in your home, you’ve probably got some important questions. How can a plumber locate a mysterious leak? How much will that cost? How urgent is the problem? After all, how much water can a plumbing leak really be wasting? A lot! Let’s take a closer look.
Counting Drips
For the sake of this calculation, let’s use a simple visual. A sink won’t quite shut off. It always drips, just a little bit. How much? We’ll imagine that it’s just one drip per minute, and that you have no other leaks anywhere in your home. That’s 1,440 drips every day.
Now, according to the United States Geological Survey, a gallon of water is 15,140 drops. And your very slow leak will add up to 14,400—very nearly a gallon—in ten days. Maybe that’s not an outrageous amount to pay in extra, wasted water when your municipal water bill comes. But what if that water is not leaking quite so slowly? A drip every six seconds would waste a gallon every day. And what if that’s not your only leak?
Water Damage
The other thing to think about is that most leaks are not simply a faucet dripping safely into a sink. It’s more likely that you would have a leak from the connection between the fixture and the water pipe, and it would drip into your wall or the cabinet under your sink. Or you could have a leak from a water pipe anywhere in your house, leaking below a floor, between walls, or even under your foundation.
Water damage can be catastrophic. It can cause anything from foundation cracks to collapsed ceilings, not to mention simply damaged sheetrock and woodwork that need to be replaced. And once there’s water soaking into your home, it becomes an ideal ecosystem for mold to grow! Tearing out mold-damaged wood, insulation, and more can be an enormous project, costing tens of thousands of dollars.
Leak Detection
You might have a leak if you spot any of these signs.
- Staining
- Dripping sounds
- Warm patches of wall or floor
- Foundation cracks
- High humidity
- Mold growth
- Excessive running of your water heater
- Rising water bills
If you’re concerned about any of these things, you need leak detection and plumbing repair in Akron, OH. Today’s plumbers don’t have to tear up your home to find a sneaky leak. High-tech tools can pinpoint a leak using infrared technology, measuring sound frequencies, and even providing real-time video with tiny cameras that can be inserted right into your pipes!
At Crown Group Ohio, we’re so confident in our experts and their ability to locate leaks that we offer $99 leak detection. Don’t put off getting the help you need. You could end up with much, much bigger problems. Get expert assistance right away!
Contact Crown Group Ohio today with any questions or to make an appointment.