Most of the time it will be relatively easy to tell you need an Emergency plumber in Jacksonville FL. It will be obvious. For example, you might not have known there was a water pipe embedded in the ceiling between the upper and lower stores of your home … but its bursting, followed by chunks of sodden plaster falling along with spraying water upon your breakfast table definitely constitutes an emergency. Flooding of any sort — in your basement, from your hot water heater, from a broken pipe or even from an unknown source — is always an emergency simply because of the vast amount of damage water is capable of causing when unleashed in your home.
There are other plumbing problems that also constitute an emergency that are more difficult at times for the home owner to recognize. For example, any time you have a pipe break or even just a leak in an area of your home where electrical components are also located … this is an emergency. Water and electricity do not have healthy outcomes when combined. It is far better to treat this circumstance as an emergency and call an Emergency plumber in Jacksonville, FL to access the situation for you. Doing so could save your life.
Another type of emergency that the home owner might not recognize as such right away is any long lasting leak in an uncontained area. A dripping faucet is annoying, but it’s not going to hurt anything. A dripping connection on your washing machine, or a slow and undetected leak at the bottom of your hot water heater, (particularly if you don’t have an emergency drain pan installed), are different matters. It is entirely possible that by the time a home owner discovers a slow but uncontained leak in his home that tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage will have already occurred in destroyed flooring, sub-flooring, drywall, etc. Even the underlying framing of a home can warp enough to need replacing if it gets wet and stays wet for a long enough period of time. Wet areas encourage mold growth, a health concern in itself.
It is good advice for a homeowner to treat any uncontained leak, no matter how small, as an emergency. Small leaks tend to only grow larger. Call for help as soon as the leak is discovered. Your home’s health might depend upon it!
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