3 Common Plumbing Problems and What You Can Do About Them

Sound Advice for Germantown, Greenbelt, & Middletown Home Owners.

Are you experiencing any of these common plumbing problems?

Toilet overflowing

To fix an overflowing toilet, start by pushing the tank stopper belt down to the valve seat and keep pressing on it. The tank stopper and valve seat are found inside the toilet tank.  Next, immediately turn off the valve underneath the toilet. This is the water shut-off valve.  If home remedies like using your own plunger or snake don’t work, then that’s a good time to call Falcon Plumbing.

No Hot Water

You know you have a problem with your water heater when you notice any of the following symptoms:

• No hot water
• Inadequate hot water
• Rust colored water
• Rotten egg odor
• Low rumbling or popping noise
• Higher pitched whining
• Water leaking around base of heater

Before attempting any troubleshooting on your own:

• Turn off power to an electric water heater. Do this by turning off the circuit breaker or fuse powering the heater.
• For a gas water heater, turn the gas pilot control valve to “pilot” setting.
• Shut off the water supply.

What you do from there depends on the type of water heater you have:  gas, electric, or tankless.  If you’re the handy type, go ahead and give it a try.  Otherwise, the plumbing professionals at Falcon Plumbing will be glad to lend a hand.

Faucet won’t shut off

Most faucets work with a rubber or composition washer that closes onto a metal washer seat. Over time, the washer will harden and crack or simply gets worn down. This causes the faucet to leak. You can close the faucet tighter to stop the drip, but this will only be a temporary fix. In fact, you’re just increasing the internal damage to the washer and faucet and the problem is only going to get worse. Usually when the faucet drips, the problem has a relatively simple solution: the washers or other internal mechanisms need to be rebuilt or replaced.

No matter what the plumbing need or problem, Your 1 Plumber is here to help you with our 100% money back guarantee.  Give us a call, and stop going bonkers!

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