Leaking Faucets and
Leaking Toilets
Save Water, Save Money
Surprisingly, even small leaking faucets left unchecked can adversely affect your water bill. Often, clients will mention that a toilet has been running or refilling itself for days, weeks, and sometimes even months. This is a straightforward repair in most cases, usually just requiring one or two inexpensive parts. It can, however, become a little more involved. Either way, we have the knowledge, experience, tools, and material to quickly make the necessary repairs. Are you tired of having any of these problems... - Hearing a toilet that continuously runs or refills itself?
- Waiting forever for hot water at your sink or shower?
- Seeing that faucet dripping day after day?
...Then we have the solution. Unfortunately, we run across issues such as leaking faucets and the others listed above A LOT. Fortunately for you, these problems can be solved.
Get Into Hot Water
When it comes to waiting for hot water at your shower, consider this. If you wait for hot water 1.5 minutes per shower, twice a day, just six days a week (12 showers) and the shower head puts out 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm), in one year of waiting for hot water, you will waste about 2,160 gallons of water and almost 14.5 hours of your time. And these figures are based upon just one person. With a spouse and two children, the figures nearly quadruple to nearly 8,000 gallons of water and about 50 hours of time wasted every year.Additionally, if your showerhead allows more than 2.5 gpm, the amount of water wasted naturally increases. If you would like to find out how to save time and money while conserving water, please contact us about the “Comfort Pump.”
Got Any Drips in Your House?
Leaking faucets are one of the worst culprits.Why? Because many times people think that such a small issue is not worth calling a plumber to repair. So they simply crank the handle tighter, figuring this is the solution. The problem here is that, depending on the fixture and its condition, one of several situations may occur: - The handle breaks or is stripped, rendering the faucet useless;
- The stem or cartridge within the valve body breaks, which also leaves you without the use of the faucet; or
- The entire valve body gets twisted, potentially causing a leak under the sink that may go unnoticed but can go on causing further damage.
Although it may seem that just turning the handle tighter is the answer to this common problem, ultimately the best solution is to call Chris Villa-Lovos Plumbing, Inc., the company that knows what to do about water leaks throughout your home and cares about doing the job right the first time. So if you live in the Westlake Village/Agoura Hills area of Southern California, call us now at either of the numbers listed below. We guaranty all our work. Return from
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