Pipe Repairs

Types of Pipe Water Leaks

Freezing pipes are extremely rare in Riverside County. You'll most commonly experience leaky fixtures and need faucet or shower leak repair. You can often fix these yourselves with simply tightening or replacing the washer or cartridge. If instructions are leading you towards in-wall repairs or re-grinding a valve seat, it's actually time to call a plumber.

Pipe leaks are often near plumbing fixtures because of repeated movement from using the faucet or sudden water pressure changes. It could also be anywhere in your building's piping. The need for water pipe repair is typically caused by slow but steady corrosion, and is more common in areas with hard water. That's especially true for copper pipe leak repair. Leaks are also common in sewer lines due to corrosion or tree roots. Often, finding the leak is the most difficult task. If you need a shower leak repair, that could be a shower head, faucet, shower pan, or something behind the tile. You may even think you have a leak when you don't. Pipes can "sweat" through condensation in high humidity. If left uncorrected, even for a short time, water can lead to significant damage to carpets, surface finishes, furniture, and even a building's structure. Hercules Plumbing Inc is your local experienced expert for leak detection, location, and water pipe repair.

Types of Piping That Experience Water Leaks

Before 1970, many buildings used galvanized iron plumbing. The zinc coating gradually wears away, and then the iron begins to rust. This leads to brownish water that can damage appliances and may also lower water pressure. If you're in this situation, it's best to call in a plumbing expert even before you start experiencing leaks. Nowadays, piping is copper or PVC and has reduced the odds of problems. Yet copper pipe leak repair is fairly common, and is often due to pinhole leaks developing over time. The exact reason is still under debate. Sewer lines are now typically cast iron, and are prone to corrosion and tree roots.

Whether a water supply or sewer drain, the basic methods of plumbing pipe repair are the same - only the details change.

Water Pipe Repair for Riverside County

You really need a master plumber to assure a proper repair job here in Riverside County. Each leak, type of pipe, pipe location, and building situation is unique. A durable, long-lasting repair requires special skills and equipment. Depending on the exact specifics, any of several basic approaches will be the best.

• Replacing just the leaking section of pipe. This type of plumbing pipe repair can require some tricky cutting in confined spaces, as well as specialized brazing or PVC skills.
• External repair to the pipe. This is a bit like the repair kits, but more durable materials are applied outside the existing pipe and permanently attached via soldering, brazing, or cementing. This is the approach most commonly used in copper pipe leak repair.
• Relining. This solution uses special tools and compounds to add a new lining inside the pipe to plug small leaks and protect against further interior corrosion.

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