A leak will hurt a house in silence. Something as small as a mobile or plugged drain can go undetected for months, water leaks in their cabinets, in walls or under floors and causing extensive damage and costly. An external leak in an irrigation system can waste silence of more than 100 gallons of water each day.
Pipes or leaky openings tend to leave signs of their presence so that you can identify the type of damage and repairs quickly.
Water stains: This type of radiation is a safe place to identify a leakage current or old. Where is the stain indicates that the leak may have originated.
A splash of water around windows or on the bottom of exterior doors show that water penetrates to the outside.
A place on the joint between the roof and exterior walls can indicate a possible leak in the roof or the accumulation of ice. If you have water pipes in the attic, the problem may be there too.
A splash of water on the bottom of a cabinet could be from a sink trap or leaking plumbing.
Sagging or stained floors can indicate a wood floor that has absorbed water from a leak. high-risk areas include the kitchen floor around the dishwasher or refrigerator (if you have an ice maker and filtered water), or in a window closed. The bathroom is another problem. Watch for the water ring around the toilet in front of the tub or shower. Problems
Beams or girders sponge may be a warning of structural problems as a result of water damage. Taking these in time can save you thousands of dollars in repairs.
Take a water flow test: If you’ve checked for signs of water damage, but do you have a leak, a flow test of the water. Shut off all sources of water for your home, inside and outside and locate your water meter. The red triangle or flow indicator on the top, tell you when the water passes through it. If the flow indicator or needle, you might have a leak.
Use the process of elimination to determine if the leak is. Closing a bathroom, go to the subway and see if the red triangle is moving. If you do move, that the toilet is the culprit. Otherwise, the bathroom and close the other. Continue in this way to verify all sources of water at high risk, including toilets, sprinkler system, water softener, air conditioning, ice machine, etc. If you close the main valve to your house and meter is still moving, the loss may be between the closing of the valve and the water meter.
WC test: The use of food coloring to determine if your toilet is leaking. Remove the lid and the tank. Once completed, add a few drops of black food coloring. Wait at least 20 minutes and no trace of the color appears in the toilet bowl, you have a leak.
Water damage in the drywall, it is soft or in ruins, discolored or swollen and may appear on the wall or ceiling.
Many of these signs and symptoms of water damage are visible after a long time, and in many cases the damage is already done. This handy device to warn of a leak in the early stages of water is a leak alarm. It has a plug-in main unit (with battery backup) and a motion sensor. Place filling into a leak is most likely to occur (under the puck into the crawl space under a water heater, etc..) Emits an alarm if it detects that a few drops of water.