Plumbing advice · Seasonal & Prevention
The Annual Plumbing Check-Up
Fifteen minutes a year that catches the failures before they choose their own timing.
The walk-round
Exercise the stopcock. Look under every sink with a torch. Check visible pipe runs for green or white crust, which is a slow leak advertising itself. Flush each toilet and listen for refill that never stops. Check the boiler pressure gauge.
Outside
Gully grids clear, overflow pipes dry, outside tap isolated in winter, gutters actually discharging into the drain rather than down the wall.
What it buys you
Most plumbing disasters are slow failures that were visible for months. This list finds the £15 problems while they are still £15, and it is exactly what our engineers do in the first ten minutes of any maintenance visit.
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