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Leaks & Water Bills
High bills, running toilets, supply hoses, slab leaks, and the checks you can do in ten minutes.
Leaks & Water Bills Why is my water bill so high? Check your toilets first Most unexplained jumps in a water bill are a toilet flapper that no longer seals, and it wastes water silently around the clock. Put a few drops of food coloring in the… Leaks & Water Bills Are your washing machine hoses rubber? Replace them with braided stainless steel Pull the washer forward and look at the two hoses on the back. If they are plain black rubber, replace them with braided stainless steel hoses now, and replace those… Leaks & Water Bills Signs of a slab leak in a Florida home, and what happens next A slab leak is a pressurized water line leaking under the concrete floor. The tells are a warm patch on the tile, the sound of water with everything off, a meter that… Leaks & Water Bills Why copper pipes get pinhole leaks in Southwest Florida Pinhole leaks are pitting corrosion: the water eats a tiny crater through the pipe wall from the inside. Chlorinated and chloraminated water, high velocity, leftover… Leaks & Water Bills I hear dripping or running water but cannot find a leak. Where is it coming from? Start with the meter: if it moves with every fixture off, water is leaving a supply line and the sound is real. If it holds still, the sound is a drain, an AC condensate… Leaks & Water Bills Signs your CPVC pipes are failing CPVC does not corrode, but it gets brittle. In a Southwest Florida home built from the 1980s through the early 2000s, the signs are a yellowed or chalky surface…