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Emergency Plumbing Austin Texas - Plumbing emergencies may appear without warning. If the situation is actually not an emergency, it will be better for you to schedule a plumbing service call during regular calling hours as emergency rates are generally priced higher than normal plumbing maintenance rates.

A thing of caution: When you have natural gas or propane and you smell gas inside your home, shut off the main valve (in which the gas comes into the house) and call for service immediately!

These are the five major causes of the plumbing emergency. Below are a few helpful troubleshooting tips you can test before calling for service after hours.

No Heat?

1.) Check the thermostat. Is it off or turned down?

2.) Check the burner switch. Usually located near your furnace, it appears like a light switch with a red switch plate. Sometimes this gets turned off by mistake.

3.) Look at oil tank. Have you been out of oil?

4.) Look at the burner reset button. Oil furnaces possess a red colored reset button about the burner itself. Push to reset. If it trips again, call for service.

5.) Look into the circuit breaker panel. Reset tripped breaker only one time. If it trips again, demand service.

Emergency Plumbing Austin Texas - No Water?

1.) Look at the pump circuit breaker in house panel. Reset once. Whether it trips again, you can typically wait until morning to schedule a service call.

2.) Look at the pressure tank gauge.

3.) Check your checkbook! Did you pay your water bill?

No Hot Water?

1.) Check all domestic hot water fixtures in the house.

2.) Look at the circuit breaker in-house panel.

If you have an electrical hot water tank, reset breaker. Whether it trips again, don't reset. Call for service. If you have a tankless coil hot water heater, and you heat with oil, follow steps for "no heat." For those who have a gas hot water tank, do not reset breaker or re-light pilot. Turn off gas valve and call for service immediately.

Leaking Pipe?

1.) Shut down main water valve, or gate valve to that broken pipe.

2.) Demand plumbing repair.

Note: A broken pipe does not necessarily require 24-hour emergency service. However, once a place becomes saturated behind sheet rock or carpeting gets soaked, mold can emerge within 36 hours. Some plumbers provide emergency water extraction services, along with mold remediation and restoration. Do not ignore a leaking pipe unless you can get around to fixing it. It may create a much bigger problem the longer you wait!

Emergency Plumbing Austin Texas - Clogged Drain?

1.) Identify the source of the clog. You'll find the source by flowing water in other sinks in the home. If all drains back up, then the source of the clog is within the soil pipe itself. Call for service to root out. If it's the toilet, plunge it. Whether it's only one sink drain, check underneath to get a clean out trap. You can unscrew the plug at the end and pull out the clog.

2.) If all drains are clogged, or you are unable to unclog the trap yourself, call for plumbing service. Do not use liquid plumber or similar products.