5 Clever Plumbing Tricks To Save You Money

Preventing a problem before it happens is much cheaper than waiting for something to happen and then calling in professional help. There are a lot of preventive measures that you can do to maintain your plumbing system’s good condition that isn’t that complicated and you can do on your own. Just like these easy tricks by LRN2DIY on YouTube!

Materials:

• Water leak detectors
• Brick
• Sink plungers
• Zip tie or cable tie
• Old metal cloth hanger

Directions:

Trick #1

Consider purchasing water leak detectors to avoid future plumbing disasters especially when you’re away from home. Put this in places where it would most likely leak, it might be under the sink or behind and under the toilet tank. This would immediately notify you of a leak, this way you can quickly check and fix it where there’s a need for repairing.

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Trick #2

Before you call for professional help, check if you can fix it yourself first. If your garbage disposal is making a weird noise or metal clankings whenever you turn the switch on, sometimes the blades inside the machine get out of sync for a number of reasons which cause those weird noises. Try to look at the bottom of the garbage disposal machine, then find the little hole or adjustment area, insert an Allen wrench, then twist and tighten it. If this doesn’t work, then this is the time to call for a plumber or replace the whole machine.

Trick #3

Putting a brick inside your toilet tank helps consume some of the volumes in your tank so that when the water level is in the right amount, the brick takes up some water and controls it so that less water is wasted. To adjust the volume of water that the tank releases, try bending the float arm, and see if you get the result that you want.

Trick #4

Consider using sink plungers that are specifically made for sink and drain. Same as other ordinary toilet plungers, sink and drain plungers also work the same way. They force air down the system to remove any blockages.

Trick #5

Here are DIY drain clog fixes that you can make using materials around your house. Find a large zip tie or cable tie, then cut zigzags on both sides to create teeth on them. Insert this into the drain, give it a few twists, then pull it out. If you don’t have a zip tie, you can use an old metal cloth hanger instead, simply disassemble it until it becomes a straight piece, then curve the end to create a hook, insert on the drain, twist, and pull. However, this method may take more time than zip ties.

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5 Clever Plumbing Tricks To Save You Money