Banish Bathroom Plumbing Blockages

Your losses from Leaks

Leaks from your bathroom fittings, if left unresolved, can seriously affect your water bill.

A dripping tap can waste 150 litres of water per day. A leaking toilet or cistern could cause your daily water use to increase by 250 litres.

A tiny crack in a pipe connected to your bathroom could leak over 300 litres of water in 24 hours.

In addition to inflating your bills, leaks can damage walls, electrics and contribute to increased damp and mould.

DIY Plumbing Disasters

A competition held by a leading plumbing supplies company, highlights some of Australia’s more ‘interesting’ attempts at bathroom DIY.

Some notable finalists included a misaligned toilet bowl (45° to the wall), a toilet directly supplied by water from a pipe in the roof, a piping junction held together by a significant amount of tape, and the winner; a milk bottle replacing a section of pipe (underneath a sink).

This shows that bathroom plumbing is a difficult and skilled task, taking years of training and experience.

If you have a long standing problem in your bathroom, the best thing to do is to call an Accredited Plumber.

Sharpe Plumbers answer a frequently asked plumbing question:

Q: What can I do to improve my plumbing?

A: Using plumbing devices like flow regulators will protect a number of key water using appliances.

Many of these require flow regulators to be connected to your plumbing system for warranties to remain valid.

Some manufacturers will refuse warranty claims if it turns out your water pressure was above 500 KPA.

Whilst new homes are legally required to have devices to limit water pressure, this is not the case for older premises.