The potential cost of a water leak in your home can be catastrophic. The cost will depend on several factors which we will outline for you below. It is impossible to put an exact number on this cost, but we will explain why and how the number can skyrocket.
Water Bills
The first way that a water leak inside your home costs you is in your water bills. If you have a plumbing line that is leaking, and you do not know it, you are paying for that lost water every month. If you have lived in the same place for years and have been paying the same water bill amount for years, you may have been paying for a leak that you do not know you have. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.
Catastrophic Leaks
Costs really start to rise if you have a large or catastrophic leak. Rooms can quickly get flooded. Hopefully your home insurance will pay for most of the damage, but there may be pieces of furniture that are ruined and cannot be replaced with any amount of money.
Time
A big leak also has a big cost in time. There is the time you have to spend talking to insurers, arranging clean-up, arranging for trades to repair the damage. This is an annoyance that you may have been able to prevent by repiping your home before big water damage occurs.
If you are living on the Lower Mainland and your home needs repiping, get some experts in to assess whether your home should be repiped or not. Old homes typically have corroded pipes, and homes with polybutylene pipes needs to be repiped as soon as possible.
Please call us on the Lower Mainland at (604) 349-5325 if you are wondering if your home needs repiping or already know that you do.
Repiping Vancouver is a division of 604FixLeak offering leak detection, plumbing repairs and restoration services in the Greater Vancouver area. Repiping Vancouver concentrates on whole home or office repiping.
If you have any questions about this article or need some help with repiping in your home or office, call us today at (604) 349-5325.
