Avoiding Electrical Shock During Plumbing Problems

May 6th, 2019 Posted in Emergency Plumbing
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When a pipe bursts, your drains backup or a major leak occurs with your plumbing, it can cause serious risks to your home. Water and mold damage can cause extensive damage to your home, but there is a more pressing risk to your health. Plumbing leaks can put you and your family at risk for electrical shock. Know how to handle plumbing problems to protect your family from risk of injury caused by electrical shock.

Everyone knows electricity and water are a dangerous combination. When a plumbing problem leaks water into your home, it is important to understand the risk for electrical shock. Even a small leak can create a electrical shock risk that can cause serious injury and even death. If the floor is wet, or water gets inside an electrical fixture like a ceiling fan or outlet, it can pose a risk of shock.

What to Do if You Have a Plumbing Leak

It is best not to risk the chance of electrical shock if you have a plumbing leak in your home. Even touching a light switch that has been affected by the water leak can cause a shock. If you can access your fuse box, shut off power to the rooms affected to protect against shock. Also shut off the main water valve to your home to prevent further water leaks in your home. Then, make a call to your local plumber company for an emergency plumbing repair.

Never try to remedy a major plumbing leak yourself. Electrical shock is a real danger whenever water is leaking into your home. Call a professional to protect yourself from injury and your home from additional damage when you have a plumbing problem.

Posted on behalf of:
Metro Septic LLC
1210 N Tennessee St
Cartersville, GA 30120
(404) 973-2471

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Turning Off the Water For An Emergency Water Leak

November 7th, 2011 Posted in Water Line Repair
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Plumbing emergencies happen at all hours of the day or night.  Fortunately, most reputable plumbers offer 24 hour emergency plumbing services seven days a week to handle any plumbing emergency.  For many plumbing problems, just calling the plumber is all you need to do.  The plumber will be on the way and have the problem fixed in a few hours.

However, if the problem involves a water line leak, a burst pipe, an overflowing toilet that keep running, or some other emergency that involves water leaking into your home, you should try to stop the flow of water while waiting for the plumber to arrive.  All that water can cause serious damage to your walls, floors, ceilings, cabinets and other fixtures.

For most sinks or toilets, look for a silver water shutoff valve in the cabinet under the sink or behind the toilet.  Turn the handle clockwise until it stops to shut off the water.  For other leaks, look for a water shutoff valve that turns off the water to the whole house.

This valve is usually located inside your home near where the water supply line enters your home.  The valve might be a gate valve that usually has a round red handle or a ball valve that has yellow rectangular handle. If you have a gate valve, turn it clockwise until it stops.  This could be several turns.  A ball valve only turns a quarter turn, usually clockwise, until the handle is perpendicular to the pipe.

You may also have a ball valve or gate valve near the water meter at the street.  If you have one of these it will probably be in a small box.  If you cannot find any of these water valves, have the water turned off at the meter.  This requires a special tool so you will need to call the water company and have them take care of it.

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