Saving Costs With Water Damage Restoration

No one wants to throw money away. And no one wants to pay for something because someone else is wasteful. Inefficiencies in the water supply can cost you personally but also as a community. When you multiply your simple drip by the number of leaks at your neighbors homes, the numbers magnify quickly.

The average household’s leaks can account for nearly 10,000 gallons of water wasted every year.This loss of water represents a cumulative loss of water, money and infrastructure.

Bad On The Environment

Less than 1 percent of the world’s water is freshwater and available for us to consume (not trapped in glaciers), there are limitations that factor into our carrying capacity as a population on Earth, including the availability and distribution of freshwater. In the USA, annual household leaks waste one trillion gallons nationwide. To put that into perspective, it is approximately the water use of more than 10 million homes. 

in places where clean water is scarce, overusing or wasting household water limits the availability of it for other communities to use for drinking, cleaning, cooking, or growing—and thus contributes to disease, illness, or agricultural scarcity and starvation.

However, even in modern Pocatello, continuous leaks artificially inflate the pressure on our water system. In order to make our current infrastructure last longer (and keep taxes low) fixing leaks is “an easy fix.”

Bad For Your Budget 

Wasting one gallon of water one time is insignificant. However, persistent leaks add up fast. According to the EPA, ten percent of homes have leaks that waste 90 gallons or more per day. Common types of leaks found in the home are worn toilet flappers, dripping faucets, and other leaking valves. These types of leaks are often easy to fix, requiring only a few tools and hardware that can pay for themselves in water savings. Fixing easily corrected household water leaks can save homeowners about 10 percent on their water bills, and help with water damage restoration costs. 

Harm To Your Home

Water that leaks into your home can degrade building materials, ruin your possessions and support mold growth. Water can begin to penetrate drywall within hours. This building material may weaken, crumble, or even disintegrate. Metal can rust. Wood will warp and rot.

Another problem is that the paper backing can also support mold growth. Now you not only have a structural problem, you also have an air quality problem.

Tips For Finding Leaks

To check for leaks in your home, you first need to determine if you’re wasting water, and then how. Take steps to identify the source of the leak. Here are some ideas:

• Take a look at your water usage during a colder month, such as January or February. If a family of four exceeds 12,000 gallons per month, there are serious leaks.
• Check your water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter changes at all, you probably have a leak.
• Identify toilet leaks by placing a drop of food coloring in the toilet tank. If any color shows up in the bowl after 10 minutes, you have a leak. (Be sure to flush immediately after the experiment to avoid staining the tank.)
• Examine faucet gaskets and pipe fittings for any water on the outside of the pipe to check for surface leaks.

Water Damage Restoration In Pocatello 

If you find (or even suspect) a leak in your Idaho home, call Restore Rite. These professionals are available 24 hours a day to clean up minor or major water disasters at your home or business.. Whether your water damage came in the windows, a broken pipe, or a hole in the roof, you can trust their experienced help.

When a client calls with a water damage emergency, the team responds immediately. Experts assess the amount of damage and then create a plan of action to restore the property as quickly and efficiently as possible.