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You can prevent frozen pipes within the home, by ensuring the temperature does not fall below freezing. Another important step is insulating pipes that are exposed to cold temperatures. Pipes will freeze if they are exposed to temperatures below freezing. The best result you can hope for from frozen pipes is to be without water until the pipes thaw. But, they could also burst, causing a mess and a large repair bill.

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For clogged pipes, unblock them with a cleaner that is enzyme based. These cleaners have natural bacteria in them, which turn sludge into liquid form that can be easily removed from your pipes. The best options on the market now are enzyme cleaners.

If you have any plumbing work that needs to be done, schedule it all to be done concurrently. It can be tempting to call a plumber each time you have a minor problem, but saving plumbing work for one time allows you to put money aside for the repairs. This can save you money since plumbers generally charge hourly, as they can't charge multiple hours per trip if it's only one trip out.

If you take care of your plumbing, you will have lower plumbing bills. Clogged drains are one of the more common issues when it comes to plumbing problems. Drains are easily clogged by hair. A great way to help prevent those clogs is to install a screen on top of the drain. Just make sure that it properly fits your drain. Cleaning hair from the screen is a much easier affair than it would be to get the hair out of the pipe.

Put strainers in the bottoms of your drains to stop any clogging agents from escaping down the drain. Clean your kitchen strainer often, particularly if you can see debris accumulating. Strainers placed in a bathtub can be cleaned periodically.

If you are seeing water at the bottom of the dishwasher, most likely this is due to a faulty setup of the hose that leads from the kitchen sink. A hose that is properly installed should lead uphill, then downhill, to discourage water from each area from mixing.

Have all the plumbing repairs done in one visit. You may want to have each minor problem attended to as the occur, but having multiple repairs done at once allows you to save up for the cost. Most plumbers have an hourly rate and a flat rate for the trip: asking a plumber to fix multiple problems in one trip is cheaper than calling them more than once.

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