Glenview plumbers repair and install plumbing, drainage and sewers. Plumbing covers the gamut from fresh water coming into a building to waste and waste water leaving the building. There are a number of different plumber services available, one of the most common are emergencies when a pipe bursts, drains clog and overflow or the sewer from the building to the street becomes clogged. Plumbers are also called upon to install and repair garbage disposals, water heaters and other home appliances. One problem that can undetected for years are tree roots slowly growing into the main sewer line, when this happens all the water in the building has to be shut off until repairs can be made as it has no place to go other than overflowing.
In many cases a homeowner will notice that the water bill is abnormally high but the daily usage seems to remain about the same. In cases like this there is usually a leak, searching for it can be very time consuming as it can be buried under the floor or in the walls. The Glenview Professional Plumbers that are called in to find the leak and repair it may have to resort to opening walls and floors to find the problem. Other common problems are caused by hair, grease, soap scum and other debris that clogs a drain; plumbers are outfitted with special equipment such as plumbers’ snakes and rooters that can get to the problem quickly.
Rooters are machines that have a claw shaped cutter on one end of a long flexible cable, when the cable is turned and sent into the drain or sewer it “chews” the clog free. In some cases plumbers do the same thing but rather than use a rooter they use a high pressure stream of water, this process is known as hydro-jetting.
Tree roots can be a major problem. As the roots seek out any source of water they naturally migrate to a close by sewer, over time the pipe becomes completely blocked with densely packed tree roots. There are times when it is better to find the location of the blockage with a CCTV camera and then lay a second sewer branch sewer to skirt the blockage. These same procedures is often used when sewer pipes age and begin to leak, rather than dig them up, a second line is installed instead. Rerouting pipes is not only for sewers, if the kitchen or bathroom is being remodeled there is a good chance that the Glenview plumbers will also be tasked to reroute the water pipes and drains.
