A pipe that has burst
Water running from a ceiling, a wall or a basement pipe keeps doing damage until it is shut off and the pipe is repaired. The pipe has to be repaired before the damage stops.
Emergency Plumbing in Cleveland
Water pouring from a split pipe, sewage rising in the basement or a heater dumping its tank all need a plumber at the house. Call us, describe what is happening and we set you up with one.
Emergency help covers houses, doubles and rental units anywhere in the city of Cleveland, in the basement, the kitchen or the bathroom.
What counts as a plumbing emergency
Sewage coming up in the basement
Wastewater rising through a floor drain, a basement toilet or a laundry tub means the line out of the house is blocked or the sewer is overloaded. Either way, the cause sits somewhere along that line.
A toilet that keeps overflowing
One overflow after a heavy flush can be a simple clog. A toilet that overflows again and again, or that backs up when the washer drains, points further down the line.
A leaking water heater
A tank weeping at a seam, or a steady stream from the relief pipe in the basement, does not stop on its own. Whether the heater can be saved depends on where the water comes from.
No water at the taps
When every faucet goes dry at once, or drops to a thin stream, the cause can be a frozen pipe, a break on the service line under the tree lawn, or work on the main in the street.
Shutting the water off
Cleveland Water asks homeowners to know where their main shut-off valve is and how to use it. Finding it before anything goes wrong saves time when a pipe lets go.
Cleveland Water’s Distribution and Maintenance team can also shut water off at the city-side connection so a repair can be made on the house side.
Storm backups and Cleveland’s combined sewers
Cleveland’s earliest sewers are combined sewers, carrying sewage from houses, stormwater from rain and melted snow, and industrial waste in one pipe. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District builds in relief points so that in heavy storms sewage does not back up into homes.
The District’s Project Clean Lake, a 25-year plan begun in 2010, adds storage tunnels and other work that can help ease sewer backups and flooding. If your basement takes on sewage after a storm, call and a plumber can check the line from the house.
Frozen pipes in a Cleveland winter
Freezing temperatures reach Cleveland on about 91 days in a typical year, and the average low in January is 23°F. Cleveland Water warns that plumbing in older homes, or plumbing that has frozen before, is even more vulnerable.
If you will be away, Cleveland Water advises keeping the heat at 55°F or higher, and it warns never to thaw a pipe with a torch or open flame. The pipe freeze risk checker rates the pipes you pick for the city’s winters.
After a burst pipe, hidden water in walls is a job for leak detection. Repeat sewage in the basement points toward sewer repair. Everything else, from fixtures to water heaters, starts on the home page.
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