Name: Diamond Certified Experts: Leak Detection and Prevention
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SAN JOSE — Host, Sarah Rutan: One of the simplest measures you can take to avoid a costly water bill is to routinely check your plumbing fixtures for leaks. Today we’re in San Jose with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Adam Garza of San Jose Plumbing to learn more.
Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Adam Garza: Okay, today, just want to give you a few tips on how I can save you money with your water bill, and then also help you prevent any water damage to your home or place of business. So, for example we have the main kitchen faucet here, and we also have the Instahot and Reverse Osmosis system. A lot of times if we these fixtures are leaking from the spout it is very important to adjust those leaks sooner than later. A lot of times the cartridges inside are leaking and causing the issue. If you let them go for too long, those cartridges are very difficult to take out. Due to corrosion, the length of time it&#8217;s been leaking. So the sooner you address it the better off you&#8217;ll be.
Um, we have the Reverse Osmosis system, which a lot of homes and businesses have as well. A lot of times it can been leaking from the spout, even at the base. A lot of times when it&#8217;s leaking at the base it can rain down underneath into the cabinet as well, causing water damage underneath &#8211; which you definitely want to avoid. And same thing with the Instahot. It can leak behind the handle, rain down back behind here and leak down into the cabinet as well.
And then underneath we have a lot going on here. We have a lot of things that should be checked every three to six months. Um, leaks generally start very slowly and very gradually. So the sooner that you address these leaks the better off you&#8217;ll be, the less water damage to your cabinet and to the flooring. So what I like to do is get a light so you can see everything pretty clearly, and use your hand, and also feel around. Lot of times a light doesn&#8217;t catch all of the moisture that&#8217;s building. So yes, you want to feel every single joint, just feeling around, seeing if you feel any moisture. And of course visually see if you have any puddles developing underneath any of these areas. You have your reverse osmosis tank; you just always feel the connections. Just feeling everything, and just being sure everything is okay. You have your garbage disposal. You want to look at the very top, as well as the bottom. Just feeling around, again making sure that you don&#8217;t feel any moisture or any wetness. And that&#8217;s pretty much it here, so what we can do is head over to the bathroom next.
Okay, now we&#8217;re looking at toilet, and I just want to give you a few ideas of what to look at. Again to help prevent any water damage in the future. So, what we have here on the toilet inside is your fill valve, and off the fill valve is this water line. And it&#8217;s very important that this is secure. If it&#8217;s not secure a lot of times when the toilet is flushed, water can spread everywhere, behind the tank, run down and cause water damage to the sub-floor, to your flooring, your baseboard, and the sheetrock. So it&#8217;s very important to make sure this is secure. Also, it can possibly leak between the tank and the bowl.
So it&#8217;s very important to feel the tank bolts, make sure everything is nice and dry. Again, these leaks start very slowly and gradually so it&#8217;s very important to address these issues and find them early. Another thing too when the toilet is flushed, it can leak at the very base of the toilet where the wax ring is. It can leak on the side, the front, and the back. And then lastly you can use your hand, just kind of feel around at shut-off valve and the water line. Make sure everything feels nice and dry, and that way you can find leaks ahead of time before they become really bad, and cause any water damage. And now we&#8217;re going to go look at the shower.
Okay, now we&#8217;re looking at the shower valve. And it&#8217;s very important to look at the shower valve because it can be leaking from a few different areas. The first area is behind the handle. It&#8217;s very important to see if this is leaking, if it is it could make this very difficult to change in the future, and this leak could run inside the wall and cause water damage that you may not even be able to see. It can also cause this to leak as well, the main cartridge that is in there. And so, if this is constantly dripping it can cause damage to your grout, your tile. So it&#8217;s very important to address these issues as soon as possible. Also, I&#8217;ve seen where in the past when this leaks it gets sprayed back, can cause water damage to your sheetrock and your tile as well. So it&#8217;s very important to address these issues as soon as possible to prevent water damage to your home.
Okay, next we&#8217;re looking at the water main shutoff valve. It&#8217;s very important to know exactly where your water main shutoff valve is located in case there is an emergency with your water heater inside the house, or a fixture that&#8217;s leaking, or a leak inside a wall. It&#8217;s very important that you know exactly where it&#8217;s at so you can get to it quickly. And so how this particular shutoff works, it is a gate-valve, so it does turn clockwise, and that&#8217;s how you would turn it off. And it is very important that about every three to six months, or so, that you do turn this whether you need to or not. Just to make sure that it&#8217;s running nice and freely, just like this. If they&#8217;re not touched over a couple years they can freeze up, and then you can&#8217;t move it at all and it just sticks. So you don&#8217;t want that. So it&#8217;s very important to make sure this is always working properly.
Then we also have the hose bib, and usually a home will two to four, maybe even up to five-six hose bibs around the property. So you definitely want to check these as well to make sure they are not leaking underneath the handle, or just running through the hose and just wasting water. These are very easy to change out and replace. So you definitely want to address those issues as quickly as possible to save you money and make sure that you don&#8217;t cause any water damage to your foundation if water is leaking out of the hose and constantly running. So, always know where your water main shutoff valve is, and you&#8217;ll be in good shape.
Host, Sarah Rutan: To learn more from local top rated companies, visit our Diamond Certified Expert Reports at experts.diamondcertified.org.

Video: Leak Detection and Prevention

Kevin Garza, Owner of San Jose Plumbing, Inc., a Diamond Certified company, talks about one of the simplest measures you can take to avoid a costly water bill is to routinely check your plumbing fixtures for leaks.

Leak Detection and Prevention from Kevin Garza of San Jose Plumbing, Inc.

with Adam Garza of {BR} San Jose Plumbing, Inc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6PWCDCW0ao

Host, Sarah Rutan: One of the simplest measures you can take to avoid a costly water bill is to routinely check your plumbing fixtures for leaks. Today we’re in San Jose with Diamond Certified Expert Contributor Adam Garza of San Jose Plumbing to learn more.

Diamond Certified Expert Contributor, Adam Garza: Okay, today, just want to give you a few tips on how I can save you money with your water bill, and then also help you prevent any water damage to your home or place of business. So, for example we have the main kitchen faucet here, and we also have the Instahot and Reverse Osmosis system. A lot of times if we these fixtures are leaking from the spout it is very important to adjust those leaks sooner than later. A lot of times the cartridges inside are leaking and causing the issue. If you let them go for too long, those cartridges are very difficult to take out. Due to corrosion, the length of time it’s been leaking. So the sooner you address it the better off you’ll be.

Um, we h

Diamond Certified Experts: Leak Detection and Prevention

Plumbing Leak Prevention

one of the simplest measures you can
take to avoid a costly water bill is
routinely checking your plumbing
fixtures for leaks
today we're in San Jose with diamond
certified expert contributor adam garza
of san jose plumbing to learn more ok
today I just want to give you a few tips
on how I can save you money with your
water bill and then also help you
prevent any water damage to your home or
place of business so for example we have
the main kitchen faucet here and we also
have the insta ha and a reverse osmosis
system a lot of times if these fixtures
are leaking from the spout it is very
important to address those things sooner
than later a lot of times the cartridge
isn't inside are leaking and causing the
issue if you let them go for too long
those cartridges are very difficult to
take out due to corrosion the length of
time it's been leaking so the sooner you
address it the better off you'll be
we have the reverse osmosis system which
a lot of homes and businesses have as
well a lot of times it could be leaking
from the spout even at the base a lot of
times when sleeking at the base it can
run down underneath into the cabinet as
well causing water damage underneath but
you definitely want to avoid and same
thing with the insta hot it can leak
behind the handle run down behind here
and they've done it to the cabinet as
well and then underneath we have a lot
going on here we have a lot of things
that should be checked probably every
three to six months leaks generally
start very slowly and very gradually so
the sooner that you address these leaks
the better off you'll be there'll be
less water damage to your cabinet and to
the flooring so what I like to do is get
a light so you see everything pretty
clearly and use your hand and also feel
around a lot of times the light doesn't
catch all the moisture that's building
as you want to fill every single joint
just feeling around simply feel any
moisture and of course visually see if
you have any puddles developing
underneath any of these areas you have
the reverse osmosis tank it does always
fill the connections just filling
everything in this making sure that
everything is okay you have a garbage
disposal you want to look at the very
top as well as the bottom just filling
around again making sure that you don't
feel any moisture or any wetness and
that's pretty much it here so what we
could do is head over to the bathroom
next ok now we're looking at the toilet
and that's when I give you a few ideas
of what to look at again to help prevent
any water damage in the future so we
have here on the toilet inside is your
fill valve and off the fill valve is
this water line it's very important that
this is secure if it's not secured a lot
of times when the toilet is flushed with
water can spread everywhere behind the
tank run down caused water damage to the
subfloor to your flooring your baseboard
and the sheetrock
so it's very important to make sure this
is secure also it could possibly leak in
between the tank and the bowl so it's
very important to fill the tank bolts
make sure everything is nice and dry
again this league start very slowly and
gradually so it's very important to
adjust these issues and find them early
another thing too when the toilets flush
they can leak at the very base of the
toilet where the wax ring is it can leak
on the side the front and the back and
then lastly you can use your hand just
kind of feel around at the shutoff valve
and the water line Mitch everything
feels nice and dry and that way you can
find leaks at a time before they've
become really bad and causing in water
damage and now we're going to go look at
the shower
okay now we're looking at the shower
valve and it's very important to look at
the shower valve because it can be
looking from a few different areas the
first area is behind the handle it's
very important to see if this is leaking
if it is it could make this very
difficult to change in the future and
the state can also run inside the wall
and caused water damage that you may not
even be able to see it could also cause
this to lika as well
the main cartridge that is in there and
so if this is constantly dripping cause
damage to your grout your tile so it's
very important to address these issues
soon as possible also I've seen where in
the past when this leaks it gets sprayed
back caused water damage to your she
rock and your tile as well so it's very
important to adjust these issues as soon
as possible to prevent water damage to
your home ok next we're looking at the
water main shutoff valve it's very
important to know exactly where your
water mains off is located in case
there's an emergency with your water
heater inside the house or a fixture
that's leaking or leak inside a wall
it's very important that you know
exactly where it's at so you can get to
it quickly
and so how this particular shutoff works
it is a gate valve so it does turn
clockwise that's how you would turn it
off and it is very important about every
three to six months or so that you do
turn this whether you need to or not
just to make sure that it's burning nice
and freely just like this if you did not
touch over a couple years they can
freeze that and then you can't move it
at all and just sticks so you don't want
that see it's very important to make
sure this is always working properly
then we also have the hose bib usually a
home will have two to four maybe up to
five six hose bibs around the property
so you definitely want to check these as
well to make sure they're not leaking
underneath the handle or just running
through the hose and just wasting water
these are very easy to change out and
replace so you definitely ingest those
issues as quickly as possible to save
you money and make sure that you don't
cause any water damage to your
foundation if water is leaking out of
the hose and this constantly running so
always know your water Mashal valve and
you'll be in good shape to learn more
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