Plumbing explainer
A home emergency plumbing kit
When something leaks at night, hunting for a flashlight and a wrench wastes the minutes that matter. A single bucket kept near the basement stairs solves that.
- Plungers
- Wrench and pliers
- Flashlight with batteries
- Card showing valve locations
Questions? Call(365) 517-7215. A plumber picks up, day or night.
- Open 24/7. Phone answered every hour, holidays too.
- Licensed & insured. Trade licence details given on request.
- Shown before cut. You see the fault and the plan first.
- Gas by gas techs. Licensed gas technicians on gas heaters.
Tools
- Two plungers, flanged for the toilet and cupped for sinks, an adjustable wrench, slip-joint pliers, a flashlight or headlamp with fresh batteries, and a bucket that can double as a catch basin.
Supplies
- Old towels, a roll of thread seal tape, a few rubber pipe repair clamps sized for your pipe, and a pair of rubber gloves.
- A small wet-dry vacuum nearby is a bonus.
Information
- Stick a card under the lid marking the main valve, the water heater valve and the sump pump plug, plus the phone numbers you would need at night.
Practice
- Once a year, open the kit, check the flashlight, and walk everyone in the house to the main valve.
- Children old enough to help should know where it is.
Where to keep it
- Store the kit in one labelled bin beside the main valve, not scattered between the garage and the kitchen drawer.
- Add a printed card with our number, the location of each fixture shut-off, and a note on which breaker feeds the water heater and sump pump.
- Check it every autumn, replace dried-out tape and dead batteries, and make sure every adult at home knows the spot.
Close the main valve first, phone second.