When you grow accustomed to your bathroom, you may tend to forget about keeping a watchful eye on the pipes and fixtures that supply the water to your tub and shower. It’s easy to neglect small leaks or other issues, especially if you have a tight budget. Just remember, leaks can escalate quickly and cause major water damage.
It's important to understand how water can damage your home, what signs to watch for, and how you can prevent leaks and water damage from occurring. Unfortunately, minuscule leaks and flooding can cause massive damage to your home. Often, small leaks can go overlooked or even unnoticed, while damage occurs silently and spreads swiftly.
What To Watch Out For
Here’s how your bathroom can damage your home!
Floor and Wall Saturation: Within minutes or hours, carpeting, wood flooring, and wood subflooring can become saturated with water. Over time, the wood will warp, and paint will bubble and peel. You may notice pools of water, discoloration, bubbling or bulging walls or ceilings, or spongy floors.
Structural Damage: Structural damage can occur quicker than you may believe. Within days or weeks, any affected area of your home may need to be completely gutted down to the studs. If more than a month has passed, it may be unsalvageable.
Mold: Mold can become visible after a few days or a few weeks, depending on if the water saturation has impacted the surface layer of your ceilings, floors, or walls. Mold is more than just an unsightly nuisance. It can cause serious damage to your home and cause health problems.
Chemical Hazards: Depending on where the leak is coming from and the source of the water, the leaking water could be hazardous to you and your family’s health. Gray water, or used water coming from baths or showers, is classified as toxic whereas black water, coming from toilets, is incredibly dangerous.
Personal Property: Although some leaks start off as small, they can quickly escalate into larger leaks, which may cause flooding in your home. In this case, you may experience significant property damage and losses.
Our Team Can Transform and Protect Your Home
Given these facts, it is imperative to ensure your baths and showers are installed with expertise and precision. It is also beneficial to repair and replace aged, damaged, or improperly installed baths and showers as soon as you notice they have issues.
Our professional Comfort Shower and Bath team can complete bathroom installation, replacement, and minor repairs to keep you, your family, and your home safe and secure. If you are interested in finding out more about our services, reach out to our experts today.