Backwater Valve Repair
Backwater valve repair expert – keeping your plumbing flow worry-free
What Is Backwater Valve?
Backwater valve repair is sometimes needed when parts break and maintenance is needed.
When there’s a heavy rainfall, there’s a great risk of basements getting overfilled and homeowners having to deal with a water backup issue.
Worse, homeowners can also deal with dirty raw sewage parading into their basements, causing further unimaginable damage.
Lucky there’s a way to prevent this and that is through installing a backwater valve.
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How Does The Backwater Valve Work?
Backwater valves come highly recommended when building new homes or can be retrofitted into current homes. Ask your local plumber about options for your home and what you can do to prevent water backflow into your home. In fact, under the national plumbing code, it’s required now to install a backwater valve on all new homes built.
How To See If Backwater Valve Repair Is Needed?
Now that we know how city sewer system overflows can be prevented through a backwater valve, let’s dive into making sure your house is not a victim. In your backwater valve access box, there’s a clear cover and on the inside is a small flap that would ordinarily allow the water to exit your home. On each side of the flap, there’s a small flotation device. When water starts to flow back into your home, the floaters will cause the flap to lift up and down, preventing any water to get into your home. When the water stops flowing into your home, gravity allows it back up and water resumes flowing back out.
If the valve is installed after the home is built, a plumbing permit must be obtained. A licensed professional would get your municipality permit and would have to cut a hole into your home’s concrete floor. The hole is cut to the main sewer line and replaced with a new valve. With the aforementioned clear top, you can see when it’s working properly.
What Should I Do When Something Goes Wrong With The Backwater Valve?
First and foremost, call your local licensed plumber to properly assess the situation and give you your options. If done correctly, you won’t experience any issues. Sometimes, things can get stuck, preventing the valve from closing or they can get damaged. Be aware that if it is beyond your comfort zone, call a plumber to do the proper recognizance and remove the item or fix the damaged valve. When a normal rainfall occurs after, you will see the flow of water as it once was and you should be in the clear. Refrain from running the shower or washing machine too much during the rainfall to allow proper water flowage out of your home.
As always, be sure your plumber has assessed your backwater valve properly to ensure you are getting the best preventative measures out of it. See a complete list of our plumbing services.
When you need backwater valve repair look no further and contact Preferred Plumbing Solutions Inc.
