Some plumbing jobs that homeowners can do themselves, like repairing your taps for a unique design or installing a washing machine, but many jobs are best left to the professionals. Do inquire professional advice for whatever plumbing work you are considering having done in your home.

The earliest signs of leaking toilet may include a damp area on the floor around the bottom of the bathroom, wet feeling in the floor at the bottom of the toilet seat, symptoms of dampness on the ceiling in the room under your toilet, or the particular smell of drain gas and the flooring reaching up in the area around.

Plumbers have leak detection machines that can quickly and accurately find the root of leaks. Even if the leak is under cement or behind a wall. Ground microphones or listening discs are acoustic listening devices that a plumber uses to find leaks.