If your home has well water and you start seeing orange or pink stains, that is from iron in your water supply. This is fixed by using water softener, which can be bought at a store, or you can have someone come to your home and fix it.
Find a way to heat or insulate any exposed pipes during the winter months. It does not take long for pipes to freeze in cold winter weather. Both your indoor and outdoor pipes are susceptible to freezing. While you might think indoor pipes are safe, they often have piping that runs outside at some point. To ensure your pipe do not freeze, and sometimes burst as a result, use a small heater or a heated lamp direct on areas susceptible to freezing.
Be sure to check that your faucets on the outside of your home are free of leaks as winter approaches. If you find a problem, you need to move quickly to repair it, lest the faucet crack. It does not matter if your pipes are steel or plastic, when water freezes it expands and will crack the pipes. Even tiny cracks can cause a lot of flood or water damage to your home.
A lot of people are scared of plumbing problems because they think they can wreck their homes. However, if you have the right knowledge you can prevent major problems. In order to avoid or minimize water damage in your home, you must know the location of the water register, and be able to switch it off without hassle. Taking preventative measures means you will not have to spend as much on plumbing repairs. One major repair is a drain clog. Built up hair can actually clog drains. Put drain covers over your bathtub and sink drains to keep loose hair from going down the drain or into your pipes. You can easily clean out the drain covers on a regular basis; it’s harder to remove hair from drains once it’s fallen into them.