When Martha was awoken by a dripping sound, she knew that it was probably going to be a very long night. When her feet touched the ground and her carpet was soaked, she realized that not only was it going to be a long night, it would probably be pretty messy and expensive, too. She followed the trail of water and realized that a pipe had burst somewhere near her bathroom and water was flowing freely into her bedroom. Not exactly an expert in home plumbing, she had no idea what to do. After a quick search for plumbers in her area, she breathed a sigh of relief when she found a 24 hour plumbing service.
She quickly dialed the number and explained the plumbing issues she was having. The receptionist was surprisingly calm for the middle of the night, and helped Martha feel better. She dispatched one of their 24 hour plumbers to come to her rescue. In the meantime, Martha tried to start soaking up all the water she could and counted her blessings that someone would soon be there to help her.
When the plumber from the 24 hour plumbing service arrived, Martha was amazed at the amount of equipment he had with him. Everything from a drain camera to a sewer snake, it seemed like he was ready to handle whatever plumbing repairs she may need. Martha led him to the bedroom and he was able to almost immediately locate which pipe had burst, turn off the water to that part of the house, and stop the water from flowing into Martha’s carpets. She had never been so happy to see water stop flowing before.
While the plumber finished the job of replacing the pipe (it was luckily a pretty easy fix), Martha chatted to him about what it was like to work for a 24 hour plumbing service. He explained that he liked it because working the overnight shift freed him up from more common plumbing issues. As important as it is to fix leaky faucets since they can waste up to 3,000 gallons of water a year and raise water bills by 10%, Martha’s plumbing hero and tightened enough faucets for his lifetime. Instead, he liked working on sewer systems and burst pipes.
Since any sewer system over the age of 40 is at risk of needing to be replaced, it was pretty common for him to have the opportunity to get dispatched to work on interesting and complex plumbing problems. He told Martha this helped to keep him passionate about plumbing, even after decades on the job.
A few minutes later, he turned Martha’s water back on and set her up with some industrial fans to begin drying out her bathroom and bedroom. Though Martha would still have quite a mess to deal with in the morning as she explored the full extent of the damage, she was so grateful to have gotten a quick fix to her plumbing emergency.