We all know “that person”.  A personal friend, work mate, or in-law who defies logic by avoiding doctors to escape hearing that something might be wrong with them, even when they suspect something is. We chuckle or worry – or both – to ourselves at the folly of such inaction.

Well, when you really think about it, isn’t there a little of that kind of avoidance in most of us? Take you, for example (not to get personal here), but what sort of information do you feel you’re better off not knowing? For many people, the answer is “anything that might cost me money that I currently don’t have.”

Fair point, right – or is it? Well, there’s only one way to find out, and that’s by working through a real-life example, i.e., your home plumbing.

By all the laws of common sense and protecting the value of your home, you should have your plumbing inspected once a year by a licensed professional. Your family’s ongoing comfort, convenience, and safety depend on it.  NOT having such inspections, in this instance, is counter-intuitive to the goal of not wanting to know if something is wrong.  Because either you’re going to gain that knowledge once the inspection is completed or later on, after the problem has gotten much worse, and then you find out the hard way.

Here’s a perfect example.  One day, you notice a tiny brown stain on your ceiling and you think “aha, a water leak.”  But then you also think: “I bet that won’t get any worse, so what’s the harm?”  So you leave it alone.  Over time, the stain gets bigger and yet you continue to postpone the inevitable, only to come home one day to find chunks of ceiling on the floor and a black mold infestation inside your attic.  All of which could have been avoided by a simple but thorough plumbing inspection.

Here at Kalamunda Plumbing, we’re on your side – honest!  Which means we hate to see our customers spend money needlessly on repairs that could have been prevented. So if saving money and avoiding bad news are goals of yours, then do the right thing for yourself and contact us today to schedule a whole-house plumbing inspection.  Especially if it’s been a year or longer since the last one.