# Preventative Plumbing Maintenance | Hummel Plumbing

The most expensive plumbing calls are the ones that were preventable, and preventative maintenance is the yearly checkup that keeps most of them from happening. In practice it means flushing the water heater, exercising the shutoff valves so they close when you need them, replacing supply lines that have reached the end of their service life, testing the pressure regulator, and looking under sinks for early leaks. Main lines that get jetted on a cycle do not back up during dinner. It matters here because hard water scales up water heaters and fixtures quickly, and a lot of the housing stock dates to the 1960s and 70s with original copper and galvanized pipe running under slab, where a small leak goes unnoticed until it is expensive. Hummel Plumbing does this work for homes, rentals, and commercial property across San Juan Capistrano and South Orange County. Family owned by Jon and Sally Hummel since 2013, California license 1034213, bonded and insured, open 24 hours a day.

Provided by Hummel Plumbing in San Juan Capistrano, CA. Call (949) 505-9828 for an estimate.

## Why choose us
- Annual water heater service that extends equipment life
- Supply lines and shutoff valves replaced before they fail
- Maintenance schedules for rentals and commercial property
- Fewer emergencies, and the ones that happen are smaller

## FAQ
### What maintenance actually matters?
Flushing the water heater, exercising the shutoff valves so they work when needed, replacing aging supply lines, and looking under sinks for early leaks. None of it is glamorous and all of it beats the alternative.

### Is a maintenance plan worth it for a single home?
The honest answer is that a checklist and an annual visit cover most homes. Where scheduled maintenance clearly earns its cost is multi unit and commercial property, where one prevented failure pays for years of it.

### How often should a house get this done?
Once a year suits most homes here, largely because of the hard water. An older house, a house on a well, or one with a history of leaks is worth looking at more often.

### Why does my water pressure feel too high?
A failed pressure regulator is common in South Orange County tract homes. Full street pressure hammers every connection in the house, and a quick test tells us whether yours is still doing its job.

### How long does a maintenance visit take, and will my water be off the whole time?
A maintenance visit on a single family home usually runs an hour or two, and your water is only off in short stretches rather than the entire time. The water heater flush is the longest single piece, since the tank has to drain and refill before anything else gets finished. Clearing out the cabinets under the sinks and leaving a path to the heater and the main shutoff before we arrive keeps the whole thing moving. Nothing gets opened up inside a wall on a maintenance visit, so there is no patching to deal with when we leave.

## Contact
Phone (949) 505-9828 · https://hummelplumbing.com/contact