Plumbing and maintenance

A once-a-year plumbing check for your home

At a glance

  • Check the stopcock turns, look under every basin and appliance for staining, and check the meter with everything off.
  • Test the WC for silent leaks, run rarely used outlets, and check external overflow pipes for drips.

Worth checking on site

Test the WC for silent leaks, run rarely used outlets, and check external overflow pipes for drips.

Questions we get asked

When is the best time?

Before winter, so cold-weather vulnerabilities are found while it is easy to act.

What is the highest-value check?

The stopcock. If it does not turn, everything else becomes harder in an emergency.

How the system behaves

Check the stopcock turns
look under every basin and appliance for staining, and check the meter with everything off.
Test the WC for silent leaks
run rarely used outlets, and check external overflow pipes for drips.
General Property Maintenance in Cheltenham, example of work near Gloucestershire, referenced in our guide to annual plumbing checks
traditional general property maintenance project, Newent (Gloucestershire), referenced in our guide to annual plumbing checks

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