Visualize this: Two in AM. The sound of rushing water shocks you to waking. You find it raining—inside your house—when stumbling to the kitchen. When you least expected it, pipes burst. While water soaks your slippers, searching your contacts for help is more effective than surfing Google. This is why you really should save the number of an emergency plumber near me right now—before life throws a plumbing curveball.

Leaky plumbing and overflowing toilets have nothing to do with your calendar. Plumbing emergencies strike at holidays, weekends, and the middle of deep REM sleep with a sixth sense. Most home insurance policies exclude damage resulting from bad do-it-your-own repairs or gradual leaks. Finding an issue at the source before Niagara Falls forms in your basement will prevent you from paying thousands in repairs. The Insurance Information Institute claims that roughly thirty percent of all insurance claims made by homeowners relate to freezing and water damage. That figure by itself should cause you to start adding that contact in frenzy.

One also has concerns regarding health. Water, especially when left to stew in dark, moist environments, can send mold calling—never a nice visitor. Black mold loves to spread quickly under drywall. You might not even realize until you are sneezing and sniffling or worse, aggravating allergies or asthma. Early response from a plumber will help to reduce these unpleasant side effects.

Most likely, you believe pipes burst exclusively in ancient homes from the 1920s or horror movies. untrue as well as Extreme temperature changes, inadvertent damage, or poor quality components can cause new plumbing to fail. An unannounced frost broke hundreds of pipes in homes constructed less than five years ago only last winter. Fast action was the difference between a temporary fix and truckload drywall tearing out.