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Leaks · Taps · Drain · Motor · 10 guides
Blocked drain: causes, safe DIY clearing, and when it is the building
Hair in the floor trap, grease in the kitchen line, or a building main that is not yours to fix? How to tell which block you have and what to clear yourself.
5 min read
Dripping tap or leaking valve: washer, cartridge or hard-water scale?
What a drip from the spout, a weep at the handle or a hissing angle valve means, which taps take a washer and which a cartridge, and why hard water wears them.
4 min read
Flush tank running, weak or not filling: what each fault means
A cistern that hisses all night, a flush that barely moves, a tank that takes ages to fill: which part is at fault, the two-minute checks, and what a fix costs.
4 min read
Hard borewell water in Nellore: scale on taps, showers and geysers
White crust on taps, a shower that sprays sideways, a geyser that slows every year: what hard water does to each fitting, what vinegar fixes, what needs more.
5 min read
Low water pressure and air locks from an overhead tank: causes and fixes
Why a gravity-fed home has a weak shower, why the geyser stops after the tank runs empty, how to bleed an air lock, and when a pump or wider pipe is needed.
5 min read
Monsoon plumbing in Nellore: drains, backflow and sewer smell
Why floor traps bubble, ground floors flood and bathrooms smell of sewer in the monsoon, what to do before October, and what is yours versus the building's.
5 min read
Pipe burst or leak: what to do in the first five minutes, then what
Find the main valve, switch off the motor and geyser, drop the pressure, contain the water, in that order. Then how to read the leak and what a repair costs.
5 min read
Plumbing safety: gas geyser lines, electrics near water, never-dos
The plumbing jobs that can hurt you: gas geyser lines, motors and geysers on wet walls, pressure pipes, drain acid. What to switch off and what to leave sealed.
5 min read
Water motor not starting or not lifting: borewell and sump pumps
Humming, tripping, running with no water, or working only mornings: what each means for a borewell or sump pump, safe checks with the MCB off, dry-run cut-outs.
5 min read
What a plumbing visit costs in Nellore: the rate card explained
The ₹299 visit, fixed labour for a tap, drain, flush tank, pipe leak or motor fit, how parts at MRP are handled, and what makes a bill bigger than the card.
5 min read