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Due to faults in plumbing work, you may suffer water clogging in the bathroom or basement area. Stagnation of water damages the flooring and walls of your house and spoils the air quality indoors. Wooden door frames get rot and wrought iron gets rusted due to water contact. Insect infestation and mold formation are the dangerous outcomes of improper plumbing work.

Cracks to the foundation can have detrimental effect on the whole structure of the house. In apartments, the ceiling of the bedroom gets wet due to leakage of pipelines and the ceiling fan is damaged. The beautifully painted walls are disfigured by the water leakage and patches and mold formation resembling the world map appear on the walls. These are visible damages detected by you.

Damages due to moisture may not be visible behind finished basement walls because you have used fiberglass for insulation. The building contractor and the licensed plumber should have graded the soil away from your house and constructed rain gutters to divert the water from the foundation of your house.

During winter season, ice dams do form and melt to bring water into your house. This is due to the openings from your house to the attic with poor ceiling insulation. Humid air passes through the leakage from the house to the attic resulting in the rotting of the roof and mold formation.

If plumbing pipes and electric wiring happen to pass through loose unsealed holes in the attic, leakage points start appearing. If the recessed light fixtures do not have air tight accessories or if exhaust fans in the kitchen vent straight to the attic, the same problem may occur.

Improperly designed air-conditioning system can deposit water molecules inside your walls to create enough damage by mold formation. An air-conditioner having higher capacity than required for your bedroom removes humidity inefficiently to condense water on the cooler walls and appliances thus causing damage. Duct systems involved in the centralized air-conditioning sometimes create imbalance to suck humid air through the walls and hence the damage to the latter.

An expert plumber can alleviate your problem by attending to his part of plumbing job while the air-conditioning technician clears you of the inconvenience by rectifying the A/c equipment disorders.