What is it doing?
Start from the symptom. Every guide opens with what to do in the next 60 seconds, then the fix in the order a technician would work it, then a plain line on where to stop.
25 of 28 written so far. The rest are being worked through.
- Pipe burst or spraying water
- No water from a tap in freezing weather
- Handle flushes but nothing happens
- Fridge running but not cold
- Sewer smell indoors
- Condensation running down the windows
- Water coming into the basement
- Breaker trips again as soon as you reset it
- Water pressure dropped through the house
- Garage door will not close or reverses
- Standing water in the bottom of the dishwasher
- Furnace running but blowing cold air
- Kitchen sink full of standing water
- Smoke alarm chirping every minute
- Ice ridge and icicles along the roof edge
- Water seeping from the base of the toilet
- Outdoor unit humming but the fan is still
- Clothes take two cycles to dry
- Water around the base of the water heater
- Water stain spreading on the ceiling
- Toilet overflowing or about to
- AC running but blowing warm
- Water pooling under the air handler
- Furnace will not turn on
- No hot water, or not enough
- Gutters overflowing in rainnot yet written
- Water heater making noisenot yet written
- Rooms heating or cooling unevenlynot yet written