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.
42 of 44 written so far. The rest are being worked through.
Heating and cooling
Plumbing and hot water
- Pipe burst or spraying water
- No water from a tap in freezing weather
- Handle flushes but nothing happens
- Sewer smell indoors
- Water pressure dropped through the house
- Kitchen sink full of standing water
- Water seeping from the base of the toilet
- Water around the base of the water heater
- Toilet overflowing or about to
- No hot water, or not enough
- Water heater making noisenot yet
- Standing in water while the shower runs
- Tap dripping after it is turned off
- Toilet running long after the flush
- Bathroom sink emptying slowly
Water getting in
Appliances and the garage
- Fridge running but not cold
- Garage door will not close or reverses
- Standing water in the bottom of the dishwasher
- Clothes take two cycles to dry
- Washing machine smells of mildew
- Dryer runs but the clothes come out cold
- Water in the cupboard under the sink
- Water on the floor in front of the dishwasher
- Garage door will not open
- Garbage disposal humming, or dead silent
- Torn, sagging or popped-out window screen