It is quite common for us to be called for Sink Repair in San Francisco. In fact there was a call today because the pipes beneath the sink were leaking. We sent a plumbing technician out within 45 minutes of the call from the customer. When he got to the home he found that the customer had a bucket beneath the p-trap under sink catching the leaking sink drain. We have all done it at some time in our lives, I know I have. Our customer a busy person had been emptying the bucket which was catching a slow leak from the copper pipe for a few weeks, he was emptying the bucket about every 3 days. The problem with the brass tubular pipe under the sink is it slowly corrodes over time, but most of all the problem is because the piping was not installed very well in the first place or the piping was knocked a few times when stuff was jammed under the sink.

It's not a big deal the average sink repair of the piping under the sink can be replaced usually within the hour.

One common problem we see is when people usually tenants have a leak under the sink and don't bother to notify their landlord, they don't think it's a big deal or they just don't realize there is a leak in the first place. If the piping under the kitchen sink leaks for a long time, if it leaks to the back of the cabinet it can cause the cabinet wood to rot and also damage the floor below. If you are a landlord you should check under the sink every six months for any leak no matter how small it might seem.

Call us for your sink repair, because the piping under the sink can usually be replace within the hour, it's less expensive that replacing the kitchen cabinet.