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A pipe burst or is spraying waterBurst pipe I smell gasGas smell The carbon monoxide alarm is going offCO alarm An outlet sparked or smells like burningOutlet fire risk Water is near outlets, cords or the panelWater near electricity A grease fire on the stoveGrease fire How to shut off the house waterShut off water Sewage backing up into a drainSewage backup The toilet is clogged or overflowingToilet clog The water heater is leakingWater heater leak Water is dripping from the ceilingCeiling leak The roof is leaking in a stormRoof leak The washing machine is leakingWasher leak A child swallowed a cleaner or medicinePossible poisoning A tree or limb hit the houseTree hit house

Plumbing

Kitchen sink leaking under the cabinetUnder-sink leak Pipes are frozenFrozen pipes The toilet keeps runningRunning toilet Water around the base of the toiletToilet base leak The kitchen sink won't drainSink won't drain Slow bathroom sink or tub drainSlow drain The garbage disposal hums or won't turnDisposal won't turn A faucet keeps drippingDripping faucet Low water pressureWeak water flow The water bill is suddenly highHigh water bill

Water heaters

No hot water from gas water heaterNo hot water No hot water from an electric heaterNo hot water Hot water smells like rotten eggsSmelly hot water

Electrical

A breaker keeps trippingBreaker keeps tripping An outlet stopped workingDead outlet Power is out in part of the housePartial power outage The whole house lost powerNo power Lights are flickeringFlickering lights

Heating and air

The AC is running but not coolingAC not cooling The AC won't turn onAC won't start Ice on the AC lines or unitAC frozen The AC is leaking water insideAC water leak The heat isn't workingNo heat The thermostat screen is blankBlank thermostat

Appliances

The fridge isn't coolingFridge not cooling The dishwasher won't drainWon't drain The dryer runs but doesn't heatDryer not heating

Roof, doors and outside

The garage door won't open or closeGarage door stuck

Pests

Wasps or bees nesting near the doorNest near door Signs of mice in the housePossible mice

Safety

A smoke alarm keeps chirpingSmoke alarm chirping Locked out of the houseLocked out

Health

Sick after eating something badPossible food poisoning A small burn from the stove or ironSmall burn Is food safe after a power outage?Outage food safety