Plumbing services in Manhattan
Sixteen things we do, each written out properly: what the work involves, what it costs you in disruption, and when it is not the answer you need.
We work across west and central Manhattan on residential and commercial property, at any hour. Most of what follows applies to buildings that were converted from something else, because that is most of what is here.
If you are not sure which of these you need, that is normal and it is not your job to know. Call and describe what you are seeing.
When it is urgent
24-Hour Emergency Plumbing
A real person answers at any hour, and the first thing they do is help you stop the water.
Read moreDrain Cleaning
Clearing the blockage is the easy part. Knowing why that drain blocks is the part that stops it repeating.
Read moreHydro Jetting
High-pressure water that scours a pipe back to its original diameter, instead of punching a hole through the middle of the problem.
Read moreCamera Inspection
Looking inside the pipe before anyone opens a ceiling, breaks a floor or quotes a replacement.
Read morePipes and supply
Repiping
Replacing supply piping that has reached the end of its working life, in buildings where access is the hard part.
Read moreWater Service Line
The pipe between the street main and your building, and what to do when it fails or is still lead.
Read moreWater Pressure
Why the top floor runs weak, and why the answer is usually the tank, the pump or the pipe rather than the city.
Read moreLeak Detection
Finding the source before anyone opens a wall, in buildings where the water travels a long way from where it starts.
Read moreDrainage and protection
Sewer Line & Stack Repair
House drains and waste stacks that have reached the end, and the options between a patch and a full replacement.
Read moreSump Pumps & Cellar Drainage
Keeping water out of cellars and vault space that sit below the level of the sewer in the street.
Read moreBackflow Prevention
Devices that stop water flowing back into the building supply, and what the city requires of them.
Read moreWater Filtration
Treating what actually comes out of your tap, which in an old building is usually about the plumbing rather than the reservoir.
Read moreFixtures and premises
Water Heaters
Repair and replacement for apartment units and building plant, and the access problem that decides half of it.
Read moreBathroom Plumbing
Toilets, showers, tubs and basins, including the ones fitted into spaces that were never meant to hold a bathroom.
Read moreKitchen Plumbing
Sinks, disposals, dishwashers and the long waste runs that loft kitchens tend to be stuck with.
Read moreCommercial Plumbing
Storefronts, restaurants, offices and mixed-use buildings, where a plumbing fault is a trading problem.
Read moreNot sure which one you need?
Describe what is happening and we will tell you what it usually turns out to be.