Calls from Islip come in about toilets that run, shower valves that stick, water heaters nearing the end, slow drains and leaks inside walls and ceilings, and Plumbers of New York takes them all.
Islip is an older place by the numbers. Its median home dates from 1967, so many houses have decades behind their pipes, and more than 7 in every 10 homes in the town were built before 1980 and more than 3 in every 10 before 1960. A newer fixture in an old house often sits on old supply and drain lines.
Worn valve cartridges make a shower alternate between scalding and tepid. A tired flapper or fill valve keeps a toilet tank hissing and refilling. Both are repairs we make under fixture repair, and in an older house either can waste water for months.
Slow again within weeks? A kitchen sink that does that may have more going on than grease, such as a belly in the line or roots farther along. Drain cleaning, together with a camera check, reveals which.
Roots, a joint that has moved or a low spot that holds water can all wear a house drain after decades underground. Our sewer line age checker suggests which pipe a house of your age may have. Before any sewer line repair, a camera run shows what is actually there, joint by joint.
From 2015 through 2024 Islip saw about 78 nights a year at or below freezing, with a January low near 27°F. On the coldest nights, cover the outdoor spigots and keep the garage door shut.
Before a night far below freezing, leave a tap on an outside wall dripping, open the cabinet doors under it and keep the heat on, even in rooms you rarely use. Hoses should come off long before the first freeze, and the indoor stop for each spigot should be closed.
Name what failed and where in the house it sits. After a freeze, tell us about any water escaping. A free, personalized quote follows, and nothing is expected of you beyond that.
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