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About 133 nights a year below freezing, when uninsulated crawlspace lines give out

The oldest blocks in town run plumbing decades older than the newer builds toward Schenectady

First frost typically lands around October 18

It depends on the job and how bad the problem is. That is why the first step is a phone call. Describe the problem and get your free estimate on the phone, with upfront pricing.

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An inspection of the joints and the horizontal runs. Cast iron waste stacks in houses that gained a second kitchen tend to be doing more work than they were sized for, and the failures show up as slow drains on the upper floor and damp at the base of the stack.

The insulation around any shared run, the valves on each unit's branch, and whatever heat source keeps the common hallway above freezing. January averages a low of 17F here, and the hallway is usually the coldest heated space in the building.

There is normally one main valve where the service enters the basement, plus a separate valve on each unit's branch near the ceiling. Older conversions often skipped the second set, which means shutting one apartment down shuts both. Finding out which you have is worth doing before December, when the average low here is 24F.

It normally does, and in older conversions the added fixtures were sometimes tied into an existing vent that was already at capacity. The sign is a gurgling drain in one unit whenever the other unit empties a sink or a tub.