Licensed plumbers serving Portland and the surrounding CT communities. Emergency calls answered day and night.
The full range of residential plumbing, water and sewer work.
Hidden leaks under slabs, inside walls and out in the yard, found with pressure tests and listening gear before anything is opened.
A dripping shower usually needs a cartridge, not a wall opened up. We try the smaller fix first in Portland.
New gas line installation in Portland with the permit pulled and the inspection handled for you.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Portland, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Portland replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
Repeated backups usually mean the line itself, not the drain. The camera shows you the break before any digging.
Full water service replacement in Portland with the trench backfilled and the sod set back down properly.
Frozen pipe repair plus insulation on that run so the same section does not split again next winter.
Sump pump repair, replacement and battery backup in Portland so the basement stays dry when the power goes with the storm.
Twenty-four hour emergency plumbing across Portland. The damage stops first, then the repair gets done properly.
Most humming disposals in Portland are a jam, not a dead motor. We check that before selling you a new unit.
New toilet installation in Portland including haul-away of the old one and a proper seal at the floor.
Slow drains get cleared through an existing cleanout, no floor cut. You see the camera screen afterward.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Portland homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
Well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches around Portland repaired and replaced for homes on private water.
Every Portland job starts with finding out what is really happening — a gauge on the system, a camera down the line, a meter check with everything off. Guessing is how homeowners end up paying for a repipe when they had one bad section.
With about 18,602 residents, Portland, Connecticut generates a steady run of leak detection, drain cleaning and water heater work. The ones that get expensive are almost always the ones that got ignored for a season.
Why homeowners keep the number after the first job.
This started as two people and a truck in 1998 and grew on water, sewer and drain work. Nearly three decades in one trade, not a franchise name bought off a shelf last year.
Softeners and filters get sized off a real water test, not a sales script. Hardness, iron and sulfur are three different problems and they need three different answers.
You hear the number before a wrench moves. No hourly meter running while you stand there, and no discovering the real cost after the wall is open.
Burst pipes and sewage backups do not wait for business hours. The phone is answered at night and on weekends, and the first thing you get is help finding your shutoff.
Told you need a full repipe or a new sewer line? Get it looked at again. Sometimes it is a smaller fix, and sometimes we confirm the first plumber was right so you can spend with confidence.
The questions homeowners ask us most.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Portland leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
Yes. Every Portland job goes to a licensed, insured plumbing contractor who pulls the permits your municipality requires. Licence numbers are on the invoice and available before the truck rolls.
Yes. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Portland are answered around the clock. The first thing on the phone is getting your main shutoff closed so the house stops taking damage while a truck is on the way.
A camera goes down the line first so you can see the break and how deep it is. Where the depth and the yard allow it, a Portland sewer repair can be done trenchless and leave most of the lawn alone.
You get a price for the repair before any work starts, not an hourly meter that runs while you watch. The diagnostic visit in Portland is quoted up front on the phone, and if you approve the repair that visit charge goes toward the job.
Yes — well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches are regular work. Short cycling, no pressure and a pump that will not shut off are the three most common calls we take from well owners near Portland.
What homeowners say after the truck pulls out.
"Burst pipe in the crawlspace in January. He had the main off and the section cut out before I finished explaining. Pressure tested it in front of me before he closed it up."
"Old cast iron stack was leaking behind the wall. They cut it out and put in new, and were careful about dust with plastic and a fan. That mattered with a baby in the house."
"Tankless unit was throwing an error code every other shower. Descaled it, replaced a sensor, walked me through the yearly flush so I can do it myself."
We cover the surrounding towns too.