Plumbing issue facing Hampton's Historic Older Homes

Atlantic Plumbing in Hampton Virginia is a full service residential plumbing company specializing in the delicate repairs that are often required when working on older or historic homes. If you need a plumber who will schedule you quickly, complete the job efficiently and provide high quality workmanship call us.

The Hampton area is home to many houses that are built as early as the 1920’s. Since 1977, we have provided plumbing service to many older and historic homes in the area. We find cast iron pipes installed years ago have developed more issues in the past few years. We can restore or upgrade your old plumbing to be sure it won’t leak or cause any damage to your home.

If your home was built 50 or more years ago, your plumbing is on borrowed time. Old houses, like anything else getting on in years, can be notorious for age-related breakdowns. Over time, your piping will breakdown, putting your home at risk of damage from a leak or burst pipe. When it comes to old plumbing issues, you can suspect galvanized pipes and bad sewer lines are the source. Before the 1960s, plumbers used galvanized steel in homes. At the time, this was the best quality piping available. Unfortunately, galvanized pipes corrode and cause your pipes to backup. Be sure to replace your old galvanized piping with pvc or copper piping. Installing galvanized piping will extend the issue rather than curing it.

Our experience with these older homes help us to easily restore or provide solutions to update or remodel your plumbing. For example on Chesapeake Avenue in Hampton, we have replaced a water tank, the size of an attic with high efficiency gas water heaters, as well as replaced all of the plumbing in the home, including the main sewer and water line.

We want to ensure your old plumbing is safe and secure to ensure protection of who and what you care about most. Many homes have a water heater in the attic. As a standard precaution on any plumbing install, we highly recommend an alarm or cut off, to prevent any major damage thus protecting your home from flooding.

Common Plumbing Updates to Hampton's Older Homes Include:

• Install main gas lines to house or fireplaces and stoves that were originally used for wood
• Restoring and replacing original sewer pipes
• Install sump pumps to keep basements dry
• Installing supply water pipes to kitchens and bathrooms for remodeling
• Restored and replaced toilets, as well as faucets during bathroom update
• maintained old water system to prevent damage or leaks
• installed newer, safer boilers

We are proud to serve the plumbing needs of Hampton, Virginia residents. For 38 years we have been a plumbing service mainstay. It is one of our major service areas thus we can easily provide the best service possible and uphold our quick appointment times. We’ll save you money and time. Our plumbers get the work right the first time, all during a fast appointment time.

Give us a call today to get your plumbing fixed fast in Hampton Virginia!