Plumbing has come to Franklin
We handle water heaters, drains, leaks and sewer lines in Franklin, Ohio. Our plumbers are licensed in Ohio, license #13557. Most calls get handled the same day, and someone answers the emergency line at any hour.
The same team you trust with your furnace now handles water heaters, drains, leaks, and sump pumps — with the same upfront pricing.
From the water heater to the sewer line.
Can tree roots really get into a sewer line?
Routinely, and older neighborhoods see it most because the mature trees and the clay tile sewer lines arrived together. Roots do not break into a sound pipe. They find a joint that is already weeping and grow toward the water, then thicken until the line catches paper and grease. The signs are more than one fixture backing up at once, gurgling from a toilet when the washer drains, and a lawn that is greener in a line across the yard. Cutting them clears it; whether the line then needs lining or replacing is a camera question, not a phone one.
Is a tankless water heater worth it?
It depends on the house more than on the technology. Tankless gives you hot water that does not run out and takes up far less room, and it lasts longer than a tank. Against that, it usually needs a larger gas line and different venting, so the install is a bigger job than a straight tank swap. It also wants descaling on a schedule in water as hard as ours, and skipping that is how people end up disappointed. If you are replacing in an emergency with no hot water in the house, a tank is usually the faster answer.
My house has old galvanized pipe. Does it all have to go?
Not necessarily all at once. Galvanized supply line rusts from the inside, so the bore narrows over decades until flow suffers and the water runs brown after the house has sat empty. Whether it wants full repiping or a partial depends on how much has already been replaced by previous owners, which is usually more than people expect. A look at the exposed runs in the basement tells you a lot for free. Where repiping is the right answer, it is worth doing before a remodel rather than after.
What should never go down the garbage disposal?
Grease first, and it is not close. It goes down warm and liquid and cools into a solid on the pipe wall a few feet along, then catches everything after it. After that: coffee grounds, eggshells, pasta and rice, and anything fibrous like celery or onion skins. A disposal that hums without turning is usually jammed rather than dead, and there is a hex socket on the underside for exactly that. If it is silent, check the reset button before assuming it needs replacing.