Plumbing has come to Moraine
We handle water heaters, drains, leaks and sewer lines in Moraine, 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.
The water bill jumped and nothing looks wet. What now?
Read the meter with everything in the house off. If it is still moving, you have a leak on the pressurised side and it is running somewhere you cannot see, usually under a slab, behind a wall, or in the line between the meter and the house. Before assuming the worst, rule out the toilets: a flapper that is not seating will run silently and waste more water than most people believe. Put a few drops of food coloring in the tank and wait twenty minutes without flushing. Color in the bowl means you found it.
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.
What should I do if I smell gas?
Leave, then call from outside. Do not switch anything on or off, including lights, and do not use the phone indoors, because a switch contact is an ignition source. Once you are out, call the gas utility's emergency line first: they will come and make it safe at no charge, and they will do it faster than anyone else. Call us after that for the repair. This is the one plumbing situation where the right first call is not to a plumber, and anyone who tells you otherwise is wrong.