Plumber in Auburn Hills, MI for homes, condos and businesses

Yes. Polybutylene, the gray or blue plastic main used in homes built from the late 1970s into the mid 1990s, is common in Auburn Hills and fails at its fittings. We check whether yours is leaking or just aging, repair a failed joint when that is enough, and plan a repipe in PEX or copper when the runs are past saving.

Homes inside Auburn Hills run on treated Great Lakes water from GLWA and get a water bill from the city. If you have no water bill, a pressure tank in the basement and a well cap in the yard, you are on a private well, which is common just north in Oakland Township, Orion and Oxford. The plumbing we plan is different for each.

The usual ones for that age. Polybutylene mains and early plastic fittings that weep, original water heaters and sump pumps reaching the end of their life, hose bibs that split over winter, and the first signs of slow drains as PVC lines collect buildup. These are planned repairs more often than emergencies, which is the better way to handle them.

Yes. Condos and apartments near Oakland University and Great Lakes Crossing are a large share of the city. We work on individual units and common stacks, and we are used to the question of who pays, which usually turns on the association documents and whether the problem is inside your walls or in a shared line.

Yes. On the clay soil here a heavy rain can push water up a floor drain from a full sewer, or in along the footing tile from saturated ground. Those are different problems with different fixes, so we look first, often with a camera on the lateral, before recommending a backwater valve, a sump pump or a backup pump.

They are three steps, not three names for one thing. A cable, or snake, clears a single clog at one spot and gets a fixture or drain running again. A sewer camera shows the inside of the line, so roots, a crack, an offset or a sag in a 1990s Auburn Hills lateral are something we see rather than guess at. Hydro jetting scours the whole pipe wall clean, but only once the camera shows the line is sound enough to take the pressure.

Before the first hard Oakland County freeze, disconnect and drain outdoor hoses, close and drain the valves to the hose bibs, and cover or insulate the lines that run through rim joists, garage walls and unheated additions. Find your main shutoff now, not during a 2 a.m. burst. On a deep cold snap, let a far faucet drip and open cabinet doors under sinks on exterior walls so warm air reaches the pipe.

Yes. We photograph the failed part and the water line before cleanup and leave you an itemized invoice showing the diagnosis, what we found and the repair we made. That record is what an adjuster usually asks for. We do not decide coverage and we are not a restoration contractor, so your insurer and policy settle what is paid and any drying or rebuild work is handled separately.

We are on Pond Run in Auburn Hills, in Oakland County. From there we cover the city and the ring of communities around it, north to Lake Orion and Oxford, east to Rochester and Rochester Hills, south to Troy and Birmingham, and west into Pontiac and Waterford, plus the west edge of Macomb County.

Across Oakland County that includes Rochester Hills, Rochester, Pontiac, Orion Township, Lake Orion, Troy, Bloomfield Township, Birmingham, Royal Oak and the communities around them, and into west Macomb County it reaches Sterling Heights, Shelby Township and Utica. The full list with a map is on the areas we serve page.