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Water Line Services
Repair and replacement of the main water line between the meter and the house, plus pressure problems, regulators and low flow throughout a property.
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When pressure is poor at every fixture rather than one, the cause is upstream: the main line, the regulator or the supply itself. Diagnosing which before digging is what separates a targeted repair from an expensive excavation.
Every fixture, or just one
This is the question that decides everything else, and it costs nothing to answer.
If one fixture is weak and the rest of the house is fine, the problem is at that fixture: an aerator, a cartridge, an isolating valve. If every fixture is weak, the cause is upstream of the house and the fixtures are innocent.
For the second case, the first measurement is static pressure at an outside hose bib. That separates a supply-side problem from a house-side one immediately, and it tells you whether you are looking at a failed regulator, a partially closed shutoff, a buried leak or corroded supply.
Pressure that is too high is also a fault
Too much pressure is easier to miss than too little, because nothing feels wrong until things start failing.
A pressure reducing valve drops incoming supply to a level domestic fittings can tolerate. When it fails open, full main pressure reaches fixtures, flexible hoses and appliance connections that were never built for it, and they begin leaking in different places over a year or two.
That pattern, several leaks in different locations rather than one leak recurring, is the signature. Replacing each fitting in turn without measuring the pressure simply moves the failure to the next weakest point.
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Water Line Services jobs we handle
Water Line Repair
Repairing the buried supply line between the meter and the house, where a leak shows as a wet patch of ground and a rising bill rather than a drip.
See what this coversWater Line Replacement
Replacing the buried supply line to a property, including trenchless methods that pull new pipe through without opening the whole route.
See what this coversWater Main Repair
Repairing the main water line serving a property, including establishing where your responsibility ends and the utility's begins before anyone digs.
See what this coversWater Main Replacement
Replacing the main line from the meter to the property, including permitting, utility locating and reinstatement of whatever the route crosses.
See what this coversWater Service Line Installation
Installing a new supply line to a property or outbuilding, sized for its demand and set at a depth that keeps it below the frost line.
See what this coversUnderground Water Line Repair
Repairing buried water lines on a property, including irrigation feeds and runs to outbuildings, located before the ground is opened.
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Does this sound familiar?
Problems this covers
- Low water pressure throughout the house rather than at one fixture
- A wet or unusually green patch in the yard between the meter and the house
- A meter that keeps moving with every fixture inside turned off
- Pressure that is far too high, with fittings and hoses failing repeatedly
- A sudden drop in supply with no work being done nearby
- Discoloured water when the supply first comes back on
Questions
Water Line Services questions
Why is water pressure low everywhere in the house?
When it is every fixture rather than one, the cause is upstream of the house. The usual candidates are a failing pressure reducing valve, a partially closed main shutoff, a leak in the buried supply line between the meter and the house, or corroded galvanized supply narrowing along its whole length. Measuring static pressure at an outside hose bib is the first diagnostic and it costs nothing, because it separates a supply problem from a house problem straight away.
What is a pressure reducing valve and how do I know if mine has failed?
It sits where the supply enters the property and drops incoming pressure to something domestic fittings can handle. When it fails it can go either way. Failing closed starves the house and everything runs weak. Failing open lets full main pressure through, which shows up as fittings, flexible hoses and appliance connections leaking repeatedly in different places. Repeated leaks in different locations are the classic sign, and replacing individual fittings without checking the valve just moves the failure along.
How do I know if the buried water line is leaking?
Watch the meter. Turn off the main shutoff at the house, then check whether the meter is still moving. If it is, water is escaping between the meter and that valve, which means the buried line. Other signs support it: a patch of ground that stays damp or grows greener than the rest, a bill that has risen without a change in use, or the sound of running water with everything off.
Does the water line have to be dug up to replace it?
Not always. Where the route allows, a new line can be pulled through or laid with two small access pits rather than a full-length trench, which matters when the run crosses a driveway or mature planting. It depends on the depth, the soil, what else is buried along the route and the condition of the existing line. Utility locating comes first regardless, so that gas, electricity and communications are marked before anything is dug.
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