Street to house
Water Main Repair & Service Line Replacement
The line from the street to your meter is yours to maintain, and most homeowners find that out on the day it fails. We locate breaks precisely, dig once, and get the water back on.
Located, not guessed
Acoustic leak location means one small excavation instead of a trench across the lawn.
Pressure diagnosed properly
Low pressure has half a dozen causes. We find yours before anyone touches a shovel.
Lead lines removed
Older service lines still turn up here. If yours is lead, replacing it is worth doing.
Break response
Water coming up through the lawn is an emergency. We treat it as one.
New copper service line pulled from the curb stop, Bethpage.
Water Main & Service Lines
from
$1,850
Typical repair of an accessible service line break, including permit and restoration. Full replacements priced per foot with trenchless options where the run allows.
Leak Location
Lead Line Removal
Trenchless Options
Water Main & Service Lines on Long Island, Explained
Where the utility stops and you start
The water company owns the main under the street and typically the curb stop at your property line. From that valve to your meter, the pipe is the homeowner’s. It is a division that surprises people every time, usually while standing over a wet patch of lawn.
If you have water surfacing in the yard, a meter that spins with every fixture off, or a sudden jump in your bill with no change in usage, you have a service line leak and it is yours to fix.
Diagnosing low water pressure
Low pressure at one fixture is an aerator or a cartridge. Low pressure at the whole house is a different conversation: a partially closed valve, a failing pressure-reducing valve, corroded galvanized pipe closing up from the inside, or a service line that is undersized or leaking.
We test static and flowing pressure at the meter and at the far end of the house. The difference between those two numbers usually tells us which of the above it is within about twenty minutes.
Galvanized pipe is on the clock
Long Island has plenty of houses still on galvanized steel supply. It corrodes from the inside, and the process accelerates — a pipe can go from adequate to unusable within a few years. If your water runs rusty on first draw in the morning, or pressure has faded gradually rather than suddenly, that is the mechanism.
Repiping in copper or PEX is disruptive but not exotic, and it is one of the few plumbing upgrades that a buyer’s inspector will actually credit you for.
Trenchless where it fits
Where the run is straight and the soil cooperates, we can pull a new service line through the path of the old one from two small pits rather than opening the whole lawn. It is faster, cheaper to restore, and it saves mature trees and driveways.
It does not work everywhere — sharp bends, collapsed pipe and certain obstructions rule it out. We will tell you honestly which one your property is after we locate the run.
STARTING FROM
$1,850
Located, not guessed
Pressure diagnosed properly
Lead lines removed
Break response
Licensed master plumber · Fully bonded and insured
Is This an Emergency?
Water coming in right now? Call the 24/7 line and we will tell you what to shut off while the truck is on its way.
Call and speak to someone who works here. Average response across Nassau and western Suffolk is about 90 minutes.
Good questions
Water Main & Service Lines: What People Ask Us.
Who is responsible for the water line to my house?
The water company owns the main in the street and generally the curb stop at your property line. Everything from that valve to your meter is the homeowner’s responsibility, including leaks.
Why is my water pressure low everywhere in the house?
It happened
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Quick quote
Tell Us What It Is Doing. We Will Tell You What It Costs.
Every request gets a real answer from a real plumber within one business day. Some jobs need us to come and look first — if yours does, we will say so rather than guessing at a number.