Plumber in Akron, OH

Two building booms, one set of old pipes

Most of west Akron went up in two waves. Highland Square, West Hill, and Firestone Park filled in during the rubber boom of the 1910s and 20s, when Goodyear and Firestone were hiring anyone who could hold a wrench. Wallhaven and the streets off White Pond Drive came after the war, in the 40s and 50s. Fairlawn Heights grew across both stretches and kept going.

Different eras, same plumbing problems today. The boom-era homes still carry original galvanized steel supply lines, cast iron drain stacks, and clay tile sewer laterals that have sat in the ground for close to a century. The postwar capes and ranches are better off, but not by much. Galvanized pipe from 1950 is now 75 years old, and it rusts shut from the inside. If your shower goes weak every time someone flushes, that is usually the pipe, not the fixture.

Nearly everything here sits on a full basement, and Akron’s clay soil holds water against the foundation walls. That makes the sump pump the most important appliance in the house, and the one nobody thinks about until it quits.

City water and city sewer serve almost all of these neighborhoods, so well problems are rare inside Akron proper. The water is still hard enough to scale up a tank water heater over the years. We see plenty of ten-year-old tanks that rumble like a popcorn maker.

What Akron homes call us for

Drain cleaning. Tree roots find every joint in a clay lateral. The big oaks and maples that make Highland Square pretty also make its sewers clog on a schedule. We clear the roots and can run a camera so you know whether you have a maintenance problem or a broken pipe.

Water heaters. A 40-gallon tank swap usually takes one visit. We carry common tanks on the truck, so most replacements happen the same day you call.

Sump pumps. Primary pumps, battery backups, and alarms. If your basement is finished, a backup pump is cheap insurance against the first long power outage of the spring.

Repiping. When galvanized pipe is done, it is done. We replace it section by section or whole-house, and we will tell you straight which one your house actually needs.

Emergency plumbing. Burst pipes, major leaks, sewage backups. We answer nights, weekends, and holidays.

From phone call to fixed

Call 330-825-3686, text us, or book online. We give you a window and text when the truck is on the way. The dispatch fee in Greater Akron is $89.

The plumber looks at the problem, then gives you a price in writing before any work starts. Approve it and the $89 rolls into the job. Decline it and you owe the dispatch fee and nothing else. No hourly meter, no surprise line items.

Trucks are stocked, so most repairs are finished in one visit. Everything we install carries at least a one-year warranty.

We know these streets

Our shop is at 911 Broad St in Wadsworth, about 20 minutes from west Akron up I-76. We run the West Market corridor all the time: Wallhaven around Market and Hawkins, Highland Square, and out to Fairlawn Heights along the Copley line. The 44313, 44320, and 44333 zips see our trucks week in, week out.

A few patterns we see over and over here. Original shut-off valves that have not been turned since the Nixon administration and snap when you finally try. Kitchen drains in 1920s houses that were never vented right and gurgle forever. Homes down in the Merriman Valley that need their sump systems taken seriously because of the river.

One more local note. Akron has been raising sewer rates, which means a running toilet or a hidden leak hits your bill harder than it used to. Small fixes pay for themselves faster in this city than almost anywhere else we work.

If you are anywhere in west Akron and need a plumber, call 330-825-3686. Family-owned since 2009, 17,000+ jobs done, 4.9 stars across 600+ Google reviews.