Atlanta Copper Pipe Replacement

Most of Atlanta’s homes have copper water piping inside the walls, servicing all of the home’s plumbing needs. Toilets, faucets, water heaters, hose connections are all often fed by copper piping. Copper is an great material to use in this application. It’s clean, sturdy, and handles temperature fluxuations and pressure changes extremely well.Copper is no exception to Murphy’s law though. Sometimes, leaks will form on the joints, dripping, silently, inside your walls or into your ceilings. Transition joints are also common spots for leaks. These little leaks can cause huge issues, ruining drywall, hardwoods, and carpeting. We will locate and gain access to these leaks with minimal invasiveness or damage to walls or flooring, make the necessary repairs, and thoroughly test the plumbing before we leave.

Copper pipes often service the flow to your water heater. Water heater inlets often leak due to old age and to the corrosion of the galvanized ports that connect the water lines to the top of the heater. We will remove these faulty connectors and replace them with dielectric (corrosion-retardant) fittings to remove any chance of repeat future corrosion.

Copper was once the most popular material for main water lines, servicing your home from the street. Unfortunately, copper has weak areas that will often oxidize underground, causing severe leaks. It is not ALWAYS necessary to replace the entire waterline when this occurs. As such, we will dig and expose the leak, make the necessary repairs, cover everything back up, restore your water service and leave you with a full warranty. If the leak happens to be located at the penetration point (where the waterline enters the home), we can remove the faulty section and replace it, encasing it within a sleeve to ensure no future corrosion issues.

Have a leak under your concrete slab? See our section entitled “Slab Leak Repair.”