Water lines
Water Line Services
Water line installation, repair, and replacement for homes and businesses.
When the line between the meter and the house fails
The water line is the one pipe in your house you never see. It runs from the meter, or from a well connection, underground to the point where it enters the structure, and every fixture you own depends on it. Tree roots, soil movement and corrosion are what take it out. A root finds a joint and works it loose. Clay that swells in a wet spring and shrinks in a dry summer drags a rigid line along with it. An old section corrodes through until a pinhole opens and water starts feeding the ground instead of the house.
The signs show up inside before anything shows up outside. Pressure drops at every faucet at once, not just one. The water bill climbs with no change in how the family uses water. A soft, green patch appears in the yard on a dry week, or the meter keeps turning with every fixture shut off. Any one of those is worth a call, and in the Upstate, where red clay holds water against a buried pipe for days, a small leak can undermine its own trench before you notice it.
We work on homes and businesses across Greenville, Spartanburg, Anderson and the surrounding towns. Start with a free on-the-spot estimate: we trace the line, find where it is failing, and tell you whether a spot repair or a full replacement makes sense before any work is approved.
Water meter and valve box exposed in an excavated pit
Excavation, valve pits and a careful dig
Getting at a buried line is the part of the job people dread, and it is where a careful crew earns its keep. We locate the line first, then open the ground only where we have to. A mini excavator takes the bulk of the soil, and the last stretch around the pipe is dug by hand so a bucket never nicks the copper or the meter box. Sod is cut and set aside so it can go back where it came from.
Our gallery shows what this looks like: a water meter and valve box exposed in a clean pit, and an excavated copper line with a repair coupling fitted in the trench. The pit gives the plumber room to work on the shutoff valve, the meter connection and the pipe on both sides of the damage, instead of reaching into a hole blind. Shored sides and a dry floor in the trench are what let a fitting be made up properly.
When a line is leaking actively, we do not wait for the next opening on the calendar. Our emergency line at (864) 436-3006 answers around the clock, and we offer same-day response to locate the failure and stop water damage before it spreads toward the foundation.
The new line and the shutoff valve that goes with it
Repair or replace is decided at the pipe. If the damage is one break in an otherwise sound line, a coupling and a short new section can bring it back, and that is usually the less disruptive path. If the line is old, corroded or has failed in more than one place, patching it just moves the leak down the trench, and we will say so. When replacement is the better answer, we run new pipe from the meter or well connection through to the structure, sized and routed for the house or the building it serves.
New construction and remodel rough-in need the same attention at the start. A line that is sized and routed correctly before the slab or the landscaping goes in saves a dig later. We also handle shutoff valve and meter connection work, because a whole-home shutoff that actually closes is what lets you stop a burst pipe in seconds instead of minutes. If your existing valve is stuck, weeping at the stem or buried somewhere nobody can find, replacing it while the pit is open costs very little extra effort.
Everything we do on a line is covered by our one-year labor warranty, and nothing starts until you have seen the estimate and approved it. If you are unsure which one you need, call and describe what you are seeing, and Steve's crew will tell you straight.
Free on-the-spot estimate, a one-year labor warranty, and a line that answers day or night at (864) 436-3006.