Hanahan, SC Backflow Testing
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Hanahan Plumbing Co provides backflow testing to Hanahan, Goose Creek and North Charleston, SC.
Backflow tests must be scheduled online.
Residential Backflow Test
3/4" - 1"
$95
Commercial Backflow Test
3/4" - 2"
$150
** $25 residential backflow test when scheduled in conjunction with annual water heater maintenance. See below.
Backflow Testing, Repair and Replacement In Hanahan, SC
Looking for a dependable backflow tester in Hanahan, Goose Creek or North Charleston? You’ve come to the right place. We’ll put our 20 plus years of backfow experience to work for you. When you schedule a backflow test with Hanahan Plumbing Co, we show up when we say we’ll show up and we’ll send your paperwork in on time so you stop receiving the threatening notices from the water company. So the next time you need a backflow test, you can opt for the cheapest option and hope they’ll show up, or you can schedule with Hanahan Plumbing Co and be assured that we’ll show up on the day you schedule for us to show up.
Backflow services must be scheduled online. When scheduling a backflow service you must provide HPC with a copy of the letter you received from your Water Provider. We recommend taking a picture of the letter and texting it to our main office number immediately after scheduling your service.
$25 Residential Backflow Test W/ $185 Water Heater Flush
Hanahan Plumbing Co offers a $25 residential backflow test when combined with an annual water heater flush.
Available in Hanahan, Goose Creek and North Charleston, SC.
Backflow test w/ annual water heater flush must be scheduled online.
3/4" - 1"
$210
** $25 residential backflow test when scheduled in conjunction with annual water heater maintenance.
Backflow Testing
When you choose Hanahan Plumbing Co, you’re choosing local, licensed, and over 20 years of testing experience.
Our goal is to keep your backflow prevention assembly working. With a little care, your assembly shouldn’t need expensive repairs every year and barring a severe freeze, your assembly should last for many years. We’ve seen assemblies that have lasted well over 25 years.
When an assembly fails, it’s typically due to debris buildup in the check valve chamber. We won’t just fail your assembly and walk away or quote a large repair price. Our first step is to disassemble, check, and clean the interior components of your assembly and retest. In our experience, 90% of failures are solved by a simple cleaning.
Testing must be scheduled online and you must provide the letter you received from the Water Purveyor in order for us to test your assembly.
Same Day Emergency Backflow Test
Did you receive a red tag door hanger from the water company threatening to shut your water off?
Did the water company shut your water off because you forgot to test you backflow prevention assembly?
Hanahan Plumbing Co can help you out with that today.
Available in Hanahan, Goose Creek and North Charleston, SC.
Call us to discuss scheduling a same day emergency backflow test..
3/4" - 1"
$185
Backflow Repairs
How often should you need a repair on your DCVA, PVB or RP?
Really depends on the water flowing through your assembly and how often you use your assembly. For most residential irrigation assemblies, that are serviced properly, the interior components can last 10 years before any repairs are needed. For assemblies protecting an entire building, springs may give out due to water hammer more quickly and more gunk may build up in the assembly so repairs may be needed more quickly.
But if your test fails, our experience is that 90% of failures can be cured by a simple cleaning.
Tired of paying for expensive annual repairs? Give us a call. Nothing wrong with a second opinion.
When scheduling a backflow service you must provide HPC with a copy of the letter you received from your Water Provider.
Backflow Replacement
There’s nothing cheap about replacing a DCVA, PVB or RP. Brass and copper are expensive and much more time consuming to install than PEX or PVC. But sometimes replacement is the only option.
In our experience, the primary cause for replacement is due to freeze damage. We know, when does it freeze in the Lowcountry? But it only takes a few hours of freezing temps (which may be wind induced) to cause the brass body of your assembly to swell. You don’t always notice a leak when something freezes, but swelling of the brass body will cause internal failures and the only option is to replace the assembly.
Another reason for replacement is physical damage caused by accidents (golf carts, cars, lawnmowers, etc.). And don’t forget theft! When brass prices are high, criminals will steal your assembly for its scrap value.
When scheduling a backflow service you must provide HPC with a copy of the letter you received from your Water Provider.
Backflow Freeze Protection
What is the number one cause for a backflow replacement? I know it sounds weird, but our experience is freeze damage.
So how do you protect your assembly from freezing? First, if you have one of those green bags, throw it away. They are useless. The only way to prevent water from freezing is to make it flow (or to give it a heat source). And those fake rocks do nothing to prevent ice from forming inside your assembly.
At Hanahan Plumbing Co we only offer one freeze protection option. A freeze protection valve. This valve can be installed on the 4th test cock or outlet piping and it lets water flow out when temperatures hit close to freezing. Just look at the ice sculpture forming in the picture above. My personal assembly is about 13 years old and it has never froze, thanks to the freeze protection valve.
So remember, when you’re trying to figure out how to protect your backflow prevention assembly from freezing, water has to be flowing or continuously heated to prevent it from freezing.
Backflow Termination
Don’t use your irrigation system anymore? Tired of paying for annual testing and/or repairs?
One option is to dig up the piping, remove the irrigation assembly and cap the below ground piping. Please note that we can only do this for irrigation systems, we cannot cap and terminate residential assemblies that supply a pool.
If you decide to go this route make sure you get the finished product inspected by the Water Company to avoid any surprises.
When scheduling a backflow service you must provide HPC with a copy of the letter you received from your Water Provider.
Why Choose Hanahan Plumbing Co?
Local
Hanahan Plumbing Co is a local plumber in Hanahan, SC. We are lifelong residents of the beautiful South Carolina Lowcountry. We love working here and we value the opportunity to help our neighbors solve the annoying plumbing problems they're experiencing.
Licensed
We are a licensed plumbing/gas contractor in SC. HPC is also certified by SCDHEC to perform backflow testing and we have over 20 years of experience. Our primary focus is on plumbing repairs, water heaters, sewer/drain cleaning, gas leaks and backflow.
Experienced
We have over 25 years of plumbing experience in the Lowcountry area. If you find yourself in need of a local, licensed and experienced plumber, please give us a call. We're ready to help and we don't mind getting dirty to solve your plumbing problems.
Serving Hanahan, SC & the Surrounding Charleston, SC Lowcountry Area
Make Hanahan Plumbing Co your first choice for plumbing, gas, water heater, sewer/drain cleaning and backflow problems.
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