Outdoor Plumbing System Repair in Lilburn, GA

Usually a worn washer or O-ring inside the valve, or a cracked body from an old freeze that only drips once there's pressure behind it. If it's a standard sillcock we can often rebuild it; if the body is split we replace it, and we'll recommend a frost-proof hose bib so it doesn't happen again next winter.

Water trapped in an unprotected hose bib or the line feeding it freezes, expands, and splits the pipe - often several inches back inside the wall where you can't see it. The crack stays hidden until you open the valve in spring and water pours into the wall or crawl space. Disconnecting hoses before a freeze and upgrading to frost-proof sillcocks prevents most of it.

Telltale signs are a soggy or unusually green patch in the lawn, the sound of running water when everything's off, a spike in the water bill, or a drop in pressure throughout the house. We confirm it with a pressure test and pinpoint the spot before digging, so we're not trenching the whole yard to find it.

Yes - a buried leak runs 24/7 and can waste hundreds of gallons before anything shows on the surface, so it often shows up as a jump in the bill first. If your usage climbed without a change in habits, an underground leak on the irrigation or service line is a common culprit and worth testing for.

Yes. We repair leaking or freeze-damaged backflow assemblies and replace ones that are past their life. Whether a device needs periodic certified testing is set by your local water authority, not by us - testing intervals vary across Metro Atlanta jurisdictions - but we can handle the repair and coordinate a retest where it's required.

The water provider owns the main and the meter; everything on your side of the meter - the service line into the house, hose bibs, irrigation supply, and exterior pipes - is the homeowner's, and that's what a licensed plumber handles. If the leak is street-side at the main, we'll tell you it's a call to the utility instead.

If your spigots have frozen before, sit on an exterior wall, or feed an unheated crawl space, it's worth it. A frost-proof sillcock shuts the water off well back inside the heated wall so nothing's left in the exposed section to freeze. We can swap them during any outdoor repair visit.

They can, and it's common in Georgia's clay soil - roots follow the moisture around a pipe, then work into fittings and cracks as the ground shifts. It shows up as recurring yard-drain backups or a buried supply leak. We camera drain lines to confirm roots and repair or reroute the affected section.