Sump Pump Repair · Altoona, Iowa
Spring thaw and summer storms are when we hear from Altoona basements. Most failures are boring and preventable - a float switch jammed against the side of the pit, a discharge line that froze shut over winter, a missing check valve letting water run back down, or a pump that has simply worn out at year eight.
Call (833) 435-9778 and describe what is happening. We will give you an arrival window before you hang up and a flat price before anyone starts work - the same price at 2am as at 2pm.
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(833) 435-9778Answered 24 hours a day, including weekends and holidays.
Call (833) 435-9778Plenty of Altoona homes still run their waste out to the street through clay tile with a joint every few feet, and roots find every one of them. Cast iron scales shut from the inside instead. Either way, a main line that backs up twice in a year is telling you something a camera can confirm in twenty minutes.
Billybob Plumbing covers Altoona and the surrounding communities. Call for service anywhere in the area.
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Woke up to water coming through the kitchen ceiling at about 4am. Somebody answered on the second ring, talked me through shutting the main off, and a truck was here inside the hour. Split pipe in the bathroom wall. Fixed and tested before I left for work.
Dana R. · Altoona, IA
★★★★★
Old galvanised pipes giving us brown water every morning. They repiped in PEX and explained the trade-offs against copper honestly instead of just pushing one.
Ellis T. · Des Moines, IA
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No hot water on the coldest morning of the year. Thermocouple. Out and fixed within two hours of my call, and he showed me where the reset is for next time.
Ines Q. · Pleasant Hill, IA
Humming, jammed, leaking or dead. Freed and repaired where it is worth it, swapped where the motor has gone.
Read moreRoot intrusion, collapsed clay and bellied lines repaired by trenchless lining where the pipe allows and open cut where it does not.
Read moreDripping faucets, failing shower valves, dead shutoffs and new fixture installs done without wrecking the finish.
Read moreHigh-pressure water that scours grease, scale and roots back to bare pipe wall instead of drilling a hole through them.
Read moreAnnual testing, repair and documentation for irrigation systems, commercial buildings and fire lines.
Read moreA recorded look down the line before you buy a house, or before anyone quotes you for digging up the yard.
Read moreSame service, same pricing, in the communities around Altoona.
Seven to ten years is typical, less if it cycles heavily. If your Altoona pump is past seven and you have not tested it, pour a bucket of water into the pit and watch what happens before storm season rather than during it.
If your basement is finished, or if losing it would ruin things you care about, yes. Storms take the power out at exactly the moment the pump is needed most, and that is when unbacked pumps flood Altoona basements.
Either the water table genuinely is that high, the float is stuck on, or the check valve has failed and the same water keeps draining back into the pit. The third one is common and cheap to fix.
Yes, though it means cutting the basement floor for a pit. We look at where the water is coming in first, because sometimes a grading or gutter fix solves a Altoona wet basement for far less money.
For anything involving running water, shut the main valve off and open the lowest faucet in the house to drain the pressure. For a gas smell, get everyone outside first and call from there. For a backup, stop using every fixture in the house, not just the one that is blocked.
One number, answered around the clock, with the price agreed before we start.
(833) 435-9778