Plumber in Fort Washington, MD
A split-level in Fort Washington drains its lowest floor close to the sewer line, which is why that drain backs up first. We are a short drive up Indian Head Highway from it.
Fort Washington is just up the road
Fort Washington is a few miles north of our shop on Indian Head Highway, just past Accokeek. It is about as local as our work gets.
Most of the houses here were built between the 1960s and the 1980s, and the plumbing is behaving its age.
What takes the time is finding what a 50-year-old house is hiding behind its walls.
Worth knowing here
The split-level drain
In a split-level, the lowest drain sits half a floor below the rest of the house. When the main line starts slowing down, that drain is where you see it first.
Fort Washington was built out in the 1960s and 1970s with split-levels, ramblers and colonials on the hills above the Potomac and Piscataway Creek. In a split-level, the family room bath or the laundry drain sits lowest. When it gurgles or backs up, the main line is telling you something.
Ramblers and colonials have their own low spots, usually a basement floor drain or a laundry tub. Wherever yours is, that is the drain to watch.
Why Fort Washington calls
Lower-level backups
A laundry or lower bath drain backing up in a split-level is the classic call here. We clear it and run a camera to see why it happened. Where the lower level has a sump, sump pump repair can go on the same visit.
Grey pipe in 1980s houses
Houses from the late 1970s on can carry polybutylene supply, and a failed joint usually shows up as a stain on a finished ceiling. A planned repipe takes the guesswork out.
Old water heaters in utility rooms
Many tanks in Fort Washington have sat in the same utility room for years. A wet floor around the base or rust at the fittings means it is time.
Well and septic near Piscataway
Some properties toward Piscataway and the river are still on a well or septic. We ask which you have before we quote.
Hillside lots and long laterals
Houses set back on the hills along Fort Washington Road and Swan Creek Road can have long sewer laterals. Roots and settling show up on the camera.
Waterfront and National Harbor businesses
Restaurants and shops toward National Harbor and along Oxon Hill Road need commercial plumbing that keeps them open.
Our shop is on the same highway
Only about 7 miles of Indian Head Highway country lie between Bryans Road and Fort Washington. The Capitol is about 10 miles north.
It is a straight run north on MD 210, Indian Head Highway, then west on Fort Washington Road or east on MD 223, Piscataway Road.
Fort Washington Park sits on the river at the end of Fort Washington Road. Harmony Hall is on Livingston Road, and National Harbor is to the north.
All Purpose Plumbers, 6965 Heather Drive, Suite A, Bryans Road, MD 20616. View on Google Maps
Plumbing questions from Fort Washington
Should I worry about grey plastic pipe in my Fort Washington house?
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Why does my lower-level drain back up first?
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Is Fort Washington on public water?
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Do you work in Tantallon and Friendly?
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Do you work in Oxon Hill and Accokeek?
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My split-level has a laundry drain that gurgles. Is that a warning?
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Areas served around Fort Washington
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Or call (240) 695-4415, every day from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
We take insurance jobs. Financing may also be available for qualifying projects. Ask when you call.
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