When you need a plumber in an emergency situation, like with a sewer problem, for leak detection or to fix a clog... or need a plumbing company in metro Atlanta to service, repair, replace, or install a standard or tankless hot water heater, help with bathroom or kitchen fixtures or appliances, like faucets, sinks, garbage disposals, dishwashers, ice makers, bathtubs (tubs), showers, toilets, shower pans, or washing machine hoses... we understand you have options.

We also know that it's never easy to invite a stranger into your home.

You can't help but wonder, "Are they an honest plumbing company? Do they outline everything up front? Will I be comfortable inviting one of these Atlanta plumbers into my home? Is there something I'm going to forget to ask?"

We understand. We're consumers too!

That's why we don't "just get the job done." Not us!! We expect to earn your trust by over-delivering... in value, service, attitude, and quality. It's what has kept us in business for three generations as the Atlanta plumber you can rely on!

Our mission statement to our Customers: To deliver value to our customer. Value demands we render high quality service, with integrity, in a professional manner, at the best price possible.

Our promises to you the customer, we will do the job right the first time and at the lowest price possible. We will respect your time by being on time and protect your home by using boot covers & tool mats and keeping the work area clean.

We stand behind our work with a 2 year parts and a 5 year workmanship, 100% Guarantee on every plumbing job we do.

Something to consider: If you have looked at more than a few ads, I’m sure you’ve read “we charge by the job not by the hour”. That’s because if they told you what they really charged by the hour you would flip out. Most service companies pay their plumbers commission, so it is to their benefit to charge as much as they can get away with.

True and fair pricing: With SCOTT plumbing you get a true and fair estimate with a complete break down of the cost of materials and labor up front. And please don’t forget to print your coupon.

Georgia and Atlanta Plumbing code requires the installation of an expansion tank on water heater installations.

Why? Water expands when heated. This extra volume of water needs to go somewhere… Newer homes use backflow preventers, check valves and pressure reducing valves which push the expanded cold water back into the city water main. Because your house has at least one of these devices, you could have a problem. These devices prohibit the flow of water back into the public Atlanta plumbing and water system. Without an expansion tank, the expanding water can cause your water heater to possibly fail because of the increased water pressure. This pressure can cause serious life threatening problems if you heat your water with natural gas or propane. The water heater tank can collapse around the internal flue and cause carbon monoxide to enter your home. This is serious.

How does an Expansion Tank work? Expansion Tanks are really simple devices. They contain compressed air and a special expandable rubber bladder. When your water heater turns on, the water within your piping system begins to expand. This expanding water is stored in the expansion tank until it is eventually released through a faucet, releasing the extra water into the piping system.

Which Expansion Tank is right for me? Expansion Tanks come in various sizes. The size you need depends upon two very important variables. You need to know the capacity in gallons of your water heater and the water pressure of your piping system.

Only trust a Professional Licensed Atlanta Plumbing Professional to keep your family safe. Call Scott Plumbing at 770-318-1615.

As I write this article (February 2009) the market value of houses here in Atlanta is down dramatically from where it was about 2 years ago. Some Atlanta homeowners are finding that their houses will now only sell for half of what they would have fetched in 2007. So, with the Atlanta housing market in such a slump, a lot of Atlanta homeowners are investing money into home improvements like plumbing upgrades.

The two biggest reasons for the increased investing by homeowners in Atlanta plumbing upgrades are to either improve their chances of selling the house by making it more valuable, or just upgrade the Atlanta plumbing for their own benefit and make the house more livable for the long-term.

Common Atlanta plumbing upgrades include installing more efficient tankless water heaters, replacing old toilets, replacing old worn-out faucets, adding luxury shower components, and upgrading to modern kitchen sinks. By making an investment in plumbing improvements like these Atlanta homeowners are modernizing their houses and making them much more pleasurable to live in and much more likely to sell for a premium price.

For information on or help with your Atlanta plumbing upgrades call Scott Plumbing at 770-318-1615. We look forward to making Atlanta plumbing state-of-the-art.

In the late 1970’s an inexpensive new type of plumbing pipe made of plastic polybutylene resin emerged as an extremely popular alternative to copper piping. Polybutylene pipes were not only very cheap to manufacture, but they were also easy to install. So Atlanta Plumbers used them in about 25% of the homes that were built over that 17 year period. And since the housing market in Atlanta really boomed during that time, every Atlanta Plumber was pretty busy installing pipes in new homes.

What all of those Atlanta Plumbers didn’t know was that they were installing what are now widely believed to be defective pipes.

Starting in the early 1980’s and continuing up through today, complaints have been pouring in about polybutylene pipes leaking and causing property damage. So a lot of the same Atlanta Plumbers who had been busy installing poly pipes are now busy replacing poly pipes.

The polybutylene pipes used by Atlanta Plumbing professionals were mostly blue, grey, or black. The blue poly pipes were mainly used outside, buried under the yard to bring water from the supply up to the house. So if you locate your water meter and see blue plastic pipe leading away from it, you’ve probably got it.

For indoor plumbing, Atlanta Plumbers typically used the grey poly pipe. A good place to check for this is near your home’s water heater.

If you have polybutylene pipes in your home it is very likely that they will eventually leak. So to avoid flooding and property damage it’s a good idea to go ahead and replace them before that happens.

Our professional Atlanta plumbers at Scott Plumbing can help you determine if you have poly pipes and give you an estimate of the replacement costs. And if it turns out you need us to replace your blue poly pipes and grey poly pipes Scott Plumbing will do it quickly, cleanly, and with minimal disruption for your home and your family. We can also help you find out if you qualify for reimbursement under the Class Action Settlement agreed to by the manufacturers.

Call Scott Plumbing, the best Atlanta Plumbing company, today at 770-318-1615 to learn more about bringing the plumbing in your home to state-of-the-art standards and putting your mind at ease.

In Atlanta, Georgia (where I’ve spent my career as a plumber) the average low temperatures usually only flirt with the freezing point of water in January and February. Atlanta’s average low is 31 degrees in January and 34 in February. Here in Atlanta (and probably everywhere else too) water freezes at 32 degrees. So Atlanta Plumbers don’t get too many calls to repair frozen pipes that have burst and are now leaking. But there are still the unlucky few who have this happen to them. And like many other Atlanta Plumbers, I have plenty of experience and know-how with broken pipes to repair your plumbing and rescue you from the leaking pipe nightmare.

But why do pipes freeze, why do they burst, and what can you do to prevent your pipes from freezing so that you don’t have to make an emergency call to me or another Atlanta Plumbing company to bail you out?

The water in your pipes will freeze when its temperature falls below 32 degrees. So pipes that are in unheated areas of the house (like the attic or basement), pipes that run along exterior walls which do not have adequate insulation, and pipes that run outside of the house (like the spigot for a garden hose) are all particularly vulnerable to freezing when the weather gets cold.

When water freezes it expands. So if a pipe is completely full of liquid water and it freezes, the ice will take up more space than the water did. This puts pressure on the walls of the pipe and results in a crack. The real fun begins when the ice melts and the water begins to pour out all over the inside of your house. As luck would have it, this happens to most people in the middle of the night, because that’s when temperatures are at their lowest.

Because of the limited number of cold nights we have here in Atlanta, any good Atlanta Plumber will not recommend taking extreme measures to heat the pipes in your basement or attic. But there are a few simple things that I recommend people in the Atlanta area do to protect their plumbing when the weather threatens to dip below 32 degrees.

1. Find the inside cutoff valve for all of your external garden hose spigots and turn them off. This valve is usually far enough towards the interior of your house (about 18 inches from the outside spigot) that water in the pipes leading up to it will not get cold enough to freeze (at least here in Atlanta).

2. Now that the spigots are cutoff from the inside, remove the garden hoses, drain & store them, and open the outside spigots to allow any standing water to drip out. Leave them open until the weather gets warm again.

3. Allow the warm air from the heated portion of the house to circulate into the other areas where the pipes are located. This may cost you a bit more on your heating bill, but it’s a lot less expensive than having a frozen pipe break. Open basement doors, attic doors, and cabinets for sinks that are against exterior walls. As long as the air surrounding the pipes stays warm, the water inside will not freeze.

4. Add insulation to the unheated areas of your house to keep the air and the pipes above freezing.

5. There are devices available that will heat the pipes in vulnerable areas of your home. But again, Atlanta Plumbers rarely recommend items like this because they’re only needed 6 or 7 nights out of the year.

So while frozen pipes are not a huge problem here in Atlanta, it will feel like a huge problem if it happens to you. Please take my advice and use a few simple precautions to avoid becoming an exception to the Atlanta Plumbing norm and having a major plumbing problem.

If you live in the Greater Atlanta Area or north Georgia and you have frozen or broken pipes or any other Atlanta Plumbing needs, call me immediately at 770-318-1615 to avert disaster! Thanks.

There’s a long list of Woodstock Plumbing contractors just waiting to confuse and overwhelm you if you open up the yellow pages. Anybody can throw a few tools in their truck, sign up for a yellow page ad, and call themselves a plumber. So now you’ve got to decide which Woodstock Plumbing company you can trust to come into your home, work professionally around your family and your belongings, get the job done properly, and charge you a fair price. Here’s some help:

Scott Plumbing is the Woodstock Plumbing company you can count on. Scott Rogers, the owner and a master plumber, is a third generation plumber and has been personally serving Woodstock plumbing needs for over 25 years. His family’s plumbing history goes back more than 50 years. You don’t last that long in the Woodstock plumbing industry, or in any business, if you’re not doing a great job.

Whether we’re handling your Industrial, Commercial, or Residential Woodstock Plumbing service Scott Plumbing is your best choice. All of our Woodstock plumbing technicians are licensed, highly trained, and carefully screened.

Plus, when compared to other Woodstock plumbing services, our rates are extremely competitive and our Woodstock plumbing service is 100% guaranteed.

Call Scott Plumbing now at 770-318-1615 to let us know how we can handle your Woodstock Plumbing needs big or small.

Some folks around the Woodstock and Atlanta area feel a lot of pressure to try Do-It-Yourself plumbing repairs, even if they’ve never held a pipe wrench in their life. Well that’s fine if you’ve got a lot of time and a lot of patience. But the wise know that calling in a professional plumber is ultimately much faster and more likely to get the repair done right. And when you factor in the value of your precious time, and the cost of buying tools and parts for trial and error experimental plumbing projects, hiring a good, professional, honest plumber is going to end up being the less expensive way to solve your plumbing problems.

So, the best thing to do when you have a clogged sink or any plumbing need in Woodstock, Alpharetta, Atlanta, and the surrounding areas is to call Scott Plumbing at 770-318-1615 and get it fixed fast, right, and at a reasonable price.

But if you really want to try your hand at fixing your own clogged sink, here are a couple of things you might try:

A. BOILING WATER (for metal pipes only) – Water boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit and plastic PVC pipes get soft at 175 degrees Fahrenheit. So do not pour boiling water into a drain that has plastic pipes. But if you have metal pipes, slowly pouring a gallon of boiling hot water (not just hot tap water) might be enough to break up the congealed soap and hair that is blocking the pipe.

B. PLUNGER – A cup plunger does not have the flange that folds up into the middle like the type used for toilets. So a cup plunger is what you’ll need for clearing a clogged sink drain. Seal off the overflow outlet (the open hole found near the top of most bathroom sink bowls) with duct tape or by stuffing it with a wet rag. Remove the drain stopper or basket strainer if you can. Fill the sink up to the halfway point with water. Put the plunger over the drain and press it hard against the surface to form a good tight seal. Then plunge with quick sharp thrusts several times and check to see if it drains. If you’re able to unclog the drain, be sure to remove the duct tape or wet rag from the overflow hole.

C. CALL SCOTT PLUMBING 770-318-1615 – We know exactly what to do and we have all of the professional grade plumbing tools and equipment to properly unclog your sink drain. We will be in and out quickly. And we will clean up after ourselves so you don’t have to lift a finger. Well okay, you will have to lift one finger to dial our phone number 770-318-1615, but that’s it. We promise!

So if you’re searching for Woodstock Plumbing, Alpharetta Plumbing, Acworth Plumbing, Atlanta Plumbing, Roswell Plumbing, Marietta Plumbing, Towne Lake Plumbing, or plumbing service anywhere in the northern Atlanta, Georgia area Scott Plumbing is your first choice.

In the tomb of an Emperor of the Han Dynasty in Western China (205 BC to 23 AD – about 8,600 miles from our Plumbing Business in Woodstock, Georgia), archaeologists found a 2,000-year-old toilet - complete with a stone seat, running water, and even a comfortable armrest! This marks the earliest-known water closet, which is a lot like the plumbing and toilets that we use today, in the entire world. After 2,000 years that toilet is probably in need of a really good plumber!

Personally, we’ve never worked on a 2,000-year-old toilet. But a lot of the homes in Woodstock, Roswell, Acworth, Marietta, and the northern suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia are getting older and are starting to need more and more plumbing repairs. Aging pipes and plumbing systems may need a complete overhaul. But frequently older houses have only minor plumbing repair needs that can be handled with some simple cleaning, tweaking, adjusting, or the replacement of a few basic parts. Plus, several years ago, Woodstock Plumbing installations (and those in the surrounding areas) used primarily Blue Polybutylene Pipes (aka Blue Pipe or Poly Pipe) which are prone to leaking and will need to be replaced sooner or later. Scott Plumbing of Woodstock Georgia can handle any and all of those plumbing issues, big or small.

Scott Plumbing of Woodstock considers it an honor to work for each and every customer. We will treat you and your home with respect and honesty.

Scott Plumbing of Woodstock Georgia also believes in giving you the greatest value for your money. So we will beat any competitor’s price by 10% or give you a $25 dollar gas card just for having us out.

So if you need a good, honest plumber in Woodstock, Alpharetta, Roswell, Acworth, Marietta, Canton, Holly Springs, or anywhere in the northern Atlanta, Georgia area, call Scott Plumbing now at 770-318-1615.