Plumbers in Kemp, Texas

Leaving the old site properly

Everything gets disconnected and made safe before the house is lifted, and that is a job rather than a formality. The water service is shut at the meter and the utility told, the gas is disconnected by the utility rather than by anybody else, and the sewer connection is capped at the lateral.

Capping matters more than people think. A lateral left open at a lot is a route into the sewer for surface water and vermin and an obligation that stays with the land, so it gets sealed properly and the location recorded.

Where the old site was on septic, the tank becomes an abandoned tank the moment the house leaves, and abandoning one is a separate piece of work with its own requirements. Budget for it rather than discovering it when the lot is sold.

Anything under the house that was part of the plumbing stays: the slab penetrations, the buried lines, whatever was in the crawl. None of it travels, which is why the new site is a new installation rather than a reconnection.

Arriving, and the order of work

The new site needs its water service, its drainage and, if there is gas, its supply, all brought to the position the house will sit in, and that position needs to be final before anything is buried.

Fall is the constraint that cannot be argued with. Drainage has to run from the house to the septic system or the sewer connection at a consistent slope, and if the house has been set too low relative to the tank, the options are a pump or moving something. Getting the finished floor level agreed between the mover, the foundation contractor and the plumber is the single most valuable conversation in the project.

Order matters too. Underground work goes in and gets inspected before the house is set down over it wherever possible, because reaching under a house on blocks is much harder than working in an open trench.

Expect the house's own plumbing to need attention as well. Lines flex during a move, joints that were marginal open up, and a house that was watertight on its old lot frequently is not on arrival. Pressure test before the skirting goes on and before anyone moves in.

Permits, inspections and how we work

A relocated house is generally treated as new construction at the new site for permitting purposes, which means inspections at the usual stages rather than a nod at the end. Older houses sometimes need parts of their plumbing brought up to current requirements as a condition, and that is worth establishing early rather than discovering at inspection.

We do both ends: capping and recording at the old site, the service runs and drainage at the new one, the under-floor work before the house is set where the programme allows, and the pressure test and reconnection afterwards.

Kemp, Mabank, Kaufman and Gun Barrel City are all within our area, and we work to the mover's schedule because that is the part nobody else can shift.