Drain Cleaning
We clear clogged sinks, tubs, showers, toilets and floor drains, plus main line clogs. When the same clog keeps coming back, we look at the line to find out why.
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Backflow prevention keeps the water in your pipes moving one way, from the street into your home. A backflow preventer is a valve assembly that blocks water from flowing back into the public supply. Stop The Drip is a Nashville plumber that handles backflow preventer installation for homes across Middle Tennessee. We also repair or replace a device that fails its test.
A home needs backflow protection when something on the property can push or pull unsafe water into the line. A lawn irrigation system counts, because its sprinkler heads sit in soil and standing water. Your water utility decides which device fits the hazard. Call or text (615) 723-2488 and tell us what your utility's notice asks for.
Tell us about the clog, leak, water heater or fixture and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.
Backflow is water running the wrong way through the pipes. Metro Water Services notes that a pressure change can reverse the flow and pull in contaminants. A cross-connection is any spot where drinking water can mix with non-drinking water.
Tennessee's cross-connection manual names two causes. Backsiphonage happens when supply pressure drops, as during a main break or firefighting. Backpressure happens when a pump or boiler pushes harder than the supply.
A reduced pressure assembly has two check valves with a relief valve between them. The relief valve dumps any water that leaks past a check valve. The state manual calls for this assembly on lawn irrigation systems.
State rules require every community water system to run a cross-connection program the state approves. The state manual makes the customer responsible for installing and maintaining any backflow preventer the utility requires. The device gets a test when it goes in and at least once every 12 months after.
In Nashville, a new device must pass an initial inspection. After that, Metro Water Services or its contractor tests it every year and adds the charge to your water bill. If it fails, Metro sets a repair deadline that matches the level of hazard. That deadline ranges from immediate disconnection to 90 days.
Outside Nashville, each water utility runs its own program under the same state rules. Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County has the customer hire a tester it approves each year. Irrigation devices there get tested in the start-up period, and a failed device has 30 days to pass. Where your utility asks you to set up the test, we can arrange it.
Metro Water Services wants the device directly behind the meter, so every connection past it is protected. The state manual keeps a reduced pressure assembly out of pits, where floodwater could cover its relief valve. It also calls for freeze protection and room to test and repair.
The manual names debris under a check valve as a common cause of trouble. We clean and rebuild a device when the valve body is sound, and replace one a freeze has cracked. In Nashville, a replacement must meet current Metro Water Services standards, which can mean moving an older device.
Water expands as a water heater warms it. A check valve or backflow preventer on the main water service traps that extra water, so pressure climbs. The Town of Smyrna has check valves at the meter on every home. The state manual recommends an expansion tank, which we fit as part of water heater installation work.
Call or text for a written quote. We work about 30 miles around La Vergne across Nashville and Middle Tennessee.
(615) 723-2488From the first call or text to the finished work, here is how it goes.
Call or text (615) 723-2488, or send the form. Tell us what is wrong and where the home is.
We book a visit, and a plumber comes to the house to see the problem.
We find the cause and show you what we found. Then the quote goes to you in writing.
Once you approve the quote, we do the work, whether it is a new faucet or a sewer line repair.
We run the water and check the repair with you. You see the finished work before we pack up.
Common questions about backflow prevention around Nashville and the rest of Middle Tennessee. If yours is not here, call or text and ask.
We clear clogged sinks, tubs, showers, toilets and floor drains, plus main line clogs. When the same clog keeps coming back, we look at the line to find out why.
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Hydro jetting sends high-pressure water through drain and sewer lines. It scours grease, scale, sludge and roots off the pipe wall and flushes them down the line.
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We repair gas and electric tank water heaters in homes across Nashville and Middle Tennessee. We find why the hot water quit, then fix the part that failed.
Learn MoreWe look at the job before we price it. The quote comes to you in writing, and the work starts when you say yes.
We show you what failed and explain the repair in plain words. You decide with the facts in front of you.
Our service area reaches about 30 miles around La Vergne. That puts Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Lebanon and Gallatin in range.
Homeowners come first, and we also work for landlords and property managers. Businesses that need a plumber can call or text us too.
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I had a great experience with Stop the Drip! Freddy was professional, friendly, and went above and beyond to make sure everything was taken care of. He was honest, knowledgeable, and made the entire process easy and stress-free. You can tell he genuinely cares about his customers and the quality of his work. I highly recommend Stop the Drip to anyone looking for reliable, professional service. Freddy and his team definitely deserve 5 stars!
they are awesome! They came out quickly both times I called and were honest and fair in their pricing. Will use them for all future plumbing. Highly recommend
Called the business and was able to get a same day appointment for my clogged kitchen drain and broken garbage disposal. They replaced the garbage disposal and did a hydro jetting. Throughout the process Freddie was very professional, friendly, and informative.He let me know all the steps of the process, gave options and his recommendations. At the end of the day, everything is fixed and he performed multiple tests to verify their work. Overall satisfied with this company .
Send the form with a few words about the problem, and we will reach out to set a time. You can also call or text (615) 723-2488.
Tell us about the clog, leak, water heater or fixture and where it is. We look at the job and put the quote in writing.