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What we cover across Austell and south Cobb
Every service has its own page because every one has a different diagnosis path, a different price driver and a different set of local quirks. The slab leak page assumes 1970s slab construction because that is what this town built. The drain page assumes clay laterals under old oaks for the same reason.
That also means the pages disagree with each other in useful ways. Water softening gets a sceptical page here, because Austell buys treated surface water from Allatoona Lake and the Chattahoochee rather than pulling hard groundwater, and a softener is rarely the first thing an Austell house needs. A page written for a limestone aquifer town would say the opposite.
Whichever page you land on, the work behind it answers to the same rulebook. Georgia adopts the International Plumbing Code (IPC), 2018 edition, with state amendments, as the Georgia State Minimum Standard Plumbing Code. That is what sets acceptable materials, joints, fixture flow rates and cleanout provisions across every job listed here.
If the symptom does not obviously match a heading below, call and describe it. Most people land on the right page after thirty seconds with a dispatcher rather than by reading a list of service names.
GroupLeaks and pipework
Everything that involves water arriving where it should not be, from a meter that will not stop turning to a line that has already split. In this group: Leak Detection, Slab Leak Detection & Repair, Burst & Broken Pipe Repair, Repiping.
GroupDrains and sewers
The half of the system that only gets attention when it stops, and the half most affected by clay laterals under mature Austell trees. In this group: Drain Cleaning, Sewer Line Repair & Replacement, Sewer Camera Inspection, Hydro Jetting.
GroupHot water
Tank and tankless work, from a thermostat fault to a full replacement before a rusted tank empties itself across a hallway floor. In this group: Water Heater Installation & Replacement, Water Heater Repair, Tankless Water Heater.
GroupFixtures and appliances
The visible end of the system. Smaller jobs, but the ones that quietly waste the most water when they are left alone. In this group: Faucet Repair & Installation, Toilet Repair & Installation, Garbage Disposal Repair & Installation.
GroupWater treatment
Filtration and softening, judged against what Austell water actually is rather than against a sales script. In this group: Water Filtration Systems, Water Softener Installation & Repair.
GroupSpecialist work
Pumps, commercial systems and gas lines, where the licensing class and the permit matter more than anywhere else. In this group: Sump Pump Service, Commercial Plumbing, Gas Line Installation & Repair.
Jobs that should not wait for an appointment slot
Everything on this list is dispatched ahead of routine work, at any hour.
- Water still arriving after the main is closed.
- Waste water appearing at a floor drain or tub.
- No water at all in the house during a hard freeze.
- A gas smell anywhere near a fitting or appliance.
- A water heater relief valve discharging continuously.