Plumber in Cave Creek, AZ

Cave Creek is the north edge of our map, up past Scottsdale, and the homes there are spread out on larger lots. It is a real drive from Chandler and we say so; the dispatcher gives you the drive time for that day when you call (480) 404-5226. What makes the trip worthwhile is that Cave Creek plumbing is often the kind that rewards doing it once, properly.

A share of Cave Creek homes are on private wells rather than city water, and that changes the plumbing: pressure tanks and switches, sediment filters, softeners and filtration sized for well water, and water heaters that scale faster than they would on treated water. We work on the house side of the well system, from the pressure tank in, and we are comfortable diagnosing the difference between a well problem and a plumbing problem.

Pressure tanks and switches are the part of a well system homeowners see fail first: short cycling, pressure that surges and drops, a pump that runs when nothing is open. We diagnose the tank, the switch and the check valve on the house side, replace what is worn, and tell you plainly if the problem is down the well where a pump contractor needs to take over.

Softeners on well water need to be sized and set for the actual hardness, which can be far higher than city water. We test the water on site, size the unit to the household, and set the regeneration so it is not burning salt. A sediment filter ahead of it is usually the difference between resin that lasts and resin that does not.

Hard water on a well is harder on equipment than city water because nothing has been treated before it reaches your house. Sediment filters clog, softener resin wears faster, and a tank water heater fills with scale years ahead of schedule. On a Cave Creek visit we look at the whole chain, from the pressure tank through the filter and softener to the heater, and tell you which part is actually causing the symptom you called about. Sometimes it is a clogged sediment filter and not a failing heater. We would rather say that than sell you a tank.