Plumbing Services in Eatonton, GA

Residential Plumbing Service, from the Supply Line to the Sewer

A water heater that stopped working the day before guests arrive, a drain that's backing up in two places at once, a slab leak that's been raising your water bill for months. These aren't situations you want to manage through a referral chain. You want one licensed plumber who arrives, figures out what's happening, and gives you the price before touching anything.

Ricky Heath provides full residential plumbing services in Eatonton, including water heater repair and installation, drain cleaning and hydro-jetting, sewer line repair and replacement, leak detection, piping and repiping, water filtration, septic pumping, gas line work, and emergency calls. Licensed plumbers. Residential homes only. Before any work starts, we inspect the system, walk you through what we find, and provide a price.

To schedule plumbing service in Eatonton, GA, call (478) 834-1127 or contact us online. One call covers the full picture.

What Plumbing Covers, and Why It All Connects

Most homeowners think of plumbing as drains and water heaters. It's more than that. It's the supply line coming in from the street, every fixture connected to the distribution system, the pipes running behind walls and under the slab, the water quality passing through the whole system, the sewer lines that carry everything out of the house, and the gas lines that power appliances throughout. When one part of that system fails, every part downstream is affected.

Our licensed plumbers work in houses all day. Not commercial buildings. Not multifamily. Residential homes, with the pipe materials, crawl space access points, aging infrastructure, and gas line configurations that come with Georgia residential construction. One call covers the full picture because the same team that repipes your supply line handles the drain cleaning, the camera inspection, and the water heater that's been limping along for two winters.

We cover the following plumbing services:

• Plumbing fixtures and repairs – Faucet repair and replacement, toilet repair and replacement, shower repair and installation, garbage disposal repair and replacement, and general plumbing fixture work throughout the home.
• Piping and repiping – Full-system repiping for homes with aging or failing pipe materials, and targeted repairs for distribution lines that have corroded or failed.
• Water line repair and replacement – Supply line work from the meter to the house, including full line replacements when the existing line is no longer serviceable.
• Leak detection and repair – Slab leaks, pinhole leaks behind walls, and supply line leaks without a visible source. We locate the origin before recommending a repair, not after.
• Backflow testing and installation – Backflow prevention devices protect your drinking water from contamination. We test and install devices for residential systems.
• Sump pump repair and installation – For homes with crawl spaces or basements that need water management during heavy rain.
• Water filtration and softener systems – Whole-home filtration for sediment, chlorine, and particulates; water softener installation for homes with hard water or mineral buildup.
• Water heater repair and installation – Standard tank water heaters and tankless systems. We are a Bradford White authorized dealer, which means parts availability and manufacturer warranty support are direct, not routed through a third party.
• Drain cleaning and repair – Clearing slow or blocked drains throughout the home, including kitchen, bath, and laundry connections.
• Hydro jetting – High-pressure water jetting for drain lines with buildup that standard snaking doesn't clear: grease accumulation, mineral scale, dense debris at bends.
• Camera inspection – Video inspection of drain and sewer lines to locate blockages, root intrusion, pipe damage, or misaligned joints without excavation.
• Sewer line repair and replacement – Repair and full-line replacement for sewer mains that have cracked, offset, or been compromised by root intrusion or soil movement.
• Septic tank pumping – For homes on private septic systems. We pump and inspect the tank to prevent overflow and system failure before it reaches the house.
• Gas line repair and installation – Repair and installation of residential gas lines for appliances, fireplaces, and whole-home systems. Gas work is handled by licensed plumbers.
• Emergency plumbing – Active leaks, drain failures, water heater emergencies, and gas line concerns that can't wait for a scheduled appointment. Available outside regular business hours.

Whatever the call turns out to be, the same process applies: assess, report, quote, then your approval.

What Shows Up on a Plumbing Inspection in Putnam County Homes

Go into the crawl space of a home built before 1970, and you find the original pipe materials: galvanized steel, cast iron drain lines, original shutoff valves that haven't turned in forty years. None of those things announce a problem until they fail. Galvanized pipe corrodes internally and restricts flow for years before pressure drops enough to notice. Cast iron drain lines crack at joints from ground movement. Original shutoffs seize, and when a pipe bursts at 11 p.m. on a Sunday, that seized shutoff is the first thing you need.

A camera inspection goes into the line and shows what's there: root intrusion at a gap in the sewer lateral, an offset joint from soil shift, a buildup of scale at a low spot in the drain run. Leak detection uses acoustic equipment and thermal imaging to locate water loss behind walls and under slabs, where a slow drip runs for months before showing up anywhere visible.

What we regularly find in homes with original plumbing:

• Root intrusion in the sewer lateral
• Galvanized supply lines with restricted flow
• Original shutoffs that won't close
• Undetected slab leaks

We walk you through what the camera shows before we quote any repair work.

When Water Goes Where It Shouldn't

If there's water where it shouldn't be, or a drain that stopped draining, or a gas line concern: that's today's problem, not next week's appointment.

Same-day service is available for urgent plumbing situations. When you call, a licensed plumber comes out, assesses the situation, tells you what's happening, and gives you the price before anything starts. That process doesn't change because it's urgent.

Gas line concerns get specific attention. If you smell gas, leave the property and contact your gas company before calling us. Gas line repairs and installations are performed by licensed plumbers. Not general technicians.