First in the Capital Region to offer the ability for our customer to order their plumbing services online!!   

It’s EASY!!

Head to our website  Look for the blinking red button on the top of the page.

Click and review the various categories. Looking for a Toilet service ? Look for Toilets. Going to provide your own ? Need a faucet ? Or maybe you are looking for drain cleaning service.

Click on what service you require then hit the +/-sign. Then add it to your cart. You are NOT paying for a service until it is rendered. Now head to the next screen and look for an appointment time. Click on it. Now move to the next screen and put in your contact information. We need a cell phone number and an email. We may have to call you to verify your address.

We will send you a confirmation email with our Plumber’s photo on it.

We look forward to serving you. Call our office at 518-462-6577 for more information or help.

E.W. Tompkins has been offering New York State Certified Back Flow Preventer Inspections in the Capital Region for many years. We are experts on testing and maintaining backflow prevention systems. New York State Department of Health mandates that your system be tested at least once a year to minimize the liability of your bilding contaminating the public water supply. Systems are inspected to find failures that might allow contaminated water to be drawn into potable water supplies.  This can happen when we have freezing pipes in the Capital Region or when there is particularly high demand for water or maybe when water pressure fails.  Sometimes a water main breaks and causes issues.  Our New York State Certified Backflow Inspector has the training and can help you meet that state requirement. E.W. Tompkins can also repair your device.  Please contact us at 518-462-6577 to schedule your appointment.

Contact E.W. Tompkins at 518-452-6577

   

Four Items That Typically Cause Drain Clogs.

If you can resist putting these four down your drains you may go a long time before you have to call E.W. Tompkins Plumbing  or another Capital Region plumber for drain service.  Drain service is expensive.  We pay our technicians and many times we are paying them overtime for evening and weekend calls.  The second reason why the service is expensive is because our machines are very expensive and need maintenance and replacement often. Never ever put the following down any house or apartment drain:

paper towels

grease

disposable baby wipes

tampons 

Lines in the home are typically about 2 inches in diameter.  There are angles to the run down to the septic tank or the sewer.  When you throw one of these items down, you start the ball rolling.  We routinely are out to homes where the first “item” was followed by 30 more making such a big mess.  To access drains, we have to get beneath sinks or pull a toilet of find the location of the larger pipe that exits the home.   Our plumbers may start off asking the client which drains in the house are affected.  If the upstairs and the downstairs are both having issues, then it could be a clog in the line going out.  If just a kitchen sink is affected, the clog might be located in the first feet beneath. We use tools called hand augers, mini rooters and very large rooter machines.  They are heavy to lug into the home.  We actually have winches to lift them back into our vans.   You may not know what the previous owner dropped into the drain — but you can maintain good drain health in the Capital Region of New York by making sure that all your family members use trash cans for the items listed above. Contact E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling for Albany Drain Cleaning.  Commercial and Residential Plumbing, Tankless Water Heaters, Water heater repair and installation, water line replacement and more. 518-462-6577