Invest in an affordable sewer camera inspection with E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling 

  Before  you are poised to sign papers on a real estate transaction in Albany, Troy or Schenectady, ask yourself if you should ask the seller for a sewer line inspection.  Call E.W. Tompkins at 518-462-6577   Purchasing a home is stressful and expensive.  Talk to your home inspector about contacting a experienced plumbing company to secure a sewer camera inspection of your septic line or sewer line. Many homes in the Capital Region have very old pipes located between the house and the septic field or road sewer.  Many times its old clay pipe.  Pipes can be broken, crushed or full of roots and other debris.  We have seen plastic bags in them! A sewer camera is a long, strong cable with a aluminum or stainless steel head on it.  The thin head has numerous LED lights on it and a camera lens.  The camera head is connected to a video screen and the technician advances a long 100-150′ cable from a house clean out through the line.  Utilizing different controls on the box, the technician can determine if a line is clean or if there is a broken pipe.  A recording of the inspection can be made and given to the customer on a DVD or thumbdrive.  Some insurance companies request this. Our sewer cameras at E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling  sport a 512 hz Sonde transmitter in the head.  This allows for a Sonde Locator to pick up the signal.  Most can transmit from 10-15 feet below the ground.  The technician can locate the area of pipe with the problem pretty quickly.  Digging to make repairs can start after the camera is removed upon location.  

Sewer camera   Inspections save a lot of time, pinpoint the issue and save money for the customer.

At E.W. Tompkins Plumbing, we aim to assist you in diagnoising your plumbing problem.  

Call us at 518-462-6577 to schedule your appointment.

Faucet Installations in Albany, Schenectady and Troy

 

Kohler, Delta, American Standard are some of the brands that we regular install and repair in the Capital Region in towns like Loudonville, Glenmont, Delmar, Cohoes, Colonie, Clifton Park, East Greenbush and more.

The typical installation takes about one to one and a half hours.  We can purchase the faucet for you.  There are many styles out there with different finishes.  Google the term faucet and then determine if you want something for the kitchen or for the bath.  Do you want a handle for both hot and cold water ?  Do you want a spray attachment ?  Do you want a chrome look for a brushed nickle ?

 

Call on E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling when you are ready to install.  You may want to do a garbage disposal installation at the same time.  518-462-6577

How to determine the type of Hot Water Heater You Own

 

Contact E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling for quick installations of quality made hot water heaters.  It takes about 2 hours for the entire installation.  We need to know if you have an electric, natural gas or a propane unit.

On natural gas and propane units we need to determine what type of venting you have on your unit.  Is it a silver chimney that vents out to your furnace ?  This is a “standard vent”. Do you have a black blower on top with some PVC tubing on top.  This is what is called a “Power Vent”.

Now look for the label on the current tank and see how many gallons it is.  Most units are 40 or 50 gallons.

We like to know if the unit is tight in a closet or in a finished cellar or if it is beneath a stair case.  Did you know that water heaters are now taller and wider ?  Take a photo and email it to our office.

Did you know that you can order your water heater online at E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating and Cooling

E.W. Tompkins performs hot water heater installations in the counties around Albany. Call us for an installation in Averill Park, Ballston Lake, Ballston Spa, Colonie, Cohoes, Delmar, Glenville, Glenmont, Feura Bush, Guilderland, Kinderhook, Halfmoon, Loudonville, Latham, Menands, Niskayuna, Poestenkill, Rexford, Rensslear, Slingerlands, Scotia, Schenectady, Saratoga Springs, Troy, Voorheesville, Waterford, Watervliet and more!

Call us at 518-462-6577

 

WATER HEATER INSTALLATIONS IN ALBANY, TROY, SCHENECTADY IN THE CAPITAL REGION

It’s early morning and you have no hot water in the shower.  Or maybe you went to the basement and saw water pooling on the floor.  Do not fret.  Call E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling in Albany for water heater installations in Loudonville, Rexford, Ballston Lake, East Greenbush, Slingerlands, Delmar and more!

 

It takes about 2 hours to dismantle, remove, install and dispose of a water heater.  Call us after 7 a.m. and describe your current brand, how many gallons and importantly if you have an electric, natural gas or propane unit.  We also will ask if the current unit is positioned in a closet, beneath a staircase or in a finished basement.  Why ?  Because the units have gotten taller and wider by about 2 inches!  We want to know it will fit.  You can take a smart phone image and email it to our office and we will review it.      

We take credit cards too.  Did you know that you can go to our website and order a water heater on line and book it yourself ?  We aim to please and save you time!..

 

Call E.W. Tompkins for water heater instalations, toilet installations, sump pump installations, faucet repairs, burst pipe repairs, drain cleaning and video camera inspections and more. 

 518-462-6577

At E.W. Tompkins Plumbing Heating Cooling we are always striving to improve ourselves whether it be about new graphics, new technologies, training sessions and more.  We aim to improve our customer service and service out in the field.  We offer the customer the ability to book plumbing services online.  Our customers can now chose from a menu of services and have the ability to book a time slot themselves.