Plumber InMooresville

Mill houses downtown, new subdivisions almost everywhere else

Between 1902 and 1930 the Mooresville Cotton Mills built more than 400 houses for its workers. The earliest were three-room, T-shaped houses, with four- and five-room plans added in 1916 and 1917. That mill village is now a National Register historic district, as is the downtown commercial core. Houses there got their plumbing in the cast iron and galvanized steel era, so a slow drain can be a pipe problem and not just a clog.

They are the exception. The town grew from 9,317 people in 1990 to 50,193 in 2020, and Census estimates say about two thirds of its housing has been built since 2000. Curtis Pond, Cherry Grove and Morrison Plantation all date from that boom. In between sit early-1990s neighborhoods such as Alexander Island, old enough to have polybutylene supply lines. A plumbing inspection sorts out which you have.

How the Town's backflow program works

The Town requires a backflow assembly on most commercial water services, on residential in-ground irrigation, and on pools with an auto-fill line. Assemblies are tested and certified every year, with notices and tracking handled by BSI Online. Home irrigation can move to a three-year cycle under a recent change in state law, but the switch is not automatic. You have to apply, and the assembly cannot have operational issues, a booster pump or chemical injection.

The Town's tester list carries one more rule: only a licensed plumber or utility contractor may install or replace a backflow preventer. Alpha Drain is licensed and insured, so backflow repair and replacement are our kind of work, and our backflow testing is $199 per assembly. Because results are accepted only from testers registered with the Town's program, confirm registration with any tester before you book, us included.

Lake Norman peninsulas: irrigation, pools, wells and septic

Lake Norman lies three to eight miles west of the town center, and the peninsulas along Brawley School Road include The Point, which was planned in the 1990s. Lake lots tend to come with in-ground irrigation and pools, and both fall under the Town's backflow rules when the property is on Town water and the pool has an auto-fill line.

Utilities on the lake side vary street by street. Listings along Brawley School Road show some homes on Town water and sewer, some on a community well and some on septic tanks. In North Carolina, well and septic permits are handled by the county health department. If you are buying, find out which you have. Leak detection can trace an unexplained water loss on a long service line, and water filtration is worth a look on a private well, since no utility tests that water for you.

Restaurants, race shops and the Town's grease policy

The town is branded Race City USA and is home to more than 60 race teams and racing businesses. The Town's fats, oils and grease policy names race shops and auto repair shops alongside restaurants. Shops with oil storage near sewer-connected drains need approved spill protection. Food service needs an outdoor interceptor of at least 1,000 gallons, pumped at least quarterly. In-floor units are monthly and under-sink traps weekly, with pumping records kept three years.

One line in that policy matters for drain maintenance: solvents and surfactants used to clean drain lines are prohibited unless the Town approves them in writing. Hydro jetting uses only water under pressure to strip grease from the pipe wall, which makes it a practical way to keep a kitchen line open between pump-outs. For a backup during service hours or after, our emergency plumber line is answered at any hour.

Mooresville neighborhoods we serve

Mooresville Mill Village, Downtown Mooresville, The Point, Morrison Plantation, Curtis Pond, Cherry Grove, Winslow Bay, The Farms, Byers Creek, Atwater Landing, Bells Crossing, Alexander Island, Waterlynn, and the streets in between.

Mooresville ZIP codes we serve: 28115, 28117.