Guaranteed Plumbing & Heating

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Our shop sits at 900 Cottman Avenue, right along the same Cottman corridor that runs through Mayfair itself.

Looking for a plumber in Mayfair? Dial 215-342-7200 and a live person answers, no phone tree, no waiting to be routed somewhere else. We quote the job upfront, keep the pricing honest, and send a truck out of our shop just up the road.

Routine appointments in Mayfair typically land same-day, and anything urgent, a pipe that’s let go, a basement taking on water, heat that’s out overnight, brings a crew out no matter the hour.

Backed-up sewer lines, water heaters on their way out, sump pumps that stopped working, drains that won’t clear, gas lines that need eyes on them: it’s all one call away.

Business name

Guaranteed Plumbing & Heating

Phone

215-342-7200

Address

900 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111

We do not have a storefront in Mayfair, PA. Service is dispatched from our Northeast Philadelphia shop.

Hours

Office: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

After-hours: Calls outside that window go to a live answering service, with dispatch timing depending on crew location.

Mayfair areas we cover

Mayfair sits along Frankford Avenue and Cottman Avenue in Lower Northeast Philadelphia, bordered by Oxford Circle, Tacony, Holmesburg, and Wissinoming, and we cover all of it along with the neighborhoods bordering Pennypack Park.

Typical response time

Mayfair is essentially next door to our shop, usually a 5 to 10 minute drive. A truck is very often already in the area when a call comes in.

About Mayfair and how we serve it

Mayfair was farmland until development took off in the 1920s, and the neighborhood grew into one of Philadelphia’s clearest examples of planned, mid-century rowhome construction. Streets run in a regular grid, blocks are longer and wider than in the city’s older sections, and the housing has a consistency you don’t find in neighborhoods that filled in piecemeal over a century. Frankford Avenue and Castor Avenue anchor the commercial strip, and Pennypack Park runs along the northern edge of the neighborhood.

The defining feature of Mayfair’s housing is just how uniform it is. Brick rowhomes and twins dominate, many with a small front lawn and a garage or driveway accessed from a rear alley, a layout that was fairly novel for Philadelphia rowhome construction at the time. Because so much of the neighborhood went up within a relatively tight window, the plumbing infrastructure across Mayfair tends to age in step, block by block, rather than the scattered mix you’d see in an older or more architecturally varied part of the city.

What shapes the plumbing work in Mayfair:

  • A tightly clustered construction era

    Most of Mayfair’s rowhomes date to the same few decades of the mid-1900s, so original supply lines, drain systems, and sewer laterals across entire blocks are often hitting the end of their service life around the same time.

  • Attached construction with rear-alley access

    The rowhome and twin layout common in Mayfair means shared walls and, in many cases, rear-alley plumbing or utility access, which changes how a leak in one unit can affect its neighbor.

  • Basements built for storage and utilities

    Mayfair rowhomes typically have a basement housing the water heater and, where flooding is a risk, a sump pump. These basements tend to be compact, which means the trucks we send carry equipment sized for tighter workspaces.

  • Proximity to Pennypack Creek

    The northern edge of Mayfair borders Pennypack Park, and homes closer to that edge see more groundwater pressure on their sewer laterals and a higher reliance on a properly working sump pump during heavy rain.

Plumbing problems common in Mayfair homes

Mayfair is dense, uniform rowhome construction from a fairly tight mid-century window, and the plumbing issues we see reflect that pattern closely.

Local permits and utilities for Mayfair

Mayfair falls entirely within the City of Philadelphia, so the permitting and utility picture follows the city’s standard system.

Permits go through the City of Philadelphia. Plumbing permits for Mayfair addresses are issued by the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections, and we pull the correct permit and schedule the required inspection as part of the job.

The sewer lateral and water service line belong to the homeowner. From the house out to the public main on both the sewer and water side, that section of pipe is the property owner’s to maintain, and it’s a leading reason people in Mayfair call us.

Water and sewer service comes from the Philadelphia Water Department. Nearly every Mayfair address is served by PWD for both water and sewer, keeping the utility picture consistent block to block across the neighborhood.

Financing. Bigger jobs, sewer or water line replacements, pump installs, furnace and boiler swaps, water heater conversions, qualify for instant approval financing through GoodLeap.

Credentials and licensing

Plumbing work on sewer laterals, gas lines, water service connections, and heating systems in Mayfair requires a plumber who is properly licensed and insured to work in the City of Philadelphia. We hold a current City of Philadelphia Master Plumber license and pull the required permits for work throughout Mayfair and the rest of Northeast Philadelphia.

BBB Accredited

Listed as accredited on the Better Business Bureau.

Fully Insured

Liability and workers’ compensation coverage carried and on file.

Family-Owned Since 1990

In business at 900 Cottman Avenue, serving Mayfair as part of our regular Northeast Philadelphia route.

Frequently asked questions about plumbing in Mayfair

Schedule a plumber in Mayfair

Family-owned shop, experienced crews, serving Northeast Philadelphia since 1990.

Our shop sits right along the same Cottman Avenue corridor that runs through Mayfair, so this is genuinely one of the closest neighborhoods we serve. Call 215-342-7200 to get a plumber out to your Mayfair address. The crews know these blocks well, and the trip from our door to yours is a short one.

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