Guaranteed Plumbing & Heating

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Our shop sits at 900 Cottman Avenue, right on Tacony’s own boundary line, close enough that a crew can be on your block in minutes, not hours.

Need a plumber in Tacony right now? Call 215-342-7200 and a real person answers, not a menu. Estimates are free, pricing gets locked in before anyone picks up a tool, and the truck that shows up is coming from a shop that’s practically a neighbor.

Most Tacony calls land a same-day appointment for routine work, and for the real emergencies, a pipe that’s let go, water coming up through a floor drain, a boiler that quit in the middle of the night, we run dispatch around the clock.

An old rowhome sewer lateral acting up, a water heater on its way out, a boiler that won’t hold pressure, a drain that clogs every few weeks no matter what you pour down it, or a gas line that needs a second look. It’s the same number and the same crew for all of it.

Business name

Guaranteed Plumbing & Heating

Phone

215-342-7200

Address

900 Cottman Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111

Service is dispatched from our Northeast Philadelphia shop on Cottman Avenue, along Tacony’s northern edge.

Hours

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

After-hours: Live answering service around the clock, with dispatch timing depending on where the nearest crew happens to be.

Tacony areas we cover

Tacony sits directly along our own stretch of Cottman Avenue, and we cover the full neighborhood from Frankford Avenue down to the Delaware River. That includes the surrounding Northeast Philadelphia communities of Wissinoming, Mayfair, Holmesburg, and Port Richmond.

Typical response time

Tacony borders our shop’s own street, so this is one of the shortest runs we make all day. During business hours, most Tacony addresses see a truck quickly. After hours, response depends on where the closest crew is working.

About Tacony and how we serve it

Tacony is about as close to home base as it gets for us. Our shop sits right along Cottman Avenue, which forms the neighborhood’s own northern edge, so this is a part of Northeast Philadelphia our trucks pass through constantly, not a destination we have to plan a trip around.

The neighborhood has real industrial roots. Tacony grew up around Henry Disston’s saw works in the 1870s, and the housing here still reflects that planned, working-class development: tight brick rowhomes built for factory families, a handful of larger Victorian homes from the neighborhood’s early years, and post-war rowhomes filling in the blocks closer to the Boulevard. The Delaware River runs along the neighborhood’s southeastern edge, and low-lying blocks near the water carry their own set of plumbing quirks.

What makes Tacony’s plumbing work different from other parts of the Northeast:

  • Rowhomes built shoulder to shoulder

    Most of Tacony’s housing sits in continuous rows dating from the late 1800s through the early 1900s, with original cast iron and clay drain lines still running under many of these blocks.

  • Riverside grade and drainage

    Blocks closer to the Delaware sit at a lower elevation, and homes there deal with more groundwater pressure on foundations and a higher chance of sewer backup during heavy storms.

  • Aging gas and water infrastructure

    A neighborhood built out this early often means original service lines that have never been touched, and pressure or corrosion issues that only show up once a fixture finally gives out.

  • Narrow lots, shared walls

    Row construction limits access for larger equipment, so a lot of Tacony jobs call for compact machinery and a crew that already knows how to work a tight rowhome basement.

We run techs through Tacony on a near-daily basis. Trucks carry what these blocks call for: camera equipment sized for narrow crawl access, parts that fit older gas and water systems, and the excavation gear needed when a line under the sidewalk or street finally needs to come out.

Plumbing problems common in Tacony homes

The age and density of Tacony’s rowhome blocks bring a specific set of recurring plumbing calls.

Local permits and utilities for Tacony

Tacony sits entirely within the City of Philadelphia, so permitting runs through one jurisdiction rather than the township-by-township patchwork we deal with in the Montgomery County suburbs.

Permits go through the City of Philadelphia. Plumbing work that requires a permit is filed with the Department of Licenses and Inspections, and we handle that filing along with scheduling the inspection.

Sewer and water line responsibility falls to the homeowner. The lateral running from your rowhome to the public sewer main, and the water service line coming in from the street, are the property owner’s to maintain. That’s a large share of what brings us out to Tacony in the first place.

Water service is public throughout the neighborhood. Tacony runs on the Philadelphia Water Department system, and the connection from the street to the house is the part that eventually needs attention as it ages.

Financing. For sewer line replacement, boiler installs, and water heater upgrades, we offer instant approval financing through GoodLeap.

Credentials and licensing

Tacony’s rowhome plumbing, especially sewer laterals, gas lines, and water service connections, is work that should only be handled by a properly licensed and insured plumber, and the city requires it. We hold a current City of Philadelphia Master Plumber license and pull the required permits for every job that calls for one.

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 since 1990.

Frequently asked questions about plumbing in Tacony

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Right on Cottman Avenue, serving Northeast Philadelphia since 1990.

We’re not routing your call through a call center somewhere else, and we’re not a satellite office covering this area from a distance. Our shop sits on Tacony’s own boundary, and we’ve been running trucks through these blocks for decades. Call 215-342-7200 to schedule a plumber in Tacony.

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