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What General Plumbing Repair Covers
Most people searching for a plumber in Gaithersburg aren't shopping around; something is leaking, dripping, or barely working and they want it handled today. Holdsy takes the repair work that doesn't fit neatly into a category: a shutoff valve that won't close, a supply line weeping behind a vanity, water pressure that dropped off without explanation, a fixture that's been loose for a year. Call [(301) 834-2944](tel:+13018342944) and describe it.
Repairs get diagnosed before anything gets replaced. That order matters more than it sounds: a [running toilet](/services/toilet-repair) is usually a flapper, low pressure is often one pressure-reducing valve rather than your whole supply, and a [dripping faucet](/services/faucet-repair) is a cartridge more often than a new fixture. Chase tells you which one you've got and what the part costs before he touches it.
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The Repairs Homeowners Call About Most
Valves are the quiet one. Every house has shutoffs under sinks, behind toilets, and at the water main, and they seize from sitting untouched for a decade. You only find out when you need one in a hurry, which is the worst possible moment to discover it won't turn. Replacing a stuck angle stop is a short job; discovering it mid-emergency is not.
Then there's pressure. If pressure dropped across the whole house at once, the pressure-reducing valve at your main is the first suspect, not your pipes. Homes on private wells up in Damascus and Clarksburg have a different culprit: a waterlogged pressure tank or a failing switch. Same symptom, completely different repair, which is why guessing is expensive.
Fixtures are the third bucket. Faucets, toilets, shutoffs, hose spigots, laundry valves. Those are parts-and-labor jobs where an honest answer saves you the most, and they're the ones we get asked to quote sight-unseen. We won't; describe it on the phone and you'll usually get a straight read before anyone drives out.
Repair or Replace? How We Decide
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Whether it's one fixture or all of them
What failure would cost you
Whether parts still exist
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What You Can Try Before Calling
A straight answer is worth more than a service ticket, so here's where you don't need us. A single slow bathroom sink or tub, nothing else affected, no standing water: try a plunger and a hand auger from the hardware store first. Most first-time hair clogs clear in ten minutes that way.
Skip the chemical drain cleaner though. It rarely touches a solid clog, it sits in the trap working on your pipes and seals, and it makes the line genuinely dangerous for whoever cables it next.
What isn't a wait-and-see situation: water you can hear but not find, a ceiling stain that's growing, sewage backing up into a floor drain, or no water at all. Those are same-day calls. Reach (301) 834-2944 and say what you're seeing; half the time you'll get an answer on the phone about whether it's urgent.
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Describe It and Get a Straight Answer
Tell us what's happening and we'll tell you whether it's urgent, what it likely is, and when we can get there. For work that can wait, use the [contact form](/contact-us) to request a free estimate. Reach [(301) 834-2944](tel:+13018342944) for anything active.
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Do you charge for an estimate? +
Estimates are free. For a repair you can describe over the phone, you'll often get a range before anyone drives out, because a flapper and a fill valve aren't the same job and you deserve to know which one you're looking at.
Are you licensed to work in Montgomery County? +
Yes. Plumbers in Maryland are licensed through the Maryland State Board of Plumbing, and Holdsy works throughout Montgomery County and the surrounding area from a base in Gaithersburg.
My water pressure dropped everywhere at once. What is that? +
When pressure falls off across the whole house rather than at one fixture, the pressure-reducing valve at your water main is the usual cause, and it's a replaceable part rather than a re-pipe. Homes on private wells should have the pressure tank and switch checked instead, since a waterlogged tank produces the same symptom.
Can you work on a house with polybutylene pipe? +
Yes. Polybutylene supply lines went into homes roughly between 1978 and 1995 and they fail at the fittings, so a repair is often a fitting rather than the run. If it's failing repeatedly, that's the conversation about repiping, and we'll say so plainly rather than patching indefinitely.
Do you handle gas lines? +
Gas work is part of what a licensed plumber does, and any gas connection gets the venting and joints checked as part of the job rather than skipped. Tell us what appliance you're connecting when you call.