Sewer & Water Line Repair in Frankford, NJ
Frankford sits about 9 miles west of our Hamburg yard, roughly 15 minutes out, so we can get a crew and the right machine there without a long wait. For an active leak or a backed up sewer in Frankford, that matters. We dig out the line, make or coordinate the repair, backfill properly, and put the yard back.
In a township like Frankford a lot of homes run on wells and septic, so the buried lines are water service from the well, the line out to the septic tank, and everything in between. Rocky ground and long runs are normal here, and so are we.
Work that touches the public side goes through the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority, for sewer, and we deal with them directly so you are not chasing it.
Something people get wrong about Frankford: the plant that treats Branchville's sewage is not in Branchville. The county authority runs it on Route 206 in Frankford under its own NJDEP discharge permit. Frankford sat in the county authority's wastewater district as of the county's 2017 plan, and outside the sewered pockets along 206 this is septic country, where the drainage and the disposal field decide the job.
How an emergency dig actually goes
Our method is the same wherever we work, and we set it out in full on the sewer & water lines page: what the base and drainage have to be, how we handle the dig, and how we leave the property. This page is about Frankford specifically.
If it is the water side you are here about, everything on it is in one place: what a failing service looks like, what replacement costs per foot, and who owns the pipe running in from the street. Water service replacement in NJ
Some of what we have been building
Recent excavation and site work from around Sussex County and northern New Jersey.
Sewer & Water Lines questions we hear in Frankford
Who do I call about a sewer or water connection in Frankford?
The public side goes through the Sussex County Municipal Utilities Authority, for sewer. We deal with them directly on permits, the tap and the inspection, so you are not the one chasing it. Anything from the connection into the house is yours, and that is the part we dig.
How fast can you get to a sewer or water emergency in Frankford?
We are roughly 15 minutes out, in Hamburg, and emergencies jump the line. Call 862-268-2510 any hour and we will tell you exactly when a crew can be there, no answering service in the way.
Do I need a plumber or an excavator for a broken line in Frankford?
For the buried part of the line, the dig is most of the job and most of the cost. We do the excavation, the pipe work outside the house, the backfill, and the restoration. When a licensed plumber is needed for the connection, we coordinate it. One call instead of two bills.
What is Orangeburg pipe and does my Frankford house have it?
Orangeburg is a tar and wood fiber sewer pipe used widely from about 1945 to 1972. It deforms, blisters, and eventually collapses. If your home is from that era and the sewer has never been replaced, a camera inspection is worth it before the line fails on its own schedule instead of yours.
Sewer & Water Lines in towns near Frankford
Sewer & Water Lines in Frankford?
Free on-site estimates, about 15 minutes from our Hamburg yard. Call 862-268-2510.
Call 862-268-2510