Plumber in Bath Beach, Brooklyn

Bath Beach sits in the southwest corner of Brooklyn along Gravesend Bay, with Bath Avenue, Benson Avenue and Cropsey Avenue running through it and the D train rolling above 86th Street. The housing is a mix of attached and semi-attached two-family homes, brick six-family buildings, and newer multi-unit buildings that replaced older frame houses on many blocks. A lot of those newer buildings tie into the same old street sewers as the houses next door, which matters when the main backs up.

South of Cropsey Avenue the ground is low and close to the bay, and many basements here took water during Hurricane Sandy. Homeowners on those blocks tend to care more than most about sump pumps, check valves and keeping the house trap clear. Our shop is on 8th Avenue in Dyker Heights, so Bath Beach is part of our home ground in southwest Brooklyn. We handle the routine work, like a running toilet or a tired water heater, and the bigger jobs, like a cracked sewer lateral under the front yard.

Services we offer in Bath Beach

• Emergency plumbing, dispatched 24/7 for burst pipes and basement water
• Sump pumps and sewage ejector pumps for low basements near the bay
• Sewer camera inspections from the house trap to the street
• Sewer line repair and replacement, including clay and cast iron laterals
• Drain cleaning and hydro jetting, with a 45-day guarantee
• Tank and tankless water heaters (A.O. Smith)
• Boiler repair and annual inspections for two-family homes and six-family buildings
• Local Law 152 gas piping inspections for multifamily buildings

Common plumbing issues in Bath Beach

Basement water near Gravesend Bay

Blocks south of Cropsey Avenue sit low, and during heavy rain the street sewer can push water back up into basement floor drains. A working sump pump, a check valve on the discharge and a clear house trap make the difference between a damp floor and a ruined finished basement. We test pumps, replace failed floats and switches, and can add a backwater valve on the house sewer where the layout allows it.

Old laterals under newer buildings

When an older house is replaced with a multi-unit building, the new plumbing sometimes connects to a sewer lateral that is decades old. Clay or cast iron pipe under the sidewalk can crack, shift or fill with roots. If drains slow down in several apartments at once, a camera inspection tells us whether we are dealing with a simple clog, a sag in the line, or a break that needs repair.

Boilers and gas in brick six-families

Many of the brick apartment buildings in Bath Beach heat with a steam or hot water boiler in the basement. Low water cutoffs fail, returns leak and sediment builds up over the years. We repair, inspect and replace boilers, and we handle the Local Law 152 gas piping inspections these buildings need on their four-year cycle.

Why Bath Beach residents choose Nationwide Plumbers

• NYC Licensed Master Plumber, License #2023, fully licensed and insured
• Our shop is in neighboring Dyker Heights, and we dispatch 24/7
• Our own van-mounted jetter for sewer and drain lines
• Technicians who speak English, Spanish and French

Service area in and around Bath Beach

We service all of Bath Beach, Brooklyn (ZIP 11214), for emergencies 24/7 and for scheduled work.

Nearby neighborhoods we also serve: Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Gravesend and Coney Island. For our full coverage, see our Brooklyn service area page.