Plumbing Services in Boise, Idaho

Plumbing Repair for Boise Homes, Old and New

Take a two-story house in the North End, built during the neighborhood building boom that ran from 1891 to 1915. The plumbing has been patched by several owners over the decades and nobody is sure how much of the original run is still in the walls. This fall the Veolia water bill came in higher than the month before with nobody new in the house. There is no puddle anywhere, but the upstairs toilet refills on its own in the middle of the night, and the crawlspace smells damper than it did in August.

Drinking water in Boise comes from Veolia Water Idaho, an investor-owned utility regulated by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission with about 95,000 residential customers across Boise, Eagle and Meridian. Not every address is on Veolia, though: the city asks homes on private wells to file a form so their sewer charge is figured correctly.

Sewer is a separate bill from a separate agency. City of Boise Public Works Water Renewal Services treats about 10 billion gallons a year through more than 1,000 miles of pipe, and it sets the residential sewer charge by the number of people living in the home. A plumber in Boise who understands the two bills can tell you quickly whether a higher statement is a leak, a running fixture, or simply a rate change.

Permits for plumbing work inside city limits come from the City of Boise Building Division, which inspects water service, sewer service, rough-in and final stages. Homeowners can do work on their own primary residence; anyone they hire must hold an Idaho plumbing license.

Elevated is a locally owned plumbing company serving Boise. We find the leak before we open a wall, give you a written estimate before any work begins, and fix what can be fixed rather than talking you into a whole-house repipe you may not need. If you already have a repipe quote, the second opinion is free. We take emergency plumbing calls every day of the week between 7am and 5pm.