Established Plumbing & Insulation Contractor in Summit, NJ

Our Installation technicians Jose and Alfredo were sent to a customer's home in Summit, New Jersey to install a new gas Lennox Furnace. First the technicians removed the old broken system and returned it to our recycling area at the office. They disconnected the gas, electric, and pvc and replaced it with all new and reconnected. The techs tested the system after the install to make sure everything was working properly. The techs also showed the work to the customer and answered any questions they might have before leaving the job. 

We recently had a customer call in because they had a leaky pipe in their attic. When the technician arrived he found the main 2 inch exhaust pipe came undone.  The technician needed to cut out both sides of the section and install a new complete piece of pipe. The pipe was located in the attic through a crawl space which he needed to access. The tech got approval for the repair and replaced the bad section of which is currently operational. After inspection and once the equipment is turned back on he found the original company that installed the equipment. The unit is now back in service and the leaking has been corrected.

We received a call from a customer who needed to replace her water filters in her home in Summit, NJ. The technician arrived on site and the customer stated that she would like to replace her water filters and that it hasn’t been replaced in almost a year. He found that the customer had American Plumber  water filtration system underneath the sink. They needed to replace both filters and he then took down the model number which was a match the Delta Faucet in the kitchen. The water was not coming out with hot water and he advised the customer that the cartridge not working and he replaced it with a new one. 

Our technician was sent to a home for an HVAC diagnostic and upon examination found that the current 4 wire Honeywell zone valve is not functioning properly. The heat zone thermostat closes the heat circuits and then energizes the zone valve via a 120 to 24v 40VA transformer. However the end switch wires he found there is no contact made meaning the internal valve component are not working properly. The tech tested the secondary zone in this hydronic system on the steam boiler and that zone valve during a call for heat did close the end switch. He replaced the zone valve and re-wired the system, also bled out the zone, additionally he inspected the kicktoe heater for operation, one of the two is not circulating on the fan side, Then and after removing a bit more air from the system managed to close the internal thermostat on that kicktoe heater. The valves to remove air on kick toe heaters are not good and should be changed out. 

Our installation technicians installed and supplied a Weil-McLain steam boiler with a hot water coil. The techs removed old controls for the circulator pump and installed a taco zone control . additionally they ran a new conduit to the ceiling and replaced the junction box with feeders. The techs assembled new boiler in the basement and began the piping.

They reused all existing piping in the layout. The only thing that was changed was the piping for the hot water loop. Lastly they tied in the return and water supply, followed up by testing the system. Before leaving the job they gave instructions to the homeowner on how the system works and proper maintenance. 

This customer stated they had water on the floor last year as the air conditioning had a leak. Upon inspection the technician found the entire basement floor wet and full of water. He inspected and checked the water heater, only a year old and it had no signs of leakage. The tech also inspected the HVAC equipment and found the drain was not clogged and the pump working correctly. The refrigerant charge was fine as well. After further inspection, the customer mentioned the dryer hasn’t worked and has been running for an hour and a half. After inspecting our tech found the dryer vent full of water backing up into dryer. He then found the outdoor perimeter drain outside the dryer vent on the outside of the home showing signs of back up due to heavy rain. The exterior rain had backed up and over flowed into their home through dryer vent. Our technician was able to problem solve beyond just plumbing issues to bring a logical solution for this customers problem.

Upon arrival our technician met with the homeowner in Summit, NJ. He diagnosed the first floor system and found issues with the electrical. The customer requested to perform the same repair for second-floor condenser to ensure there were no additional issues in the future. He installed a new voltage absorb-er to attempt to start the compressor. One system is up and running and we made sure there were no other issues. We installed a new surge protection and chemically cleaned the condenser. 

Our customer stated he has no AC on second floor. Upon diagnosis the technician found the wet switch triggered causing outdoor unit to be interrupted by a switch. The tech cleared up water on pan and tested drain line by pouring bleach down the drain, and continued with water, no clog was found. The outdoor refrigeration levels were good, and most likely during the testing of the drain process the initial bleach down the line must have cleared any small debris allowing water to drain properly. He also found upon further diagnostics that vent cap was removed causing water to retain on indoor coil.

Upon arrival our technician met with homeowner and inspected the evaporator coil, which was frozen. When he returned to diagnose the system and he found multiple issues. The tech provided options to owners and they will be installing a new system.

Upon arrival our tech met with the homeowner. He ran the system and checked possible issues and found nothing to do with system. The noises coming from airflow through ducts and cannot be adjusted by turning blower speed down. Customer is happy with findings and understands it is not the system causing the issue. 

The technician arrived onsite for a clogged shower drain in bathroom on 2nd floor. He turned the shower on to test how bad it was and the drain filled right up. He snaked the drain with a handheld machine but was unable to get through trap, felt like cable was hitting something solid and kept getting caught. He vacuumed water out of drain and found trap was very old metallic piping and was closing up due to scale. Discussed findings with customer and advised having the ceiling downstairs in the dining room opened up and replacing the trap. We will then discuss options for replacement of the trap as well as options to replace the entire shower drain line and the trap.

A Pipe Works Services technician arrived onsite for a slow drain issue. After speaking with the customer, she informed him it was the 2nd floor tub again. He removed the stopper and snaked the line with handheld machine. He then removed hair and soap residue from the line. The tech advised the customer to get a hair catcher for the drain to prevent this from continually happening. 

Our technicians Shakil, Washington, Carvel, and George installed three indoor heads and one condenser. They installed the line-sets, electrical and drain lines. They also installed line-hide along side of house. They added three drain pan sensors and sealed all holes and connections. The tech ran a test and everything it’s working properly. WE finish up by giving the customer a walk through on everything.

Upon arrival our technician met with the homeowner to perform ac maintenance on 2 units. The 2nd floor unit is operating properly and he replaced the air filter as per owners request. He found issues with mold in air handler and provided options to address with the customer. The 1st floor unit now has a replaced filter. He found no issues with the indoor unit. The outdoor evaporator for both floors are impacted and provided options to address. At this time the owner went with the complete option. We will clean both condensers to ensure all debris is removed to allow system to operate properly and keep any additional strain off of the compressor. We will install new UV protection and second floor coil to avoid any further growth and keep all air in the home from bacteria or debris. 

Or technician performed a cooling psa, and flushed the condensate line with bleach and water. He also replaced the customer supplied filter. He also checked the condenser, as the system called for 12* of sub cooling, well within parameters. The compressor amps were good as well as capacitor and he left estimate for condenser coil cleaning.

Our technician arrived on site for water leaking into the basement from the foundation wall. He checked both sump pumps and found them both working. He noticed the wall that was wet was right next to where the sump pump discharge goes out.  He went outside and found where discharge comes out. Noticed everything with that was intact and the underground system was draining properly. He notice, there is a slight gap between the front porch and the foundation wall. The technician informed the customer that the leak could be due to the amount of saturation in the ground. 

Upon arrival met with homeowner. Diagnosed second floor system and found issues with refrigerant. Provided options to owner that included re-charging system with dye, installing new locking caps for condenser, and chemically cleaning both condensers for first and second floor. Customers are new to the home and wish to perform all suggested work. While working on 2nd floor unit discussed locking caps for first floor and owner wishes to install. Re-charged second floor system and added UV dye. Installed new locking caps for first and second floor unit and chemically cleaned both condensers and tested all OK

Our technician installed a Water Right water softener. near an existing outlet available for softener.
We also installed the customer's supplied leak defender system. He pressurized the system, purged and tested for leaks. The technician left the system operating normally. The discharge for water softener discharged in sump pump. Phil, our electrician installed a new dedicated 20amp circuit for leak defender system.

This customer stated that his main sewer line was clogged and water and sewage is on the basement floor. When we arrived we found that the laundry sink was filled with water so we explained to customer that we would snake the line and if snaking did not work we would possibly have to high-pressure water jet to clear the line. The customer did advise us that this is been a recurring back up and had the line jetted and snaked before so we then snaked the line from the clean out in the basement and went approximately 75 feet and were able to clear the blockage. We then camera the line out to the city Main approximately 100 feet and found cast-iron piping and heavy amounts of scale and debris in the pipe. 

Our technician stated the customer has a leak by spigot area. Upon diagnosis, he found that frost free hosebib had cracked causing interior leakage, and there’s an isolation pex valve currently in place to shut the water to the outdoor valve. He replaced the current frost free spigot with new, silicone base, and adapter inside of home. Tested for leaks and proper function.

Our technician arrived onsite for a clogged underground leader pipe. He snaked line with small drum machine approximately 28’ before the cable would go no further. The he pulled it back and found cable and head packed with mud on it. The technician explained to customer that the line underground could either be collapsed or broken and would need to be camera inspected to know for sure. We will be returning to perform camera inspection. 

Our technician removed 3 old gas valves in basement. The one in the ceiling of the boiler room was not replaced as it is not needed. The one for the water heater was replaced and the gas piping to water heater is to be redone. We will also replace the gas valve in the front room by the meter that goes to the CSST. All work will be tested for leaks upon completion. 

Our technician performed cooling psa and informed the customer that the systems are past their life expectancy. A replacement should be considered. He also informed the homeowner that come next year, the R-22 refrigerant will be completely phased out and any issues with the refrigerant side of the system will result in a replacement of the entire system. Replaced customer supplied filters and left systems operational.

Our technicians Shakil, Odin, and Phil installed a furnace, condenser, coil and lineset. They added new supply ductwork and reconnected to existing return. They also ran new flue piping outside and new installed condensate pump with new discharge tubing. Additionally a new Ez-trap to A/C drains and ran drain for furnace. They sealed all holes and connections and ran a combustion test. Tested both heat and A/c it’s working properly. 

Our technician installed new piping that is required by manufacture in new hydronic side of tank and domestic side of tank. The previous Ion-9 was removed by company that performed radiant work and we re piped domestic lines accordingly and tested for leaks. He wired in aquastat and tested system for proper water heating sequence. Then he installed dialectic Unions on Hydronic side of system and tested for function. The indirect heat is up and running properly.  

The customer stated shower was not getting hot. The thermostatic valve was not turning to the hot position all the way. The thermostatic valve did not click over to hot setting. It has been working and it is currently working. Fixture was not used for a very long time and on initial use this was a problem. The technician made some adjustments and the hot water is now working. 

Our technicians arrived onsite to replace boiler. They drained down and removed existing boiler. Then they installed a new Crown hot water boiler in its place. They also installed new air elimination device, prv, backflow and expansion tank. The technicians also made all necessary connections to the boiler piping. They filled boiler with water and bled air to test for leaks, tested ok. Then they fired up all 3 zones, performed combustion analysis and made sure all loops were going out and coming back hot. 

Our technicians, Pablo & Trip arrived to the job and prepared rear house walls and garage ceiling for trusoft. They began packing walls and ceiling in garage with cellulose and dense packed kids bedroom ceiling and finished the day by cleaning the work area. We leave your home cleaner than we found it!

Our technicians excavated approximately 7 feet deep and exposed the main sewer line. They cut approximately 3 feet to properly perform the cleaning. We performed a hydro jet both ways from the excavated hole. We stopped at the foundation of the home and went all the way out to the city main. Once the cleaning was performed we backfilled and tamped accordingly. A new 2 way cleanout was installed as well. Pipe Works Services Inc. then performed a Picote the line both ways as well. Picote Grinding Chains, Sanding are multi-use tools which are extremely effective at removing large build-ups of scale and more. 

Our sewer repair crew went out to a commercial clients place of business because the sewer line was backed up. Upon diagnosis of the sewer line the technician discovered that the sewer ejector grinder pump was broken. They removed the existing faulty sewer ejector grinder pumps and pressure washed the sewer pit of all solids. We supplied and installed two new Liberty sewer ejector grinder pumps and connected them to existing sewer system.

Customer in Summit, NJ had overflowing toilet and is having a party later. Is available sooner if possible.  2 flappers due the chain needing to be longer than it was originally.

Pipe Works Services, Inc. will install approximately 3” of high density closed cell foam insulation on the rim joist and sill plate of the rear wall in the basement above the laundry room and the bathroom. Please note that for an additional $720.00, we could insulate the rim joist of the entire basement perimeter.

Pipe Works Services Inc. will drill 2-9/16” holes on approximately 15’ of the rear exterior wall from the bilco door side, and dense pack TruSoft Cellulose Insulation in the cavity of the wall.

Pipe Works Services Inc. will plug the drilled holes and seal them air tight. Please note that we will not be responsible nor liable for painting or repainting or any related charges for restoration of that wall.

Pipe Works Services, Inc. will test the moisture content of the rim joist, sill plate and walls in the crawl space beneath the family room. Please note that a minimum of 19% is required for the foam to adhere to the surface.

Pipe Works Services Inc. will install approximately 3” of high density closed cell foam insulation on the rim joist and sill plate in the crawl space.

Pipe Works Services Inc. will install approximately 2” of high density closed cell foam insulation on the walls in the crawl space.

Pipe works Services Inc. will install a dimpled drainage matting on the floor of the crawl space to create an airspace and thermal break. TerraBlock Insulation is installed on top of the drainage matting. We will then install our CleanSpace Liner over the floor.

Pipe works Services Inc. requires all occupants, including pets, to be out of the home during the installation, and for a period of three to four hours after.

Insulate/Air Seal Crawl Space

-Install CleanSpace Crawl encapsulation with 2'' Silverglo bolted and air sealed on exterior side walls 

-1" TerraBlock foam matting insulation on floor sealed off with CleanSpace vapor barrier. 

-Reduce heat loss and infiltration of cold air by sealing and insulating the Rim Joist area with approximately 2" closed-cell polyurethane spray foam insulation. 

-Provide and install one Everlast Crawl Space door with weatherstripping around perimeter of door. 

-Create an interior access through the existing basement window above the couch in the basement. Remove old basement window and dispose.

-Frame out the opening with 2x6 and 2x4 lumber.

-Create the interior access panel with a 24 x 36 inch hinged register grill.

Repair 2 sections of damaged duct work in the attic, we will replace and dispose of the damaged sections. -We will air seal the exterior chase from the attic, where the lineset and condensate pipe run to prevent any additional infiltration into the home. Pipe Works Services recommends to update the attic insulation throughout the entire space to prevent future issues

Remove approximately 21 feet of Azek soffit board and trim at the back of the house below the master bathroom and apply approximately 2" Closed cell spray foam on the wall adjacent to where the water pipes run in the master bathroom. Install new Azek soffit board and trim bringing the area back to original condition.

Remove existing fiberglass insulation from under floor.
Reduce heat loss and infiltration of cold air by sealing and insulating the Rim Joist area with closed-cell polyurethane spray foam insulation.
Insulate and air seal under open-joist floor.
Install plywood over open joists and then dense pack with TruSoft insulation. 
Weather strip back door including new sweep. Add weatherstripping and weight to back of damper for kitchen exhaust.

Dense pack two 10x12 interior Sheetrock walls on third floor at back of office with TrueSoft cellulose insulation. multiple 2 1/4" holes will be drilled into Sheetrock wall then dense packed with cellulose. All holes will be plugged and taped with one coat of Spackle.

Install custom made 3'-0"x 5'-5" right hand pre-hung solid core flat panel door. Close in the opening 8" with sheet rock, Spackle, and trim outside of door with 2-1/2" colonial casing.
Order and install 20"x 5'-5" right hand pre-hung solid core flat panel door. Install 2-1/2" colonial casing. Brass lock sets for each door.
Install approximately 2" Closed Cell Spray Foam Insulation to walls adjacent to living space on third floor. Sheetrock will be cut for access to two inaccessible areas at front of house then patched in with Sheetrock and one coat of Spackle. Paint is not included
Air seal and insulate attic/cathedral ceiling assembly by installing a combination of measures which includes Dense packing ceiling slopes from open bays inside knee wall with True Soft cellulose insulation then closing up with 2" SilverGlo foam board and installing approximately 10" True Soft cellulose on attic flat.

Install 'SuperKneeWall' upgrade by bolting 1" Thermax fire rated insulated foam board to rafters then air sealing all seams with one part spray foam in both knee walls off master bedroom and attic above sun room. Entry to the knee wall is through a blank vent cover. All open access ponts will be closed off with 1/2" sheetrock tape and one coat of spackle. Paint is not included.

Install 'SuperKneeWall' by cutting access in sheetrock wall in guest room closet at front of house over entry way then bolting 1" Thermax fire rated foam board insulation to rafters and air sealing all seams. Access will be closed up with 1/2" sheetrock taped and one coat of spackle. Paint is not included.

Remove and dispose of existing fiberglass insulation in attic.
Air Seal and Insulate 'traditional' attic by closing all accessible penetrations and top plates using expanding polyurethane foam and then blowing in approximately 14" R49 TruSoft cellulose including plywood retention dams around attic hatch.

Install 'SuperKneeWall' upgrade by bolting 1" Thermax fire rated insulated foam board to rafters then air sealing all seams with one part spray foam in both knee walls off master bedroom and attic above sun room. Entry to the knee wall is through a blank vent cover. All open access ponts will be closed off with 1/2" sheetrock tape and one coat of spackle. Paint is not included.

Install 'SuperKneeWall' by cutting access in sheetrock wall in guest room closet at front of house over entry way then bolting 1" Thermax fire rated foam board insulation to rafters and air sealing all seams. Access will be closed up with 1/2" sheetrock taped and one coat of spackle. Paint is not included.

Remove and dispose of existing fiberglass insulation in attic.
Air Seal and Insulate 'traditional' attic by closing all accessible penetrations and top plates using expanding polyurethane foam and then blowing in approximately 14" R49 TruSoft cellulose including plywood retention dams around attic hatch.

HVAC Installation in SUmmit, New Jersey
Pipe Works Services Inc. will remove and recycle your old equipment, and install the following:

2.5 Ton First Co. 30WCXA12-AB 2.5T R410A Condensing Unit
Armstrong EC1P30AG Cased Coil
A4TXV01-1 R410A Expansion Value

Install new lineset
New Electrical Whip and Disconnect

HVAC Installation in SUmmit, New Jersey
Pipe Works Services Inc., will remove and recycle your old equipment, and install the following:

3 Ton 13ACX Lennox Condensing Unit
CBX32M Lennox Air Handler
Aprilaire 8463 Thermostat
*New Electrical Whip and Disconnect
*New condensate pump and condenser pad
This quote does not include replacing line set, additional charges will apply if replacement of line set is needed

HVAC Installation in SUmmit, New Jersey
Pipe Works Services Inc. will remove and recycle your old equipment, and install the following:

4 Ton 4SCU14LE1 Armstrong Condensing Unit
Armstrong Evaporator Coil
Flush or install new lineset
*New Electrical Whip and Disconnect
*New condensate pump and condenser pad

PIpe Works Home Services installed the following items in a Summit, New Jersey home.

3 Ton 4SCU13LE1 Armstrong Condensing Unit
Armstrong Evaporator Coil
Flush or install new lineset
*New Electrical Whip and Disconnect
*New condensate pump and condenser pad

Pipe Works installed the following in a SUmmit, New Jersey home.

3 Ton 4SCU13LE1 Armstrong Condensing Unit
Armstrong Evaporator Coil
Flush or install new lineset
*New Electrical Whip and Disconnect
*New condensate pump and condenser pad

A frequent customer of Pipe Works Services located in Summit, NJ called in to express concern with a leak dripping down into the basement. Pipe Works dispatched Pablo and upon further diagnosis found that first floor powered room toilet has a bad wax seal between flange and toilet. Pablo checked the surroundings areas for other possible sources of water and none were found.  Pablo determined that the toilet must be reset. Customer opted to add new wax seal to toilet so it would properly seal the toilet to the flange and the base of the toilet.. Once the toilet was pulled there was residual water on the base and the supply line was dry. Pablo also caulked toilet and trim so that the toilet had an extra seal.