Hurricane season and Deerfield Beach plumbing
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30. Deerfield Beach's boil-water page notes that precautionary notices may follow a hurricane or tropical storm and a loss of power or pressure.
After a storm, check for a sewer backup, a heater that will not relight and wet ceilings, since all three follow power and pressure loss. If a boil notice is posted, ask the city before using tap water, and call us for the pipes and fixtures.
Before the season starts, a sewer camera inspection shows whether the line can take a surge of water. We do not promise a storm will leave you dry, but a line you have seen is a line you can plan around.
Deerfield Beach corridors and landmarks we dispatch around
Dispatch runs around the clock for every Deerfield Beach address. These places come up on our routes, and each changes what we ask on the phone.
International Fishing Pier
The pier at 200 NE 21st Avenue is 976 feet long. For a home or condo near the coast, give dispatch the nearest cross street to the pier and tell us whether the main shutoff is indoors or in a meter box.
Hillsboro Boulevard corridor
Shops, offices and restaurants along Hillsboro call for commercial plumbing. See commercial plumbing and tell us how many meters the building has.
Powerline Road, Military Trail and Federal Highway
These major roads cross the city. A cross street from one of them is the fastest way to place your address.
Broward Health North
The hospital at 201 E Sample Road has 409 beds. Use it as a landmark when you give directions, since it is easy to spot from the road.
The Cove and Deerfield Mall
Both are retail areas. A clog in a restaurant line there is a drain cleaning call.
Intracoastal Waterway
Properties near the water need dry access to the shutoff. Describe it when you call.
Sewer, drain or heater trouble in Deerfield Beach?
Call now and a licensed plumber is dispatched to your address.
Sewer and drain trouble in an older housing stock
The city's own housing plan states that "much of Deerfield Beach housing problems are as a result of the age of the housing stock." The city counts about 42,671 housing units, so older homes are a real share of what we see.
In older pipe, a main line stoppage usually points to roots, a bellied section or years of grease. We clear the line, then run a camera so you see the cause. If the camera shows damage, sewer line repair comes next, with the footage and a clear price.
City crews handle the sewer system, so a whole-street backup is a city call. A single house backing up with the neighbors fine is our kind of job.
Which problem, which first call in Deerfield Beach
Matching the symptom to the right call saves time when something fails.
| Situation | Call first | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Water in the house after a storm and the meter runs | Us, any hour | A leak inside your plumbing, see leak detection |
| Boil-water notice or low pressure on the street | The city utility | The city owns and operates the water system |
| Sewage up in the lowest drain | Us, any hour | Usually a main line stoppage on your property |
| No hot water | Us, any hour | Heater repair or replacement |
| Plumbing inspection scheduling | Deerfield Beach Building Services, 954-250-4060 | Requests made by 3:00 PM are scheduled for the next business day |
Water heaters and the city water supply
The City of Deerfield Beach runs its own water supply from the Biscayne and Floridan aquifers, using 14 wells, and disinfects with chloramination. It uses quicklime softening to reduce hardness, and its report gives no hardness number we can quote.
Chloramine can age rubber seals and flappers faster than plain chlorine, which is a general trade point worth knowing when a toilet starts running. A water heater is where scale and sediment collect, and a water heater repair visit covers both.
The city also runs an annual free chlorination flush of its distribution system. If water looks or tastes different, ask the city whether a flush is underway before you call a plumber.
Which ZIP codes we cover and how we route to them
Our Deerfield Beach coverage includes ZIP 33442 for sewer and drain calls, 33441 for water heater calls and 33064 for commercial calls, and all three get the same 24/7 dispatch. ZIP 33073 is shared with Coconut Creek, so give us the city and street.
Deerfield Beach Building Services is at 150 NE 2nd Avenue, ZIP 33441, and Pioneer Park is at 222 NE 2nd Avenue. We also cover Margate and Coral Springs to the west.
Before we arrive at your Deerfield Beach address
A licensed plumber is on the way. The drive from Coconut Creek is about 5 to 10 miles, roughly 12 to 25 minutes, and a storm can lengthen it.
Check for a boil notice
After a storm, see whether the city has posted one before you use tap water.
Stop the water at the main
Close the main valve at the house or meter box if water is spraying or pooling.
Protect the electrical panel
Keep water away from the panel. If the floor near it is wet, stay out and tell us.
Photograph the damage
Take dated photos for your insurer before moving anything.
Deerfield Beach service area map
The map centers on Deerfield Beach, northeast of our Coconut Creek base.
Deerfield Beach plumbing questions
Yes. We answer 24/7 and dispatch to Deerfield Beach nights, weekends, holidays and storm season. Call with your address, the nearest cross street and what the water is doing.
Yes. We cover 33442, 33441, where Building Services sits on NE 2nd Avenue, and 33064, which Deerfield Beach shares with Lighthouse Point. ZIP 33073 is shared with Coconut Creek, so tell us the city when you call.
About 5 to 10 miles, roughly 12 to 25 minutes depending on where in the city you are. Those are estimates, and we confirm timing on the call.
The city utility posts and lifts boil notices. We handle the pipes, fixtures and heater inside your property after the notice is lifted.
Yes. We take commercial calls along the Hillsboro corridor, including restaurant drain lines. Tell us how many meters and how many units the building has when you call.