Plumber in Cedar Hill, TX

How old is your Cedar Hill house?

Cedar Hill grew from 2,610 residents in 1970 to 6,849 in 1980, 32,093 in 2000 and 49,148 at the 2020 census. Census estimates put about 87 percent of Cedar Hill's homes in 1980 or later, and the plumbing usually matches the decade:

• 1960s and 1970s homes: mostly copper supply, though the oldest houses may still have galvanized steel pipe that rusts shut inside, and many have cast-iron drains.
• 1980s and 1990s slab homes: copper or plastic supply and plastic drains, and a share of them were plumbed with gray polybutylene before it fell out of use in the mid-1990s.
• 2000s and newer: PEX and other plastic; repairs are usually water heaters, valves and fixtures.

Cedar Hill water, sewer and permits

The City of Cedar Hill runs its own water and sewer service. The water system dates from 1939, now has about 19,350 service connections and buys all of its treated water from Dallas. The city answers for everything up to and including the meter; from the meter to the house, the pipe is yours.

• Service line notices: the city filed its first service line inventory with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in October 2024, and a private line listed as lead, galvanized needing replacement or unknown may bring a notice. We can check yours; see water line repair.
• Permits: Cedar Hill Building Inspections issues them under the 2021 International Plumbing Code and International Fuel Gas Code. The plumber doing the work pulls the permit; City of Dallas permits and gas tests don't apply here.

Hills, chalk and clay: the repairs that follow

Most of Cedar Hill sits on a chalk limestone uplift capped with clay anywhere from a few inches to many feet thick, while the Lake Ridge side near the water drops onto Eagle Ford shale. What that means for pipes:

• Slab leaks. Where the clay cap is thick, it puffs up after soaking rain and cracks open in dry months, flexing slabs and the lines beneath. A jumping bill, a warm patch of floor or a meter turning with every tap closed calls for leak detection and slab leak repair.
• Uneven pressure. Homes low on the hills can get higher pressure than homes up top, which is hard on heaters, fill valves and hoses; water pressure repair starts with a gauge test.
• Cracked or offset sewer pipe. A camera inspection finds the spot before anyone digs for sewer line repair.
• Clogs. The city warns that wipes, even "flushable" ones, don't break down in sewer pipes, and residents can drop sealed containers of cooking grease at the Public Works Service Center, 1554 S. Clark Road. See drain cleaning.
• Tired heaters and old pipe: water heater repair, replacement and repiping.

Emergencies in Cedar Hill

1. Close your main shut-off, usually in a valve box near where the line reaches the house. Leave the meter box valve alone (it's city property); if yours won't close, the city's after-hours water line can shut the city valve.
2. Call (844) 313-1397 with your street and a nearby main road, such as Belt Line Road, FM 1382 or US 67.
3. We send our on-call plumber right away.

If water is rising in the street or around the meter box, it's likely on the city's side; report it to Cedar Hill too.

Before a hard freeze, the city suggests wrapping exposed pipes, unhooking hoses and leaving a pencil-lead trickle at faucets. See frozen pipes and burst pipe steps.

Where we work in and around Cedar Hill

All of Cedar Hill, ZIP 75104, including the small southern section in Ellis County: Historic Downtown and Main Street, the shopping area along US 67, homes off FM 1382 near Cedar Hill State Park, Penn Farm and the Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, and Lake Ridge by Joe Pool Lake. We also serve its 1986 Best Southwest partners Duncanville, DeSoto and Lancaster, plus Grand Prairie and Dallas; see all service areas.

Cedar Hill plumbing questions

Call a plumber in Cedar Hill

Phone (844) 313-1397 with your address. Offers (terms on our coupons page): $50 off for new customers; 10% off for seniors, military and first responders; a $0 dispatch fee with a repair; $150 off a new water heater. Texas plumbing license # M-27587.