Plumber in Concourse, Bronx

The Grand Concourse is lined with some of the city's best known Art Deco and Art Moderne apartment buildings, most built in the 1920s and 1930s. Around them you have the Bronx County Courthouse, Joyce Kilmer Park, the Bronx Museum of the Arts and Yankee Stadium a few blocks west on 161st Street. The B, D and 4 trains run through the neighborhood, and most of the housing stock is large elevator buildings with central boilers.

Buildings this size have plumbing that works as a system. A single riser can feed a line of apartments up through eight floors, and one failed valve in the basement can leave half a building without hot water. We work with supers, managing agents and owners on boiler repairs, riser and branch line replacements, drain stack cleaning, and the Local Law 152 and 151 inspections every multifamily building here needs. Con Edison supplies gas in the Bronx, and we coordinate with them on shutoffs and restorations.

Services we offer in Concourse

• Property management accounts for multifamily buildings
• Hot water riser and branch line replacement
• Boiler repair and annual inspections for central steam plants
• Local Law 152 gas piping inspections and GPS2 filings
• Local Law 151 steam radiator inspections
• Gas restoration after a Con Edison shutoff
• Main drain and stack cleaning with hydro jetting
• Backflow preventer testing for domestic and fire lines
• Commercial plumbing for storefronts near 161st Street

Common plumbing issues in Concourse

Hot water that comes and goes

Many Concourse buildings make domestic hot water off the boiler with a tankless coil or an indirect tank. When the coil scales up or mixing valves fail, tenants on the upper floors get lukewarm water during morning rush. We test the coil and mixing valve, descale or replace them, and balance the recirculation line so hot water reaches every riser.

Riser valves that will not shut

When an apartment leak needs a shutoff, the original gate valves at the bottom of each riser often will not close or snap when forced. That turns a small repair into a building-wide shutdown. We replace riser valves during planned work, often while repiping branch lines, so the building can isolate one line next time.

Gas shutoffs and restorations

After a gas leak report, Con Edison may lock the meter and the building cannot get gas back until a licensed plumber repairs and pressure tests the piping and the paperwork is filed. We find the leak, make the repair, run the test and work through the restoration process with the utility and the Department of Buildings.

Why Concourse residents choose Nationwide Plumbers

• Licensed Master Plumber #2023, with COIs ready for managing agents
• 24/7 dispatch for no-heat, no-water and gas calls
• Written estimates before work starts, so owners can approve the scope
• Bilingual English and Spanish technicians, plus French

Service area in and around Concourse

We service all of Concourse, Bronx (ZIP 10451, 10452, 10456), for emergencies 24/7 and for scheduled work.

Nearby neighborhoods we also serve: Highbridge, Mount Eden, Melrose, Morrisania and Mott Haven. For our full coverage, see our Bronx service area page.