Gwinnett Plumber Pro has trained and licensed backflow testers and provides documented backflow certification. We will manage all aspects of the testing for you. Our technician will complete and submit the inspection paperwork to your appropriate water authority. If your unit fails the testing, we will outline your options to repair or replace the unit so that it complies with the local requirements.
Included below is more valuable information on Backflow devices and testing
Why Backflow Testing?
In the State of Georgia, local municipal and State plumbing codes typically require the installation of backflow prevention devices in most commercial buildings and some residential buildings whenever there is a chance that a “backflow” of water could be sucked into the clean water system. The size and complexity of the installed backflow preventor will coincide with the specific back-flow risks that each situation presents. The bottom line is that backflow prevention is the key to protecting the clean water supply; most need to be tested annually.
What is Backflow?
In its simplest form, a “backflow” occurs when clean (potable) water reverses direction, causing a suction that pulls dirty water into the clean supply system. The “dirty” water can contain harmful chemicals, fertilizers, and even human waste…yuck! Anytime there is a cross-connection between clean (potable) water and “dirty” (non-potable) water, the chance of a back-flow exists. Consequently, backflow preventors are normally required at any cross-connections in residential, commercial, or industrial water systems.
What is a Backflow Prevention Device
Ranging from simple to extremely complex, these units are a series of check valves that prevent water from flowing “backwards” into the clean water supply during unequal water pressure or other unique pressure conditions or fluctuations. When installed and maintained correctly, a backflow prevention keeps the clean water supply safe.
Backflow Testing, also called Back Flow Testing
Most backflow systems must be inspected annually to verify their proper operation. Back-flow testing services are normally considered mandatory, with nasty enforcement actions possible against owners who do not complete the system testing promptly. The experts at Gwinnett Plumber Pro Service will take care of your backflow testing, so you don’t have to worry about it; call (706) 224-1385
Accurately Diagnosing the Causes of Backflow
Backflow occurs when emergency hydraulic events within the public and private water distribution system affect the drinking or potable water supply. Negative or high pressure can cause contaminants to enter potable water pipes.
For example, backflow can occur in the following instances:
• A broken water distribution pipe or water main
• Drainage from properties resulting from plumbing work
• Large quantities of water used by the firefighters during emergencies
• Equipment or processes using pressure greater than that of the normal water distribution
• Large-scale power outages
Gwinnett Plumber Pro is the company to call for all your backflow needs.
We are fully licensed and insured for your plumbing, sewer, and drain needs. Our trained commercial experts are clean-cut, polite, friendly, arrive on time, and are background and drug-tested for your peace of mind. We operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! For all of our work, you are assured of option pricing; you will know the repair options we suggest and the price of each option BEFORE we do any work. You pick and approve the option you like best. Only then do we do the work.
