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In the city of New York, if you are a property owner, you are responsible for the sewer and water pipes that connect your building to the mains under the street.
If an issue with your pipes is found, you will be served a water notice, be fined and/or have your water service cancelled if you do not have it repaired.
The Department of Environmental Protection serves a property owner with a 3-day notice when a leak is found during road construction or inspection. The property owner has 3 business days from the day they received the notice to hire a licensed plumber and complete the sewer or water main repair.
If repairs aren’t made within the allotted timeframe, they will be fined and receive a 10-day shutoff notice for their water service.
The DEP serves 10-day notices if a property owner fails to have their sewer repairs completed for their original 3-day notice. At this point, only a licensed plumber can get you an extension.
If your issue is not fixed within the 10 day window, the DEP may return to destroy the tap and will only reestablish your water connection once they get confirmation that the repair has been completed.
Per the guidelines, all Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) notice repairs must be completed by a licensed outdoor plumber.
According to The Official Website of the City of New York, “a licensed outdoor plumber is a plumber who is licensed by the Department of Buildings to make repairs on pipes beneath the ground.”
Licensed outdoor plumbers will know how to make the necessary subsurface repairs and work directly with DEP to ensure all permits and inspections are taken care of.
Balkan utilizes tried-and-true process and a uniform pricing policy to ensure you get the best possible price and quality.
In many cases Team Balkan can provide you a NYC DEP Notices quote in an hour or less via the Team Balkan Instant Quote. If a site visit is required, we guarantee you a response time of 4 hours or less. Get a quote now.
Once the problem is properly diagnosed, we can schedule service to repair your water or sewer line. Balkan will typically commence work the same day, or the next work day.
Once work commences on your property it is a seamless process. We will work continuously (as allowed by NYC Agencies) until your water or sewer issue is resolved. Disturbed finished surfaces are restored the next work day.
We back every full water or sewer line replacement we conduct with an unconditional, 10-year guarantee. We even put it into writing!
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I had a bad odor in my house coming from the sewer line for years. Hired plumber after plumber. Called Balkan as a last resource. They were prompt to come, diagnose the issue and provide a quote. Workers arrived on time and were professional, polite and respectful. They worked straight until the problem was solved. I will be forever grateful. Highly recommend.
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Every year thousands on New Yorkers receive a NYC DEP Notificiation concerning a defect on their water man or house sewer line. In the vast majority of these cases the DEP Notice is correct, and there is in fact a defect or a leak. But what about in the cases when the DEP is wrong?
