Plumbers in Cartersville, GA

Smell gas? Call the city

Cartersville is one of 85 Georgia cities that own and operate a natural gas system. The City of Cartersville Gas System serves Cartersville, Cassville, Kingston, White and the Dykes Creek area of Floyd County. If you smell gas, leave the area right away, then call 911 and the City of Cartersville Gas System at 770-387-5642 from a neighboring home or business. Atlanta Gas Light is also listed for Bartow County, so some outlying addresses may be on AGL instead; the utility named on your bill is the one to call.

Lake Allatoona water from a city utility

The city water utility takes its raw water from Lake Allatoona, drawing from one of three elevations on the face of Allatoona Dam, and uses chlorine to control microbes. Its report does not state hardness, so test the water before deciding a softener is needed. The city also collects wastewater through more than 170 miles of sewer lines, and the stretch of lateral between the house and the city main is where roots, offset joints and grease buildup usually show up first. Customer service for city utilities is 770-387-5607.

Bartow County seat

Cartersville is the seat of Bartow County, at the northwest edge of metro Atlanta about 38 miles from downtown, along I-75, US-41 and US-411. It had 23,187 residents in 2020. The Booth Western Art Museum, Tellus Science Museum and Etowah Indian Mounds draw visitors, and a manufacturing base supports the local economy.

Its homes are older than those in the I-575 suburbs. The median year built is 1990, and about 33% predate 1980. In the older houses near the historic downtown, drain and supply lines may be original and sewer laterals may be due for a camera inspection; across the city, water heaters, gas appliance connections and fixture repairs make up much of the daily work.

Permits

The City of Cartersville Building Department provides inspections for residential and commercial buildings and takes online permits through its CityView portal; inspection requests go to inspections@cityofcartersville.org. The department's page doesn't list plumbing permit types by name, so check with the office about a specific job before work starts. Homes outside city limits fall under Bartow County.

Compared with Atlanta

Cartersville differs from Atlanta on all three utilities: gas from the city instead of Atlanta Gas Light, water from Lake Allatoona instead of the Chattahoochee, and sewer run by the city. Call the number on this page, describe the problem, and you'll be connected with an independent plumber who works in Cartersville.