Plumbers in Duluth, GA

City inspections for water heaters and slabs

Duluth Community Development & Engineering takes building and trade permits through the city's GovWell portal, and its inspection list includes both a water heater inspection and a slab plumbing inspection. New construction also needs a water and sewer release before a certificate of occupancy is issued. If you're replacing a water heater, expect the job to involve a city permit and inspection; the department's file status line is 770.476.1790.

Gwinnett County water and sewer

The city's utilities page sends residents to Gwinnett County Department of Water Resources for both water and sewer. Gwinnett draws from Lake Sidney Lanier and treats the water at its Shoal Creek and Lanier filter plants, disinfecting with chlorine and adding fluoride. The county lists average total hardness around 1.34 grains per gallon, which is soft water. It also keeps a service line inventory, and homeowners can look up their line at GwinnettCounty.com/ServiceLines.

Gwinnett maintains the meter and the short pipe from the main to it. The private water line beyond the meter, the entire sewer lateral and any backflow preventer are the property owner's. Report main breaks and other problems at 678.376.7000; water and sewer service questions go to 678.376.6800. Backflow testing is done by testers on the county's approved list, who file reports online.

Railroad roots, 1990s subdivisions

Duluth took its present name in 1871 and grew up around the railroad, which the Southeastern Railway Museum still celebrates. The city had 31,873 residents in 2020 and sits about 22 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, bounded on the north by the Chattahoochee River and crossed by I-85, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Buford Highway, Pleasant Hill Road and Sugarloaf Parkway. Large areas filled in during the 1980s and 1990s, and the median home was built in 1994. Supply lines, fixture valves, water heaters and sewer laterals of that age account for much of the work.

Gas leaks

Atlanta Gas Light carries natural gas in Duluth; the city's inspections page even lists AGL contacts for new service. If you smell gas, leave first, then call 911 and Atlanta Gas Light at 877.427.4321 from away from the house.

What's different from Atlanta

Duluth homes drink Lake Lanier water instead of Chattahoochee water treated by Atlanta, and owners carry responsibility for the whole sewer lateral. Call the number on this page, describe the problem, and you'll be connected with an independent plumber who works in Duluth.