I purchased a condo recently and upon inspecting the crawlspace, I saw that there was no shut off lever on the main water pipe that came up through the crawlspace floor! God forbid I had a burst pipe. I called Hollborn and Sons Plumbing and Hillary came to my place and I showed him the main water supply pipe to my condo in the crawlspace. He informed me that in some condo developments, there was a shut off outside the condo where one could shut off the water supply. Unfortunately, I had no idea where that was and did not know one needed a special tool to remove the valve cover and insert a long tool to reach the outside shutoff valve. Plus, how would one use the outside valve after a major snowfall or if the ground was frozen! He located the valve cover which was four inches below grade, dug it out, removed the cover, shut off the water supply with special tool and then went down in the crawl space to put in the shut off lever. I am so glad I hired such an experienced plumber who knew where exactly to look and how to perform this job. His fee was very reasonable and after the job and clean up was done, I could not tell that work was done in my back yard and crawl space. I now know my go to plumber for any future jobs. Highly recommended. read more
