Plumbing
Plumber in Delaware County, PA | Advanced Drains and Underground Solutions
Advanced Drains and Underground Solutions is a licensed plumbing contractor based in Springfield Township, Delaware County. We specialize in underground drain and sewer work — the work that most general plumbers subcontract out or cannot do at all — and we carry that capability into full plumbing service for homes and businesses throughout Delaware County and the southern Main Line.
Plumbing Services We Provide
Drain Cleaning: Mechanical cabling and hydro jetting for blocked drains from kitchen sinks and bathroom fixtures through main sewer lines. We run a camera before we clean any main line backup — it tells us where the problem is and whether we are dealing with a cleaning issue or a structural one that cleaning alone will not permanently solve.
Sewer Line Repair and Replacement: Camera inspection, CIPP trenchless lining, pipe bursting, and open-cut repair for cracked, root-infiltrated, or collapsed sewer laterals. We serve the full range of pipe materials found in Delaware County’s housing stock: clay tile, cast iron, Orangeburg, and PVC. Underground sewer work is our core specialty — we do not subcontract it.
Water Service Line: Trenchless water line replacement for galvanized, lead, or corroded copper service lines from the curb stop to the foundation. Delaware County homes built before 1970 frequently have galvanized steel service lines that restrict flow as they corrode from the inside. We replace them using a directional bore approach that avoids a full trench in most cases.
Water Heater Repair and Replacement: Conventional tank and tankless water heaters for residential and commercial applications. We service all major brands and install high-efficiency units with proper gas and expansion-tank connections.
Gas Piping: Interior gas line extension, repair, and new appliance connections. Licensed and insured for gas work in Pennsylvania.
Emergency Plumbing: 24-hour dispatch for sewer backups, water line breaks, water heater failures, and burst pipes. Delaware County-based crew with equipment on the truck — not a service coordinator routing a call to a subcontractor hours away.
Commercial Plumbing: Grease trap service, drain line maintenance, water heater replacement, and underground work for restaurants, offices, and commercial properties in Delaware County and Chester County.
Why Underground Work Matters in Delaware County
Delaware County’s housing stock was built primarily between the 1920s and the 1970s. A large share of the county’s homes are on original clay tile sewer laterals — the clay pipe that runs from the foundation to the street main — and cast iron drain stacks inside the house. Both materials have been in the ground for 50 to 100 years.
Clay tile joints separate with ground movement over time, and tree roots work into the gaps. Cast iron corrodes from the inside, building a scale layer that narrows the pipe’s effective diameter. Orangeburg pipe, used heavily in the 1950s and early 1960s, softens and deforms underground and eventually collapses. When a homeowner in Springfield, Havertown, or Drexel Hill calls about a recurring main line backup, the problem almost always traces to one of these materials and one of these failure modes.
We carry a camera on every service truck. Any main line backup gets a camera inspection before cleaning — that eliminates the guesswork about whether a clearing will hold and tells the homeowner exactly what the pipe looks like underground. For pipe that needs structural repair, we offer both trenchless options — CIPP lining and pipe bursting — and open-cut replacement. Trenchless repair is appropriate for most residential laterals in Delaware County and avoids the full cost of restoring a yard, driveway, or landscaping after excavation.
Service Area
We work throughout Delaware County: Springfield, Havertown, Drexel Hill, Media, Newtown Square, Broomall, Swarthmore, Morton, Ridley Park, Aston, Chester, Boothwyn, Marcus Hook, Upper Darby, and every municipality in between. We also serve Chester County along the southern Main Line — Malvern, Berwyn, Wayne, West Chester — and parts of southern Montgomery County.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do you handle both the plumbing and the underground sewer side on the same job?
- Yes. If a toilet or fixture is backing up because of a main sewer line problem, we diagnose and fix both sides. Most plumbing companies do not perform trenchless sewer repair or hydro jetting. We do all of it in-house without subcontracting the underground work to another contractor.
- Are you licensed for plumbing work in Pennsylvania?
- Yes. We hold the licenses required for plumbing and underground work in Pennsylvania and carry full liability insurance and workers’ compensation coverage on all jobs.
- Do you give written estimates before starting work?
- Always. We inspect, explain what we found, and give a written price before any work moves forward. No phone estimates on underground jobs — the camera inspection is what tells us what we are actually dealing with.
For plumbing service in Springfield, Delaware County, and the surrounding area, call 1-855-DONT-DIG.