Plumbing
Areas We Service
A.C. Rimmer provides Geothermal, Heating, Cooling, Plumbing and other services to Central Pennsylvania, including:
- Harrisburg
- Dauphin
- Steelton
- Humelstown
- Hershey
- Susquehanna Township
- Mechancisburg
- Carlisle
- Camp Hill
- Lemoyne
- New Cumberland
- Wormleysburg
- Dillsburg
- Perry County
Plumbing Services
Drain Cleaning
Our team proudly serves both residential and commercial clients, offering same-day service to ensure your home or business runs smoothly without disruption.
Clogged drains can quickly disrupt your day, whether it’s a backed-up toilet, a slow kitchen sink, a bath drain, or sewer line that won’t clear. Our technicians are trained to handle all types of household and commercial plumbing lines, ensuring water flows freely where it should. We also specialize in sewer line cleaning, tackling root intrusion, grease buildup, and blockages deep within your system to restore full functionality and prevent future problems.
Sometimes the cause of a drain issue isn’t obvious. That’s why we use advanced video inspection technology. With high-resolution video cameras, we can travel deep inside your pipes to see exactly what’s causing the problem. This allows us to identify clogs, cracks, root intrusion, and other hidden issues without unnecessary digging, saving you time, money, and frustration.
When traditional methods aren’t enough, our pressurized water jetting service provides a powerful solution. Using jets of water pressurized up to 5,000 PSI, we can scour the inside of your pipes clean—removing grease, sludge, and mineral deposits that cause recurring clogs. This method not only clears blockages but also restores your pipes to near-original condition, making it one of the most effective and long-lasting drain cleaning options available.
Some clogs need a more mechanical approach. Our mechanical drain snakes are powerful, motor-driven tools that can break through tough blockages quickly and efficiently. They are especially effective for tangled hair, dense grease clogs, or foreign objects lodged in drains. By physically cutting through obstructions, mechanical drain snakes ensure your drains are cleared thoroughly, reducing the risk of repeated backups.
Locating underground drain lines and diagnosing hidden issues doesn’t have to be a guessing game. Our digital line inspection technology allows us to map your drain system with pinpoint accuracy. Whether you’re experiencing recurring blockages or planning a remodel that requires drain line adjustments, this service ensures precise detection of pipes and problem areas, minimizing invasive digging and unnecessary damage to your property.
Drain emergencies rarely happen at a convenient time, which is why we provide 24/7 emergency drain cleaning services! From overflowing toilets and sewage backups to blocked kitchen drains that bring business operations to a halt, our technicians are on call day and night. With rapid response times and the right tools for the job, we restore your drains quickly and efficiently, helping you avoid costly damage and stress.
With a combination of expertise, state-of-the-art tools, and reliable service, we are your trusted partner for all drain cleaning solutions.
Water Heaters
If your heat isn’t working as efficiently, you may not notice it right away. However, if your water heater stops working the same way it used to, it’s noticeable almost immediately. Certainly, there are problems with the actual unit that you should be noticing, but there’s nothing that can ruin your day more than stepping into a cold shower than you’re used to. Before that happens, here’s how to tell if you need a new water heater.
If you’ve noticed that the hot water in your house is lasting less and less time, it may be one of two things. The first is that it might be a buildup on silt and minerals in your water heater and it needs to be drained. However, if you’ve already done that and it’s still getting chillier during your morning shower, the second could be that your water heater isn’t up to par anymore.
Water heaters over ten to fifteen years old should be considered for replacement; that’s just one of the unfortunate side effects of homeownership. Over the years, your water heater begins to break down and become not as reliable. If your water heater is approaching the ten year mark, but isn’t causing too many problems, consider it. If you’re at the fifteen year mark, be proactive and get a new one soon.
If your water heater is leaking, it’s time to replace it before it does some serious damage. Sure, if it’s tucked away in a corner of the basement where a small leak isn’t really going to hurt anything, it’s easy to forget about. However, if it develops a serious leak, you’re not going to be able to think about anything else. Despite the hassles of chilly showers and dishwashers that aren’t working properly, you run the risk of doing serious damage to your home.
If your water is coming out brown, the situation is about as good as it looks. Brown water is indicative of rust, and rust means your water heater isn’t cutting it anymore. If you’re noticing the color, smell, or taste of your water getting worse, it’s time to start looking around for a new water heater.
Normally, you’ll hear a little bit of feedback from your water heater. You’ll hear it working, essentially. However, if you’re starting to hear cracks and pops from it, that’s not good. It’s usually trying to tell you something at the point that it starts making odd noises, and what it’s trying to say is “replace me!”.
If you need to put your water heater out of its misery and step into a nice hot shower again, contact us. We have several options available for new water heaters!
Water Softeners
Hard water is caused when there is a high concentration of minerals like calcium and magnesium. Over time, it can build up deposits in shower heads, coffee makers, sinks and pipes. Water softeners can help by dissolving special salt into your tap water. That salt will help remove minerals from your water and save your plumbing and appliances from the extra wear and tear of hard water.
Water Treatment
A.C. Rimmer provides a variety of water treatment services, including water softeners, well pumps and UV lighting.
Hard water is caused when there is a high concentration of minerals like calcium and magnesium. Over time, it can build up deposits in shower heads, coffee makers, sinks and pipes. Water softeners can help by dissolving special salt into your tap water. That salt will help remove minerals from your water and save your plumbing and appliances from the extra wear and tear of hard water.
UV radiation systems are a great way to help sterilize and disinfect your well water. This non-chemical process destroys microorganisms by altering their genetics, leaving them unable to reproduce. Advantages of UV systems include the absence of toxic byproducts, no storage of hazardous chemicals is needed and they do not add any smells to your water.
A whole home water filtration system can help reduce contaminants, particulate matter and chemical imbalances in your drinking water. They can also tackle problems like hard water and removal of bad tastes or smells. Filtration can ensure that you have access to cleaner, fresher water from every faucet in your home.
Reverse osmosis is a process that is used to reduce the impurities in your water. In fact, it’s the same process used by bottled water companies in order to purify drinking water. In your home, reverse osmosis can bring your family great tasting, purified water.
Chemical Feeders are generally installed with private wells and can help to treat various water issues. Solutions can be added to neutralize acidic water or to control substances such as iron, manganese or soda ash.
If you would like to learn more which water treatment is right for you, please contact us!
Backflow Testing & Repair
Any pipe, valve, fixture, etc., in a drinking water plumbing system that may allow the drinking water within the system to become contaminated or questionable in quality. Cross connections can either be eliminated or protected by an air gap or mechanical backflow preventer.
If you would like to learn more about backflow preventers, or if you need help to determine proper installation or how to maintain a backflow preventer assembly, please contact us.
Backflow is the undesirable reversal of the flow of water from its intended direction in any pipeline or plumbing system. Backflow is dangerous because it can allow drinking water in plumbing systems to become contaminated and unusable.
Backflow preventers are mechanical plumbing devices installed in a plumbing system to prevent water from flowing backward in the system. A properly installed, tested and maintained backflow preventer at the service entrance to a building or property can reliably prevent the backflow of water of an unknown quality from flowing back into the community water system.
Absolutely. The public water systems in the Commonwealth are required to operate an on-going program to protect the public water supply from contamination from possible cross connections. The most effective method for the water utility to meet this requirement is to require customers to install a backflow preventer on the main supply line to their property or facility, thus protecting the community water system from any cross connections that may be present inside a customer’s plumbing system. All water users benefit from an active, on-going cross connection control program that includes the installation of backflow preventers.
The backflow preventer is installed to protect the public water supply against possible hazards in the your plumbing system. The actual or potential cross connection belongs to the property owner and not to regulatory officials or the water utility. Once the water goes beyond the meter, water quality could be altered. The water utility does not want the water back, nor do the water customers want to purchase used water. If a backflow preventer is required to keep the water safe, then the person who created the cross connection (actual or potential) should purchase, install and maintain the backflow preventer.
Any pipe, valve, fixture, etc., in a drinking water plumbing system that may allow the drinking water within the system to become contaminated or questionable in quality. Cross connections can either be eliminated or protected by an air gap or mechanical backflow preventer.
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PA Contractor PA001803
MD-HVACR-01-125129
MD Master Plumber/Gas Fitter 113315
Backflow 31124
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