Plumbers in Chamblee, GA

Nearly half the homes predate 1980

Chamblee's median home was built in 1984, and close to 47% of housing units went up before 1980. In that older stock, galvanized or early copper supply lines, cast iron drains and sewer laterals that have taken in roots are common findings, and shutoff valves that have not been turned in years often fail when someone finally tries. It is worth finding your main shutoff, and the meter pit by the street, before an emergency rather than during one. Older water heaters tucked into closets or attics deserve a look at the drain pan and relief valve line too.

A railroad town that became an international corridor

Incorporated in 1907, Chamblee grew around an early-1900s railroad downtown and is now best known for the Buford Highway international food corridor and its transportation links: the Chamblee MARTA Station and DeKalb-Peachtree Airport. It had 30,164 residents in 2020 and sits about 11 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, along Peachtree Boulevard, Chamblee-Dunwoody Road and Chamblee-Tucker Road.

DeKalb County water and sewer

The city has no water department. DeKalb County Department of Watershed Management treats Chattahoochee River water at the Scott Candler plant and runs the wastewater system. Its 24-hour emergency repair line is 770-270-6243. DeKalb is responsible up to and including the meter, which usually sits in a pit outside the house, and the owner from there to the plumbing inside. The county's "Check your line" tool lets customers look up the material of their own service line.

Permits and backflow

Chamblee Planning and Development requires permits to install, alter or replace gas, mechanical or plumbing systems, and it names hot water heaters specifically. Applications are accepted online or in person, with fees paid through the city's iWorQ portal; the city's main number is 770-986-5010. DeKalb's backflow section requires an assembly on any single-family irrigation system, installed on the customer side of the meter and tested every year by a GBPAT-certified tester (404-687-4075).

Gas safety

Chamblee has no city gas department; Atlanta Gas Light owns the pipes and marketers sell the gas. If you smell gas, get out first, then call 911 and Atlanta Gas Light at 877.427.4321 from a safe distance.

How Chamblee differs from Atlanta

Chamblee shares the Chattahoochee as a source but gets its water from DeKalb rather than Atlanta, and its permit rules are the city's own. Call the number on this page, mention the age of the building and what's going on, and you'll be connected with an independent plumber who works in Chamblee.