The water line from the main in the street to the meter in your building belongs to the owner, in the Bronx as everywhere in the city. When it leaks, we find the leak first, then repair the section or relay the whole service in copper, sized for the building.
Bronx apartment buildings usually need a bigger water service than a single house, and some have a separate fire service line. Older buildings may still have lead or galvanized lines.
On a relay we lay copper from the city main, size the new service to the building, and agree the shutdown with building management before the water goes off.
The water service from the city main to your meter belongs to the property owner, including the tap on the main and the curb valve under the sidewalk. When DEP finds a leak on it, the owner gets a 3-Day or 10-Day Notice, and the clock starts on the date printed on the paper. See DEP notices and compliance.
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New York City stopped allowing lead service lines in 1961, so a building older than that may still have one. If yours does, we replace it in full, in copper, from the city main to the meter, with a new no-lead brass curb valve. Replacing half a lead line leaves the other half in the ground.
The digging is the quick part. The permits set the calendar.
Our customers took these photos on recent water main jobs in New York City and posted them with their Google reviews.
“Lady Liberty was hired to excavate street and sidewalk as needed to relay a 1” domestic water service from the existing tap on the city main to inside the building.”
Chris W., Google review
“The Lady Liberty crew came on time with lots of excavation equipment, explained their work plan to me and cautiously worked throughout the day to complete the installation of the new water pipe into my house. Hard working crew, left the street and sidewalk repaired and clean as was before.”
Nick K., Google review
We work across the Bronx: Mott Haven, Melrose, Hunts Point, Longwood, Morrisania, Highbridge, Concourse, Port Morris, Tremont, Mount Hope, Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Bedford Park, Norwood, University Heights, Fordham, Spuyten Duyvil, Fieldston, Pelham Bay, Throgs Neck, Parkchester, Soundview, Castle Hill, Westchester Square, Morris Park, Pelham Gardens, Country Club, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, Woodlawn, Baychester, Eastchester, Edenwald, Olinville.
We also work in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Manhattan.
The owner, from the tap on the city main, through the curb valve under the sidewalk, to the meter in the building. DEP maintains the main in the street.
If DEP has sent a 3-Day or 10-Day Notice, it has found a leak on the owner's side. Without a notice, a wet patch at the curb that does not dry, low pressure and a jump in the bill all point to the service line. We locate the leak before anything is dug.
Yes. We find the leak the notice is about, file the permits and make the repair. See NYC DEP notices and compliance for how the notices work.
Sometimes. The city treats recently resurfaced streets as protected: opening one needs DOT approval, comes with stricter restoration rules, and some work has to wait. We check a street's status before we quote, so you know before anything is scheduled.
Yes. We size the new service to the building, plan the shutdown with management, and relay the line from the city main to the meter.
Yes. Fire sprinkler mains are one of our services, and on a larger building we look at both lines together.
Water main trouble in the Bronx? Call (718) 965-3500. A person answers, 24/7/365.
Sewer trouble instead? See sewer repair in the Bronx.
A sewer backup in a Bronx apartment building affects every tenant at once. A person answers the phone at any hour, and a licensed crew is dispatched across the Bronx for emergency water main and sewer repair, 24/7.
