What tends to go wrong in a Hanahan home depends on whether it was built for Navy Yard workers or built in the last twenty five years.
The older streets
In the original part of town the pipe itself is usually the issue — galvanised supply that has rusted closed, cast iron drains that have narrowed with age, and joints that have been repaired more than once already. Here we will sometimes tell you that another patch is money spent twice.
Tanner Plantation and the newer neighbourhoods
The pipe is fine and what fails is everything attached to it — shut-off valves, supply lines under sinks, outdoor spigots, toilet fill valves and shower cartridges. Individually inexpensive, and they tend to arrive together because the whole neighbourhood was fitted out at the same time.
Hard water wears fittings faster
Whichever side of town you are on, the mineral content here is hard on cartridges, valves and seals. If things seem to wear out sooner than they should, that is not your imagination.
You usually do not need to tear anything out
We can find a leak precisely rather than opening walls to hunt for it, and a failing drain can often be relined rather than dug up. If a repair has been described as needing major demolition, it is fair to ask whether there is another way.