Hurricane Hugo is the dividing line in Mount Pleasant plumbing. Which side of 1989 your house falls on tells you most of what will go wrong with it.
Old Village and pre-Hugo
Raised construction, crawl spaces, older supply runs and fixtures that have been repaired more than once. Here the honest advice is sometimes that another patch is money spent twice and replacing a run is better value.
Post-Hugo and post-2000 builds
Snee Farm, Park West, Carolina Park, Rivertowne and Dunes West are past warranty now. The pipe is generally fine; what fails is everything attached to it — plastic supply connectors, builder-grade shutoff valves, hose bibs, fill valves and irrigation tie-ins. Cheap to put right before they leak into a wall.
You often do not need demolition
Worth asking before agreeing to anything. Detection equipment finds the failure point rather than guessing, and no-dig methods reline failing drains without trenching an established lawn. If a repair has been described as requiring major demolition, it is fair to ask whether a no-dig option applies.
Common calls
- Seized or leaking shutoff valves
- Hose bibs and exterior spigots, especially after a freeze
- Running toilets and fill valves
- Faucet and shower cartridges
- Pressure regulator replacement
- Irrigation backflow repairs