Clog Heroes, the Fauquier County, VA Plumber From Warrenton to Sumerduck
Plumbing, drain and sewer help in southern Fauquier County, Virginia is one call to Clog Heroes away. Fauquier County was carved out of Prince William County in the spring of 1759 and named for Francis Fauquier, the colony's lieutenant governor. Today it covers about 648 square miles and is home to 75,865 people.
Most of them live in a house of their own on its own lot. Of the county's 28,621 homes, about 85 percent are single-family detached, and the median one was built in 1987.
A house like that has its own water story, and Clog Heroes takes the time to learn it. The technician learns it on site and talks it through with you. A written price follows, for you to approve.
Wells, Reservoirs and Service Districts
Out here, most water comes from the ground. The U.S. Geological Survey counts 2.51 million gallons a day of private household water in Fauquier, and every gallon of it is pumped from a well.
Town water works differently from town to town. The county's water authority and the Towns of Remington and The Plains draw from wells, while Warrenton is fed by a reservoir. The authority runs fourteen water systems and three wastewater systems, with treatment plants at Remington, Marshall and Vint Hill Farms.
Growth is planned around eight Service Districts, among them Bealeton, Catlett, Midland, Opal, Remington and Warrenton. Drilling a new well? The Fauquier County Health Department issues the permit.
On a well or on town water? Tell us when you book, and the technician arrives already knowing half the picture.
Mountains, Basin and Piedmont
Fauquier spans three geologic provinces: the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Culpeper Triassic-Jurassic Basin and the Northern Piedmont. The county's soil scientist says that mix produces a wide variety of soils, which is one more reason no two yards dig the same way.
Winters bite, too. NOAA's normals for the Warrenton 3 SE station record about 98 nights a year at or below freezing and 27 at or below 20 degrees. The last spring freeze often lands around April 9 and the first fall freeze by November 1, so keep hoses off the spigots through that whole stretch.