Weatherly is a community on the south side of Pelham. The calls from a house like yours are often small ones that still cannot wait, such as a faucet that will not stop dripping, a toilet that keeps running or a water heater that quit. Call the dispatch line with your street address. Dispatch books a licensed plumber for the first open visit, and a clear price comes before any work starts.
Which side of the line is your address on?
Pelham's housing analysis names Weatherly Highlands on the city's south side, and homes on Weatherly Way and Weatherly Club Drive carry Pelham, AL 35124 addresses. Some real estate sites file Weatherly under Alabaster instead, so the label on a listing is not always reliable.
Give the dispatcher the full street address and ZIP rather than the community name. If your mail really does say Alabaster, the Alabaster plumber page covers that town. For the golf community next door, see Ballantrae, where the state historical marker places Weatherly Club Drive 0.1 mile west of Ballantrae Club Drive.
Faucets and toilets: the small repairs
A faucet that drips after you shut it off usually has a worn cartridge, washer or seat. A plumber can replace that part without changing the fixture, and faucet repair fits when the fixture itself is sound. If the finish is pitted or the body itself leaks, replacement is the better route.
A toilet that runs or refills by itself often points at the flapper or the fill valve in the tank. Toilet repair covers those parts and the seal at the floor. Water around the base or a rocking bowl means the seal or flange needs a look, so stop flushing and call.
Pelham Water Works' leak adjustment policy lists leaking toilets and dripping faucets as excluded (policy at time of writing, confirm current terms with Pelham Water Works). That is a reason to ask a plumber about them early. A hidden leak elsewhere is a different case, covered on the high water bill leak detection page.
Replacing a water heater in a Weatherly house
Pelham's housing analysis lists Weatherly Highlands among the areas that account for nearly 90 percent of recent construction in its 2017 data. That points to mostly newer houses, but the age of any one water heater depends on whether it has been replaced. Read the data plate for the manufacture date, then ask the plumber to compare repair against water heater replacement.
Alabama's plumbing board rule 720-X-1-.02 names the 2021 International Residential Code for residential plumbing and gas work, and the board can tell you the current edition. Permit rules vary by job, so ask the Pelham Building Department at 205.620.6495.
What to do before the plumber arrives
Find the shutoff
Close the valve for the fixture, or the home's main shutoff valve if water is spreading. If you cannot find it, the dispatcher will talk you through finding it.
Check for wet wiring
If water is standing around outlets, appliances or the electrical panel, stay out of the room and call. Switch power off only from dry footing.
Photograph the problem
A photo of the leak, the heater data plate or the stain helps the plumber plan the visit.
Have the address ready
Give the full street address and ZIP, because a Weatherly address is sometimes mislabeled on maps and listings.
The pool and other shared areas
The Weatherly Homeowners Association runs a community pool. A problem there or at another shared area is a matter for the association, so ask it who maintains the pipe in question. Inside your own house, the plumbing is yours, and that is where we can help. For the other neighborhoods and towns we serve, start from the Pelham Pro Plumbing home page.
Faucet, toilet or water heater trouble?
Call with your full address and ZIP so the right visit is booked.
Weatherly address and fixture questions
Addresses on Weatherly Way and Weatherly Club Drive show Pelham, AL 35124, but some real estate sites label the community Alabaster. Go by your mailing address. If it says Pelham, you are in our home area, and if it says Alabaster, see the Alabaster page.
That is a question for the Weatherly Homeowners Association, which runs the pool. We help with plumbing inside your house.
Stop flushing, close the supply valve behind the toilet, and call. Water at the base often means the floor seal has failed, and the plumber will check the flange as well.
The city's leak adjustment policy lists leaking toilets and dripping faucets as excluded (policy at time of writing, confirm current terms with Pelham Water Works at (205) 620-6420). Fixing them early is the practical answer.
Read the manufacture date on the data plate and note any leak from the tank itself. A leaking shell cannot be patched, while a failed part on an otherwise sound heater can be replaced. The plumber will explain both options and the price before work starts.