Tomball Plumbing

01/24/2026

Hello customers, neighbors, family, and friends! Now is the time that we we will be preparing for the freeze, and we wanted to share with you what we will be doing in our own home.The below steps are based on our professional experience and what we saw during and after the freezes the past few years.

1) Detatching all outdoor hoses and draining the water from them.

2) Turning all outdoor faucets on to a slow drizzle, not a drip.

3) Taking appropriate actions based on the type of sprinkler backflow preventer present. This varies from neighborhood to neighborhood, home to home. We do have videos posted on our page that show a couple of these scenarios. Your scenario may differ. If all else fails, covering with a heavy blanket and then covering with a heavy duty contractor-grade trash bag can provide at least some protection.

4) Turning on any indoor faucets whose pipes run on an exterior wall, hot and cold, to a slow drizzle, not a drip. We will pay special attention to making sure that the water is actually running into the vessel and not on the counter as can sometimes happen at a slow drizzle. We also wont forget that our kitchen island sink pipes are actually run through an exterior wall.

5) Since our washing machine pipes run through an interior wall that is exposed exterior temps via the garage, we will make sure to do a few loads of laundry or run a warm water cycle throughout the feeeze period in order to keep water flowing through those pipes. However, even this will unfortunately not ensure that those pipes wont freeze, as the water will not be constant.

During the last freeze, we found that people who turned off the water to their homes ahead of time, attempting to "drain" the pipes, often experienced pipe bursts in their horizontal plumbing pipes as these pipes cannot properly drain. So that is not something we would not do.

When people used the technique described in the steps above, we saw very few issues. The purpose of this technique is to keep the warmer water from the underground pipes flowing through the most vulnerable pipes inside and outside the home.

To note, our home and business operates on municipal, not well, water.

We hope that everyone stays safe, dry, and warm!

11/11/2025

Who's ready for the holidays? Let Tomball Plumbing help you prepare for cooking, cleaning, bathing, washing, and all things hosting!

It's not too late to ensure that you have endless hot water for your holiday guests! Book a tankless water heater install with us in the month of November, and receive 15% off!

Give your family and friends the best water possible by scheduling a water treatment system install in the month of November and also receive 15% off!

AND get 15% off of a Reverse Osmosis system at the kitchen sink install to ensure everyone in your household is drinking the safest, cleanest water possible. Also needs to be booked in the month of November.

Call us now at 713-815-4848!

09/01/2025

Tomball Plumbing is excited to introduce our newest employee, Phil! Phil joined us in April and comes to us with over 10 years of experience in service plumbing and installations. He holds a Journeyman Plumbing License with the State Board of Texas Plumbing Examiners and is ready to provide a knowledgeable and professional experience to all of our Tomball Plumbing customers!

Phil enjoys fishing, cooking, grilling, and spending time with his family, including his wife and two sons, in his spare time. We are thrilled to have Phil join the Tomball Plumbing team!

01/18/2025

01/18/2025

01/18/2025

Hello customers, neighbors, family, and friends! We wanted to share with you what we will be doing to prepare our home and business for the upcoming freeze.Below are the steps that we would/will take in the event of a hard freeze at our home and business based on our professional experience and what we saw during and after the freezes the past few years.

1) Detatch all outdoor hoses and drain the water from them.

2) Turn all outdoor faucets on to a slow drizzle.

3) Take appropriate actions based on the type of sprinkler backflow preventer present. See previous posts on this page with instructional videos to show how we will complete this action.

4) Turn on any indoor faucets whose pipes run on an exterior wall, hot and cold, to a slow drizzle. We will pay special attention to making sure that the water is actually running into the vessel and not on the counter as can sometimes happen at a slow drizzle. We also wont forget that often kitchen island sink pipes are actually run through an exterior wall.

5) Since our washing machine pipes run through an interior wall that is exposed exterior temps, we will probably make sure to do a few loads of laundry or run a warm water cycle every few hours throughout the feeeze period in order to keep water flowing through those pipes. However, even this will unfortunately not ensure that those pipes wont freeze, as the water will not be constant.

During the last freeze, we found that people who turned off the water to their homes ahead of time, attempting to "drain" the pipes, often experienced pipe bursts in their horizontal plumbing pipes as these pipes cannot properly drain. So that is not something we would do.

When people used the technique described in the steps above, we saw very few issues. The purpose of this technique is to keep the warmer water from the underground pipes flowing through the most vulnerable pipes inside and outside the home.

To note, our home and business operates on municipal, not well, water.

10/18/2024

Tomball Plumbing is proud to be a sponsor of the Project Joy & Hope Golf Classic and Gala!This organization is so dear to us, we were honored to spend the day volunteering.
To learn more about what Project Joy and Hope does for medically fragile children and their families, go to joyandhope.org

01/17/2023

Great friends of ours who are also in the plumbing industry!

Community over competition. ✨

Thankful for our sweet friends who happen to be in the same industry as us! We are grateful for the opportunity to share insight, ideas and knowledge!

If you are in the Tomball area and need a plumber, check out Tomball Plumbing!

12/18/2022

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Sprinkler system backflow preventer type two. This video demonstrates an additional type of sprinkler system backflow preventer that is a bit harder to protect. This technique will help protect the plastic internal parts from freezing, but it will not protect the blue handle brass valves from freezing. So it is necessary to, after completing this technique, protect the assembly by wrapping the entire thing in blankets or towels and then cover with a trash bag to waterproof, and then tape. There are also protective covers that you can purchase for the assemblies, however, we cannot speak to their effectiveness.