West Palm Beach Backflow Prevention

Protecting You From Serious Messes

Backflow refers to the instances in which water from potentially contaminated sources flows into a clean water supply. Without adequate backflow prevention, you and your family will be susceptible to certain health and safety hazards. Luckily, General Plumbing and Air Conditioning can provide quality backflow testing to determine if this problem exists within your system. From there, we can install backflow prevention devices if necessary. Our certified backflow and repair specialists have been protecting residents in West Palm Beach and Wellington from dangerous backflow for years and are here to help you when trouble arises.

What Causes Backflow?

Backflow is caused by pressure gradients along a piping system. Backpressure occurs when the pressure in the user system is higher than that of the supply system. That high pressure pushes contaminants back into the water supply. The other cause of changes in water flow is backsiphonage caused by reduced pressure zones in the supply pipes. Non-return valves and reduced pressure backflow preventers can be installed within the system for both backpressure and backflow prevention.

Quality Backflow Prevention Service From Trained Specialists

Like other plumbing system features, backpressure and backflow prevention systems can present problems to homeowners if left unchecked. Annual routine backflow prevention testing is required to check for wear and tear in the vital parts of your domestic water backflow prevention systems.

Thanks to our many years of experience as backflow prevention specialists, we have a strong working knowledge of those systems and tools in place to prevent backflow. Our West Palm Beach plumbers are also well-versed in local water backflow prevention certification requirements and can perform comprehensive testing to make sure your system is up to code.