Given the area’s historical nature, Park Slope plumbing must typically be handled with care. This is particularly true for sites that may be eligible to receive grants and other money for repairs as well as renovations. The site’s owners must typically ensure that all of the necessary or elective Park Slope plumbing work is done to the benefactor’s strict guidelines.
Guidelines for Park Slope plumbing projects will vary based on the funding source. For example, one popular set of grants is available through The New York Landmarks Conservancy. Also, the organization offers low-interest loans that could be used to take care of a building’s plumbing needs too. Some of those programs require property owners to provide detailed information about the building and will only consider ones that were built in select time periods.
Additional funding sources, on the other hand, often require companies tasked with Park Slope plumbing jobs only to use period specific materials and techniques. With that said, many of the district’s buildings harken back to the late 19th century. As a Live Science article aptly pointed out, the plumbing industry was in its infancy then. People would be hard-pressed to find things New York City’s contemporary homeowners take for granted, like touchless faucets and tankless water heaters.
At Aladdin Plumbing Corp., we’ve been working on aged buildings since 1976. Accordingly, we understand how far Park Slope plumbing has come and are prepared to handle problems that may crop up, including lead pipes. Lead pipes were popular when NYC’s 19th-century brownstones were being built. That is why over the years there has been some much-warranted concern over incidents of lead poisoning citywide. It is also the impetus behind many previous Park Slope renovation, repair and restoration jobs.
To learn more about the unique intricacies involved in completing Park Slope plumbing jobs to certain specifications, please contact Aladdin Plumbing’s Master Plumbers today.