Backflow Repair & Testing in Longwood, FL
Quick answer
TJ Backflow repairs and tests backflow preventers in Longwood, FL. Longwood is different from its neighbors: the City of Longwood tests residential backflow devices itself for a $40 fee, but it does not repair them. So the Longwood call we get most is a homeowner holding a failed city report and a 90-day deadline. We rebuild the device, retest it, and send the passing report to the city's backflow program.
Longwood publishes more about its backflow program than most Seminole County cities, and the most useful line in it is this: the city tests, the city does not repair. If your device passed the city's $40 test, you are done for the year and do not need us. If it failed, the city hands you the report and the responsibility to get it fixed, retested and refiled — and that is where we come in.
Longwood's housing stock along 17-92 and 434 is older than Lake Mary's, with a lot of irrigation on city water and a lot of assemblies that have been in the ground for a couple of decades. They fail on worn seats and tired springs more than anything else, which is rebuild-kit work. Everything we do in Longwood is listed below.
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Backflow Repair in Longwood
The Longwood specialty: the device failed the city's $40 test, the city does not repair, and the 90-day clock is running.
Backflow Testing in Longwood
For devices the city program does not cover — commercial accounts, multi-device properties — and for the retest after a repair.
What backflow work in Longwood actually involves
The city's program is the frame for everything. Longwood requires assemblies on properties with cross-connections — lawn sprinkler systems and private wells are the two it names — tested at installation and at least once a year after. The city will do the test for $40, testing only. Failing to comply can end with the city disconnecting water. Owners get a 90-day window to submit test information or schedule a test.
Private testers send results directly to the city, or the owner can email the report to the city's backflow program address. We send it directly and copy you. When a repair is involved, the sequence is repair, retest, then report — a repaired device with no passing test on file has not solved anything with the city.
Repair is the city's stated gap. The program page is explicit that homeowners hire a licensed contractor for installation, repair, replacement or testing. For a rebuild, that is us. For replacement of a cracked or corroded body, that is a licensed plumber, and we will tell you which one you need rather than guess.
Areas we work in Longwood
- Historic Longwood
- Sanlando
- Longwood Hills
- Highland Hills
- Wekiva area
- The Springs
Some Wekiva-side subdivisions with a Longwood address are unincorporated and on Seminole County water, not the City of Longwood. The city program applies only to city meters.
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TJ Backflow Testing and Repair ServicesSanford, FL 32771
Credentials
#7337 Certified backflow testerDW #A20193 Drinking water operatorWW #A16614 Wastewater operatorEst. 2021 · Sanford, FL
Longwood — FAQ
Longwood tests my device for $40 — should I still hire you?
Not for a routine residential test, no. Use the city program; it is cheaper and it is the city. Hire us when the device fails that test and needs a repair, or for a commercial or multi-device account the city program does not handle.
What does a backflow repair cost in Longwood?
It depends on the assembly and which parts failed, and we quote it before touching anything. Tell us the make and model off the device when you call so the right rebuild kit is on the truck.
How do I get the passing report to the city after a repair?
We send it directly to Longwood's backflow program and copy you. The city also accepts reports emailed by the owner, so you have a fallback if you want to send it yourself.
Which parts of Longwood do you cover?
All of the city — Historic Longwood, Sanlando, Longwood Hills, Highland Hills, and out toward Wekiva. No travel charge.
I have 90 days from the city's notice — can you make that?
Yes. Most Longwood repairs are scheduled within the week. Give us the date on the notice and we work to it.
The city said my device has to be replaced, not repaired — can you do that?
No, and be wary of anyone without a plumbing license who says they can. Replacing an assembly is plumbing contractor work in Florida. We will confirm whether it really needs replacing, and once a plumber installs the new one we test it and file the initial report with the city.
Holding a notice? Call the tester.
Read us the notice. We tell you who it says should do the test, what it costs if that is us, and — if your city already tests for you — that you do not need us at all.