Plumbers in Taylors, SC: Costs, Local Issues and One Call to a Local Pro

By the GVL Plumbers editorial team · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · 8 min read

Taylors at a glance

Why Taylors' 1960s–70s homes drive most plumbing calls here

Taylors grew fast in the 1960s and 1970s along Wade Hampton Boulevard and the roads off it, and that shows in the numbers. About 20% of today's homes were built in the 1970s and 18% in the 1960s. Next door, in the Wade Hampton area, the median home dates from 1973. Homes of that age were commonly plumbed with galvanized steel supply lines and cast-iron drains. Many have been partly updated since, but rarely all at once.

What that means in practice, by when your home was built:

Quick self-check: look at the pipes coming out of the top of your water heater or into the house in the crawlspace. Gray threaded metal pipe that a magnet sticks to is likely galvanized. Copper is orange-brown. Gray flexible plastic stamped "PB" is polybutylene. Red, white or blue flexible plastic is PEX.

Repipe or repair?

One pinhole leak in a galvanized line can be fixed. Repeated leaks, rusty water and low pressure throughout the house usually mean the pipe is narrowing inside, and patching becomes a recurring bill. National cost guides put a whole-house repipe at roughly $4,500–$15,000, depending on house size and access. A crawlspace home is usually at the cheaper end because the plumber can run new PEX underneath without opening many walls. Two questions decide it: how many leaks you've had in the past few years, and whether the low pressure affects every faucet or just one. Our older homes guide shows how to tell galvanized from copper, and our repiping guide covers PEX vs copper and the process.

Taylors sewer after the MetroConnects merger

For decades Taylors had its own sewer district. In 2022 it was consolidated into MetroConnects, the sewer subdistrict that serves unincorporated Greenville County, and Metro committed about $26 million to Taylors sewer upgrades over 20 years (Post and Courier, 2022). Metro has since worked to cut stormwater leaking into Taylors sewer lines.

What matters for you: MetroConnects says the private lateral, the pipe from your house to the 4- to 6-inch connection at or near your property line, is the property owner's responsibility. Metro asks owners to replace old clay laterals at the end of their life and to keep the cleanout cap closed; mowers often break them. So if your drains back up, the fix is usually a plumber's job on your lateral, but call MetroConnects first: its 2023 lateral policy asks owners to, so it can rule out its own section. Details in our who-owns guide.

• Sewage coming out of a manhole or the street: call MetroConnects, (864) 277-4442.
• Backups only in your house, worst at the lowest drains: call MetroConnects first to check its side; if it's clear, call a plumber and ask for a camera inspection of the lateral.
• Cleanout cap broken or missing: replace it. It's cheap, and an open cleanout lets rainwater and debris into the line.

Who to call in Taylors

How do I find the best plumber in Taylors?

"Best" depends on the job, but these checks matter in Taylors specifically:

• A South Carolina license you can verify. Ask for the license number and look it up on the SC Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (LLR) website. It takes under a minute.
• Experience with older homes. Ask whether they work with galvanized-to-PEX repipes and camera-inspect clay laterals. In 1960s–70s houses, that experience saves money.
• The right permit office. A plumber who works in Taylors should know permits come from Greenville County Building Safety, not a city office.
• A written price before work starts, covering parts, labor and the permit.
• A clear trip or diagnostic fee, stated on the phone.

What plumbing costs around Taylors

For 30 jobs with sources, see our Greenville plumber cost guide.

For replacements such as water heaters or a repipe in Taylors, the permit is pulled through Greenville County. Ask whether it's included in the price.

Crawlspaces and freezing in Taylors

Most older Taylors homes sit on crawlspaces with foundation vents, and supply lines often run close to them. When a hard freeze is forecast (Greenville Water's warning level is below 20°F), close or cover the vents, open sink cabinets on outside walls, and drip faucets. Then reopen the vents when it warms up. Full steps are in our frozen pipes guide, and if a pipe has already split, start with what to do first.

Local notes

• Chick Springs: Taylors' origins include the Chick Springs mineral-spring resort area of the 1800s. Homes near the old village core are among the oldest in the CDP.
• Taylors Mill (the former Southern Bleachery): now a mixed-use creative hub. Mill-era houses nearby can have the oldest plumbing in town.
• Wade Hampton Boulevard (US-29): the corridor most 1960s–70s subdivisions grew from; the same era as the Wade Hampton area just south.
• Brushy Creek Road and Edwards Road: later subdivisions, many from the 1980s. That's the window to check for polybutylene.
• Lake Robinson, to the north: a Greer CPW reservoir, which is a reminder that addresses near the eastern edge may be on CPW water.

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