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Lake house winterization and spring start-up at Smith Mountain Lake
Around Smith Mountain Lake, a lot of houses stand empty for weeks at a stretch. In Union Hall, 39.5 percent of homes are seasonal. Along Gills Creek it is 28.8 percent. When a pipe freezes and splits in one of those houses, nobody hears it. The water just runs.
We winterize lake houses before the freeze and start them back up in spring. It is a named service on our list, not a favor we squeeze in. Book the fall visit once and the spring visit is the other half of the same job.
LicenseClass A licensed, VA #2705161865
HoursOpen 24 hours, 7 days
WhereUnion Hall, Moneta and Westlake, Huddleston, and the lake corridor in Franklin County
PricingYou approve the price before we start, day or night.
The fall visit
Winterize lake house plumbing before the first hard freeze
One visit, before you close the house for the season. We shut the water off and get it out of the places it can freeze:
- whole-house shutoff at the main
- water heater drain-down
- well pump and pressure tank draining
- outdoor faucets, and blow-out for dock and boathouse water lines
If the house is on a private well, the pump and tank get drained as part of the same visit. We repair the same equipment we winterize; see our well pump and pressure tank page.
The right time is before the first hard freeze, not after the forecast turns. If you are closing the house in October, book the visit for October.
The spring visit
Spring start-up and de-winterization
The other half of the job. When you are ready to open the house, we bring the water back up and check the system before you trust it:
- start-up in order, from the main to the fixtures
- leak check while the system pressurizes
You get a house with the water on and checked, not a first weekend spent hunting a drip.
Second homes
For second-home and seasonal owners
A burst pipe in an occupied house is a bad night. In a house nobody enters until Friday, it can run for days. That is the specific risk of owning at the lake and living somewhere else, and it is the reason winterization earns its cost in this market. The seasonal-home share here is not a guess: Union Hall 39.5 percent, Gills Creek 28.8 percent, Westlake 18.1 percent (ACS 2024 five-year estimates).
If the freeze already won, we answer around the clock. Frozen pipe, burst pipe, water where it should not be: call us now, day or night.
The lake corridor
Where we do it
Union Hall, Moneta and Westlake, Huddleston, and the rest of the lake corridor in Franklin County. Union Hall and Westlake first, because that is where the seasonal homes are. See our pages for Union Hall and Moneta, or everything we do.
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Book the fall visit
Call and tell us where the house is and when you close it. Not urgent? Get a call back today.
You approve the price before we start, day or night. Class A licensed.