Ajax Plumbing LLC, father and son out of Front Royal
Plumbing for every corner of Frederick County, VA
From Winchester subdivisions to century-old farmhouses on wells out toward Gore, we work on it all. Forty-five years between the two of us, backflow certified, free quotes, and somebody answers the phone at 2 a.m.
540-671-541724/7 emergency line. Call me and tell me what’s wrong.One county, two completely different kinds of plumbing
I’ll be straight with you. Frederick County is really two jobs in one. There’s the Winchester metro side, where the new subdivisions keep going up around Senseny Road and out past the bypass, and there’s the rural side, where the road turns to gravel and the house has been standing since before anybody wrote a permit. We handle both, and we don’t treat them the same, because they aren’t the same.
The new builds out by Stephens City and the south end of Winchester are usually on municipal water and sewer. Clean layouts, PEX runs, modern fixtures. When something goes wrong there it’s almost always a fitting that was rushed, a water heater that hit its tenth birthday, or a drain line packed with whatever the builder’s crew swept in. Those are quick to read and quick to fix once you’ve seen a few hundred of them.
Then you head west. Out toward Gore, Cross Junction, and Star Tannery the houses run on private wells and septic, and a lot of them have plumbing that’s been added onto in three or four different decades. Galvanized that turned to copper that turned to PEX, all spliced together under one floor. That’s where the experience earns its keep. You can’t just swap a part. You have to understand how the whole thing was put together by people who are long gone.
On the job in Plumbing for every corner of Frederick CountyWhat we do across Frederick County
Same six things whether you’re in a Winchester townhouse or a farmhouse off Gore Road. Here’s the short version.
Water HeatersCertified on most brands, gas and electric, tank and tankless. We pull the old one, set the new one, and make the venting right.
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Drain ClearingKitchen, bath, main line. We clear the blockage and tell you whether it’s a one-time thing or a pipe that’s failing.
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Sewer InspectionsCamera down the line so you see exactly what we see. Smart before you buy an older place in the county.
See sewer inspectionsResidentialRepairs, repipes, fixtures, frozen lines. Whole-house work on homes new and old, well-fed or city water.
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CommercialShops, restaurants, offices. Backflow certified, so we handle the annual testing your line needs to pass.
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RemodelingKitchen and bath rough-in and finish. We rough it where the inspector wants it and the tile guy can work around it.
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Water lines and meters in Plumbing for every corner of Frederick CountyWells, hard water, and old farmhouses
If your house pulls from a well, the plumbing problems look different than they do in town. We get calls from out past Cross Junction and Gore where the pressure has dropped off, the water’s running rusty, or a fixture is screaming because there’s air in the line. Some of that traces back to the pressure tank or the lines feeding off it, and that’s our work. If it’s the well pump itself buried down the shaft, we’ll tell you plainly and steer you to a pump outfit. No sense pretending otherwise.
The water out here is hard, mineral-heavy, and it eats water heaters. A tank that might go fifteen years in a city home can crust up and quit early on well water. When we set a new heater for somebody in the rural county, we talk about what the water’s doing to it, because replacing the same way every six years isn’t a plan, it’s a habit you can break.
And those frozen lines. The western half of the county, up around Shawneeland and Star Tannery, gets cold and stays cold. A water line in a crawlspace that nobody insulated will split on the first hard freeze. We come out, find the break, fix it, and take ten percent off the bill for frozen water-line repairs because we know it’s not the call anyone wanted to make in January.
Towns we work in
Front Royal is home base, but Frederick County is a short run up 522 and 81. We’re in these towns regularly.
Winchester and Stephens City, where most of the calls come from
Most of our Frederick County work lands in the Winchester and Stephens City corridor, and that makes sense, because that’s where most of the people are. The subdivisions south of Winchester have filled in fast, and a development that was a hayfield a decade ago is now two hundred homes all hitting year ten on their original water heaters at roughly the same time. We stay busy on those.
Stephens City sits right on I-81, which is why we can be there quick when a pipe lets go at the wrong hour. A burst supply line floods a finished basement in minutes, and that’s a call where every minute matters. We answer the emergency line ourselves and we move. If you’re staring at water coming through the ceiling, stop reading and get a hold of us or just call.
Middletown and Clear Brook fall in between, older town cores with newer pockets around the edges. We see plenty of mixed-vintage plumbing there, the kind where the kitchen got redone in 1998 but the rest of the house is exactly as it was built. We sort out what’s worth keeping and what’s overdue.
We run from our shop at 266 Grove Farm Road in Front Royal out to Plumbing for every corner of Frederick County and the towns around it. Here is where you will find us on the map.
Why a small family shop is the right call out here
We’re a father and son. That’s the whole company. When you call Ajax you’re not getting a dispatcher reading from a script and a different stranger every visit. You get one of us, and we both know the western Frederick County roads, the well systems, and the way the old farmhouses out toward Gore were put together.
Forty-five years combined means we’ve already seen whatever your house is doing. That cuts the guesswork, and guesswork is what runs a plumbing bill up. We diagnose it once, fix it right, and don’t come back for the same thing in three months. Free quotes, a straight number before we start, and no upsell on parts you don’t need.
We’re backflow certified, certified on most water-heater brands, and we run the emergency line around the clock. Whether you’re a homeowner in a Winchester cul-de-sac or you run a shop in Middletown, you get the same answer when you call: we’ll come look, we’ll tell you straight, and we’ll fix it. Want it in writing first? Send us the details and we’ll get you a number. You can also see recent jobs in our work gallery.
Questions we hear from Frederick County
Do you service homes on private wells in Frederick County?
Yes. A lot of properties out toward Gore, Cross Junction, and Star Tannery run on wells instead of municipal water. We work on the well-fed plumbing, pressure tanks, water heaters, and the lines that tie the system together. If the problem is the pump itself down the shaft, we’ll tell you straight and point you to a pump specialist.
How fast can you get to Winchester or Stephens City for an emergency?
We run 24/7 emergency service out of Front Royal. Winchester and Stephens City are a straight shot up Route 522 and I-81, so we move on those calls quick. Call 540-671-5417 and tell me what’s happening and where the water is.
Do you charge for a quote?
No. Quotes are free. We look at the job, tell you what it needs, and give you a number before any work starts. No surprise line items at the end.
Is there a discount on frozen pipe repairs?
Yes. We take ten percent off frozen water-line repairs. Winter in the western part of the county gets cold and stays cold, and a frozen line that splits is one of our most common January calls. We come fix it and the discount comes off the bill.
Can you replace any brand of water heater?
We’re certified on most water-heater brands, gas and electric, tank and tankless. Tell us what you have and what you want, and we’ll handle the swap, the venting, and the connections. On well water we’ll also talk through what’s shortening the tank’s life.
Do you do commercial plumbing in Frederick County?
Yes. We handle commercial work, and we’re backflow certified, which matters for restaurants, shops, and any building with an irrigation or fire line that needs annual testing to stay compliant.
Need a plumber in Plumbing for every corner of Frederick County?
Tell us what is going on and a real person calls you back, usually within the hour. The quote is always free.
Rather talk now? Call 540-671-5417, 24/7.