Red Hill, SC · Horry County
Plumber in Red Hill, SC: Three ZIP Codes, County Permits and Thirty-Year-Old Plumbing
Red Hill is a large unincorporated community next to Conway, split across three ZIP codes. This page covers what that means for permits, utilities and aging plumbing.
Red Hill: a large community next door to Conway
Red Hill is a census-designated place in unincorporated Horry County with 15,906 residents at the 2020 Census, making it one of the larger communities within a few miles of Conway. It is about 5.7 road miles from the center of Conway. Because it is unincorporated, it has no city hall of its own, and plumbing permits come from Horry County Code Enforcement, not from a municipal building office.
The median home in Red Hill was built around 1995, so a typical house is about thirty years old. At that age, original tank water heaters have usually been replaced once, builder-grade fixtures and supply connectors are wearing out and kitchen and bathroom drains have collected years of grease and soap. The pages for hot water repairs, dripping faucet repair and clog removal cover the jobs that follow.
Map of Red Hill, SC
Red Hill lies about 5.7 road miles from the center of Conway. The map shows the community and its surroundings.
Not sure which ZIP your house uses? Call (833) 571-0120 with the street and the cross street.
Red Hill's ZIP codes: why the postmark can mislead
Red Hill straddles three ZIP codes. About 71 percent of its land is in 29526, which is a Conway ZIP and one of ours. About 20 percent is in 29588, the Socastee ZIP, and about 9 percent is in 29579, the Carolina Forest ZIP. A house on the 29526 side has a Conway mailing address, while a house a few streets away may be postmarked Myrtle Beach. The plumbing is the same, and so is the service we offer, but the ZIP you give on the phone helps us route the call and confirm that your address is in range.
Our core Conway ZIP codes are 29526, 29527 and 29528. See the service area map for how they map. Nearby pages include Hillsborough area page, Socastee area page and plumbing in Homewood.
Water, sewer and who to call from Red Hill
We did not find a published map of water and sewer providers for Red Hill. Public water in this part of Horry County is generally supplied through the Grand Strand Water and Sewer Authority, directly or through the City of Conway's rural system, and which one serves a street is address-specific, so check your bill. For a sewer problem on authority service, the authority asks customers to call it first at 843-234-8460, or 843-443-8200 after hours. The City of Conway's sewer backup line, 843-248-1770, applies only to customers on city sewer.
The line from the house to the cleanout is the homeowner's. Find the cleanout, a capped pipe in the yard or near the foundation, before you call. The sewer line problems explains the split and the steps.
Permits for Red Hill plumbing work
Horry County Code Enforcement handles permits for unincorporated areas like Red Hill, at 1301 Second Avenue in Conway, phone 843-915-5090. Under the county's code, a plumber can stop a leak or clear a stoppage without a permit, while replacing concealed pipe is new work that does need one. The county page does not name water heaters in the guidance we found, so confirm before a replacement. Residential plumbing work over $500 needs a South Carolina license, so look the plumber up at verify.llronline.com before work begins. Call 811 before any dig, three to twelve full working days ahead.
Rain, flood and the Waccamaw: what Red Hill shares with Conway
Red Hill is a few miles from the Waccamaw River gauge at Conway, where the river reached more than 21 feet in September 2018 against a minor flood stage of 11 feet. A homeowner here is subject to the same heavy rain, about 55 inches a year, and the same shallow winter and spring water tables found across much of the area. After a storm, check the water heater, the cleanout and any floor drain, and read the water damage removal if water has entered the house. A leak that appears after rain may be a plumbing line or groundwater, and the hidden leak detection explains how to tell.
What to fix first in a thirty-year-old house
With a house of Red Hill's typical age, a short checklist helps you decide where money goes first. Start with the water heater: find the age on the label, and if it is past about a decade, plan the replacement before it fails. Next, look at the shut-off valves under sinks and behind toilets. Old valves that are stuck or weeping are worth replacing while the supply lines are out. Then check the toilets for slow refill and the faucets for drips, since small leaks run up the bill quietly. Last, find the main shut-off and the cleanout, so that you can act fast if something fails. None of these jobs is large, but done together they cut the odds of a larger emergency.
Moving into a Red Hill house: the first-week plumbing walk-through
In the first week, find the main water shut-off and the sewer cleanout, run every tap and flush every toilet, and look under each sink for dampness or green corrosion on the connections. Check the age of the water heater from its data plate, and note its location relative to the floor. Read the water meter with everything off and again an hour later to rule out a hidden leak.
Keep the findings in one list. Items that are small, such as a loose supply line or a running toilet, can be fixed on a single visit. Items that are not, such as a water heater near the end of its life, are worth planning rather than waiting for. The tank repair guide and toilet repair page explain each.
What Red Hill homeowners can expect when they call
Give the street, the cross street, the ZIP and a short description of the problem. We will say what we can do and whether a visit to your address is possible, without promising a time before we know it. The call goes to the same number as the rest of the site, (833) 571-0120. Quick answers are on the FAQs page, and typical ranges are on the price ranges. For a problem that has already flooded a floor, start with the pipe break repair page.
Need a plumber in Red Hill?
Give us the street and ZIP and tell us what the plumbing is doing, and we will say what we can do.