- Leaks don't stand a chance.
Plumber in Jonesville, FL
Licensed, locally owned, and out here every week. Leak detection, water heaters, drains, wells and septic for Jonesville, Tioga and the rest of western Alachua County.
Rather text? Send a photo of the problem to 352-377-9447 and we’ll tell you what it sounds like.
Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor CFC1430748
Locally owned, out of Hawthorne. Licensed and insured. Licensing and insurance
Service fee to come out, waived on larger jobs
$
69
Flat leak detection. We find it or you don't pay
$
375
Parts and labor warranty, then the manufacturer's on top
2
yr
First Choice Plumbing is a licensed, locally owned plumber serving Jonesville, FL and the surrounding western Alachua County communities, including Town of Tioga, Arbor Greens and Turnberry Lake. We handle leak detection, water heaters, drain clearing, repipes, well water filtration and septic work. Leak detection is $375 flat and we find it or you don’t pay. Call or text 352-377-9447.
- Licensed CFC1430748
- Locally owned, out of Hawthorne
- 2 year parts and labor warranty
- We patch every hole we cut
- Why it's hard to get a plumber out to Jonesville
Why is it so hard to get a plumber to show up in Jonesville?
Because Jonesville sits in that awkward spot. It’s fifteen minutes past the edge of Gainesville and it’s not quite Newberry, so a lot of shops treat it as a drive they’d rather not make. You end up on a Thursday afternoon slot that turns into next Tuesday, or you get a big outfit that sends whoever is closest and charges you like they didn’t. That’s not a plumbing problem. That’s a scheduling problem, and you’re the one paying for it while a shutoff valve drips into your slab.
Here’s the part that wears people down. It isn’t the leak. It’s the feeling that you’re an afterthought because your address doesn’t have a city name on it. You’ve got a real house, a real bill, and a real problem, and you’re getting handled like a rounding error. You shouldn’t have to call five people to get one honest answer about your own water line.
We batch our week by geography on purpose. Kim groups the western county calls so Mike isn’t bouncing from Hawthorne to Jonesville and back twice in a day. That’s not a marketing promise, it’s just how a small shop has to run to stay profitable, and you’re the one who benefits from it.
- What it costs, in plain numbers
Who permits plumbing work in Jonesville?
Alachua County does. Jonesville is unincorporated, so even though your mail says Newberry and your kids might go to school toward Gainesville, your permit and your inspection come through the Alachua County Growth Management Building Division, not a city building office.
That matters more than people think. Florida requires a permit to alter, repair, replace or convert a plumbing system, and yes, that includes swapping a water heater. If a plumber offers to skip it to save you a little, that’s not a favor. That’s a problem waiting for you at closing.
Septic is its own track. Onsite systems in Alachua County still permit through the county health department, and this part of the county sits inside springs protection areas tied to the Santa Fe River, which can change what a new or replacement system has to be.
We pull the permit. You don’t have to think about any of that.
- $69 to come out
- Service fee to come out, waived on larger jobs. We pull the permit when the job needs one.
- Meet the owner
Who's actually coming to my house?
Will Harrod owns First Choice Plumbing and holds the license, CFC1430748. He does the estimates himself, which is unusual now and is the whole reason people call us back. He’s not behind a curtain collecting a percentage. He’s the guy in your yard telling you what he found.
Mike runs the service calls and the drain calls, and he’s been in more Alachua County houses than most people have driven past. Ben is the helper who’s catching on faster than he should be. Kim answers the phone and does the dispatching.
That’s it. That’s the company. Locally owned, out of Hawthorne, and we’d rather stay small and good than get big and sloppy.
- Will Harrod, owner. License holder, CFC1430748.
- Mike runs the service calls and the drain calls.
- Ben is the helper who's catching on faster than he should be.
- Kim answers the phone and does the dispatching.
- Jonesville's two kinds of houses
Why does Jonesville plumbing split into two completely different jobs?
Most towns have one kind of house. Jonesville has two, and they break in totally different ways.
The rural parcels along 241
Out past the ballfields, you’ve got acreage, older block and frame homes, private wells, and septic tanks that were put in before anybody was thinking about the Santa Fe River. These calls are almost never a clog. They’re a pressure tank that short cycles, a well pump that won’t prime, a hose bib that’s been dripping since spring, iron staining every fixture in the house, or a drain field that’s been telling you something for two years. These are the jobs we like. You don’t just have one hose bib out here, you’ve got six, and the one that fails is always the one behind the barn.
The subdivisions that grew in behind Tioga
Town of Tioga broke ground in 1996, and Amelia Fields, Arbor Greens, Turnberry Lake, Belmont, Strawberry Fields and Wyndsong filled in around it. Those houses are now somewhere between twenty and thirty years old, which is exactly the age where the first real plumbing bills show up. Original water heaters are past their expected life. Shower valve cartridges are seized. Angle stops under sinks don’t turn anymore without snapping. Slab supply lines start weeping where they’ve been rubbing on concrete since the Clinton administration. None of that is a disaster. All of it is cheaper to catch early, which is the whole reason we tell people to call about the small stuff.
If your house is somewhere between those two descriptions, that’s normal out here too. Tell us what it’s doing and we’ll tell you which kind of job it is before we come out.
Pressure tanks and well pumps
A pressure tank that short cycles, a well pump that won't prime, a hose bib that's been dripping since spring.
Iron staining and sulfur smell
Iron staining every fixture in the house. Free water test first, then a system sized to what your water actually is.
Water heaters past their expected life
Original water heaters in the Tioga era subdivisions are past their expected life. Repair when repair makes sense, replace when it doesn't.
Seized valves and weeping slab lines
Shower valve cartridges that are seized, angle stops that snap, and slab supply lines weeping where they rub on concrete.
- What we fix in Jonesville
What do you actually fix out here?
Leak detection
Your bill doubled and nobody can tell you why. We’ll find it. $375 flat, and if we don’t find it, you don’t pay.
Water heaters
Tank and tankless, gas, propane and electric. Repair when repair makes sense, replace when it doesn’t.
Well water filtration
Iron, sulfur, hardness, the rotten egg smell. Free water test first, then a system sized to what your water actually is.
Drain clearing and drain cleaning
Two different jobs. Clearing is the clog today. Cleaning is milling the inside of an old line back to smooth. Drain descaling
Repipes and pipe repair
CPVC, copper, PEX, polybutylene, galvanized, cast iron. Every hole we cut, we patch.
Septic work
Locating, new tanks, drain fields, abandonment and decommission. We don’t do pump-outs or inspections, and we’ll tell you who does.
Not sure which kind of job it is? Tell us what it’s doing and we’ll tell you before we come out.
- What to expect when you call
What happens after I call?
Tell Kim what it's doing.
Not what you think it is, just what you’re seeing and hearing. She’ll tell you honestly whether it’s an emergency or a Tuesday.
We come find the real problem.
$69 to come out, waived on larger work. Leak detection is $375 flat with the find-it-or-free guarantee. You get the price before we start, not after.
- Side by side
The difference is in the details
If a smaller fix does the job, we’ll tell you that too. Plenty of the calls we run out here end with a $180 repair instead of the replacement somebody else quoted.
| What you're comparing | First Choice Plumbing | Typical Plumbing Company |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic price | $69 to come out, published right here, waived on larger jobs | Call for pricing, quoted after they are standing in your kitchen |
| Leak detection risk | $375 flat. If we don't find it, you don't pay | Hourly, and you pay whether they find it or not |
| Who runs your estimate | The owner, license holder CFC1430748, in person | A commissioned salesperson working off a tablet menu |
| Drywall after a repipe | Every hole we cut gets patched by a drywall contractor. You bring the paint color | Patching is your problem and your second contractor |
| Jonesville coverage | A routed stop on our western county run every week | An out-of-area drive they would rather not make |
| Well and septic knowledge | Filtration, softeners, iron and sulfur, locating, tanks and drain fields | City water only. Well work gets referred out |
| Warranty | 2 years parts and labor, manufacturer warranty on top | 30 to 90 days on labor is common |
| Scope honesty | We tell you what we don't do: no pump-outs, no inspections, no tile, no backflow | Says yes to everything, subs out the rest, marks it up |
- Well water in western Alachua County
Why does my well water smell like rotten eggs out here?
Usually hydrogen sulfide, and it’s not a sign your well is ruined. We’re sitting on the Floridan Aquifer, and the limestone down there is naturally high in iron and sulfur. That’s the orange staining in your toilet tank and the smell that hits you in the shower.
Here’s the honest part, though. Sometimes it isn’t the well at all. If the smell only shows up on the hot side, it’s usually the anode rod in your water heater reacting with the water, not the water itself. Gainesville Regional Utilities gives the same advice about odor to their own customers: check the water heater and check the disposal before you assume it’s the supply.
So we test before we sell anything. Free water test, and then we tell you what the number actually says. Sometimes that’s an air injection system and a couple of media tanks plus a softener. Sometimes it’s a $40 anode rod and you keep your money.
Private wells aren’t regulated the way a city system is, which means nobody is testing yours unless you do. Once a year is plenty for most families out here.
Rural well and septic parcels along 241
Acreage, older block and frame homes, private wells, and septic tanks that were put in before anybody was thinking about the Santa Fe River.
Town of Tioga and the 1996-and-newer subdivisions
Amelia Fields, Arbor Greens, Turnberry Lake, Belmont, Strawberry Fields and Wyndsong. Twenty to thirty years old, which is exactly the age where the first real plumbing bills show up.
Emergencies
Usually the same day, and often within a couple of hours depending on where the truck is. If water is actively running, shut off the main first and then call.
Septic locating, tanks and drain fields
Locating, new tanks, drain fields, abandonment and decommission. No pump-outs or inspections, and we'll tell you who does them.
- Questions we get every week
Frequently asked questions about plumbing in Jonesville, FL
We serve it for real. Jonesville, Tioga and the subdivisions off Newberry Road are a routed part of our week, not an exception we make. Kim batches the western county calls together so we're out that way regularly.
Usually the same day, and often within a couple of hours depending on where the truck is. Call, don't email. If water is actively running, shut off the main first and then call us at 352-377-9447.
Both, depending on the parcel. Homes in the newer subdivisions are typically on a public supply, while rural parcels along 241 and the side roads are usually on private wells. If you're not sure, look at your water bill. No water bill means a well.
Yes. Florida requires a permit to replace a plumbing system component, and a water heater changeout counts. Because Jonesville is unincorporated, it permits through Alachua County Growth Management, not a city building office. We pull it as part of the job.
Our service fee is $69 to come out, and it's waived on larger jobs, roughly $800 and up. Leak detection is $375 flat with the find-it-or-free guarantee. Everything else gets priced before we start the work, not after.
Probably not yet. Houses from that era are usually CPVC or copper, not polybutylene, so a full repipe is uncommon. What they do need is attention to the water heater, the shower valves and the angle stops, which is a much smaller bill if you catch it early.
Usually, yes. We test first for free, because sometimes it's the well and sometimes it's the anode rod in your water heater. If it's the water, an air injection system with the right media handles iron and sulfur without adding chemicals.
No. We locate tanks, install and replace tanks and drain fields, and handle abandonment and decommission, but we don't do pump-outs or inspections. When you need one, we'll tell you who to call. That's not a runaround, it's just staying in our lane.
- Where else we work
What towns near Jonesville do you cover?
Jonesville is on our western county run, along with Newberry just up 26, Archer to the south, and Gainesville to the east. We cover all of Alachua County plus Marion, Putnam, Clay, Bradford, Union and Levy.
Don’t see your town? We likely still come out — call 352-377-9447
- One call
Tell us what it's doing. We'll take it from there.
You don’t need to diagnose it. Describe it. We’ll tell you whether it’s an emergency or something that can wait until Thursday, and we’ll tell you the price before we start.
Leaks don’t stand a chance.
Or text 352-377-9447. Licensed and insured. Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor CFC1430748.
First Choice Plumbing, 6940 SE 221st St, Hawthorne, FL 32640. 352-377-9447.
- Leaks don't stand a chance.
Tell us what's going on and we'll take it from there
You get a real person, a $69 visit, a flat price before we start, and a company that patches what it cuts and answers the phone when you call back. If a smaller fix is the right call, we’ll tell you that too.
First Choice Plumbing is a locally owned, owner led plumbing company working Gainesville, Hawthorne and Greater Alachua County. Leak detection, repipes, water heaters, drains, trenchless lining, well water filtration and septic. We find it, we fix it, we guarantee it.
Florida Certified Plumbing Contractor CFC1430748
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