Plumbers in Deering Center: the short answer
Deering Center is a residential neighborhood of established single-family homes, so the plumbing calls here are about boilers and water heaters, older drain lines, basement sump pumps and frozen pipes. Shut off the water for any active leak and call. Call (207) 555-0163 to speak with a local plumber who serves Deering Center, Deering Highlands and nearby corners, ZIP 04103.
About Deering Center
Deering was its own town, split off from Westbrook in 1871, until it was incorporated into Portland on March 9, 1899. It's named for Captain James Deering, a horse farmer and early resident. Deering Center runs roughly from Brighton Avenue to Forest Avenue and Walton Street, past Evergreen Cemetery, and includes Deering High School, Lincoln Middle School and Longfellow Elementary. Nearby, Deering Highlands is an almost entirely residential hillside with late-1800s homes by architects John Calvin Stevens and Frederick A. Tompson, and Woodfords Corner and Morrill's Corner are the nearby crossroads.
Common plumbing calls in Deering Center
- boilers and radiators in older homes
- water heater repair and replacement
- drain and sewer line problems
- sump pumps in spring
Our main page on Portland plumbing help covers every service.
Heat and hot water
Just over half of Maine homes heated with oil in 2023, and in many of them the boiler makes the hot water too, through a coil or an indirect tank. When that boiler fails in January, the house loses heat and hot water at the same time, and pipes in cold corners can start to freeze. If your heat goes out, keep cabinet doors on outside walls open and let faucets drip while you wait for help. Read the boiler no-heat checklist.
Deering Highlands' older homes
Homes from the late 1800s have had their plumbing modernized in stages, which can leave a mix of copper, galvanized and older drain materials. Portland Water District notes lead was used in household plumbing into the 1980s, even though its service lines are lead-free, so a repair is a good time to ask the plumber what your house's pipes are made of.
Deering Center at a glance
- Area
- Off-peninsula, roughly Brighton Avenue to Forest Avenue
- ZIP
- 04103
- Landmarks
- Deering High School, Evergreen Cemetery, Woodfords Corner, Morrill's Corner
- History
- Town of Deering until it joined Portland in 1899
- Common calls
- Boilers, water heaters, drains, sump pumps
When you call from Deering Center
Say how the house is heated, how old it is and what's not working. For older-home questions, read plumbing in older Portland homes.