The Colony wraps around Lewisville Lake, and much of its housing dates from the 1970s through the 90s, back when the town first filled in. That older stock, sitting near the water by the Grandscape district, is where we spend our time here: aging supply lines, tired water heaters, and the wear that comes with several decades of use.
We reach The Colony in about 30 minutes from our McKinney base. It is in Denton County, at the western edge of our area, but we serve it with the same licensed, warrantied work and 24/7 emergency response, so an older lakefront home gets the same fast, honest service as anywhere in Collin County. We are licensed, bonded, and insured, and we give an honest read on repair versus replacement rather than defaulting to the bigger job.
Plumbing in The Colony: the local picture
Homes from the 70s, 80s, and early 90s here often carry original copper supply lines that, after decades of hard water and pressure, develop pinhole leaks inside walls and under slabs. One pinhole usually signals more to come, so when a pattern shows up we talk through a PEX repipe rather than chasing single holes one at a time.
The water heaters in these homes are long past their first replacement, and our hard water keeps scaling whatever tank goes in. Between aging copper, tired heaters, and the expansive clay that works the slabs, there is real deferred maintenance in a lot of these houses, and we help owners sort what needs doing now from what can wait. Many of these homes have changed hands a few times, so a buyer may inherit repairs a previous owner put off, and we are glad to walk a property with a new homeowner and give them an honest read on what they are actually sitting on.
The Colony filled in earlier than its lake neighbors, mostly from the 1970s through the 90s, so its housing is a generation older than Little Elm's and its problems reflect that. Original copper supply lines that have run hard water under pressure for decades develop pinhole leaks inside walls and under slabs, and the water heaters are long past their first replacement. Newer additions like Austin Ranch and The Tribute run modern PEX, but the older lakefront core near Grandscape is where the aging-copper and tired-heater calls concentrate, all of it sitting on clay that keeps working the slabs.
Why The Colony homeowners call us
We serve The Colony from the older lakefront neighborhoods to the areas near Grandscape, Nebraska Furniture Mart, and Stewart Creek Park. A homeowner in an 80s home near the lake called about a damp baseboard with no clear source. Behind the wall, an original copper line had pinholed and been wicking into the drywall. We confirmed it was the first of a likely run and laid out a repipe plan, dried out the affected wall, and pointed the owner toward addressing the moisture before it turned into a mold problem.
A whole-home repipe in the DFW area commonly runs about $6,000 to $20,000 and a tank heater replacement about $1,200 to $2,500, depending on the home. Those are benchmarks. We give you a firm number after we walk the house and see the work.
We handle repipes and pinhole-leak work across the older lakefront neighborhoods, slab-leak location near Stewart Creek Park, and heater and fixture work out toward Austin Ranch and The Tribute. A homeowner in an 80s home near Grandscape and Nebraska Furniture Mart called about a musty smell and a soft spot in a baseboard; behind the wall, an original copper line had pinholed and been wicking into the drywall for weeks, so we confirmed it was the first of a likely run, dried the wall, and laid out a staged PEX repipe. On a home that has changed hands a few times, a buyer often inherits repairs a previous owner deferred.
Plumbing services we bring to The Colony
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Call your local The Colony plumbers
McKinney Pro Plumbers is based at 2168 N Lake Forest Dr, McKinney, TX 75071. Call (831) 290-4327 for The Colony service — scheduled and same-week appointments available.