Plumbing Trouble on a Former Army Base Street?
A toilet that will not stop running or a sink that holds water can turn a normal evening into a problem. Call, name the fixture and a plumber serving your area will respond.
Vint Hill is roughly 7.1 miles from Warrenton, measured between the two town centers.
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Call About the Fixture That Failed
Name the fixture in the first sentence of the call: the toilet that keeps running, the sink that will not drain, the heater that makes no hot water. Dispatch can then judge the urgency and tell you what to shut off.
A slow tub or a toilet that gurgles may point beyond the fixture. Guidance on clearing a stubborn clog explains when a main line is the real problem.
A Signals Station Became a Neighborhood
The Army set up Vint Hill Farms Station in June 1942 to intercept enemy radio traffic, buying about 721 acres for the job. The station closed on September 30, 1997. A state authority formed in 1998 and took over the land the next year, and the site has since filled with technology offices, a winery and homes.
Streets in the residential part are named after people from the history of computing. That layered past means a plumber here may open a wall in a converted farm building one day and a recently built house the next.
Hot water gone, and it is cold out?
Call now with the heater's age and fuel type if you know them. You will learn what can be done tonight.
Water Heaters in Mixed-Use Buildings
The Aiken Drive town center was planned as a mixed-use project, so homes and commercial space share the area. In mixed-use buildings generally, a unit upstairs and a tenant below each keep their own water heater and shutoff.
Before work starts, confirm which unit's equipment is failing and who controls it. For a home unit, repairing a heater that has stopped is the first question, and swapping in a new one is the second. A different path applies for a wall-hung on-demand unit.
When the Property Is the Business
Technology and engineering companies are among the tenants of the redeveloped site. A restroom that is out of service or a hot water line that runs cold stops customers at the door.
Details for plumbing for a business are on its own page, including after-hours repairs that avoid closing during the day.
Name the Street and the Building
The National Register district runs along Aiken Drive, Kennedy Road, Vint Hill Parkway, Farm Station Road, Bludau Drive and Sigler Road. Many buildings along those streets have changed use since the Army left, so the old name and the current tenant can both mislead.
Give dispatch the street, the building's present use and the floor or unit that is affected. A plumber then knows whether to bring tools for a house, a shop or a converted barn, and the first visit goes further.
Mornings Below Freezing
January lows in the Warrenton area average about 24 degrees, and cold snaps reach pipes in unheated spaces. Garage walls, crawl spaces and exterior hose bibs freeze first.
Disconnect hoses in autumn and let a tap drip on the coldest nights. If a line does split, the steps for frozen-pipe repair start with closing the main.
Neighbors Within Easy Reach of Vint Hill
Distances here come from the map, taken between the middle of each community.
Closest to the area
Farther out
Vint Hill on the Map
The map shows Vint Hill, about 7.1 miles east of Warrenton and southeast of New Baltimore.
Vint Hill call, any hour
Dispatch answers around the clock and can often send a plumber the same day.
Landmarks to Mention When You Call
Dispatch hears plenty of addresses. These named sites come from public records and help pinpoint yours.
| Place | Type | What a plumber should know |
|---|---|---|
| Vint Hill Farms Station Historic District | Historic district | Established in 1942, listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register in September 2021 and the National Register in November 2021. |
| Vint Hill Craft Winery | Landmark | Opened in 2009 in a dairy barn dating to 1916, once part of the Army station's barn complex. |
| Vint Hill Farms Station historical marker | Landmark | A state marker at Farm Station Road and Lineweaver Road, easy to name for dispatch. |
| Vint Hill Village Town Center, Aiken Drive | Mixed-use area | A 300-acre mixed-use project at 4263 Aiken Drive, with new phases of development marketed in recent years. |
| Vint Hill Economic Development Authority | Redevelopment body | Formed in 1998 to redevelop the former base after it closed in 1997. |
ZIP codes: 20187. Vint Hill Farms sits within ZIP code 20187, which also holds Warrenton and New Baltimore.
Vint Hill Questions
Is Vint Hill part of Warrenton?
The Postal Service files Vint Hill Farms under ZIP code 20187, labeled Warrenton, but it is an unincorporated place in Fauquier County. County offices, not a town, handle its permits.
Who do I call about a plumbing permit in Vint Hill?
Fauquier County Community Development at 540-422-8230. The county also asks for a business license before it issues permits to a contractor, so ask the plumber about it.
The winery building is old. Can a plumber work in a building like that?
Yes. A converted barn or similar structure can be worked on, but the plumber plans around the framing, the floor and the way the building was altered. Say so on the call.
Are the new streets here on public water and sewer?
Fauquier water and sanitation, 540-349-2092, can verify an address. Do not assume from the neighborhood, because service varies by street.
Need a plumber in Vint Hill?
Name the fixture when dispatch picks up. You will hear what to shut off first.