Plumbers Serving New Cumberland, PA
Call dispatch from a New Cumberland address and the first questions are your street, your ZIP code and what the water is doing. The ZIP matters more here than usual, because 17070 reaches past the borough into York County.
Once the dispatcher confirms the address, a plumber serving your area handles the repair or replacement, and the notes below say who to call about a sewer main, a permit or the water supply.
Distance: About 2.8 miles separate New Cumberland and dispatch in Camp Hill.
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A 17070 address is not always inside the borough
New Cumberland is a borough in Cumberland County, with its office at 1120 Market Street, (717) 774-0404. ZIP code 17070 is wider than the borough. It includes addresses on the York County side in Fairview Township, and Capital City Airport carries a New Cumberland 17070 mailing address. A house with that ZIP may therefore answer to a different municipality, and a different permit office.
Confirm the municipality on your tax bill before you assume the borough rules apply. The borough also contracts a building code official, Approved Codes, at (717) 506-0464, for building questions after the borough office is contacted.
Sewer service here belongs to Pennsylvania American Water
The borough authority sold its wastewater system, and since October 2016 sewer service has been run by Pennsylvania American Water. A backup in the main therefore goes to the utility at 1-800-565-7292, not to the borough. The utility page does not say who owns the lateral, so this page states no rule; ask when you call.
Drinking water comes from the same company, which is also the contact for outages and pressure at the street. Whatever sits past your own shutoff is a plumber's job. No hardness or housing-age figure was obtained for New Cumberland, and none appears here.
| Question | First call | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Permits | Borough office, 1120 Market Street | (717) 774-0404 |
| Building code questions | Approved Codes, the borough's code official | (717) 506-0464 |
| Sewer main or water supply problems | Pennsylvania American Water | 1-800-565-7292 |
| Fixtures and heaters at home | A plumber booked by dispatch | Dispatch line |
A 17070 address on the York County side answers to Fairview Township, not the borough office.
Backup or leak in New Cumberland?
Say whether the water is from a fixture, a floor drain or the street, and the call is passed on.
Call (717) 897-7332When a plumbing job needs a permit
The state building code treats replacing or relocating water supply or drainage piping as permit work. Leak stops and fixture swaps that do not change the pipes are exempt. The text has no exemption written for water heaters, so ask the borough office or the code official before a heater swap. A repipe should be assumed to need a permit.
When a plumber replaces a tank heater, the questions are size, fuel and venting, which water heater replacement covers. Slow drains and clogs in an older house are explained under hydro jetting and drains, and worn faucets or toilets under repairing or replacing a faucet.
Dispatch picks up calls at every hour; urgent ones are explained under how dispatch answers.
New Cumberland by landmark: parks, schools and the library
The borough is compact, and callers usually place themselves by a park or a school. Two of the place names below sit just outside the borough line.
Neighborhoods
- Drexel Hills: listed in the borough, with Drexel Hills Park at 600 Brookhaven Road
- Fairview Park: a populated place in Fairview Township, York County, beside the borough and within the New Cumberland mailing area
Landmarks and prominent locations
- Capital City Airport: listed with a New Cumberland 17070 address, on the York County side
- New Cumberland Borough Park: 500 Front Street, also a take-out for the Yellow Breeches Water Trail
- Memorial Field: 600 5th Street at Beech and Eutaw Avenues
- Riverside Park: on the Susquehanna riverfront, reached by 3rd Avenue off Bridge Street
- Will Cole Park: 219 12th Street, also called the 12th Street Ballfields
- Market Square: the downtown venue for the borough's monthly food truck rally
- New Cumberland Public Library: owned by the borough and part of the Cumberland County library system
- New Cumberland Middle School: 331 Eighth Street, West Shore School District
- Hillside Elementary School: 516 Seventh Street, West Shore School District
- West Shore Senior Center: 122 Geary Avenue
Airport and Fairview Park addresses may answer to Fairview Township rather than the borough, which matters for permits.
Borough or Fairview Township?
The dispatcher asks which municipality your 17070 address falls in.
Call (717) 897-7332Towns within a short drive
Nearby towns each have their own page, with their own offices and utilities.
New Cumberland ZIP code and where it reaches
ZIP 17070 belongs to New Cumberland. It sits next to 17011 (Camp Hill) and reaches York County.
These are ZIP codes served by this dispatch network. Call with your ZIP and the dispatcher will confirm your address.
Everything else the plumbers handle in New Cumberland
Callers here also ask about garbage disposal repair, gas line installation, finding a hidden leak, burst pipe repair, sewer line replacement, concrete slab leaks, tankless heater service, flood cleanup and drying, tank heater problems, the line from the street and water softener and filtration.
New Cumberland answers
How far is dispatch, and which ZIP codes are covered?
The Camp Hill dispatch address is about 2.8 miles from New Cumberland, and ZIP 17070 is the one listed. Call with your ZIP and the dispatcher checks the address; no arrival time is promised.
Who handles a sewer backup in New Cumberland?
Pennsylvania American Water has run the borough's sewer system since October 2016, so a backup in the main goes to the utility. Problems on the house side go to a plumber.
Does a repipe in the borough need a permit?
The state code lists replacing or relocating supply or drain pipes as permit work. Water heaters are not named, so ask the borough office or code official.
Plumbing help in New Cumberland
Contact dispatch with the street, the 17070 ZIP and the symptom.
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