TEMPLE CREST PLUMBER FOR SMALL OLDER HOMES IN TAMPA, JUST WEST OF THE CITY LINE

Plumbing in Temple Crest, Tampa Next Door

Temple Crest is not part of Temple Terrace. It is a City of Tampa neighborhood immediately west of it, bounded by 30th Street, Busch Boulevard and the Hillsborough River, and annexed by Tampa in 1961. The land was platted in 1924 as a luxury development, and mail goes to ZIP 33604 and 33617.

County records show 583 single-family homes in three units, with a median build year of 1970. The oldest are real: 9.8 percent predate 1950. Houses are small, averaging 1,303 square feet with 1.72 baths on about 0.21 acre.

Small Houses, One Bath, and the Repair That Fits

With 1.72 baths on average, many Temple Crest houses have one bathroom and one toilet. A failed fill valve or a clogged tub drain is more than an inconvenience, so same-day work matters. A standard fixture swap (toilet, faucet or sink) runs $200-$450.

Single-fixture repairs, such as a toilet rebuild, a cartridge or a disposal swap, usually cost $125-$350. For after-hours or weekend calls, dispatch runs $150-$250. See emergency plumbing repairs.

Work for One-Bath Houses and Absent Owners

• Emergency Plumbing Repairs — In a one-bath house, a failed toilet or burst supply line is an emergency, so we dispatch fast and price the fix in writing first.
• Plumbing Repairs — Single-fixture repairs dominate small houses, from toilet rebuilds to cartridge swaps, each listed on a dated invoice.
• Plumbing Installation — A second bath or an updated vanity is priced after we find the existing drain and vent on a 0.21-acre lot.
• Leak Detection — Houses near the river sit on low ground, about 34 feet at the plat center, and a pressure test finds a leak before anyone opens a slab.
• Water Heater Repair & Replacement — A single heater serves the whole small house, so a failure is felt immediately and same-day replacement is common.
• Repiping (PEX) — The roughly 10 percent of houses that predate 1950 are the likely repipe candidates, once the pipe has been identified.
• Drain Cleaning & Hydro Jetting — Tampa sewer begins past the property; inside, a camera tells us whether a one-bath house's clog is hair, grease or roots.

Tampa Pipes, Tampa Phone Numbers

Tampa runs both water and sewer here. If the water goes out on the street, call Tampa Utilities at 813-274-8811; a sewer backup in the street goes to 813-247-3451. Tampa's 2025 report puts hardness at 211 mg/L, a number that also applies at the heater. Our who-to-call post covers the split.

Landlords own a lot of Temple Crest: 41.3 percent of the 583 parcels have an owner mailing address elsewhere. Plats such as Hillcrest Acres, Elizabeth Court and Temple Bluff sit nearby. About 68 houses built since 2000 are scattered among cottages, so one block can mix PEX and 1940s pipe. Compare Temple Terrace Riverside.

Temple Crest Units and the Tampa Plats Beside Them

Temple Crest is a City of Tampa neighborhood next to Temple Terrace, made of three units with smaller Tampa plats around them.

• Temple Crest Unit No. 1 — 172 homes built 1926-2023, averaging 1977, split between ZIP 33604 and 33617.
• Temple Crest Unit No. 2 — 202 homes built 1920-2024, averaging 1966, including some of the oldest houses in the neighborhood.
• Temple Crest Unit No. 3 — 209 homes built 1940-2021, averaging 1973, all in ZIP 33604, so a mix of 1940s houses and later ones.
• Orangeview Avenue — 71 homes, the largest street cluster counted in the three units, in a neighborhood of small houses.
• Lakeshore Drive — 66 homes on the second-largest street cluster counted, in the same units of small older houses.
• Hillcrest Acres — A neighboring Tampa plat of about 122 homes (75 plus a 47-home addition) averaging about 1960.
• Elizabeth Court — 46 homes built 1949-69, averaging 1958, in a neighboring Tampa plat of the same mid-century era.
• Temple Bluff — 27 homes built 1959-74 in a small neighboring Tampa plat, a younger counterpart to Elizabeth Court.
• Druid Hills — 38 homes in the re-revised plat, built 1956-2017, so original and rebuilt plumbing sit together.

River, Busch Boulevard and the Boundaries of Temple Crest

Temple Crest is defined by its edges, with the river to the south, Busch Boulevard to the north and 30th Street to the west.

• Hillsborough River — Forms the southern boundary, and the stretch from the dam to about the 56th Street bridge runs through the neighborhood.
• Busch Boulevard — The northern boundary of Temple Crest, with Busch Gardens just beyond it.
• 30th Street — The western boundary of the neighborhood, where Tampa addresses continue away from Temple Terrace.
• Busch Gardens Tampa Bay — Immediately north of the neighborhood, according to its Wikipedia entry.
• Tampa Bypass Canal and Harney Canal — Built to ease the river flooding that once hit the neighborhood often, according to Wikipedia.
• Orange Lake — Described by Wikipedia as a bird sanctuary and living wetland.
• Temple Terrace city limits — Lie to the east, which is why Temple Crest is adjacent to Temple Terrace but belongs to Tampa.

Temple Crest Ownership, House Size and Flood-Polygon Numbers

Temple Crest has small houses, a high share of off-site owners and a river on its southern edge.

• All 583 single-family parcels are in the City of Tampa, and 241 (41.3%) list an off-site owner mailing address. Landlords and property managers are common callers, so who authorizes the work is confirmed first; a street sewer backup goes to Tampa at (813) 247-3451.
• The median build year is 1970, and 57 homes (9.8%) predate 1950. Nearly one home in ten is pre-1950, where original galvanized supply and cast-iron drains are most plausible.
• The average Temple Crest home is 1,303 square feet with 1.72 baths on 0.21 acre. Small homes and short runs mean repairs likely center on single fixtures and water heater swaps.
• The three plats' map box overlaps 16 mapped FEMA polygons, 11 AE, 1 AE floodway and 4 Zone X, and the plat center sits at 34.2 feet. The river forms the southern boundary, so flood exposure varies by block and an address check comes before assuming either way.
• 68 homes (11.7%) were built since 2000. A quiet teardown-and-rebuild layer puts PEX and PVC homes among 1940s-60s cottages, so neighboring houses can need very different work.
• Temple Crest was annexed into Tampa in 1961, after being marketed in 1924 as a luxury subdivision like Temple Terrace. Tampa's utility rules apply on every block, not Temple Terrace's, even though the two share a boundary.

Temple Crest Questions From Owners, Landlords and New Buyers

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