Certified Backflow Testers · Licensed Fire Protection Contractor
Backflow Test Due? Certified, Filed, and Off Your To-Do List.
Your backflow preventers keep contaminated water from siphoning back into the drinking supply — and your city requires them tested every year, residential and commercial alike. Domestic, irrigation, and fire backflow: we test, repair, replace, file the paperwork with your municipality, and remind you next year automatically.
- State-certified testers — domestic, irrigation & fire backflow
- Licensed Fire Protection Contractor (FPC26-000047)
- Reports filed with your municipality · automatic annual reminders
Open 7 days · 8:00am–10:00pm ·
Test + Filing Included
One vendor, one visit, every backflow on the property — domestic, irrigation, and fire — tested, filed, and on an annual schedule
Flat rate, priced up front and approved before we start. Most properties split this work between a plumber and a fire protection company; as a Licensed Fire Protection Contractor we handle all of it in one visit, file the results with your city the same week, and put every assembly on the automatic annual list. Kyle Club members get priority scheduling.
Book Your Backflow Test
Straightforward Backflow Pricing
Always flat rate — priced up front, approved before work begins:
| Annual certified test + municipal filing | Flat rate — priced up front | Residential and commercial domestic & irrigation assemblies |
| Fire backflow test | Flat rate — priced up front | Fire line backflow assemblies, including the DCDA test — performed under our fire protection license |
| Repair or rebuild a failed assembly | Flat quote after the test | Most repairs completed the same visit — fire backflow repairs included |
| New installation or replacement | Flat quote by assembly size | Domestic, irrigation & fire backflow replacements · mandated for new connections in several cities |
Commercial properties with multiple assemblies: ask about portfolio scheduling — one calendar, every device, every deadline, fire lines included.
Not combinable — customers receive the greater of any membership discount or promotional offer.
Three Options — You Choose
Annual Test
Flat rate
- Certified test, ~30 minutes per assembly
- Results filed with your municipality
- Automatic reminder next year
Fire Backflow
Flat rate / flat quote
- Fire backflow testing, repairs & replacements
- Licensed Fire Protection Contractor (FPC26-000047)
- Registered with the city — filings handled
- Almost no plumbing shop can do this in-house
Whole-Property Portfolio
One schedule
- Every assembly on the property — domestic, irrigation & fire
- One vendor instead of a plumber plus a fire company
- One calendar, every deadline, all filings
Warranty
Compliance, Documented
Every test is performed by a state-certified tester with calibrated equipment and results filed directly with your water authority — and a copy in your inbox for your records. Plumbing work runs under Florida license CFC1428661; fire backflow work under our Fire Protection Contractor certificate FPC26-000047, registered with the city.
The Honest-Options Promise
No Scare Tactics. No Quotas.
We show you the camera footage, give you three options and real prices. No scare tactics. No sales quotas. Rejecting fear-based selling is Kyle Plumbing’s stated company mission — and the reason 50,000+ South Florida customers have trusted this team.
What Happens After You Call
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1 ~30 min visit
Book the test
Tell us the deadline on your city notice — we schedule inside it.
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2 Same visit
Certified test
Assembly tested with calibrated gauges; minor issues corrected on the spot.
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3 Same week
Filed & reminded
Results filed with your municipality; your property joins the automatic annual list.
Why Cities Keep Tightening Backflow Rules
A backflow preventer is a one-way door between your property and the public water supply. When pressure drops — a main break, a hydrant opening — water can siphon backward, pulling irrigation chemicals, boiler water, or worse into the drinking system. That’s why annual testing is required for residential and commercial assemblies alike, and why several South Florida municipalities now mandate preventers on new connections.
Fire systems have their own version of the same requirement. The fire line backflow assembly protecting your sprinkler connection — on most commercial properties a double check detector assembly — needs the same annual certified test, and stagnant fire-line water makes it the assembly you least want failing quietly. Because fire sprinkler backflow work requires a fire protection license most plumbing shops don’t hold, property managers usually end up hiring two vendors. We hold the license, so one visit covers everything.
The tests themselves are quick; the consequences of skipping them aren’t — failed compliance can mean fines or water service interruption. Our job is making it a non-event: tested, filed, reminded, done.
Members get priority scheduling and the annual whole-home inspection that catches problems before the city notice does.
Join Kyle Club · $15/moFrequently Asked Questions
Do I really need this every year?
If your property has a backflow assembly — most commercial properties, irrigation systems, and many homes do — your water authority requires an annual certified test. The notice letters are not optional. We file the results directly so compliance is documented.
What happens if the assembly fails the test?
We tell you exactly what failed and quote the repair flat, up front. Most rebuilds happen the same visit, followed by a passing re-test and the filing — one appointment, closed loop.
Can you handle every assembly on a commercial property?
Yes — multiple devices, multiple sites, one schedule. Property managers get a single calendar with every assembly, deadline, and certificate tracked for the portfolio — domestic, irrigation, and fire.
Can a plumbing company legally test our fire backflow?
Usually not — fire line work requires a Florida fire protection license, which is why this job normally goes to a separate fire company. Kyle Plumbing holds a Fire Protection Contractor certificate (FPC26-000047) and is registered with the city, so we test, repair, and replace fire backflow assemblies ourselves — same visit as everything else.
What is a DCDA test?
A double check detector assembly test. The DCDA is the standard backflow preventer on commercial fire sprinkler connections — two check valves plus a metered bypass that detects unauthorized water use. Its annual certified test is the same requirement your domestic assemblies carry, performed under our fire protection license and filed with the city.