Chesterfield Village is the planned community developer Louis Sachs began assembling in the 1960s, with Chesterfield Mall, which opened in 1976, as one of its early anchors. If you live or work there and need a plumber in Chesterfield Village, MO, your problems are shaped by shared buildings more than by single-family yards.
We found no official boundary map for the Village, so this page uses the anchors that published sources name: Highway 40 at Clarkson and Olive roads, and Justus Post Road. Give your street address when you call and dispatch will confirm coverage.
What the published record says about the Village
St. Louis Public Radio reports that Sachs bought 37 acres at Highway 40 and Clarkson and Olive roads in 1967. His first Village project was a 30,000 square foot office building at 16300 Justus Post Road in 1975, and the mall opened a year later.
At his death in 2011 the Village was described as more than 200 businesses and 260 homes. A second source describes condominiums, apartments and office buildings around a regional mall. Those counts are a 2011 snapshot, but both descriptions point to a mixed community, and that matters because a leak in one condo can reach the unit below.
Condo owner or office tenant: who usually handles what
Governing documents and leases set the real line. This is the usual split, so read yours before you pay for a repair.
Usually the owner or tenant
- Faucets, toilets and fixtures inside the unit
- A water heater that serves only your unit, if your documents say so
- The drain from your fixtures up to the shared line
- Damage to your own belongings and finishes
Usually the association or property manager
- Main water risers and shared drain stacks
- Building shutoff valves and common-area pipes
- Mechanical rooms and shared water heating
- Repairs that affect more than one unit
If water is coming through the ceiling of a Village unit
- ✓Close the shutoff for your own unit if you can reach it.
- ✓Knock on the unit above and call the property manager so they can close the source.
- ✓Keep away from outlets and light fixtures that are wet. Turn off power only if the panel is dry and easy to reach.
- ✓Move furniture and electronics out from under the water.
- ✓Photograph the stain, the source if you can see it, and any damaged belongings.
- ✓Call the line with the building address, your unit and the unit above.
Condo or office leak in the Village?
Name the building and unit so the other units are not forgotten.
Common jobs in attached homes and office suites
These are general examples from attached and commercial buildings, not a count of Village calls.
Water heater in a closet
A heater in a utility closet that leaks can soak the floor and the neighbor below. See water heater repair before you decide to replace it.
A drain shared with a neighbor
When two units back up together, the blockage is past your fixtures. Drain cleaning helps only if the shared line is accessible, so tell the manager first.
Office restrooms and break rooms
Suites share more than the lobby. Commercial plumbing covers restrooms, sinks and heaters for tenants.
A ceiling stain with no obvious source
Leak detection helps when the wet spot is far from the pipe that is feeding it.
What we could not confirm about the Village
We found no public source for building years, pipe materials or an exact boundary, so we do not state them. Retail and restaurant buildings out on the floodplain are covered on the Chesterfield Valley page.
Questions about plumbing in Chesterfield Village
Published accounts place its start at Highway 40 and Clarkson and Olive roads, with early development on Justus Post Road. We found no official boundary, so give your street address and dispatch will confirm coverage.
No. It is a planned community inside the City of Chesterfield, which incorporated in 1988. See the service area page for how we cover the city and nearby towns.
Call the property manager so the shared source can be shut off, then call the line. Shutting your own unit's water valve while you wait is a safe first step.
Your governing documents set the line between shared systems and equipment that serves one unit. Ask your manager and keep the paperwork for any repair.
Yes, through commercial plumbing calls. Give the building address and the suite number.
For an active leak, shut off what you can and call right away. For a repair that can wait, check your documents and tell the manager first so you are not paying for something the building covers.
Reference points for this page: The Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) and the International Plumbing Code (IPC) are the model codes most U.S. jurisdictions adopt, and the local permitting authority decides which edition and amendments apply. Village history and counts come from St. Louis Public Radio's 2011 obituary of Louis Sachs and from a published history of Chesterfield. The 2011 counts of 200 businesses and 260 homes are a snapshot and may have changed.