Est. 1987 · Houston, Texas
HoustonPlumbing
Master plumbers for Houston’s most storied homes. Quiet arrivals, immaculate work, and fixtures that outlast the oaks.
Master plumbers for Houston’s most storied homes. Quiet arrivals, immaculate work, and fixtures that outlast the oaks.
Behind the brick and the live oaks, a great home runs on quiet plumbing. For nearly four decades we’ve served River Oaks and Houston’s finest neighborhoods with master-level workmanship — shoe covers on, drop cloths down, and every valve, joint, and line finished like it will be inspected. Because it will be. By you.
Acoustic and thermal detection that finds slab and wall leaks without tearing your home apart. Repaired the same visit whenever possible.
Book →PEX and copper repipes for vintage estates — planned room by room, walls patched and painted, finished in days, not weeks.
Book →Endless hot water, right-sized for large households. Install, descale, and service on every major brand — with permits handled.
Book →Certified gas line installation, leak testing, and generator or outdoor-kitchen hookups — pressure-tested and city-inspected.
Book →Camera inspections, hydro-jetting, and trenchless sewer replacement that spares your gardens, driveway, and hundred-year oaks.
Book →Rough-in through final fixture set for designers, builders, and homeowners. Luxury brands sourced, installed, and warrantied.
Book →A licensed plumber — never a subcontractor — arrives in the window we promised, with the parts to finish the job that day.
You approve a written, flat price up front. No hourly meters, no surprises on the invoice, no “while we were in there.”
Drop cloths, shoe covers, and a final walkthrough together. If it’s not immaculate, we’re not finished.
“They repiped our 1938 home without disturbing a single plaster wall we cared about. It felt less like a construction crew and more like a restoration team.”
“Slab leak found and fixed in one afternoon. The price they quoted at the door was the price on the invoice. That alone puts them in rare company.”
“Our builder has used them on three projects now. The inspectors barely look — they know whose work it is the moment they see the copper.”
Plumbing in Houston isn’t like plumbing anywhere else. Our expansive clay soil swells with every rainy spell and shrinks in every drought, flexing foundations and stressing the water and drain lines that run beneath them. Add hard municipal water that scales up tank and tankless heaters, thousands of pre-1970s homes still draining through original cast iron, and the occasional hard freeze that this region was never built for — and you have a city where a plumber’s local knowledge matters as much as their license.
When gumbo clay moves, it can grind and stress the copper lines under your slab. Unexplained hot spots on the floor, a spinning water meter with everything off, or a sudden jump in your water bill are the early warnings. We locate slab leaks acoustically and confirm before anything is opened up — then reroute or repair with the least possible disruption.
Read: clay soil & slab leaks →Much of inner-loop Houston — the Heights, Montrose, River Oaks, West U — still drains through cast iron laid generations ago. Decades of Houston humidity and use corrode it from the inside out. We camera-inspect first, then advise honestly: spot repair, epoxy lining, or full replacement.
Read: repair, reline or replace →Houston homes aren’t insulated for 20°F — as the 2021 freeze proved across the region. Exposed lines in attics, exterior walls, and pool equipment are the first casualties. We winterize before the front arrives and answer the phone when it doesn’t go to plan.
Read: the freeze checklist →Houston’s water carries enough dissolved mineral to shorten the life of water heaters that never get flushed — and to scale up tankless units that skip annual descaling. We size, install, and maintain both, and we’ll tell you plainly which one your household actually needs.
Read: is tankless worth it here? →It depends on the job, but with us it never depends on the clock. You approve a written, fixed price before work begins — a faucet rebuild, a slab-leak reroute, and a whole-home repipe are each quoted as a complete job, not an hourly meter. Diagnostic visits are quoted up front when you book, and applied toward the repair if you proceed.
Yes. Burst pipes, slab leaks, sewage backups, and gas smells don’t keep office hours, so neither does our emergency line. Call (713) 555-0148 any hour and you’ll reach a person, not a voicemail. If water is running where it shouldn’t, shut off your main at the meter or house valve first — then call.
The classics in Houston are a warm spot on the floor, the sound of running water when every fixture is off, a water meter that keeps turning, mildew or moisture at baseboards, and a water bill that jumps with no change in habits. Clay-soil movement makes slab leaks more common here than in most of the country — if you notice any of these, have it located professionally before opening walls or floors.
It depends on what the camera shows. Isolated bellies or cracks can often be spot-repaired; pipe with sound structure but internal corrosion may be a candidate for epoxy lining; heavily channeled or collapsed runs usually justify replacement. We always camera-inspect first and show you the footage, so the decision is made on evidence rather than a sales pitch.
Often, yes — endless hot water suits large households, and garage or attic installs free up space. The honest caveats: Houston’s hard water means a tankless unit needs annual descaling to reach its long service life, and homes with older gas lines sometimes need a line upsized to feed one. We’ll size it to your actual simultaneous demand and tell you plainly if a quality tank is the better fit.
Most single-family repipes take a matter of days, not weeks — the exact schedule depends on the home’s size, how it’s finished, and whether we’re running PEX or copper. We plan the work room by room so you keep water service each evening, and our quote includes patching and painting the access openings we make.
Yes. Work is performed under a Texas Master Plumber license (MPL-40213), fully insured, with permits pulled and city inspections arranged whenever the work requires them — repipes, water heaters, gas lines, and sewer replacements included. You’re welcome to verify our license with the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners.
We serve the greater Houston area with a focus on the inner loop and west side: River Oaks, Tanglewood, Memorial, West University, Bellaire, Montrose, the Heights, and Upper Kirby, plus surrounding neighborhoods. Not sure if you’re in range? Call — if we can’t get to you quickly, we’ll say so.
One call and it’s handled — tonight if it’s urgent, on your calendar if it’s not.