Plumbing Repair and Installation in Richardson, TX

Most repairs run $150 to $600. A faucet repair is $150 to $350. A toilet repair is $150 to $400. A shutoff valve is $150 to $400. An accessible water line leak is $300 to $800. Water heater replacement is $1,200 to $3,500. A slab leak is $1,500 to $15,000 and up. We quote the number before we start, not after your wall is open.

Usually a slab leak, which is a hot water line failing under the foundation. North Texas clay expands and contracts, the slab moves, and the copper under it eventually rubs through. It is the most commonly ignored serious plumbing symptom in this area. Other signs are a water bill that jumped for no reason, the sound of running water when everything is off, and new foundation cracks. Do not wait on it. Call 214-918-6109.

Either in the garage where the water line enters the house, or at the street in a concrete or plastic box in the ground near the curb marked WATER. Many older Richardson homes only have the street one. Go find it today, turn it off, turn it back on. You learn where it is and you find out whether it still works, because old valves seize and that is a bad thing to discover at midnight. The street box usually needs a meter key, which is about $15.

Two likely causes. A failing pressure regulator, which is a $350 to $700 fix. Or galvanized supply lines rusting closed from the inside, which is common in 1950s and 1960s Richardson homes. If your water also runs brown or rusty in the morning, it is the pipe. No repair fixes that, because the inside diameter is shrinking and it will keep shrinking. That points to a repipe.

Yes. Cities require permits and inspections for water heaters, gas work, repiping, and sewer repair. A lot of the market skips it because a permit means an inspector shows up and looks at the work. Unpermitted work becomes a problem when you sell the house and the buyer's inspector finds it. We pull them, itemize them separately, and do not mark them up.

No. We are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Call before noon and we can usually get to you the same day. After hours and weekends carry a flat $199 dispatch fee, quoted on the phone before anyone gets in a truck. And if what you have can wait until morning, we will tell you and save you the money.

A running toilet, which is almost always a $15 flapper and a ten-minute job. Low pressure at one faucet, which is usually a clogged aerator you can rinse out for free. A slow bathroom sink, where the clog is hair wrapped around the stopper six inches down. A clogged toilet, with a $25 closet auger. Stop at anything involving gas, anything behind a wall or under the slab, anything requiring you to cut into a live pipe, and anything electrical near water.

No. They do not clear a real clog, they sit there on top of it, and they corrode cast iron, which Richardson has a great deal of. And when a plumber finally puts a hand or a cable into that line, the chemical is still present and it splashes. If you already poured some in, tell us on the phone. Nobody will be annoyed. We will bring different gear.

The garden hose was probably left connected over the winter. The hose traps water inside the valve, it freezes, and it splits the valve body. You find out in spring when you turn it on and water comes out inside the wall instead. It is a $250 to $500 fix, and the prevention is free: disconnect your hoses before the first freeze.

When the thing you are repairing is at the end of its life. A water heater over 12 years old needing a $400-plus repair should be replaced. Galvanized supply lines that have rusted closed cannot be repaired into working. A cast iron drain line that clogs every few months is not a clog problem, it is a pipe problem. We will tell you which one you have, including when the answer is that the repair we could sell you today is a waste of your money.

Yes. Residential plumbing repair and installation, plus light commercial work for offices, retail, restaurants, clinics, and multi-unit residential.

We are in Mesquite, about 20 miles out, and we are honest about that. During business hours, if you call before noon, we usually make it the same day. If somebody closer to you can get there faster on a genuine emergency, take that call. We would rather you were safe.

Leave the building. Do not flip a switch, unplug anything, or use your phone inside. Get people and pets out, leave the door open, and from a safe distance call 911 and Atmos Energy at 866-322-8667. Atmos runs a 24-hour line and will shut the gas off at no charge. Call us afterward for the repair.