Plumbing repairs and installs throughout Iowa City, IA — licensed, insured, and straight with you about what it needs.
Repairs, replacements and installs — pick what you need.
Jammed, humming, leaking and dead disposals in Iowa City repaired or replaced, with the drain plumbing corrected too.
A sump pump that runs constantly or not at all is a flooded Iowa City basement waiting on the next heavy rain.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Iowa City, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
Brown water, low pressure and pinhole leaks across a Iowa City house mean the pipe, not the fixtures. Repiping fixes it once.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Iowa City homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
Burst and frozen pipes in Iowa City handled start to finish — shutoff, cutout, repair, pressure test and closed back up.
Submersible and jet pump replacement for Iowa City area wells, with the pressure set correctly before we go.
Slow drains get cleared through an existing cleanout, no floor cut. You see the camera screen afterward.
Hidden leaks under slabs, inside walls and out in the yard, found with pressure tests and listening gear before anything is opened.
A toilet that runs all night can add real money to a Iowa City water bill. Most are a rebuild, not a replacement.
When water is actively coming into the house in Iowa City, you get a live person on the phone and a truck moving the same day.
A dripping shower usually needs a cartridge, not a wall opened up. We try the smaller fix first in Iowa City.
A wet spot in the yard and low pressure inside usually means the service line. We locate it before breaking ground.
Repeated backups usually mean the line itself, not the drain. The camera shows you the break before any digging.
Gas leaks located and repaired in Iowa City, plus new lines run to ranges, dryers, water heaters and grills.
The approach across Iowa City does not change with the size of the job: diagnose first, price it before starting, and tell you plainly if the cheaper option is the right one. In a city of 86,279, that reputation is the only marketing that works.
Slab leaks, sewer breaks and failing mains are the three that cost real money in Iowa City, Iowa. All three give warning — a warm floor, a slow drain, a creeping water bill — and all three are far cheaper the month you notice.
The parts of the job that are easy to skip and we do not.
This started as two people and a truck in 1998 and grew on water, sewer and drain work. Nearly three decades in one trade, not a franchise name bought off a shelf last year.
Burst pipes and sewage backups do not wait for business hours. The phone is answered at night and on weekends, and the first thing you get is help finding your shutoff.
You hear the number before a wrench moves. No hourly meter running while you stand there, and no discovering the real cost after the wall is open.
Told you need a full repipe or a new sewer line? Get it looked at again. Sometimes it is a smaller fix, and sometimes we confirm the first plumber was right so you can spend with confidence.
Every job goes to a licensed, insured plumbing contractor who pulls the permits your town requires. Licence numbers are on the invoice, not buried on a webpage.
The questions homeowners ask us most.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Iowa City leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
Yes. Every Iowa City job goes to a licensed, insured plumbing contractor who pulls the permits your municipality requires. Licence numbers are on the invoice and available before the truck rolls.
Yes, and it starts with an actual water test rather than a guess. Hardness, iron and sulfur all need different equipment, so the Iowa City system gets sized off what is really in your water.
Yes — well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches are regular work. Short cycling, no pressure and a pump that will not shut off are the three most common calls we take from well owners near Iowa City.
Yes. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Iowa City are answered around the clock. The first thing on the phone is getting your main shutoff closed so the house stops taking damage while a truck is on the way.
Yes. A Iowa City repipe runs room by room so the house never loses water for more than a few hours at a stretch. Old galvanized and polybutylene are the two we replace most.
What homeowners say after the truck pulls out.
"Burst pipe in the crawlspace in January. He had the main off and the section cut out before I finished explaining. Pressure tested it in front of me before he closed it up."
"Ran a new gas line for the range and the dryer. Pulled the permit, passed inspection first try, and cleaned up the drill shavings in the utility room."
"Tankless unit was throwing an error code every other shower. Descaled it, replaced a sensor, walked me through the yearly flush so I can do it myself."
Plumbing service in the communities nearby.