Plumbing repair in Las Vegas

Most plumbing repair in Las Vegas homes happens where you can see it: under the sink, behind the toilet and at the faucet. These are the joints and moving parts that wear out first, and fixing them rarely means opening a wall. That is the work this page covers.

The water is part of the story. About 90 percent of Southern Nevada's supply comes from the Colorado River, according to the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and the Las Vegas Valley Water District puts its hardness at roughly 16 to 17 grains per gallon, which it classes as very hard. Those minerals build up inside cartridges, fill valves and aerators, and a part that would last for years in a soft-water town can start sticking or seeping much earlier here.

A dripping faucet usually needs a new cartridge or a set of seals, not a new faucet. We pull the cartridge, match it by brand and model, and clean the scale out of the valve body before the new one goes in. A faucet with a cracked body, a corroded base or parts that are no longer made is the point where replacement makes more sense.

A toilet that runs on its own is losing water past the flapper or through a fill valve stuck open with mineral grit. Both parts are standard and quick to swap. A toilet that rocks needs to be pulled and reset on a new wax ring or foam seal, with the flange checked for cracks, because a loose toilet will eventually leak under the flooring.

Garbage disposals jam, trip their reset button or leak from the housing. A jam clears with the hex key in the bottom of the unit; a leaking housing means a new disposal. Swapping one is often a direct replacement on the same sink flange and outlet, and we check the dishwasher knockout so a new unit does not block the dishwasher drain.

Every sink and toilet should have its own shut-off valve, and each one connects to the fixture with a short supply line. Braided stainless lines last well, but older plastic or plain rubber lines can split without warning. A valve that has sat open for a decade may refuse to close when you finally need it. We test the valves under every fixture we touch and tell you which ones are worth changing.

Find your main shut-off before you need it; it is usually where the water line enters the house, often in the garage or near a front hose bib.

Some plumbing work belongs to a licensed plumbing contractor, with a permit and an inspection. In Clark County that includes water heater replacement, a whole-house re-pipe, and adding a water softener or reverse osmosis system; the county issues each of those as a plumbing permit. Gas lines, moving drains, sewer line repairs and adding new fixtures where none existed sit on the same side of the line.

When a repair turns into permit work once we open it up, we stop and tell you before anything else happens. That work is done under a permit and inspected as Clark County or your city requires.