Plumbing repair in Minneapolis – St. Paul Metro Area

Water travels along joists and drywall before it shows itself, so the stain is rarely under the leak. We trace it to the actual source before anyone cuts anything — a small stain often means a leak that's been running quietly for weeks.

A running toilet is usually a worn flapper or fill valve — a quick, inexpensive fix that can be wasting hundreds of gallons a day in the meantime. A toilet that rocks is more urgent: the wax seal under it may be broken, and every flush can be seeping into the floor.

That's a worn cartridge or seat, and cranking the handle harder only chews it up faster. One drip per second is roughly 3,000 gallons a year — the repair usually pays for itself on the water bill alone.

Old multi-turn valves seize open over the years, and the worst time to discover yours don't work is with water spraying across the kitchen. We replace them with quarter-turn ball valves that shut off instantly — one of the cheapest pieces of insurance in the house.

If it's one fixture, it's usually a clogged aerator or a failing cartridge. If it's the whole house, it could be the pressure-reducing valve — or, in many pre-1960s Minneapolis and St. Paul homes, old galvanized pipe slowly rusting shut from the inside. We'll tell you which before anyone talks about repiping.

Something is running that shouldn't be — most often a toilet flapper, sometimes a softener stuck in regeneration, occasionally a hidden leak. A simple meter test tells us if water is moving when everything's off, and then we chase it down.

No — estimates are free. We look at the problem, tell you what's actually wrong, and hand you a flat-rate price for the fix. You decide from there. The price you approve is the price on the invoice, every time.

No, and we mean that. A running toilet or a seized shutoff valve is exactly the kind of call we want — small problems fixed properly are how you avoid the big ones. You'll never get a sigh on the phone because the job isn't a remodel.

Shut off the main water valve — in most metro homes it's in the basement near the front foundation wall, close to the water meter. Then open the lowest faucet in the house to drain the pressure down, and call us. We offer same-day and emergency service for exactly this.

Not necessarily, and we won't open with that. Plenty of pre-1960s homes are still running fine on galvanized. But if you've got rusty water after vacations, pressure fading year over year, or repeated pinhole leaks, the pipe is telling you where things are headed — and we'd rather show you the evidence and let you plan it than sell you a repipe on day one.

Yes. Most straight repairs don't need one, but when the work does — replacing sections of supply line, moving plumbing — we handle the permit and the inspection under our MN Master Plumber license, and it's included in the price you approve.

Most repairs are handled same-day, and we offer emergency service for the can't-wait situations — burst pipes, water you can't shut off, no water at all. Call and we'll give you a straight answer on timing, not a four-hour window that becomes eight.

Yes — and it's one of the most common small jobs we do. The little valves under sinks and behind toilets (angle stops) corrode and seize over the years, especially on hard Twin Cities water. We replace the hot and cold valves and the supply lines in the same visit, usually in under an hour. If it's dripping steadily right now, turn off your main water valve and call us.

It's the small valve under a sink or toilet that shuts water to just that fixture. Older multi-turn stops have a packing that dries out — the first time you turn one in ten years, it weeps. We replace them with quarter-turn ball valves that don't have that problem, so the next shutoff is a flick, not a puddle.

Almost always. Bring home the faucet you like or have us supply one — either way we come out, confirm it fits your sink, quote a flat price, and install it on the spot once you approve. Supply lines and the shutoff valves get a look at the same time, since they're the usual next thing to fail.

Usually — a worn flapper or fill valve, both replaced on the same visit. A running toilet quietly wastes hundreds of gallons a month, so it's worth fixing sooner than later. If the toilet is old enough that parts are the least of its problems, we'll tell you that straight and give you both options.

Classic Minnesota problem. A hose left attached in fall traps water in the line, it freezes, and the pipe splits inside the wall — you find out the first time you use it in spring. We replace it with a frost-free sillcock installed correctly, and show you how to winterize it so it doesn't happen again.

One visit for the vast majority of small repairs. We come out, look at the actual problem, and give you a flat-rate price on the spot. If you approve, we fix it right then — the truck is stocked with the valves, supply lines, fill valves, and fittings that small repairs need. You only pay for the fix, and you get the price before we start.

That's the drain assembly — the P-trap and the pieces connecting it. Slip joints loosen, plastic cracks, and old chrome corrodes through. It's a straightforward rebuild we complete on the first visit, and we'll check the dishwasher drain and disposal connections while we're under there.