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Southeast Portland · OR CCB #219847

Plumbing done right.

Repipes, water heaters, and emergency repairs for Southeast Portland homes. Licensed, insured, and on time — with a fixed price quoted before we start and a 10-year warranty on every job.

Get a fixed-price quote or call (503) 555-0148
Rated
★★★★★ 4.9 · 187 reviews
In the trade
22 years
Workmanship
10 yr warranty
A finished copper manifold on a basement wall: parallel polished risers, symmetric brass ball valves, evenly spaced straps and a pressure gauge.
Marcus Vance, master plumber, smiling with his arms crossed in his workshop, copper pipe racked behind him.

Marcus Vance — master plumber, 22 years

What we fix

Every service we offer, and what each one covers.

We do all of it ourselves — no subcontractors, no sales visit. Licensed and insured on every job, with the price quoted before we start.

  • Water heaters

    • Tank & tankless replacement
    • Thermostat, element & anode repairs
    • Expansion tanks & recirculation pumps
    • Right-sizing for your household

  • Repiping

    • Whole-house repipes
    • Galvanized & polybutylene removal
    • Type L copper or PEX-A
    • Water service line replacement

  • Leak detection & repair

    • Acoustic & thermal leak location
    • Slab & behind-wall leaks
    • Pinhole & burst pipe repair
    • Shutoff & supply valve replacement

  • Drains & sewers

    • Drain cleaning & snaking
    • Hydro-jetting & root cutting
    • Sewer camera inspection
    • Sewer line repair & replacement

  • Remodels & fixtures

    • Bath & kitchen rough-in
    • Faucets, toilets & disposals
    • Shower & tub valves
    • Gas lines for ranges & dryers

  • Emergency service

    • Burst & frozen pipes
    • Sewer backups & overflows
    • Sudden loss of hot water
    • 24/7, every day of the year

The standard

Anyone can stop a leak. The question is what it looks like inside the wall.

Macro photograph of a freshly soldered copper elbow joint, showing an even ring of silver solder around the seam. A brass pressure gauge threaded onto a new copper manifold, its needle steady.
Fig. 1 A finished joint, and the gauge that has to hold steady for thirty minutes before we leave.

  • Soldered, not glued.

    Copper joints get brazed or soldered with lead-free 95/5 and the flux is cleaned off afterwards, because flux left on copper eats it. Push-fit fittings are for repairs you can see, not for walls.

    95/5 lead-freeType L copperFlux cleaned

  • Pressure-tested before we pack up.

    Every system we touch is charged to 100 psi and held for thirty minutes with a gauge on it. If the needle moves at all, we don't leave. You are welcome to stand there and watch it.

    100 psi30 minutes0 psi drop

  • You get a photograph of every joint.

    Before a wall or a floor closes over our work, each concealed joint is photographed and dated. The file comes with your invoice. Ten years from now, the next plumber will know exactly what is back there.

    DatedLocatedYours to keep

  • The quote is the price.

    We look at the job, we write a number, and that is the number on the invoice. If we find something genuinely unforeseen behind the plaster, we stop and show you before anything else happens.

    Fixed priceNo hourly creep

Before & after

Three houses, photographed from the same spot twice.

Drag the handle. Nothing has been staged, tidied, or re-lit for the second photograph.

After: the same cabinet with new polished copper supply lines, chrome quarter-turn shutoff valves, and a dry new plywood floor.
Before: corroded galvanized supply pipes under a kitchen sink, heavy rust and blue-green corrosion, water-stained cabinet floor.
Before After
Kitchen supply lines, seized shutoffs SE Woodstock1926 bungalowGalvanized → Type L copper1 day
After: the same closet with a compact wall-mounted tankless heater and a clean symmetric copper manifold.
Before: a rusted forty-gallon tank water heater in a cramped closet, surrounded by a tangle of mismatched pipe.
Before After
Failing tank heater, no isolation valves SE SellwoodTank → condensing tankless40 gal removed1 day
After: the same joists carrying straight parallel copper water lines and neat drain lines on evenly spaced straps.
Before: a chaotic tangle of corroded galvanized and cast iron pipes running between basement joists, patched with tape and clamps.
Before After
Whole-house repipe, eighty-two joints SE Ladd's Addition1911 foursquareFull repipe4 days

Reviews

187 reviews. Here are the ones that say something.

4.9 ★★★★★ Google · Angi · Nextdoor

“Our 1926 bungalow ran brown water for years and two plumbers told us to live with it. Marcus repiped the whole house in four days and swept up before he left every single evening. The water is clear. I should have called a decade ago.”

Dana R.WoodstockWhole-house repipeMar 2026

“A pipe let go at eleven on a Sunday night. Someone actually answered the phone. He was here in forty minutes and had it stopped in ten.”

Priya S.SellwoodEmergency calloutJan 2026

“They quoted $4,200 to move the kitchen plumbing across the room. It cost $4,200. In this trade that is worth writing down somewhere.”

Tom & Elena V.Ladd's AdditionRemodel rough-inNov 2025

“At the end I was handed a folder with a dated photograph of every joint they closed up inside the wall. No contractor has ever done that for me.”

Greg M.Mount TaborBathroom rough-inFeb 2026

“Third plumber we called and the first one who found the leak. It was under the slab, not behind the shower where the other two kept cutting.”

Anne K.LaurelhurstLeak locationSep 2025
Marcus Vance, master plumber, standing in his workshop in front of racked copper pipe.

“I have opened up a lot of walls. Most of what I find in there was done by someone in a hurry. That is the whole business, really — not being in a hurry.”

Marcus VanceMaster plumberLic. #21984722 years

What happens next

Four steps, and you are only responsible for the first one.

  1. 01

    You tell us what's happening

    Send the form, or call. We ask what it's doing, how long it's been doing it, and how old the house is.

    Today
  2. 02

    We come and look

    No charge, no obligation. You get a written fixed-price quote, usually before we leave the driveway.

    Within 48 hrs
  3. 03

    We do the work

    Drop cloths down, boots covered, water back on each night wherever it's possible. We clean up daily.

    1–5 days
  4. 04

    We test it and hand you the file

    100 psi for thirty minutes with you watching if you like. Then the joint photographs, the warranty, and the invoice.

    Before we go

The end of the line

Tell us what's going on.

Marcus reads every one of these himself. Describe it however you'd say it on the phone — you don't need to know what the part is called.

  • A reply within two business hours
  • A free visit and a fixed written quote
  • No call centre, no salesman, no upsell

Water on the floor right now? Don't type. Call (503) 555-0148 — it rings in the van, any hour.

How soon?

We reply within two business hours. Your details go to Marcus and nowhere else.