Serving all of Clark CountyWater at 16 grains per gallon
Plumbing and Water Softeners for Las Vegas and Clark County
Las Vegas tap water is published at 280 parts per million, 16 grains per gallon, which the USGS classifies as very hard. That single number drives most of what goes wrong in a valley home, and most of what we fix.
We work the water, not around itThe valley sits at 16 grains per gallon on a saturation index of plus 0.25, which means the water deposits scale rather than dissolving it. Softeners, filtration and heater service are a core part of what we do, not an add on.
Permits where they are requiredClark County issues water heater, water softener, reverse osmosis and residential repipe permits fully online, one item per permit. We pull them and the work gets inspected.
The whole county, not one cornerLas Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson, Summerlin, Centennial Hills, Spring Valley, Enterprise, Paradise, Sunrise Manor and Boulder City.
Prices you can checkEvery figure on this site is a published Las Vegas or national market range with the source named beside it. None of them is a quote and none is presented as ours.
What we do
Start with what is actually wrong
Six places most calls land. Every one of these opens onto the full set of related services.
Illustrative image, not a photo of our work
Water softeners and treatment
Install, repair, replace and service on any make or model, sized to the 16 grains per gallon the valley actually runs.
Every service we offer is listed on the full services page, grouped by what you are actually dealing with.
What usually brings someone to this page
Most calls in the Las Vegas Valley come down to one of a short list of problems, and almost all of them trace back to the same two things: water that runs very hard, and a housing stock where the median home went up in 1999.
If one of these is happening at your address, the rest of this page explains what it usually takes to fix.
No hot water, or hot water that runs out in half the time it used to
A drain that backs up, gurgles, or comes up in another fixture when you run water
White crust on the shower head and the faucet aerators, and spotting that will not wipe off glass
A water bill that jumped with no change in how much water you use
A warm patch on the floor, or the sound of running water when nothing is on
A softener that stopped using salt, or water that feels hard again
Low pressure in one fixture, or in the whole house
A toilet that runs, rocks, or leaks at the base
Is this you?
You are in Clark County. Something is leaking, backed up, or not heating. You want to know roughly what it costs before anyone is standing in your kitchen.
That is the whole reason this site publishes market ranges and names their sources instead of saying "call for pricing".
When this is not the right call
If you smell gas, leave the building and call the gas utility first, then us. If water is actively pouring, shut the main off before you call anything.
We do not do air conditioning, heating or duct work. If that is what you need, this is the wrong company and you will be better served elsewhere.
Checkable, not claimed
Three things about Las Vegas water you can verify yourself
A new plumbing site can tell you it is trusted, experienced and highly rated. None of that is checkable from where you are sitting, so this page does not say it.
What follows is checkable. Each one links to the body that published it.
The water is 280 ppm
The Las Vegas Valley Water District publishes hardness at 280 parts per million, 16 grains per gallon, and tells customers to set a softener to that number. Its own FAQ page still shows an older figure of 291 ppm, so both appear on official pages at once.
In a 2009 Water Quality Research Foundation study run by Battelle, gas water heaters on hard water built 528 grams of scale a year against 7 grams on softened water. None of the heaters on unsoftened water lasted to the end of the test.
Installing a water conditioning system in unincorporated Clark County needs a permit and an inspection, whether a homeowner does the work or a company does. The county issues that permit online with no plan review.
These are testable. If we break one, you can see it on the page.
No price on this site is pretending to be a quoteEvery figure is a published Las Vegas or national market range and the source is printed beside it. You can click through and check the number yourself.
No credential we have not shown youYou will not find a license number, a star rating, a review count or a years in business figure anywhere on this site, because none of them has been verified for publication yet. A number you cannot check is worth nothing to you.
No photograph pretending to be our workEvery image here is captioned as an illustration, because it is one. Real job photographs go up as they are approved for publication, and they will be captioned as ours.
The price is agreed before the work startsYou hear the number and say yes or no before anyone opens a wall, a slab or a drain. Nothing gets done on a running meter you have not agreed to.
How it works
What happens between your call and the fix
Four steps, and the price becomes final at step three.
Tell us what is happening
You describe the symptom in your own words and give the address and a ZIP. We ask what has already been tried and whether the water is off.
On the phone
We look at it
Someone comes out and diagnoses the actual cause rather than the symptom. On a leak that means locating it before anything is opened. On a drain it means finding out whether the blockage is the fixture or the line.
On site
You get one number and you approve it
The scope and the price are stated together, before anything starts. You decide. If the answer is no, that is a complete answer and nothing happens.
Before any work starts
The work gets done and inspected where required
Water heaters, softeners, reverse osmosis units and residential repipes all need a Clark County permit. We pull it, and the inspection is part of the job rather than something you chase afterwards.
Same visit where the part is on the truck
Step three is the only place a number changes. If something is found behind a wall that changes the scope, the work stops and you get a new number before it continues.
What it costs
What plumbing costs in Las Vegas
Published market ranges, with the source named beside each one. These are not our prices and they are not a quote. They exist so you can tell whether a number you are given is inside the market or outside it.
Every one of these is a range because the real number depends on access, on what is behind the wall, and on whether a code upgrade is triggered when the old part comes out.
How the estimate works
Someone comes out, looks at the actual job, and gives you a single number for a defined scope before anything starts. That is the number you approve or decline.
A diagnostic visit is a real visit with a real cost, and whether that cost is credited toward the repair is confirmed on the call before anyone is dispatched. You will not find out about a fee when the invoice arrives.
Published Las Vegas and national market ranges, September 2026
Job
Typical Las Vegas range
What moves the number
Service call or diagnostic fee
$75 to $150
The broader trade range runs about $50 to $200. Emergency and after hours dispatch is higher, commonly $150 to $350 or more.
Water heater repair
$228 to $1,017
National average about $616. Las Vegas contractors commonly publish $150 to $700.
Tank water heater, installed
$882 to $1,826
National average about $1,347. A 50 gallon unit runs about $800 to $2,500 depending on venting and code upgrades.
Drain cleaning
$147 to $352
National average about $246. A main sewer line clog runs higher, about $100 to $800, and Las Vegas contractors commonly publish $250 to $500 for a main line.
Water softener, installed
$200 to $6,000
National average about $1,500. A whole home system sized for Las Vegas hardness sits in the middle of that range, not the bottom.
Leak detection
$125 to $400
Repairing the pipe once it is found runs about $150 to $350 more. Las Vegas contractors commonly publish $200 to $600 for detection.
Every figure in this table is a published Las Vegas or national market range from the source named beside it. It is not a quote and it is not this company's price list. Your number comes from the on site estimate. Sources: <a href="https://www.housecallpro.com/resources/marketing/how-to/how-to-price-plumbing-jobs/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Housecall Pro 2026 Plumbing Price Guide</a>, <a href="https://www.homeadvisor.com/cost/plumbing/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">HomeAdvisor cost guides, 2026</a>.
What changes your number
Access is the biggest single factor. A water heater in a tight garage closet with a code required drain pan upgrade costs meaningfully more than a straight swap.
Age of the surrounding plumbing. Touching a 1970s galvanized line to replace one fitting often means replacing a run, because the old threads crumble.
Whether a permit and inspection are triggered. That is not optional on a heater, a softener, a reverse osmosis unit or a repipe.
Time of day. Nights, weekends and holidays typically add $100 to $300 on top of the repair price across the trade.
What is actually behind the wall or under the slab, which is exactly what the diagnostic visit exists to find out.
Repair against replace
On a water heater the rough shape is repair at $228 to $1,017 against replacement at $882 to $1,826 installed, so a heater past 10 years on Las Vegas water is usually a replacement conversation rather than a repair one.
Service call and diagnostic fee
Across the trade a standard plumbing service call or diagnostic fee runs about $75 to $150, with a broader range of roughly $50 to $200. An emergency or after hours dispatch commonly runs $150 to $350 or more before any repair.
Crediting that fee toward the repair when you approve the work is common practice in the trade. Ours is stated on the call, in a figure, before anyone is dispatched.
These are drawn from the sources named on them. They are the shortest explanation of why a Las Vegas plumbing call looks different from the same call in a soft water city.
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Where the valley sits on the scale
The US Geological Survey calls water very hard above 180 milligrams per liter. Las Vegas is published at 280. That is not a slightly-above-average number, it is roughly 1.6 times the line.
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What that costs a water heater
In the Battelle study for the Water Quality Research Foundation, gas heaters on hard water built 528 grams of scale a year against 7 grams on softened water. Electric was worse. None of the unsoftened units survived the test.
Photography note
The photographs elsewhere on this site are illustrations of the conditions described, and every one is captioned as such. Real job photographs go up as they are approved for publication.
All of Clark County, from Boulder City to Centennial Hills
Clark County covers 8,091 square miles and holds about 2,465,431 people, and roughly 1,073,926 of them live in unincorporated areas served directly by county government rather than inside a city.
That matters for a practical reason: the office that issues your plumbing permit depends on which of those you are in, and so does who owns the sewer line at your curb. Each page below says which ones apply to that place.
Clark County, Nevada, including Las Vegas, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Summerlin, Paradise, Spring Valley, Enterprise and Boulder City
We are a service area business. We come to you, so there is no counter to visit and no street address on this page. The number above is the fastest way in.
What to have ready
About a minute of detail changes what we can tell you on the call.
The address and ZIP code, so we know which end of the valley you are on.
What the symptom is, in your own words. "Water under the sink" beats a diagnosis.
When it started, and anything already tried.
On a water heater: gas or electric, and roughly how old it is.
You get the diagnostic fee as a figure on the phone, before anyone is sent.
Scope and price are agreed together, before any work starts.
Water moving right now? Shut the main off first, then call and say so.
Questions people ask before they call
How hard is Las Vegas water, really?
The Las Vegas Valley Water District publishes tap water hardness at 280 parts per million as calcium carbonate, which is 16 grains per gallon. The US Geological Survey classifies anything above 180 milligrams per liter as very hard, so the valley sits at roughly 1.6 times that threshold.
The hardness comes from the Colorado River. About 90 percent of the valley's drinking water is Lake Mead water that started as Rocky Mountain snowmelt and picked up calcium and magnesium on the way down. The district also publishes a saturation index of plus 0.25, which is the technical way of saying this water deposits scale rather than dissolving it.
Do I need a permit to replace my water heater or add a water softener?
Yes to both. Replacing a water heater needs a permit from the building department for your jurisdiction, and installing a water conditioning system in unincorporated Clark County needs a permit and an inspection, whether a homeowner does the work or a company does.
Clark County issues several of these fully online with no plan review: water heater, water softener, reverse osmosis, gas re-tag and residential repipe, one item per permit. Whoever pulls the permit is the responsible party for the installation, which is worth knowing before you pull one yourself.
What does a plumber charge to come out?
Across the trade a standard service call or diagnostic fee runs about $75 to $150, with a broader market range of roughly $50 to $200. Nights, weekends and holidays typically add $100 to $300, and an emergency dispatch commonly runs $150 to $350 or more before any repair work.
Whether that fee is credited toward the repair varies by company and it is a fair question to ask on the phone. Ours is stated as a figure before anyone is dispatched, so it is never a surprise on the invoice.
Why do water heaters fail faster in Las Vegas?
Scale. In a 2009 Water Quality Research Foundation study run by Battelle, gas storage water heaters on hard water built 528 grams of scale a year against 7 grams on softened water, and electric units built 907 grams against 14. None of the units on unsoftened water lasted to the end of that test because scale blocked the outlet piping.
Rheem puts a tank heater at 8 to 12 years and a tankless unit at 15 to 20 or more, and says hard water shortens both. On valley water a heater at the low end of that range is normal rather than unlucky.
My house was built in the 1980s. Should I worry about the pipe?
Possibly. Polybutylene pipe was made between 1978 and mid 1995 and went into as many as 10 million US homes, and about 36 percent of Clark County homes were built in the 1980 to 1999 window. It is usually stamped PB2110 and is most often gray.
It fails because disinfectants in city water react with the plastic and flake it apart from the inside, so the damage is invisible until it leaks. The $950 million class action settlement was approved in November 1995 and the claim window closed long ago, so replacement today comes out of the homeowner's pocket.
Who is responsible for the sewer line between my house and the street?
You are, in the Clark County Water Reclamation District service area. The district is explicit that cleaning, repairing and replacing the lateral, meaning the line from the house to the main in the street, is the property owner's responsibility, including keeping it clear of roots.
The district runs more than 2,200 miles of pipeline for over 240,000 accounts, and none of that includes your lateral. Henderson, North Las Vegas, Las Vegas and Boulder City each run their own sewer systems with their own rules, so the answer depends on which one you are in.
Can I do the work myself?
Some of it. Clark County Code section 22.02.195 lists plumbing work that needs no permit: stopping leaks in drain, soil, waste or vent pipe, clearing stoppages, repairing leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, and removing and reinstalling a toilet, as long as concealed piping is not replaced or rearranged.
Beyond that, Nevada's small job exemption for work under $1,000 does not apply when a permit is required, or to work of a type a plumbing contractor performs. An owner improving their own residence can use the owner builder exemption, but that means filing an affidavit with the building department and supervising the work directly.
How do I know a plumber is actually licensed in Nevada?
Check it yourself, free, in under a minute. Nevada plumbing contractors hold a Nevada State Contractors Board C-1 license, with C-1d covering plumbing specifically, and the Board runs a public license search you can query by license number, company name or the name of a principal.
It shows you which classifications the license holds and whether it is active. Do this for any contractor before you let them touch a gas line or a slab, including us, and note that this site publishes no license number at all until one has been verified for publication.
Tell us what the water is doing
Describe the symptom and we will tell you what it usually takes to fix, before anyone comes out.
