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Fast, licensed plumbing in Arts District — about 15 minutes from our Las Vegas shop. Drains, water heaters, leaks, repipes and 24/7 emergencies.
The Arts District — 18b to locals — is 18 blocks of galleries, bars, antique shops and lofts along Main Street and Charleston Boulevard. It's a fun, fast-growing part of downtown, and it runs on old buildings with older plumbing. We're about 15 minutes away and we know these vintage commercial systems well.
Most of 18b's businesses live in repurposed mid-century commercial buildings. Great character, but the drains and water heaters were sized for whatever the building used to be — not a busy bar or a First Friday crowd. When an old line can't keep up, we're who they call.

The building stock here is largely 1940s–60s commercial: masonry storefronts and warehouses converted into restaurants, tasting rooms, studios and lofts. The plumbing underneath is often original — cast-iron drains and galvanized supply that were never meant to handle today's food-and-beverage loads.
That mismatch is the whole story of Arts District plumbing. A gallery becomes a bar, a warehouse becomes a kitchen, and suddenly the old drain lines see grease and volume they were never built for. We upsize, clear and maintain those systems so a slow drain doesn't shut a business down on a Friday night.
We work the blocks around Main Street, Casino Center and Colorado Avenue, from Art Square to the shops near California Avenue. A recent 18b job had a bar's floor drains backing up during service; the old cast-iron main was packed with grease and scale, so we hydro jetted it clean and set the owner up on a maintenance schedule.
Another call was a converted studio space with no hot water — an ancient undersized heater that finally quit. We installed a properly sized unit so the tenants weren't left cold. For district businesses, downtime costs money, so we move fast.
Services Arts District businesses and residents rely on:
Restaurants, offices, HOAs and retail — grease-line jetting, backflow, repairs and maintenance plans that keep your doors open.
Learn moreSlow or clogged drains cleared the right way — cabling or hydro jetting, plus camera diagnosis so it stays clear.
Learn moreFrom root intrusion to collapsed clay pipe, we diagnose your sewer with a camera and fix it — trenchless where possible.
Learn moreNo hot water? We repair and replace tank and tankless heaters, and fight the hard-water sediment that kills them early.
Learn moreBlast years of hard-water scale, grease and roots out of your lines and restore full flow — not just a hole through the clog.
Learn morePlumbing emergency at any hour? A real person answers 24/7 and we dispatch fast from our Silverado Ranch base — damage stopped first, price up front.
Learn moreMost of 18b lives in 1940s–60s masonry storefronts and warehouses converted into bars, restaurants, galleries and studios — and the plumbing was sized for whatever the building used to be.
For a district business, a backed-up drain during service isn't an inconvenience — it's lost revenue and a possible early close. We schedule maintenance around your hours, keep vintage lines flowing with scheduled hydro jetting, and move fast on emergencies because we know downtime costs money. Whether it's a bar off Main Street or a studio near California Avenue, we keep 18b's plumbing from becoming its bottleneck.
Old converted buildings have vintage drain lines that grease overwhelms fast. Scheduled hydro jetting keeps them flowing, and our commercial plumbing service handles the rest. See restaurant plumbing maintenance.
Absolutely — galleries, bars, studios and shops. We work around your hours to minimize disruption. Learn more on our commercial plumbing page or call (614) 830-0578.
We keep 24/7 availability, which matters when a drain backs up during your busiest night. Call (614) 830-0578 and we'll get to you as fast as we can from the south valley.
Yes. Converting a storefront or warehouse into a working kitchen or bar usually means upsizing drain lines, adding floor drains and grease-handling, and bringing old supply up to the new load. We assess what the building has, tell you honestly what today's use requires, and handle the commercial buildout with a clear price. Call (614) 830-0578 to walk the space.
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Read articleMike's Drain and Plumbing is based at 9480 S Eastern Ave in Las Vegas, just 15 minutes from Arts District. Call for same-day and 24/7 emergency plumbing.
9480 S Eastern Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89123 — Get Directions → (614) 830-0578Serving Las Vegas, Enterprise, Henderson, Paradise, Spring Valley, North Las Vegas and all of Clark County, NV.
From clogged drains to burst pipes, Mike's Drain & Plumbing is minutes away with honest, up-front pricing. Call (614) 830-0578 for 24/7 service.