Plumber in North Las Vegas
Fast, licensed plumbing in North Las Vegas — about 25 minutes from our Las Vegas shop. Drains, water heaters, leaks, repipes and 24/7 emergencies.
North Las Vegas is its own city — incorporated back in 1946, with its own government and, importantly for plumbing, its own water utility. It's roughly a 25-minute drive from our S Eastern Ave shop, and we cover it end to end, from the older core near Lake Mead Boulevard to the newer master plans up by Aliante.
That split personality is the whole challenge here. The original neighborhoods have pipe pushing 60 or 70 years old, while the northern edge is barely out of its builder warranty. One city, two completely different sets of plumbing problems — and we fix both.
The older core of North Las Vegas — the grid south of Cheyenne around Civic Center Drive and Losee — was built with galvanized steel supply pipe. That steel corrodes from the inside out, choking your water pressure to a trickle and tinting the water brown. Once it starts, the only lasting fix is a repipe, and we do them cleanly in PEX or copper.
Head north toward Aliante, Eldorado and the Skye Canyon edge and the housing flips to 2000s and newer builds. Different era, different issues: sediment-packed water heaters, early slab leaks, and the same hard-water scale that hits every home in the valley regardless of age.
We run North Las Vegas constantly — the streets off Craig Road, Camino Al Norte and Lake Mead, near Craig Ranch Regional Park and the Civic Center. A recent job near Losee Road was a classic: a homeowner with 'no pressure upstairs' had original galvanized lines scaled almost completely shut. We repiped the house in PEX and the pressure came back like new.
Knowing which era of pipe is likely in the ground before we arrive means we walk in with the right plan instead of guessing — and we can hand you an honest, up-front price.
What North Las Vegas homeowners call us for most:
From root intrusion to collapsed clay pipe, we diagnose your sewer with a camera and fix it — trenchless where possible.
Learn moreRecurring pinhole leaks or old poly/galvanized pipe? A clean, permitted PEX repipe ends the patch-after-patch cycle for good.
Learn moreNo hot water? We repair and replace tank and tankless heaters, and fight the hard-water sediment that kills them early.
Learn moreSlow or clogged drains cleared the right way — cabling or hydro jetting, plus camera diagnosis so it stays clear.
Learn moreSpiking water bill or a warm spot on the floor? We locate hidden leaks precisely — no guesswork, no needless demolition.
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 moreNorth Las Vegas has been its own city since 1946, and its housing splits cleanly into two worlds that fail in completely different ways.
The advantage of working North Las Vegas end to end is that we usually know what's buried before we arrive. A no-pressure call off Losee is almost certainly galvanized; a leaking heater up in Aliante is a scaled 2000s tank. Reading the neighborhood and the build date means we show up with the right plan and the right parts, hand you an honest up-front price, and don't bill you for the time it takes to figure out what a house this age always does.
It's a different utility — North Las Vegas runs its own water system rather than the Las Vegas Valley Water District. But the source is the same hard Colorado River supply, so scale buildup and early water-heater failure are just as common here.
That's the signature of failing galvanized steel pipe, common in the older core. It corrodes shut from the inside and discolors the water. The lasting fix is a whole-home repipe — read more on replacing galvanized pipe.
Yes. Burst pipes and sewer backups don't wait for morning, and neither do we. We dispatch around the clock across North Las Vegas — call (614) 830-0578.
It does — North Las Vegas is a separate city with its own building department, so a repipe, sewer repair or certain water-heater jobs permit and inspect through the city, not Clark County. We pull those permits routinely and meet the inspector, so the paperwork side of your job is handled without a delay.
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Read articleMike's Drain and Plumbing is based at 9480 S Eastern Ave in Las Vegas, just 25 minutes from North Las Vegas. 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.
