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Licensed, 24/7 plumbing. A separate incorporated city; Henderson pulls its own permits and bills its own water.
On the ground
What is different in Henderson
Henderson sits in Clark County, and your plumbing permit goes through City of Henderson, which is set by your address rather than the city on your mail. Your water is billed by City of Henderson Utility Services.
Henderson is a separate incorporated city and pulls its own permits through its own building department, not Clark County. If you have been told your Las Vegas plumber can handle it the same way, check: the submittal and the inspection are Henderson's, and getting that wrong is how a water heater swap turns into a re-inspection.
Henderson bills water through City of Henderson Utility Services rather than the Valley Water District. It is the same Colorado River supply at about 17 grains per gallon, so the hardness and everything that follows from it are unchanged; only the utility and the permit counter differ.
Henderson grew fastest through the 1990s and 2000s, so most of what we work on is copper and PEX rather than anything in the polybutylene window. That shifts the work away from repipes and toward water heaters, softeners, fixtures and the slab leaks that come with building on grade.
Much of Henderson sits higher than the valley floor, and elevation change across a neighborhood is the usual reason one house has fine pressure and the one uphill does not. A pressure check is worth doing before replacing a fixture that is behaving oddly.
Our Henderson visits start with a free inspection and a flat-rate price agreed before any work begins.
The same crew covers every part of the valley: who we are and how we work does not change with the postcode, and neither does the guarantee on every call.
What we get called for
The usual jobs in Henderson
Water heaters and softeners dominate, which is what a valley of 1990s-and-later homes on very hard water produces. Slab leaks are the other regular, because Henderson builds on grade like everywhere else here.
What we do here
Plumbing services in Henderson
Most Henderson calls come in for Water Damage Cleanup, plumbing maintenance and a burst pipe at 2am. Everything below is dispatched to Henderson the same day where we can.
Coverage
Serving Henderson and nearby
Questions
Common questions
How hard is the water in Las Vegas?
Las Vegas Valley Water District publishes valley tap water at roughly 291 parts per million, about 17 grains per gallon, and classifies it as very hard, around two and a half times the national norm. The minerals come from the Colorado River through Lake Mead. It is the single biggest reason water heaters, fixture cartridges and dishwashers wear out faster here than their rated life suggests.
Do I need a permit to replace a water heater in Las Vegas?
Yes. Clark County, the City of Las Vegas and the City of North Las Vegas all require a permit for a replacement as much as for a new installation. Which of the three you deal with depends on your address rather than your mailing city, because a Las Vegas postal address can sit in unincorporated Clark County. We pull the permit and meet the inspector as part of the job.
Are you licensed and insured?
Yes. Monkey Wrench Contractors LLC holds Nevada State Contractors Board license 0092999 and trades as Monkey Wrench Plumbing. We are a BBB accredited business with an A plus rating, and every technician is background checked. About thirty minutes before your appointment you get a text with the assigned technician's photo, name, license number and live ETA.
Do you charge for an estimate?
No. The inspection is free and you get a flat-rate price before any work begins, so the number you approve is the number you pay. If the scope changes once something is opened up, we stop and re-quote rather than adding to the invoice at the end.
Are you actually available 24 hours a day?
Yes, dispatch runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on (702) 900-5992. If water is actively running and you cannot stop it, shut off your main first and call second, because that one step is the difference between a wet floor and a flooded one.
Is there help with the cost of finding a leak?
There can be. The Southern Nevada Water Authority runs a Leak Detection Assistance Program that gives qualifying single-family customers a voucher worth up to $250 toward leak diagnosis or the first hours of repair. You apply as the account holder before work begins and use a participating plumber, and it is one voucher per property per calendar year.
Need a plumber in Henderson?
Free inspection, flat-rate price before we start, dispatch open 24 hours a day.