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Plumbing Maintenance and Inspection in Las Vegas

The point of a maintenance visit is a written record of four things: your static water pressure, the condition of your water heater, whether your main shutoff actually works, and how your drains are running. Those four predict most of what fails in a valley home, and three are cheap to fix before they fail.

The Monkey Wrench crew meeting before a round of plumbing maintenance visits

What is included

The work itself

Home Plumbing Health Report

A one page written report on water pressure, water heater condition, main shutoff status and drains, left with you.

Scheduled maintenance

Recurring visits covering water heater flush, pressure check, shutoff exercise and fixture inspection.

Pre-purchase plumbing inspection

An inspection of the plumbing system before you buy, including pipe material identification.

Worth knowing

Before you book

The work is done by our own background-checked technicians, never day-labor subcontractors. Our license and insurance are on file with the Nevada State Contractors Board, and what a visit is actually like is in our customer reviews.

Static pressure test

High incoming pressure shortens the life of every fixture and appliance, and it is the cheapest thing on this list to correct.

Main shutoff exercise

A main shutoff that has not been turned in fifteen years is the one that will not turn during the emergency.

Pipe material identification

Knowing whether the house has copper, galvanized, polybutylene, CPVC or PEX changes what you should worry about and when.

Where we do this

Across the Las Vegas Valley

What changes between these places is the permitting authority, the water utility and the age of the housing, and all three change how this job goes. We cover 21 communities across the valley, within 45 miles of Las Vegas.

Questions

Maintenance, answered

What actually happens on a plumbing maintenance visit?

You get a written record of four things: your static water pressure, the condition of your water heater, whether your main shutoff actually works, and how your drains are running. Those four predict most of what fails in a valley home, and three of them are cheap to correct before they fail rather than after.

Why does static water pressure matter so much?

Because high incoming pressure shortens the life of every fixture and appliance in the house, quietly and everywhere at once. It is also the cheapest thing on a maintenance list to correct. A household that keeps replacing cartridges and hoses often has a pressure problem rather than bad luck with fixtures.

Why do you exercise the main shutoff?

Because a main shutoff that has not been turned in fifteen years is precisely the one that will not turn during an emergency. Finding that out on a normal Tuesday costs a valve. Finding it out while a supply line is running costs a floor.

Is a plumbing inspection worth it before buying a house here?

It is, mainly for one answer: what the pipe is actually made of. Knowing whether a house has copper, galvanized, polybutylene, CPVC or PEX changes what you should expect to spend and when, and in this valley that distinction is the difference between a house that needs fixtures and a house that needs a repipe.

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.

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