Plumbing Questions, Answered

Yes. McDade Plumbing has a live local dispatcher available around the clock. After-hours calls are routed to the on-call technician so you talk to a real plumber, not an answering service.

Standard tank water heaters last 8–12 years on average in North Texas. Tankless units can last 18–20+ years with regular descaling.

We do not recommend them. They can damage older pipes, harm fixtures, and rarely fix the underlying clog. Professional cabling or hydro jetting is safer and more effective.

We use acoustic listening equipment, thermal imaging, and pressure testing to pinpoint leaks before opening anything up.

Yes — and we recommend them before any home purchase and any time you have repeated drain backups.

Yes. We repipe homes with failing galvanized or polybutylene plumbing using PEX or copper, depending on your preference.

Yes. We install customer-supplied faucets, toilets, sinks, and disposals. We'll let you know up front if the fixture has issues that could cause problems.

We check water pressure, all visible supply and drain lines, fixtures, water heater, shutoffs, exterior hose bibs, and run a sewer camera if requested.

Yes. We give upfront, flat-rate pricing before any work begins. No surprise charges.

Insulate exposed pipes, disconnect garden hoses before a freeze, let a thin stream of water drip from one or two interior faucets on the coldest nights, and know where your main shutoff is.