Plumber in Craig Ranch, North Las Vegas

Craig Ranch covers the family tract streets of central North Las Vegas around Craig Road and Craig Ranch Regional Park, the 170-acre city park built on the old Craig Ranch Golf Course. Most of the housing went up from the 1970s through the early 1990s on slab-on-grade foundations, with detached houses mixed in among duplexes and small multi-unit rentals. Polybutylene was installed from 1978 to 1995, so many homes here may have gray or black supply pipe with gray or white acetal fittings and crimp rings, and a blue service line coming in from the meter. The material breaks down from the inside as it reacts with chlorine in the public water, so leaks show up without warning and tend to come back after a repair. We always confirm the pipe on site rather than assuming from the build year.

The Cox v. Shell Oil settlement closed years ago and a later lawsuit was dismissed in 2018, so owners finding polybutylene today have no claim route. Because the whole system ages at once, a spot fix only buys time. Our Pipe & Fixture Services team can plan a PEX repipe that restores water at the end of each working day, and where a full repipe is not affordable right away we will explain what staging can do and where it falls short. With about 36 percent of North Las Vegas homes rented, we confirm at the first call whether the tenant or the owner is approving the work. On duplexes and fourplexes a shared drain or water heater affects more than one household, so we use a camera on shared lines through Drain & Sewer Services instead of cabling them again and again.

Valley water runs about 280 parts per million, roughly 16 grains per gallon, which scales water heaters and wears out original angle stops, connectors and pressure regulators. High incoming pressure puts extra strain on brittle pipe, so we check it on every visit. Under-slab leaks call for detection before any concrete is cut, and in a polybutylene house that finding often points toward a repipe. Permits for Craig Ranch addresses go through the City of North Las Vegas. Active Plumbing has served the valley since 1991 under Nevada license #0047021 and gives a written price before work starts. Call (702) 438-3357, open 24/7.