The communities in this county vary considerably in age and construction, and working across all of them keeps us fluent in what each one needs.
Roughly half of what we do is unplanned, which is why a person answers this line around the clock.
Our coverage runs from the foothill communities near Yucaipa and Redlands, through the valley floor cities, out to the desert communities and west toward the county line. It is a large area and we staff for it.
Calimesa · Beaumont · Banning · Moreno Valley · Riverside · Jurupa Valley · Eastvale · Norco · Corona · Perris · Menifee · San Jacinto · Hemet · Lake Elsinore · Canyon Lake · Wildomar · Palm Springs · Desert Hot Springs · Cathedral City · Rancho Mirage · Palm Desert · Indian Wells · La Quinta
You get a technician who has seen this before, not someone learning on your house.
Summer heat out here pushes water heaters and irrigation supply harder than the coastal cities ever see.
The seasonal pattern here is real: irrigation and supply problems in summer, and the heating side of water systems getting attention as the weather turns.
Diagnostic gear earns its keep by ruling things out. Most of the value is in the repairs you do not end up paying for.
Because we are covering this area regularly rather than making a special trip, scheduling tends to be flexible and same-day work is often possible.
Fixtures, valves and rough-in for bathrooms.
Pressurized lines failing under a concrete slab.
Leaking and failed gas piping.
Burst pipes, backups and after-hours failures.
High-pressure scouring of greased and rooted lines.
Replacing a tank water heater.
The whole system from the tank to the field.
No hot water, leaking tanks, failed elements.
Small failures announce themselves quietly and then stop being small. The window where it is cheap to fix is usually early.
If we find something beyond what you called us about, you hear about it before we touch it, not afterwards.
We work residential, commercial and industrial property across Riverside County, plus the septic side that many plumbing shops refer out. One contractor covering all of it is a practical advantage on older properties where a job crosses from the house into the ground.
Check the pressure at a hose bib occasionally. Above about eighty psi you are shortening the life of every fixture, valve and appliance in the building, and a regulator is a cheap fix.
Watch your water bill. A bill that climbs without a change in habits is often the only warning a hidden leak will give you before the damage shows.
Know the age of the major components. Water heaters, supply piping and sewer laterals all have expected lifespans, and planning for a replacement is considerably cheaper than reacting to one.
If you are on septic, know your pumping interval and keep to it. It is the single highest-return maintenance item in plumbing, because the alternative is a drain field, and drain fields cost many times what pumping does.
Urgent calls get triaged on the phone. Sometimes the most valuable thing we do is tell you what to do in the next two minutes.
This is a second-generation family shop. The founder was a veteran who built the business on showing up when he said he would, and he handed it to his children rather than selling it, specifically because he wanted that to continue.
Licensed for plumbing and for sanitation systems, and as a general engineering contractor, which between them cover everything we are asked to do here.
We look before we dig. Camera and detection equipment cost us time up front and save you a torn-up property.
Big Mike's · Riverside County, California
If yours is not here, call and ask.
We cover 23 communities across Riverside County, listed on this page. If yours is not shown, call and ask, because the list is not exhaustive.
Our shop is in Yucaipa, which is in San Bernardino County. We work across Riverside County as regular territory.
Yes. We hold sanitation licensing alongside plumbing, which is why septic tanks, leach lines and excavation are work we do rather than refer out.
Call and ask and we will tell you straight. You will know the cost before the work starts either way.
For simple, well-defined jobs sometimes. For anything that needs diagnosis, a number quoted blind is a guess, and we would rather look first and give you a real figure.
If it is actively causing damage or has made the property unusable, treat it as one and call. Water through a ceiling, sewage backing up and any gas smell all qualify.
Since 1982. Big Mike founded the company and handed it to his family, who run it now. That is forty-four years in the same valley under the same name.
Tell us what it is doing and we will tell you what it takes to fix it. Plain language, and the number before anything starts.
Yucaipa, California · Serving San Bernardino, Riverside and eastern Los Angeles counties · Open 24 hours
