Repairs
Leaks under sinks, hose bibs that won't shut off, supply lines that started weeping a week ago. I find the cause and I write the price down before I cut anything.
Repairs: $89–$240 typical · diagnostic $59 applied
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Asheville · NC P-1 #24809 · Since 2018
One plumber. One truck. Honest prices.
I answer my own phone. I tell you the cost before I open the toolbox. I do not promise 24/7 — but I answer Monday morning before most shops have unlocked their doors.
— Eli
I answer the phone
Mon–Sat 7am–7pm. Sunday off. I do not do 24/7.
- Mon–Sat
- 7am – 7pm (live phone, every time)
- Sunday
- Off (church, then porch)
- Nights
- Voicemail (I call back first thing AM)
If you have an active flood or no-water emergency, see /contact — I have a callback form that texts me directly. I'll get to you faster than a big shop's dispatch will.
What I do
Four things. I do them right.
Drain Cleaning
Slow kitchen sinks, soft-stopper showers, mainline backups in an older Asheville crawlspace. I run a manual snake first. If it needs a sewer camera, the camera is a separate quoted line.
Snake $145 · main $325 · camera $295
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Water Heaters
Standard tank swaps in a morning. Tankless installs in a day. I install Rheem and Bradford White — the brands my supplier in Black Mountain stocks the parts for.
Tank $1,180–$1,340 · tankless $3,800–$5,400
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Fixture Install
Faucets, toilets, garbage disposals, hose bibs, supply stops. If you bought it at Build.com and the box is still sealed, I'll install it. If it's leaking on day three, I come back at no charge.
Fixture swap $180 base + parts
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Meet the owner
Eli Tate, master plumber.
I grew up in Black Mountain. Apprenticed under Mark Henderson at Henderson Plumbing 2012 through 2017, then sat for the NC P-1 license exam in early 2018. Borrowed $7,400 from my grandmother to buy a used Ford Transit at a Greensboro auction in March. Hung my own shingle that April.
Eight years later it's still one truck and still my phone number. My nephew Sam rides along Wednesdays — he's learning the trade the way I did, slow and on real jobs.
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Where I work
Asheville and the five towns I can drive to before lunch.
I cover Asheville proper plus five surrounding towns I can reach inside thirty minutes. If you're past that radius I usually still come — but the trip fee is real and I'll tell you what it is before I get in the truck.
Want a price before I come out?
Tell me what's wrong. I'll text back in under two hours during business hours.
I read every one of these myself. No call center.