Service areas
Areas We Serve Around Houston, TX
Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Galveston and Brazoria counties, plus communities beyond them.
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PipeElectric serves Houston and the communities around it, from the inner loop out to the Gulf Coast. Ground, water and housing change a lot across this region, so a clay-soil slab in Missouri City and a raised island home in Galveston have very different plumbing problems. Find your area below.
Each page below covers local housing, water and ground conditions, and the plumbing services that matter most in that place. Distances are approximate road miles from downtown Houston.
What changes from one side of the region to the other
Three things set the plumbing work in any town here: the ground, the water and the age of the houses.
- Ground: Clay moves slabs and sewer lines inside the loop and across the southwest suburbs. Coastal towns add salt air, and pine country adds roots.
- Water: Supply differs by city. Bellaire blends Houston surface water with Evangeline Aquifer groundwater, and The Woodlands blends well water with Lake Conroe surface water. A softener or filter that suits one town may not suit the next.
- Age: Bellaire has postwar houses beside 1990s rebuilds. The Woodlands has a median build year near 2000. A 1950s drain and a 2000s drain fail in different ways.
How to use these pages
Find your town, then read what shapes its homes, its water and its permit office. Each page lists the services that come up most there. If you are more than about 40 miles from downtown Houston, call first to confirm availability for your address.
Do not see your town? Call and ask.
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Farther out, coastal homes face salt air and storm surge, while the pine country north of the city deals with roots in sewer lines.
Counties
Harris County
Plumbing across Harris County, from bayou neighborhoods to unincorporated lots.
Fort Bend County
Plumbing for Fort Bend's master-planned suburbs and older towns along the Brazos.
Montgomery County
Sewer and water line help for wooded lots from The Woodlands to Conroe.
Galveston County
Plumbing for bay and island homes where salt, storm surge and wet ground wear on everything.
Brazoria County
Plumbing for Pearland's newer suburbs and the rural lots south along SH 288.
Close to Houston
- Bellaire · about 10 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing help for Bellaire's postwar houses and the rebuilds going up beside them.
- West University Place · about 8 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for West U bungalows and rebuilds, planned around the city's own code amendments.
- Pasadena · about 12 miles from downtown Houston. Drain, sewer and leak work for the postwar houses between the Ship Channel and Clear Lake.
- South Houston · about 12 miles from downtown Houston. Drain and leak help in a small city where storm water and house plumbing often collide.
- Galena Park · about 8 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing help for a low-lying port city with its own wells and iron in the water.
- Jacinto City · about 9 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing help for a tight grid of wartime and 1950s homes near I-10 and the East Loop.
- Aldine · about 14 miles from downtown Houston. House plumbing help in unincorporated Aldine, starting with what your lot actually connects to.
- Spring Valley Village · about 13 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Memorial Villages homes, from early one-story houses to tall rebuilds.
The extended metro
- Katy · about 30 miles from downtown Houston. Water heater, well water and slab plumbing for a city where 40% of housing dates from 2010 or later.
- Sugar Land · about 20 miles from downtown Houston. Softener, slab and water heater plumbing matched to the system that feeds your Sugar Land home.
- Missouri City · about 18 miles from downtown Houston. Slab, repipe and leak work for homes that are reaching 50 years on Fort Bend clay.
- Stafford · about 18 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for a city where most households rent and US-90A shops share the same aging lines.
- Pearland · about 17 miles from downtown Houston. Heater, sewer and water plumbing for 2000s subdivisions and the older streets along Clear Creek.
- Friendswood · about 23 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for homes along Clear Creek that have been flooded, rebuilt or raised.
- League City · about 27 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for a growing city where about one home in four took Harvey's water.
- Webster · about 22 miles from downtown Houston. Multifamily and commercial plumbing for a Clear Creek city built around renters and I-45 retail.
- Baytown · about 28 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Baytown homes, from Goose Creek cast iron to newer houses off I-10.
- La Porte · about 24 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for La Porte homes, from the Sylvan Beach bayfront to the Fairmont Parkway subdivisions.
- Deer Park · about 19 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Deer Park's 1970s and 1980s homes, on clay south of the Ship Channel.
- Humble · about 19 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Humble's older city streets and the newer homes toward Atascocita.
- Kingwood · about 27 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Kingwood's wooded streets, with sewer roots at the top of the list.
- Spring · about 24 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Spring's 1970s and 1980s subdivisions, and the newer homes around them.
- Cypress · about 28 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Cypress homes reaching their first round of replacements.
- Tomball · about 34 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Tomball, from oil-boom houses near Main Street to new homes off TX-249.
Wider regional coverage
- The Woodlands · about 30 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing help for Woodlands villages, from root-choked sewer lines to supply pipe past its prime.
- Conroe · about 42 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Conroe's new subdivisions and older core. Call first to confirm your address.
- Richmond · about 33 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Richmond's Brazos-side homes, from 1960s drains to new subdivision water heaters.
- Rosenberg · about 34 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Rosenberg's old rail-town blocks and its newest subdivisions.
- Texas City · about 38 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Texas City homes behind the levee, with the paperwork a leak adjustment asks for.
- Dickinson · about 31 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Dickinson homes along the bayou, with an eye on what Harvey left behind.
- Galveston · about 50 miles from downtown Houston. Island plumbing for old Galveston houses. Call first so we can confirm your address.
- Alvin · about 27 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Alvin homes on wet Brazoria County ground, from 1970s slabs to new builds.
Farther out: call to confirm
- Lake Jackson · about 56 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for a planned 1940s town. Call first to confirm we can reach your address.
- Angleton · about 44 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Angleton's older in-town blocks. Call first to confirm your address.
- Bay City · about 80 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Bay City's well-water homes. At 80 miles out, call first to confirm.
- Huntsville · about 70 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for Huntsville landlords, tenants and owners. Call first to confirm your address.
- Beaumont · about 85 miles from downtown Houston. Plumbing for storm-worn Beaumont homes. At 85 miles out, call first to confirm.
Service area questions
How do I know if you cover my address?
Call and give us your city or ZIP. We cover the counties and cities listed on this page, and the map shows the listing we keep on Google. For a place more than about 40 miles from downtown Houston, a quick call first lets us confirm availability for your address.
Do permit rules change from city to city?
Yes, they do. The City of Houston follows the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code with amendments, according to the Houston Permitting Center, and each suburb sets its own rules. Unincorporated areas fall under the county. Check with the local permit office before a water heater swap or a repipe.
Which parts of the region have the worst clay soil?
Expansive clay runs across much of Harris, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties, and it is why slab leaks and offset sewer joints are common here. Conditions change street by street, so a sewer camera or leak test tells you more about your home than a soil map.