The South Scottsdale plumber you’d have picked, if you’d had time to check.
Licensed, bonded and insured, with a location in South Scottsdale so the truck that comes is the one already nearby. We publish what things cost, give you a firm price before we start, and answer the phone at any hour.
The Very Good Plumbing Company of South Scottsdale is a location of a licensed, bonded and insured Arizona plumbing contractor, serving South Scottsdale & north Tempe (ZIPs 85251, 85257). Same company, same license, same written-price rule as every other location: you get the typical range on the phone, a firm written number once a plumber has seen the job, and the service call is free if we miss the arrival window without calling first. The South Scottsdale line is (480) 681-1067, answered 24/7.
The diagnostic fee comes off the repair. We charge a service call to come out and diagnose the problem. If you approve the work, that fee is credited against it in full. You hear the fee on the phone before anyone drives, and it’s the same number at every location.
What’s different about the houses here
We keep a location in South Scottsdale so the arrival window we give you is one we can actually keep. Past that, the US Census puts 19,964 owner-occupied homes within three miles of it, and 81% of them were built before 2000 — which does most of the diagnosis before we arrive. A house that predates 2000 is on its second or third water heater, its original angle stops and supply lines, and, depending on the builder, its original pressure regulator. A newer one fails at the fixture and the appliance rather than in the wall. We load the truck from the build year, not the street name.
19,964 homes within three miles, and 81% of them are old enough to be interesting.
These are Census figures for the ZIPs around our South Scottsdale location, not marketing. Build year decides what fails first, and the share built before 2000 is the number we load the truck from.
US Census ACS 2023 5-year, tables B25003 (tenure), B25077 (median value), B25034 (year built), by ZCTA; owner-occupied-weighted across the ZIPs within three miles of our location. ZIPs: 85251, 85257.
South Scottsdale water runs 13–15 grains per gallon (Scottsdale Water, 2026 report), which is most of why water heaters and valves fail when they do.
Pick the thing that is wrong.
Burst pipe, sewage backing up, water heater flooding the garage. Shut the water off first, then call the South Scottsdale line.
Drain cleaning→A sink, tub, or main line that has stopped taking water.
Water heater installation→Replacing a tank that's finished, and doing the code items while it's open.
Slab leak detection & repair→A pressurized water line failing under the concrete the house sits on.
Hydro jetting→High-pressure water that scours the pipe wall instead of punching through.
Sewer line repair→The lateral between your house and the city connection has failed.
Water heater repair & replacement→No hot water, rusty water, or a puddle under the tank.
Leak detection→Water is going somewhere and nobody can see where.
Burst pipe repair→A line has opened up and water is actively going where it shouldn't.
Real work, real houses, no stock.
Not stock, not a rendering, and nothing generated. Every photograph on this site is an actual plumbing job in an actual house.
Before: the cartridge hard water ate
Volume controls and diverter, installed
Find your cleanout before you need itSouth Scottsdale, neighborhood by neighborhood.
Some of the named communities inside our South Scottsdale radius. If yours isn’t here, it doesn’t mean we don’t come: it means the map hasn’t named it yet.
South Scottsdale, answered at any hour.
Hours
Burst pipes, active leaks and sewage backups get answered at any hour. Nights, weekends and holidays carry an after-hours rate, and we tell you what it’s before anyone drives out, not after.
This location
The South Scottsdale line rings our dispatch directly, and it’s the number we answer first for South Scottsdale & north Tempe. After-hours work carries an after-hours rate, and you hear it before we drive.
Answers, not a brochure.
What does a service call cost in South Scottsdale?
The same as at every location: a service-call fee to come out and diagnose, told to you on the phone before anyone drives, and credited in full against the repair if you approve the work. We don’t run a different price list by city.
How fast can you get to South Scottsdale & north Tempe?
We give you an honest arrival window on the phone rather than a number designed to win the booking. Because we keep a South Scottsdale location, that window is usually short, and if we miss it without calling first, the service call is free. For anything actively flooding, call the South Scottsdale line rather than filling in a form.
Do you cover all of South Scottsdale & north Tempe, or just South Scottsdale proper?
All of it. The ZIPs on this page (85251, 85257) are simply where the South Scottsdale truck is fastest — wherever you are, we send whichever location is nearest, and the written-price rule is the same either way.