A new tankless water heater, installed by a licensed plumber.
Mention Monty the Mole
Plumber in Houston, TX
Family owned since 2018, and we bring the same crew and the same standard to Houston that built our name in North Texas.
Probity, on paper
Every claim we make on this page is documented, and we’ll hand you any of it before a wrench comes out of the truck.
Trenchless certified
Nobody browses plumbing companies for entertainment. You are reading this because water is going somewhere it should not, or refusing to go anywhere at all, and the real question on your mind is whether the next company you call will give you a straight answer.
Molberg Plumbing has been a family-owned operation since 2018, and we bring the same approach to Houston that built our reputation in North Texas. Our plumbers are licensed, insured, and background-checked, they stock the parts for common repairs, and they will walk you through the problem before quoting a solution. The quick fix and the multi-day replacement get the same crew and the same standard of work.

Licensed, insured, and background-checked, with the price on paper before any work begins.

Most crews hand you one price and a shrug. Molberg techs explain what failed, why it failed, and every way to fix it, then let you choose. Family owned since 2018, faith based, Aggie owned and operated: no franchise, no private equity, no script.
The culture behind it is plain enough. Family vibe, everybody helps everybody, and one standard for the trucks and the office alike: do the right thing, and leave it better than you found it.
Clip it, call, and tell us Monty the Mole sent you.

A new tankless water heater, installed by a licensed plumber.
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Every service Molberg runs in Houston, on one list. Not sure which? Call it in and describe what it is doing.
From routine repairs to emergencies, Molberg Plumbing is ready to help.
Call 817-475-2800We take care of faucets that will not stop dripping, toilets running constantly, shutoff valves frozen in position, water pressure that has faded over the years, and disposals that hum without spinning. These calls are what keep a household running normally, and we treat them accordingly.
Most of them finish the same day. When a leak is hiding behind drywall or under the slab, which happens often in Houston homes, we bring infrared and acoustic detection to find the exact spot before anyone starts cutting.
A great deal of Houston’s housing stock went up when galvanized steel was the standard supply pipe, and that material rusts from the inside until flow chokes down and the threaded joints begin to weep.
Repiping becomes the right conversation when you are seeing brown or rusty water at the tap, pressure that falls off sharply when someone starts the laundry, or pinhole leaks showing up faster than you can patch them. We install PEX or copper based on how your home is built and what you want to spend, present the full plan before we open a single wall, and stage the work to keep your water on wherever possible.

Drain and sewer work comes down to what is on the truck. Molberg Plumbing carries Picote Solutions certification, which puts advanced drain cleaning and trenchless sewer tooling in our hands that many Houston shops do not have. The practical result is less digging, less disruption, and considerably less of your yard sitting in a heap while the work gets done.

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David is a top notch plumber! He is very knowledgeable, professional and explained everything to our understanding. He took care of our clogged drain. Very personable and showed up on time. Highly recommend Molberg Plumbing!!
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A slow drain is your plumbing giving notice, and a fully backed-up drain is what happens when that notice goes unread for a season.
We start by finding out what is genuinely in the line. It might be years of grease and soap residue bonded to the pipe wall. It might be roots that found an open joint and kept growing. Sometimes it is an object nobody in the house will admit to sending down. Lighter clogs get cabled. Serious buildup and root intrusion get hydro jetted, which scrubs the full inner wall of the pipe rather than boring a narrow hole through the middle of the blockage.
That is the difference between actually fixing it and scheduling us again in three months.
Houston’s gumbo clay holds enormous amounts of water, swelling when it is wet and contracting hard when it dries, and ground subsidence adds a second layer of movement on top of that. Buried sewer pipe rides all of it. Before we recommend anything, we run a camera down the line and turn the screen in your direction, because you should not have to accept a plumber’s description of something you cannot see.
When the camera finds a crack, a belly holding water, a separated joint, or root damage, we lay out every fix with its cost so you can compare them side by side. Many Houston sewer repairs can be done trenchless by lining or bursting the pipe through existing access, which means no trench cut across the front yard and a job that finishes dramatically faster. When a line has deteriorated past the point a liner will hold, we replace it and restore the property.
If you are buying an older Houston home, a sewer camera inspection before closing is among the cheapest information you will ever purchase.

Between the soil movement and the age of a lot of Houston plumbing, slab leaks are common here. You might notice a warm spot on the floor, a water bill that jumped without explanation, the sound of running water when every fixture is off, or flooring that stays damp for no clear reason. We locate the leak with electronic and infrared equipment first, then walk you through the access options before any concrete gets opened.
Houston water is hard, and water heaters pay the bill for it. Sediment and scale settle into the bottom of the tank, the burner has to heat through that insulating layer every cycle, and the whole unit fails years earlier than the warranty suggested it would.
When you call about no hot water, banging or popping from the tank, or water pooling at the base, we determine what actually failed before anyone starts writing a replacement quote.
We service and install tank heaters, and we are genuinely sold on tankless when it suits the house, since it consumes far less floor space, delivers hot water that does not tap out during the fourth shower, and lasts longer in water like ours. It costs more going in, so we will be candid about whether the math works for your family. Financing is available when it does.
Here is what we handle for Houston homeowners:
An annual flush does more for a Houston water heater than anything else you could schedule. Our VIP Membership covers it and moves you up the queue when something breaks.
Our plumbers know how Houston homes are built because we work in them. Older properties closer to the center of the city come with cast iron drain lines and galvanized supply that has been corroding for fifty years. Newer construction out toward Cypress and Katy brings slab plumbing, shallow sewer runs, and foundations that keep settling into fill. It is one metro area with completely different failure modes depending on where you live in it.
We work throughout the greater Houston area, including these communities:
If you are in the Houston area and you are not sure whether your address falls inside our coverage, ask us and we will tell you honestly.



Monty digs a straight line from your call to a working pipe.
Reach us 24/7. A real person answers, and same-day slots are on the table for most projects.
We diagnose the real problem, walk you through the options, and put the price on paper first.
Repairs usually happen on the spot. Bigger jobs get scheduled around you, and every job is backed by our workmanship warranty.

Our work runs under a Responsible Master Plumber carrying Texas license M42278, and he earned it the long way around. He started in the trade during high school, kept at it through college, took his journeyman license in 2012, and completed his master license in 2018 after years of residential service work and custom home construction. Every technician on our team works to that same bar, and we build to code on every job, including the parts nobody is coming to inspect.
Houston homeowners call us back for these reasons:
We are family-owned, Aggie-operated, and faith-based. We built this company on doing the right thing when nobody is watching, and that standard travels with every truck we put on the road.
Estimates are free, and you will have a price before work starts. If we need to perform diagnostic work to find something hidden, we explain any associated fee up front so the invoice holds no surprises.
Emergencies including burst pipes, gas leaks, sewer backups, and total hot water loss go to the top of the board, and we target same-day service. Call and we will give you a realistic arrival window. If you smell gas, leave the house and call from outside.
The soil is the main reason. Gumbo clay expands and contracts dramatically with moisture, which moves the slab and stresses the copper lines running beneath it. Subsidence in parts of the area compounds the problem. Older copper with years of corrosion behind it is the most frequent casualty.
It is a smart move. Saturated ground shifts buried pipe, and floodwater pushes silt and debris into any line with cracks or open joints. A camera inspection afterward tells you whether the system came through intact or whether damage is developing quietly.
That pattern usually means groundwater is entering the sewer line through cracks or separated joints. The additional volume exceeds what the line can carry. A camera inspection locates the entry points, and lining or repair seals them off.
Tank units typically last eight to twelve years here, and less when hard water scale builds up and the tank never gets flushed. Tankless models often run twenty years or longer with periodic descaling. Once you are past year ten with repairs stacking up, comparing repair cost against replacement is the right exercise.
It is less disruptive than most people expect. We plan the routing in advance, work in stages, and keep water service running as much as the job allows. Access points get patched and finished, and we tell you before we start exactly where we will need to open walls or ceilings.
Yes. We work throughout the greater Houston area including Spring, Klein, Tomball, The Woodlands, Conroe, Magnolia, Jersey Village, and New Caney, and we operate additional locations in North Texas.
Yes, on qualifying work. Major repairs almost never arrive when there is room in the budget. Mention it when you schedule and we will walk through the terms before you agree to anything.
Water heaters, repipes and sewer lines don’t wait for a good month. Get the price on paper first, then pay it off over time.
12 months
No interest if paid in full*
Also 6 and 15 months, or fixed-rate plans up to 180 months. On qualifying work through GreenSky.
See Financing Plans2 years
VIP workmanship warranty
Extended coverage on installs and replacements with Molberg-supplied parts. Renews yearly with the $199 VIP plan.
See VIP Membership*Subject to credit approval. Call 866-936-0602 for financing costs and terms.
Plumbing problems do not hold still. The drip turns into a stain, the slow drain turns into a backup, and the repair that was affordable in March becomes something else entirely by June. Tell us what is happening and we will tell you what it usually means and what it takes to fix. Estimates are free, the price comes before the work, and financing is available when the timing is bad. Call us or request service online and we will get a licensed plumber headed to your Houston home.
Call 817-475-2800We serve Fort Worth, the DFW area and Houston’s north side. Find your city below.
Tarrant · Denton · Parker Counties

Montgomery · Harris Counties

Coverage is approximate. Just outside it? Call anyway.
Both service areas in full