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George Plumbing
4.9(1,008 reviews on Google)
2050 US-31, Hartselle
(256) 262-8804A stack of Google reviews sets the tone in Hartselle: 1,191 of them across the six plumbers on this page, averaging 5.0. George Plumbing carries the biggest single share, 4.9 from 1,008 reviews, and the accounts name the technicians who earned it, Rusty and his helper on a water heater install, Brett Miller on a badly clogged toilet. APEX Plumbing, LLC adds a 5.0 from 69, and Alpha One Plumbing & Gas, Drain King Plumbing of Alabama and Naylor Plumbing Co hold straight 5.0 records of their own.
Water heater work is the common thread: five of the six shops here take on heaters, standard and tankless, and the stories run from routine swaps to rescues. When a brand new tankless unit quit, APEX's Austin came out the next morning, diagnosed the trouble and tracked down the part it needed. A household told elsewhere to wait a week for a heater had a new one in within a matter of hours from Alpha One Plumbing & Gas.
Falkville puts two shops on the page. Roberts Plumbing, 4.8 from 63, covers everything from a quick fix to a full replacement, with gas lines, sewer lines and repiping in its range; one job had the crew replacing 60-year-old plumbing and a sewer line in a cramped crawlspace and setting a new hot water heater on the same visit. Alpha One Plumbing & Gas, 5.0 from 27, works fast on leaks as well, with a main line break from the street handled from one call to an on-time fix.
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What plumbers charge near Hartselle
Planning bands from the federal wage survey for the Decatur area, which covers Hartselle, next to the statewide number for context. They are estimates, not quotes — call two or three businesses and compare the written numbers.
| Job | Decatur | Alabama statewide |
|---|---|---|
| Plumber's hourly rate | $80–$125 | $70–$110 |
| Unclog a drain | $80–$340 | $70–$300 |
| Toilet replacement | $200–$660 | $190–$620 |
| Tank water heater replacement | $840–$1,850 | $810–$1,750 |
Full table: $80–$125 an hour in Decatur down to $60–$95 in Dothan — every area and every job, with the assumptions shown.
Best plumbers in Hartselle
APEX Plumbing, LLC
5.0(69 reviews on Google)
520 Shull Rd NE, Hartselle
(256) 445-2065
Roberts Plumbing
4.8(63 reviews on Google)
288 Hwy 55 E Suite A, Hartselle (based in Falkville)
(256) 466-3750
Alpha One Plumbing & Gas
5.0(27 reviews on Google)
32 Stackyard Rd, Hartselle (based in Falkville)
(256) 758-2881
Drain king Plumbing Of Alabama
5.0(12 reviews on Google)
4245 Barkley Bridge Rd, Hartselle
(256) 445-2415
Naylor Plumbing Co
5.0(12 reviews on Google)
7117 Co Rd 90, Hartselle (based in Moulton)
(256) 974-7770Moulton's Naylor Plumbing Co, 5.0 from 12, plumbs new builds, and even a call it could not take ended well: the caller shopping for a water heater got brand advice and a referral to a good plumber. Drain King Plumbing of Alabama, 5.0 from 12 as well, works in Hartselle on water heater replacements, swapped out fast, reliably and at a price the customer called very affordable.
Round-the-clock work is the thinner side of this market: APEX Plumbing, LLC is the shop that takes 24/7 emergency calls, and its reviews include plumbing backing up at 7pm on a Friday night. The rest of the file runs on response speed: same-day diagnosis, a heater delivered in hours rather than a week, and a crawlspace repipe finished in one visit.
Falkville and Moulton sit inside the coverage through Roberts Plumbing, Alpha One Plumbing & Gas and Naylor Plumbing Co, so the surrounding towns share the same shortlist. Decatur, Cullman, Trinity, Madison and Hanceville are the neighboring markets, each with plumbers of its own.
Hiring a plumber in Hartselle: local notes
North Alabama and the Tennessee Valley — Huntsville and Madison, the Decatur shoals, the Shoals and the mountain towns east.
What the climate does here
- The valley's limestone aquifers load the water with dissolved minerals — hard water is why water softeners, descaling and shortened water-heater life come up constantly here.
- North Alabama sees the state's hardest freezes. The December 2022 arctic outbreak cracked mains, spigots and water heaters across Huntsville and Decatur, and the 2014 polar vortex did the same.
- This is the heart of Dixie Alley: the April 2011 outbreak remains the benchmark, and tornado-damaged homes bring emergency re-pipe and meter-set work after every severe season.
- Karst geology means occasional sinkholes and shifting ground that move buried service lines without warning.
Before you sign
- Ask about hard-water handling: a softener or a descaling plan extends a tank heater's life here more than anywhere else in the state.
- Before the first hard freeze, insulate crawlspace runs and hose bibbs; North Alabama plumbers run their busiest burst-pipe days in exactly these cold snaps.
- If you are digging, Alabama 811 locates buried lines first — karst ground can shift a line away from where the old map says it is.
- Ask for the company's state registration and the individual's certification level — apprentice, journeyman or master — before any quote is scheduled.
- Check the certificate in the Board's own business search; the record here shows the license number and issue date, the Board shows the current status.
- Confirm who pulls the permit for anything beyond a like-for-like swap, and make the inspection schedule part of the written estimate.
Licensing: Plumbing is a state-certified trade in Alabama: the Plumbers & Gas Fitters Examining Board certifies every level from apprentice to master, and registered companies must carry a Principal Master. City building departments add local licenses and pull permits for code-covered work. Verify a license in the Board's business search (status and expiration live there, not here) — see Alabama Plumbers & Gas Fitters Examining Board. Before any job that digs, Alabama 811 locates buried lines free.
Common questions about plumbers in Hartselle
Which Hartselle plumber has the longest review history?
George Plumbing stands at 4.9 from 1,008 Google reviews, the deepest file on the Hartselle page by a wide margin. Customers name the technicians: Rusty and his helper installed a new water heater and stayed quick, personable and friendly, and Brett Miller got a badly clogged toilet flowing again. APEX Plumbing, LLC is next in line at 5.0 from 69.
Who works on tankless water heaters in Hartselle?
APEX Plumbing, LLC and Roberts Plumbing both take on tankless units alongside standard heaters. APEX's reviews include a brand new tankless unit that quit; Austin came out the next morning, diagnosed the problem and tracked down the part it needed. Roberts handles tankless work as part of a range that also covers repiping and gas lines.
Which plumbers on this page are based in Falkville?
Two: Roberts Plumbing and Alpha One Plumbing & Gas. Roberts covers quick fixes through full replacements, with sewer lines, repiping and gas lines in the mix, and one crawlspace job replaced 60-year-old plumbing and a sewer line in a single visit. Alpha One holds a 5.0 from 27, and it is the shop a household called when the main line broke from the street, with an appointment scheduled a few hours later.
Who replaces old plumbing and sewer lines here?
Roberts Plumbing did exactly that for one customer: the crew replaced 60-year-old plumbing and a sewer line while working in a cramped crawlspace, then installed a new hot water heater on the same visit. Alpha One Plumbing & Gas takes sewer line work as well. For a straight clog rather than a replacement, George Plumbing and APEX Plumbing, LLC both clear drains.
Do any Hartselle plumbers answer calls at night or on weekends?
APEX Plumbing, LLC offers 24/7 emergency service, and its reviews include plumbing backing up at 7pm on a Friday night. Alpha One Plumbing & Gas built its record on speed of another kind: a household that was quoted a week's wait for a new water heater elsewhere had one installed within a matter of hours.
Who plumbs new construction around Hartselle?
Naylor Plumbing Co, which works out of Moulton, took on the plumbing for a customer's new build, and the reviews call the work awesome and going above and beyond. Roberts Plumbing covers remodel-scale replacement work as well. Between the two, new builds and older-house repipes around Hartselle, Falkville and Moulton have local coverage.
How do I check a plumber's certification in Alabama?
Ask the business for its license number, then look it up in the Board's own business search. Listing pages on this directory show the license number and the year it was issued where a Board record exists; the Board's search is where the current status lives, so check there before you hire.