Find Alabama Plumbers
Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical
4.9(3,405 reviews on Google)
1891 Slaughter Rd, Madison
(256) 298-8821Madison's plumbing market shares its blocks with the other home trades. Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical covers plumbing beside heating, cooling and electrical, and One Source Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical keeps the same four under one roof, so one call can cover the whole house. Water heaters are the other through line: 11 of the 12 plumbers on this page repair or replace them, and 7 work on tankless models.
Hiller alone accounts for 3405 of the 4088 Google reviews behind this page's 4.8 average, rated 4.9, and technicians like Cory recur in the feedback for explaining everything so the customer can follow along. Madison Plumbing Service Inc. brings the longest history, at work since 1977 across Madison and Decatur and rated 4.3 from 206. PlumbX Plumbing sits at 5.0 from 90, with visits arranged within 24 hours or the same day and Jonathan, the plumber customers keep naming, getting much of the credit.
The reach runs north and west. JDB Plumbing Inc has served Madison County and greater Huntsville since 2007, led by David, a Master Plumber with 20 years in the field who grew up in Madison, on work that runs from repairs and system installation to preventative maintenance and custom plumbing. Ala-Ten Plumbing LLC works out of Harvest under Davy Hunt, a licensed Alabama Master Plumber, MP-4449, with 24/7 emergency service, the price shown before work starts and the owner answering the phone. Huntsville Plumbing Inc takes the after hours calls around Madison and Huntsville that reviewers describe as the visit no other local plumber would make.
Featured plumbers in Madison
What a featured listing costs · from $29 a month
What plumbers charge near Madison
Planning bands from the federal wage survey for the Huntsville area, which covers Madison, next to the statewide number for context. They are estimates, not quotes — call two or three businesses and compare the written numbers.
| Job | Huntsville | Alabama statewide |
|---|---|---|
| Plumber's hourly rate | $70–$110 | $70–$110 |
| Unclog a drain | $70–$300 | $70–$300 |
| Toilet replacement | $200–$620 | $190–$620 |
| Tank water heater replacement | $810–$1,760 | $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 Madison
Madison Plumbing Service Inc.
4.3(206 reviews on Google)
951 Balch Rd, Madison
(256) 285-2253
PlumbX Plumbing
5.0(90 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 479-2083
One Source Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical
4.7(86 reviews on Google)
9582 Madison Blvd #15, Madison
(256) 298-7999
JDB Plumbing Inc
4.9(52 reviews on Google)
187 Beaver Run Drive, Madison
(256) 604-9754
Dunrite Plumbing
5.0(47 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 278-6122
Ala-Ten Plumbing LLC
5.0(39 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 993-8830
ABD Plumbing LLC
5.0(38 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 221-2847
Huntsville Plumbing Inc
4.6(49 reviews on Google)
9582 Madison Blvd Ste 14, Madison
(256) 461-4470
Acme Plumbing
4.8(28 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 655-8322
Good News Plumbing LLC
4.8(26 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 262-9454
AJ Plumbing
5.0(22 reviews on Google)
, Madison
(256) 200-1319Water heater care matters here for a reason worth knowing: much of Alabama runs moderately hard to hard water, so mineral scale and sediment are normal maintenance concerns for tank and tankless models alike. Madison Plumbing Service fields technicians certified to work on Rinnai tankless units, and Good News Plumbing LLC keeps Joe busy on tankless service calls. Freeze aftermath is on the board too: Dunrite Plumbing logged residential calls after the recent freeze, one homeowner calls the service beyond impressive, and a water heater replacement there was arranged with a to-the-point phone quote.
Same-day work runs through the smaller shops. ABD Plumbing LLC got one customer a new toilet between a morning leak and the end of the work day, replaced a shorted out water heater within the hour of arriving, and cleared a clogged kitchen drain line on a holiday with the house full. Acme Plumbing installed one household's tankless unit the same day as the estimate, and Huntsville Plumbing Inc shows up in feedback for water heater work again and again.
Older houses have their own crew: AJ Plumbing's Alex has spent years on repairs across old houses with aging pipes, cutting out sixty-year-old cast iron, connecting new drains and repairing a sewer line crushed by the city. When a job points out of town, Huntsville, Toney, Decatur, Hartselle and New Hope all carry pages of their own.
Hiring a plumber in Madison: 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 Madison
Can one Madison company handle plumbing along with heating, cooling and electrical?
Hiller Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electrical covers all four trades under one name, and reviewers describe technicians like Cory explaining the work as they go. One Source Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical keeps the same four home trades in house, from a new water heater installed after the options and costs were explained to whole home water purification.
Who services tankless water heaters in Madison?
Madison Plumbing Service Inc. fields many technicians certified to work on Rinnai tankless units. Good News Plumbing LLC sends Joe, the technician customers name for tankless service, and Acme Plumbing installed a tankless unit for one household the very same day as the estimate. JDB Plumbing Inc works preventative maintenance and tune ups that keep either kind of heater in shape.
Which plumbers here cover Huntsville and the rest of Madison County?
JDB Plumbing Inc has served Madison County and greater Huntsville since 2007. Huntsville Plumbing Inc covers after hours trouble around Madison and Huntsville, arriving for emergencies when reviewers say no other local plumber would. Ala-Ten Plumbing LLC works from Harvest across North Alabama, with 24/7 emergency service and the owner answering the phone.
Who takes on old houses with aging pipes or cast iron drains?
AJ Plumbing is the shop customers describe for older housing: Alex has spent years on repairs across old houses, from cutting out sixty-year-old cast iron and connecting new drains to repairing a sewer line crushed by the city. Madison Plumbing Service Inc. covers sewer and drain service from simple clogs to bigger repair and replacement work.
Do Huntsville, Toney and the other neighbors have pages of their own?
Huntsville, Toney, Decatur, Hartselle and New Hope all carry pages of their own. Several of these crews already work the towns next door: JDB Plumbing Inc serves Madison County and greater Huntsville, Ala-Ten Plumbing LLC comes out of Harvest, and Madison Plumbing Service Inc. covers the Madison and Decatur area.
Who comes out the same day when a pipe or heater fails?
ABD Plumbing LLC got one customer a new toilet between a morning leak and the end of the work day, and replaced a water heater that had shorted out within the hour of arriving. PlumbX Plumbing arranges visits within 24 hours or the same day, and Dunrite Plumbing quoted a water heater replacement by phone and stuck to the estimate.
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.