Plumbers in Midland

Texas requires every city over 5,000 people to regulate plumbing by ordinance, including water heaters, and to require permits for all but minor work like fixing leaks or swapping a faucet, ballcock, toilet or disposal. In Midland that permit runs through PermitMidland. Once issued, it lapses if work hasn't started in 180 days or stalls for more than 180 days straight.

The permit protects you in a second way. A local government that issues plumbing permits has to confirm with TSBPE that the company's Responsible Master Plumber has a certificate of insurance on file. Ask the plumber who will pull the permit and when the inspection is set; the RMP is the person responsible for both.

Midland water and sewer service

The City of Midland Utilities Department supplies water and sewer service and reported no water quality violations in 2025. A plumber may still need a TCEQ customer service inspection after new construction or material changes to your private lines; that inspection looks for cross-connections, contamination hazards and illegal lead materials. A Journeyman or Master Plumber with the Water Supply Protection Specialist endorsement may perform it, so ask whether yours holds that endorsement.

The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners licenses plumbers at four levels, with apprentices registered separately. Search a name, license number, city or county on TSBPE's Public License Search, or use its Find-a-Plumber map built with the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

• The bid must name the Responsible Master Plumber and their license number, and show TSBPE's contact details.
• The service truck should carry the company name and RMP license number.
• Endorsements show added skills: medical gas piping, residential fire sprinklers and water supply protection.
• A plumber may disconnect and reconnect a water heater on an existing circuit, but other electrical work needs an electrician.

Backflow devices are a separate credential again. Anyone testing or repairing a backflow prevention assembly in Texas needs a TCEQ Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester license, valid for three years, so ask for that number if your Midland plumber offers the test. Every license and registration holder must also carry it on the job, so asking to see it is routine.

National HomeGuide figures put plumbers at $45 to $150 an hour, average jobs at $125 to $450 and service calls at $50 to $200. HomeGuide's Dallas guide (June 2026) puts most residential jobs there at $182 to $500. Neither is a Midland price, so get two written quotes for anything beyond a service call. The Texas plumbing guide has more detail.

Freeze damage and burst pipes

The February 2021 winter storm was deadly across Texas; state health officials tied 246 deaths to it. If a freeze bursts a line, HomeGuide puts a burst pipe repair at $400 to $2,000 nationally, or $150 to $250 per linear foot of pipe. If you are repiping after a freeze, ask whether the job needs a PermitMidland permit; state law requires permits for most plumbing beyond minor repairs.

Before winter, ask a plumber to show you the main shutoff and to quote insulation for exposed lines. The same visit is a chance to check the water heater's age and condition.

File complaints with TSBPE on its General Complaint Form or call (512) 936-5200. Texas's three-day cancellation law for home sales generally doesn't cover plumbing you called for, except for breach of express warranty or negligent installation that violates code, so settle scope and price before work starts.

An owner may plumb their own homestead without a license, and PermitMidland accepts owner applications, and city permit and inspection rules still apply, so check them before you start. For AC drain lines and furnace work, see AC repair in Midland. Compare plumbers in Odessa, and the Midland city guide covers utilities.