How Gateway City Plumbing Help Works

Gateway City Plumbing Help is an information website about home plumbing in Laredo, Texas. It explains common plumbing problems in plain language and shows you how to check a plumber's license before you hire.

What this site does

• Explains common problems: clogged drains and main sewer lines, water heaters, leaks and slab leaks, burst pipes and installation jobs.
• Tells you what to do first in an emergency, using guidance from sources such as Laredo Utilities, the Railroad Commission of Texas and the American Red Cross.
• Shows national price ranges from published cost guides, labeled as such.
• Points you to the official license search of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, so you can check any plumber yourself.

What this site doesn't do

We are not a plumbing company. We don't perform, sell, bid or arrange plumbing work, we don't employ plumbers and we don't hold plumbing licenses. Texas law requires plumbing work to be done by licensed plumbers.

We don't recommend specific plumbers, and we don't publish reviews, ratings or testimonials.

How the site is paid for

Right now, the site is run independently and doesn't carry ads. In the future, a licensed plumbing company may sponsor the site. If that happens, the company's name and its Responsible Master Plumber's license number will be shown on every page, as Texas rules require for plumbing advertising, and this page will be updated to explain it.

The license button

The "Check a plumber's license" button takes you to the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners' public license search. On its way there, our website counts the click so we know how useful the button is. We don't record who you are. See our Privacy Policy.

Questions or corrections

Email contact@laredoplumbingservice.com. See also our Terms of Use and About.