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Raber HVAC
Plumbing services

Drains, water heaters and repipes across Northeast Ohio

The same license and the same crew that handles your heating also handles the water side. Drain and sewer work, water heater replacement, repipes and full bathroom rough ins, from the part nobody sees to the part you look at every day.

  • Camera inspection before drain repairs
  • Tank and tankless water heaters
  • Repipes for older Ohio homes
  • 24/7 emergency line for active leaks
Finished bathroom with the freestanding tub, vanity, supply lines and drain set by the Raber plumbing crew
What we handle

Water in, waste out, done properly

Repairs when something fails, replacements when repair stops making sense, and rough ins for work that has not been built yet.

Drain and sewer

Clogs, recurring backups, collapsed clay and cast iron laterals. We camera the line first so you are paying to fix the actual problem rather than the symptom.

Water heaters

Tank and tankless, sized to how the house actually uses hot water. Installed with isolation valves and an expansion tank so servicing it later is not a demolition job.

Repipes

Galvanized and failing copper replaced with PEX or copper, manifolded and labeled. Common in the older housing stock all through this area.

New construction

Under slab rough ins, waste and vent layout, supply distribution and stub outs, coordinated to the build schedule rather than holding it up.

Fixtures and remodels

Bathroom and kitchen work from rough in through trim out. Tubs, vanities, toilets, valves and the finish work you actually look at afterward.

Emergency plumbing

Active leaks, no hot water and sewage backing up into the house are not next week problems. The emergency line is staffed around the clock.

Drain and sewer

Find the cause before quoting the cure

Snaking a line that keeps failing is a subscription, not a repair. We put a camera down first so what you are paying for is the actual defect.

  • Camera inspection to locate and identify the failure, with footage you can see yourself
  • Root intrusion cut back and the entry point addressed, not just cleared
  • Bellied and collapsed sections spot repaired where that is enough
  • Full lateral replacement quoted honestly when a spot repair will not hold
  • Under slab breaks opened to the smallest workable area, then patched back
  • Debris bagged as we go so the house is livable while the work runs
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Excavated sewer lateral showing a failed cast iron and clay pipe joint before replacement by RaberRaber technician working in an opened kitchen floor to replace a failed under slab drain line, with debris bagged alongside
Raber technician beside a newly installed tankless water heater with copper manifold, isolation valves and expansion tank
Tankless install with isolation valves, expansion tank and a filter left accessible. Flushing this in year three takes minutes.
Water heaters

Sized to the house, installed to be serviced

Most water heater complaints are really sizing complaints. A unit that cannot keep up with two showers and a dishwasher was the wrong unit before anyone turned it on.

Tankless

Endless hot water, roughly twenty years of service life, and it gives you the floor space back. Needs adequate gas supply and its own venting, which is where the cost sits.

Tank

Lower install cost and simple to service. Fine for steady, predictable demand. Expect ten to twelve years in this water.

Combi units

One appliance making both your heat and your hot water. Efficient use of space in a tight basement, and worth considering when the boiler is due anyway.

What we always fit

Isolation valves for flushing, an expansion tank where code calls for it, a drain pan when the location warrants, and clearances left for the next service.

New construction

The work that gets buried

Under slab rough in is the one part of a house nobody will ever look at again, which is exactly why it has to be right the first time. Slope, support, protection at penetrations, and a layout that matches the prints instead of the guesswork.

  • Waste and vent laid out to the plan and pressure tested before the pour
  • Correct fall on every run, verified rather than eyeballed
  • Penetrations sleeved and protected so the slab does not crush a line
  • Stub outs measured off finished dimensions, not framing
  • Photographed and documented before anything gets covered
Talk to us about a build
Under slab plumbing rough in across a prepared gravel pad before the concrete pour, with drain runs laid to plan
Close up of under slab drain stub outs with protective insulation wrap ahead of a concrete pour
Waste and vent line layout running across a foundation pad on a new construction site
Plumber assembling a new P trap and tailpiece under a kitchen sink during a fixture replacementCompleted bathroom remodel with freestanding tub and floating vanity, plumbed and trimmed out by Raber
Fixtures and remodels

Rough in through trim out

The unglamorous half of a bathroom decides whether the glamorous half works. We would rather be involved before the tile goes down than called after it.

  • Valve and drain locations set off finished dimensions so fixtures land where the drawing says
  • Supply stops fitted at every fixture, because a future repair should not need the whole house shut off
  • Traps and tailpieces sized correctly rather than adapted together from whatever fits
  • Pressure tested before anything is closed up
  • Trim out done last, carefully, on surfaces that are already finished
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Plumbing FAQ

Plumbing questions we answer most

If yours is not here, call and ask. We would rather answer it now than have you guess.

Ask us directly

Repeat backups in the same line almost always mean the pipe itself is the problem, not the clog. Root intrusion at a joint, a bellied section holding water, or a collapsed clay lateral will all re-clog within weeks. A camera inspection settles it in twenty minutes and tells you whether you need a spot repair or a full replacement.

Service area

Seven counties, one local crew

We are based in Independence and most of our work sits inside a forty minute drive. That is deliberate. A tight radius is what makes same day service possible instead of aspirational.

Check your address
Cuyahoga County
Summit County
Lorain County
Medina County
Lake County
Geauga County
Portage County

Including Independence, Cleveland, Parma, Strongsville, Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton, Seven Hills, Rocky River, Lakewood, Westlake, Brunswick and the surrounding communities.

Leaking, backing up, or out of hot water?

Water damage compounds by the hour. Call the line and we will get someone moving rather than booking you for next week.

Every day, 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM · 24/7 emergency service · OH LIC #28728

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