Licensed plumbers for Clackamas homes and buildings, with a written price before work starts and a 1-year workmanship warranty.
Free on-site estimates · 24/7 dispatch · 1-year workmanship warranty
Clackamas County Response
6920 NE 42nd Ave
Oregon and Washington
29 Years of Excellence
Every Project, Guaranteed
What a forty to fifty year old tract house and the retail ring around it call for most. Everything else is on the full services list.
Rooter service, high-pressure jetting, sewer camera inspection, and preventative maintenance programs.
Repair and replacement for tank, tankless and heat pump units. Permit pulled, seismic strapping, expansion tank and venting all done to Oregon code.
Installation, repair, maintenance, leak detection, and water service. Includes backflow testing and sump pump service. Licensed plumbers available 24/7.
Site work, grading, trenching, sewer rehab, pipe bursting, concrete, and demolition.
Hydro excavation, stormwater maintenance, debris extraction, waste removal, and confined space support.
Spot repairs, full lateral replacement, and trenchless options that skip the trench.
PEX and copper replacement for galvanized, polybutylene and failing copper supply.
HDD, trenchless conduit installation. PGE Certified. .75” to 24”+.
Emergency extraction, structural drying, mold remediation, and restoration.
Faucets, toilets, sinks, tub hardware and the pipe behind them.
When a main sewer line backs up, a pipe bursts in the middle of the night, or a commercial water heater fails, you never have to scramble for an available vendor. Lovett Services provides a rapid 24-hour emergency plumbing and mitigation response for commercial and industrial properties across Clackamas.
Ignoring a major plumbing issue or water intrusion event can lead to severe structural damage and prolonged business closures. Our emergency mitigation and plumbing teams arrive promptly with advanced equipment to extract standing water, clear clogged drains, repair collapsed pipes, and initiate structural drying. By acting fast, we minimize tenant disruption, limit liability, and restore your property’s safety.
With our dedicated after-hours dispatch team, you get absolute peace of mind knowing that expert, professional help is always just one call away.
Crews deployed around the clock for commercial emergencies. No waiting until morning.
Plumbing, excavation, mitigation, vac truck. One dispatcher, one team, one call.
Licensed in Oregon and fully insured for all commercial, civil, and mitigation work.
Every project backed by our guarantee: if it fails within a year, we fix it free.
In a house built between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s, a sudden leak at a connection is the classic polybutylene failure. We identify the material at the water heater, under the sinks and at the main shutoff, stop the immediate problem, and then give you a straight read on the rest of the system: repipe it in PEX or copper now, or wait and let it pick the moment for you.
A main line that backs up every few months is usually roots at a clay joint, and cabling it again treats the symptom. We camera the line first, show you the defect and its distance from the cleanout, and separate the cases honestly: a clean, a spot repair, or a replacement. You see the footage rather than a description of it.
Every repair and installation you book carries a one-year warranty on the workmanship, with the terms published on the warranty page rather than described verbally. The plumber in your house is a Lovett employee from a team of more than a hundred, licensed and working this metro since 1997.
Your repipe, water heater replacement, sump work or sewer replacement gets a scheduled day with a real arrival window, which also leaves time to have the Clackamas County permit in hand before the crew arrives. Active flooding, sewage backing up into the house or a total loss of water goes to 24/7 dispatch. Clackamas is about ten miles from the Lovett shop, one of the shortest runs on the board.
Executing major construction, infrastructure repair, or routine maintenance work in Clackamas requires a deep understanding of local logistics and environmental factors. From navigating the busy industrial corridors near Highway 212 to managing the heavy rainfall typical of the Pacific Northwest, our team is fully equipped for the local environment. Heavy rain events require well-maintained catch basins and stormwater facilities to prevent localized flooding and foundation damage.
We prioritize smooth scheduling to accommodate the unique access requirements and high traffic patterns of Clackamas commercial centers and sprawling multifamily complexes. Our familiarity with local compliance standards, including PGE certifications for power conduit installation, strict ADA-compliant concrete work, and commercial backflow testing requirements, ensuring your project meets all regulatory guidelines without unnecessary delays or failed inspections.
Managing large commercial properties in Clackamas means working with vendors who understand the financial and operational stakes. We specialize exclusively in high-demand sectors, meaning we know exactly how to navigate complex environments while keeping your daily operations running smoothly. From multifamily apartment complexes to industrial warehouses along the Highway 212 corridor, our team has the local experience to deliver results on time and in full compliance.
Our Portland metro hub serves all of Clackamas and these nearby communities:
When a critical system fails, every minute matters. Our 24/7 dispatch model means fully equipped technicians arrive fast: a pipe burst in a downtown high-rise or a collapsed sewer at a suburban retail center.
From the initial emergency repair through water damage mitigation to final site cleanup, one accountable team manages the entire project lifecycle. No juggling multiple vendors. No communication gaps.
Fully licensed, bonded, and insured. We stand behind every project with a full 1-year warranty. Exceptional construction and maintenance backed by a commitment to your total peace of mind.
Real reviews from property managers and business owners across the Pacific Northwest.
“These guys were extraordinary, Gary and his crew worked through the night to restore water and sewage to 26 homes. A dedicated crew that didn’t clock out until every house was up and running.”
Columbia Way West
“We use Lovett often, always calling when we’re in a pinch. The team always steps up. Ken and Andrew always come through, 100% of the time. There is nothing these guys can’t do.”
Multi-Family Property Owner
“As a facilities professional it’s always a pleasure to work with contractors who know their business. Charges were in line with expectations and the quality was first rate. An outstanding choice.”
Facilities Professional
Almost everything we do here traces back to one build-out and the materials that were normal during it. That makes the work unusually predictable, which is good news, because predictable problems can be found on a schedule instead of on a Sunday. These eight items decide scope on a Clackamas job.
Clackamas Town Center opened in 1981 at the I-205 and Sunnyside interchange, and development surged afterwards. The result is a heavy concentration of 1970s and 1980s ranch and split-level tract housing along the Sunnyside corridor, with newer subdivisions filling in around the mall. Those houses are now forty to fifty years old. Supply systems of that vintage are at the point where a repipe stops being a luxury decision and starts being a timing decision, original water heaters are long gone or long overdue, and drain lines have had four decades to accumulate whatever the household has sent down them. None of that is a crisis. All of it is easier found deliberately.
Polybutylene supply pipe was installed from roughly the late 1970s into the mid-1990s, which overlaps almost perfectly with this area’s build-out. It is flexible plastic, usually gray, sometimes blue, and its weakness is at the fittings rather than along the pipe, so failures tend to be sudden and located at a connection inside a wall or ceiling. It is also frequently difficult to insure, which turns it into a problem at renewal and at sale as well as at the moment it leaks. Identifying it is quick: we look at the visible runs at the water heater, under sinks and at the main shutoff. Replacement is a repipe in PEX or copper.
Away from the Sunnyside corridor, Oatfield toward Milwaukie, Clackamas Heights and Howard Estates skew earlier than the post-1981 wave, and galvanized steel supply pipe is common in pre-1970 construction. It corrodes from the inside out, so the sequence is predictable: flow drops gradually, two fixtures stop working at once, hot water takes on a faint rusty tint, and only then do pinhole leaks start inside walls. By the time the third stage arrives, the rest of the system is the same age. We check static and working pressure and look at the pipe wherever it is exposed, then give an honest read on section repair against a full repipe.
A tank water heater generally gives eight to twelve years. A house built in 1983 that still has its first unit is a statistical impossibility, and a house that still has its second is well past due. Replacement requires a plumbing permit in Oregon and we pull it, with the inspection covering seismic strapping, T&P discharge routing, an expansion tank on a closed system and correct venting and gas sizing. Sizing runs roughly 40 gallons for one or two people and 50 for three or four, driven by bathroom count and simultaneous demand. Heat pump units are roughly two to three times more efficient than standard electric resistance and may qualify for Energy Trust of Oregon incentives. Anode rod replacement and periodic flushing extend the life of whatever goes in.
Clackamas is unincorporated, so there is no city government and no municipal building division to route through. Permits come from the Clackamas County Building Department in Oregon City, and that covers whole-house repiping, trenchless sewer replacement, party sewer separation and water heater replacement. We pull them as part of the job rather than leaving them with the owner, and the permit number, the inspection sign-off and a written scope go back at the end. That file is what a lender, an insurer or a buyer’s inspector will ask for later, and assembling it after the fact is considerably harder than assembling it during.
In the older pockets the lateral is often clay tile or Orangeburg, and the joints in that pipe are where tree roots enter. Root intrusion at a joint is the most common cause of a recurring main-line backup anywhere in this metro. Cabling clears the immediate blockage and cuts the roots open, which restores flow the same day. Hydro jetting scours the full pipe diameter with high-pressure water and removes grease, scale and root material along the whole run, which is the better answer for a line that keeps closing. Chemical drain cleaners are a poor idea on older pipe and we discourage them. Root-prone lines do well on a maintenance clean about once a year.
The Clackamas River forms the southern boundary of the area, and wet Pacific Northwest winters do the rest. Below-grade space, crawlspaces and basements alike, is where that shows up. A sump pump that cycles hard through a storm is doing its job. One that runs continuously without lowering the water is reporting a stuck float, a silted basin, a check valve that has stopped holding, or a discharge line that is clogged, frozen or aimed back at the foundation. We size systems for the lot rather than to a default, fit battery backup where a winter outage would matter, verify the discharge run to its outfall, and test before the season rather than during it.
The commercial side of Clackamas concentrates around the Town Center at the I-205 and Sunnyside interchange, with the MAX Green Line terminating there. Retail and food service produce a specific and repeating workload: kitchen drain lines that want a scheduled jetting cadence rather than an emergency clear during trading hours, large-diameter drain lines, catch basins and storm filters that have to keep working through a wet winter, and backflow assemblies that must be tested annually. Where a repair would otherwise open a parking area or a drive aisle, pipe bursting and directional drilling place the new line without a continuous trench, which protects the surface and removes the restoration cost from the job.
Serving the PNW
Emergency Service
Workmanship Warranty
Our Portland metro hub serves all of Clackamas and these nearby communities:
Yes, we offer a rapid 24-hour emergency plumbing response for commercial, industrial, and multifamily properties throughout Clackamas. We handle everything from complete water service repairs and accurate leak detection to clogged drain clearing and commercial fixture repair, ensuring your facility experiences minimal downtime.
Absolutely. Our horizontal directional drilling and line boring services allow us to install conduit, water lines, and sewer services under obstacles like parking lots, sidewalks, and driveways without disturbing the surface. This trenchless approach drastically minimizes surface damage and reduces disruption to your tenants, customers, and daily operations.
Yes, Lovett Services is fully licensed and highly experienced in municipal infrastructure. We provide professional design consultation, complete public works preparation, ADA-compliant concrete work, and are PGE Certified for specialized power conduit installations.
Our round-the-clock commercial rooter and drain cleaning services include high-pressure hydro jetting and advanced self-leveling video camera inspections to pinpoint broken or collapsed pipes. We also provide comprehensive sewer line scoping, thorough facility drain cleaning (including restrooms and gyms), and provide all necessary compliance documentation for property managers.
The Clackamas County Building Department in Oregon City. Clackamas is unincorporated, so there is no city government and no municipal building division to route through. That applies to whole-house repiping, trenchless sewer replacement, party sewer separation and water heater replacement, which requires a plumbing permit in Oregon like everywhere else in the state. We pull the permits as part of the job and hand back the permit number, the inspection sign-off and a written scope at the end.
It is worth checking, and this area is the reason. Polybutylene was installed from roughly the late 1970s into the mid-1990s, which runs straight through the build-out that followed the Town Center opening in 1981. It is flexible plastic, usually gray and sometimes blue, and it fails at the fittings rather than along the pipe, so the failures are sudden and usually at a connection inside a wall. It is also frequently hard to insure. We can identify it in a few minutes at the water heater, under the sinks and at the main shutoff.
Galvanized steel is rigid, dull gray, and threaded at its joints rather than crimped or glued, and it is common in pre-1970 construction, which in this area means the older pockets around Oatfield, Clackamas Heights and Howard Estates rather than the Sunnyside corridor. The symptoms are the more reliable test. It corrodes from the inside out, so you lose flow first, then find that two fixtures cannot run at once, then notice faintly rusty hot water. Pinhole leaks come last. We check static and working pressure as part of the assessment.
About ten miles southeast of the Lovett shop on NE 42nd Avenue in Portland, one of the shortest runs in the service area. Your scheduled work gets a booked day and a real arrival window, which also leaves time to have the county permit in hand before the crew arrives. Active emergencies, meaning flooding, sewage backing up into your building or a complete loss of water, go through 24/7 dispatch and a live dispatcher gives you an arrival estimate based on where crews actually are.
If it keeps returning, cabling is treating a symptom. Cabling clears the immediate blockage and cuts roots open, which restores flow quickly but leaves the root mass and the pipe wall where they were. Hydro jetting scours the full diameter with high-pressure water and takes out grease, scale and root material along the whole run, which is the right answer for a recurring problem. We camera first either way, because a repeating backup can equally be a belly holding water or an offset joint, and no amount of cleaning changes the shape of a pipe.
That is the way to do it. Your kitchen line jetting gets booked outside trading hours, runs on a scheduled cadence rather than as an emergency response, and is camera-verified afterwards instead of assumed clear. Running the same line reactively means clearing it during the hours that actually pay for your site. Lovett handles the whole food service drainage picture, including large-diameter lines, catch basins and storm filters, and it comes back documented for your facilities file.
Tell us the property and what is happening. Dispatch reads every request and the right crew calls you back.
Read by our dispatch team, normally answered within one business day. For an active leak or backup, call 971-204-8148 instead.
971-204-8148. A live dispatcher answers 24/7, including weekends and holidays.
info@lovettservices.com
6920 NE 42nd Ave
Portland, OR 97218
M–F 7am–5pm
24/7 Emergency Dispatch
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