Plumber in Bethesda, MD
Bethesda work tends to be one of two things: an aging original system finally failing, or a finished space where the plumbing has to be flawless because everything around it is.
Both need a master plumber rather than the cheapest available truck.
Lud's Plumbing serves Bethesda, MD with 24/7 emergency plumbing, water heater and tankless installation, drain and sewer service, whole-house repiping and leak detection. Bethesda mixes mid-century homes at pinhole-leak age with high-end renovations where fixture and manifold work has to be done cleanly.
- ZIP codes served
- 20814, 20816, 20817
- Response
- Scheduled and emergency coverage in lower Montgomery County
- Availability
- Open 24 hours, 7 days a week — including holidays
Landmarks and areas we cover in Bethesda
- Downtown Bethesda and Woodmont Triangle
- Wisconsin Avenue (Route 355)
- Old Georgetown Road
- Bradley Boulevard and River Road
- Capital Crescent Trail corridor
- NIH and Walter Reed Bethesda area
What Bethesda's housing stock means for your plumbing
Homes of different eras fail in genuinely different ways. Here is what we see most in this area.
1930s–1950s colonials near downtown
Galvanized remnants and early copper, cast-iron drains, and sewer laterals old enough to have shifted. Renovations layered over decades often left mixed materials joined without proper transitions.
1960s–1980s homes off River and Bradley
Copper at pinhole age, larger fixture counts, and multi-zone hot water where recirculation lines have failed or were never balanced properly.
Renovated and new-build luxury homes
High fixture counts, tankless or multi-unit water heating, filtration, and pressure balancing. Undersized gas lines to tankless units are one of the most common inherited mistakes we find.
Most common calls in Bethesda
- Copper pinhole leaks appearing in finished ceilings
- Hot water recirculation loops that never balanced
- Tankless units installed on undersized gas lines
- Sewer lateral settlement and root intrusion
- Whole-house filtration and pressure-regulation work
Plumbing services we provide in Bethesda
Emergency Plumbing
Burst pipes, sewage backups and flooding — answered 24/7.
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Water Heater Repair & Installation
Repair or replace gas and electric tanks, usually same day.
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Tankless Water Heaters
Endless hot water and a smaller footprint, installed to code.
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Drain Cleaning & Hydro-Jetting
Cabling, hydro-jetting and camera inspection for real blockages.
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Sewer Line Repair & Replacement
Camera diagnosis, spot repairs and full lateral replacement.
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Main Water Line Replacement
Restore pressure and stop underground leaks for good.
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Bethesda plumbing questions
Do you do finished-space work in Bethesda?
Yes. Leak detection matters most here — we locate the failure precisely so we open the smallest possible section of a finished ceiling or wall rather than exploring.
Why does my tankless water heater run out of hot water?
Most often the gas supply is undersized for the unit's demand, or the unit was sized for a smaller fixture count than the house actually has. We check gas line capacity and flow rate before recommending a replacement unit.
Do you serve 20814, 20816 and 20817?
Yes, all three, covering downtown Bethesda, Woodmont, Glen Echo Heights and the neighborhoods off River Road and Bradley Boulevard.
