We Plumb New Builds and Remodels to Code. We Spend Enough Time Fixing the Ones That Weren't.
Ultimate Plumbing runs construction and remodel plumbing across Edmond and the OKC metro — ground-up rough-ins for builders, kitchen and bath tear-outs for homeowners, and the correction work that follows somebody else's shortcuts. Oklahoma State License #190465. Call or text 405-519-1868 and you get a plumber, not a phone tree.
What You're Holding Decides Where You Start
Plans, a floor plan, a punch list, a correction notice — every construction call starts with a piece of paper. Find yours:
| What you're holding | What it means | Where to start |
|---|---|---|
| A plan set and a pour date | A ground-up build — under-slab plumbing goes in first and gets covered fast | The new construction page, then call with the plans |
| A floor plan where the sink, toilet, or island moves | A remodel rough-in — every fixture that moves takes a drain and a vent with it | The remodel plumbing page, then bring us the drawing |
| A punch list on a house you just closed on | Possible new-build defects sitting under the new drywall | The new construction page matches each symptom to the corner that got cut |
| A flip purchase and a bad feeling about the walls | Plumbing that may have been covered without ever being inspected | The remodel page covers the cover-up — and how we test for it |
| An inspector's correction notice | A failed rough-in that has to be re-worked before anything closes | Call us — we correct the listed violations and meet the inspector at the re-trip |
| Open trenches and a plumbing sub who stopped answering | Takeover work — nothing can legally be covered until it tests and passes | Call us — we pressure-test what exists, correct what fails, and pull the permit ourselves |
Two Project Pages. Two Different First Questions.
This hub covers how we work with you and your GC. The pages below cover the work itself — pick the one that matches your project:
Ground-up
New Construction Plumbing
For builders, owner-builders, and anyone holding a pour date. Under-slab drain-waste-vent, water and gas rough-in, top-out, and trim — with a test and an inspection at the end of every pass, and nothing covered until it passes.
Read the new-construction page
Existing house
Remodel Plumbing
For kitchens, bathrooms, and additions. Moving fixtures means moving the drains and vents behind them — the page maps which moves are cheap, which ones cut concrete, and what has to pass inspection before tile hides it.
Read the remodel page
How We Run a Construction Job: With Your GC, Not Around Them
A plumbing sub can wreck a build schedule two ways: by not showing up, or by showing up and freelancing. We do neither. Your general contractor runs the job. We run the plumbing inside it, and we coordinate instead of improvising.
That starts at the plan set. We bid from the actual drawings and flag conflicts — fixture spacing, joist penetrations, where the main stack wants to live — while they're still pencil marks instead of change orders. Your GC hears about a problem from us before it becomes a delay.
Permits and inspections stay our responsibility, not your GC's headache. We pull our own permits, request our own inspections, and stand next to the inspector at sign-off, so the plumbing phase never stalls the trades stacked behind it. Residential and commercial both. And when the super calls 405-519-1868, a plumber answers.
The technical depth — how grade gets set and checked, what each inspection covers, which materials go in the wall and why — lives on the two project pages above. This page's promise is simpler: the plumbing shows up when the schedule says, and it passes when the inspector does.
The Cheapest Bid Got Cheap by Subtracting. Ask It Three Questions.
Every construction budget eventually meets a plumbing number that comes in startlingly under the rest. The gap isn't magic — it's subtraction, and what got subtracted is always something you can't see from the bid sheet. You don't need to be a plumber to catch it. You need three questions.
- Is the permit in the bid — in writing? No permit means no inspection, and no inspection means the plan is to bury the work unseen.
- Who requests the inspection, and who meets the inspector? The right answer is the plumber, by name. Wrong answers include shrugs.
- What holds pressure before anything gets covered? A bid that never mentions a test is a bid that never planned one.
We're not the cheapest number on the sheet — the cheapest number is usually the reason a page like this exists. We're the bid that answers all three questions in writing before the trench opens.
What the Same Change Costs at Five Different Stages
- On paper. Moving a bathroom is an eraser and a conversation. This is the only stage where a change costs nothing.
- Open ground. Before the pour, a routing change is a trench and a fitting. Cheap while the dirt is open.
- After concrete. The same change now means cutting the slab and pouring it back. We do both in-house — but the eraser was cheaper.
- After finish work. Drywall, tile, and cabinets die with the wall that hides the pipe. The change costs the room, not just the plumbing.
- After move-in. Now it's discovery work — camera and locate first, because nobody can say where the problem is without looking.
Costs on a construction job aren't mysterious. They're a function of what's covering the pipe when you change your mind.
Hired Back Is the Only Review That Counts
"Zeek always answers his phone and coordinates with the team. I'm the owner of Express Restoration in Edmond — they're my go-to plumbing company. They handle commercial, they handle residential, top to bottom. Top notch, very reasonable, great to work with."
"I have used Ultimate Plumbing more than 10+ times now on multiple properties both commercial and residential. Cannot recommend them enough."
FAQ
Do you handle both new construction and remodel plumbing?
Yes — and each has its own page, because the first questions differ. A ground-up build starts with the plan set and the pour date: that's the new construction page. Changing a house that already exists — kitchen, bathroom, addition — starts with what's behind the wall: that's the remodel plumbing page. Same crew, same license #190465 on both.
Do you work directly with general contractors?
Yes — GC-run jobs are a core part of our construction work, residential and commercial. We bid from the plans, keep the plumbing phase inside your build schedule, pull our own permits, and meet the inspectors so sign-offs never stall your framers.
Can you fix plumbing work another contractor did wrong?
Yes, and it's a steady share of what we do. We camera and pressure-test first so you can see exactly what was installed, then quote bringing it to code — no lecture about the contractor you hired, no theater about how bad it is. You get documentation and a line that passes.
Do you do commercial construction plumbing?
Yes. The construction side of our work runs residential and commercial, including GC-run commercial jobs. The approach doesn't change with the building type: bid from the plans, pull the permit, test before cover.
How early should a plumber be involved in a construction project?
At plan review — before anything is dug, poured, or demoed. On paper, a conflict between the plumbing and the framing is an eraser fix. Every stage after that multiplies the cost of the same change, which is what the stage list above is for. Bringing us the plans early costs you a phone call.
Does an addition count as new construction or a remodel?
It plumbs like a remodel. The new rooms may be new framing, but their drains, vents, and water lines have to tie into the systems your house already runs on, and tie-in points are remodel problems. Start with the remodel plumbing page; if the addition gets its own slab, the under-slab ground rules on the new construction page apply to that part too.
Do you bid construction work from plans or do you need to see the site?
Plans for ground-up work — we bid from the actual drawings and flag conflicts before the pour. For remodel work we want eyes on the real house, because the drawing never shows what the last remodel buried. Either way, the bid spells out permit, test, and inspection before any work starts.
Get a Plumber on the Plans Before the Concrete Pours
Start wherever your project is. Compare the new construction and remodel plumbing pages. Text us the plans, the punch list, or the inspector's correction notice, and we'll tell you what it takes to put it right — before anything gets buried.