A family friend recommended BigHorn Plumbing, and since they're based out of Carson City, we honestly didn't expect them to make the drive out to Fernley--but they absolutely did, no problem at all. There is a $96 assessment fee, but we ended up signing up for their membership plan (which breaks down to about $1/day), and it completely made sense. The membership includes a free annual whole-house inspection plus a water heater flush--so it basically pays for itself. As an added bonus, the assessment fee was waived, which made the decision even easier. Jaret was fantastic. He gave us a heads-up when he was on his way, arrived right on time, and was professional and easy to talk to from the start. He walked us through a few different options, explained pricing clearly, and within about an hour we had a brand new irrigation backflow installed. What really stood out was that he didn't just finish the job and leave--he took the time to show us how to properly winterize everything, which we truly appreciated. Also want to give a shoutout to Lisa in customer service--she was incredibly helpful, patient, and got us scheduled for the very next day. The whole process from start to finish was smooth and stress-free. Between the responsiveness, transparency, and quality of work, we couldn't be happier. Highly recommend BigHorn Plumbing--definitely a company that values both service and customer care! read more

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Had a leak in my disposal. Repaired by Bighorn. That also repaired my water filter. Nice job. Cleaned up after themselves.

Had a oven instaled or should i say took one fitting off and put 2 on, was on premises less than 30 minutes and charged me 504.00 i paid it because i was in a time crunch but those are lawyer fees. I did know at the time and could of went somewhere else which in hindsight i could of did it myself for less than 50.00. The service was good but Value for money not at all, Called and talked to a manager with no other outcome other than my next issue i get a discount...There the last people i would call for plumbing help.. read more

We called Bighorn Plumbing for a residential backflow inspection because they were the first ones listed on the TMWA approved list. The person that answered the phone was very polite and offered to have a rep come out the same day. It was convenient so I booked the appointment and proceeded to inquire about pricing. She wouldn't give any price range over the phone (as happened with another Yelp reviewer). At that point I should have cancelled the appointment and called around to other testers for quotes but I was busy so that's on me. When the rep arrived he told the inspection cost is $428. I was surprised by that price and inquired about what was included and after a few minutes he offered a 10% new customer discount. Even with the discount, I should have declined service at that point but being new to the area I didn't have a price point reference so my fault for not researching more. The rep was also polite and professional. However, after doing some quick research, Bighorn's pricing seems more in line for commercial property inspections as opposed to residential properties. I found the average price in the Reno area for a residential backflow inspection can range anywhere from $75 - $150. So that's well below what we were charged. Again, everyone we dealt with were very professional so perhaps for other services their pricing is more in line with other companies. Unfortunately, I wouldn't call them again for a backflow inspection due to their higher pricing compared to other companies for the same service. read more

Called them to resolve a main sewer line backup in our house. Asked for pricing over the phone and they would not give it to me and I should have taken that as a red flag. They did arrive quickly, however that was the only good part. They provided 3x pricing quotes which were all extremely high in price. I was able to get out cheap with a $98 diagnostic fee. I would not recommend this company as they simply are too expensive! I was able to resolve the problem with a different company for half the price of their lowest quoted price. Fast & Nice service, but extremely overpriced. read more

Called and placed a service call. They showed up and gave us a quote. Ben was our plumber. He came back the next day, on time with a wonderful solution to our issue. He put in shut off valves so we wouldn't have the issue again. He was very professional and knowledgeable and my husband really enjoyed talking with him. Would absolutely use again and highly recommend. Thank you Ben! read more

We noticed the shower water pressure dropped quite a bit and it was frustrating. BigHorn Plumbing checked everything carefully and fixed the issue. The pressure is back to normal now. read more

I want to warn others about my experience with this company. Please be careful before hiring them. I scheduled a water flow test and asked the office to confirm that they were approved to perform this service. They promised to send documentation before the technician arrived, but they never sent anything. The technician still showed up at my home. When I asked for proof of approval, he could not provide it. He did not perform any test, did not inspect anything, and did not take any pictures. He even told me he did not bring his tools. Since no work was done, I did not sign anything. However, they later sent me a $96 invoice and called it a consultation or dispatch fee. No service was provided, yet they still billed me. Based on my experience, I recommend people be very careful before hiring this company. read more

Unscrupulous business practices. Charge three times as much than any other plumber and horrible customer service.

We needed drain cleaning after noticing things weren't flowing properly and it was starting to worry us. Bighorn Plumbing came out, handled everything carefully, and now the drain is working smoothly again. read more

Estimated and quoted 3 times the price what was necessary to fix a small problem. (Nail at baseline of pluming pipe in bathroom) Ended up going with another company who cost 3 times less, fixed in under one hour with a $6 cost charge on the coupler. Bighorn wanted to charge $2200, the other company cost $4**! Bighorn wanted to charge 4 hour labor, for $100 part, which the other company said was only $6. Way unreasonable. They will gouge you. read more

Bighorn Plumbing - Small hole in pipe at baseline. - Plumbing Near Me - Carson City, Nevada

Came on here to write an updated after receiving the response from the owner. Unfortunately it looks like Yelp has taken my review down and filtered it as "not recommended". Not sure if this is because Bighorn is spending advertising dollars with them, or they somehow complained about it and got it taken down? Up until my review was demoted, I had more feedback from other yelp users than any other review for Bighorn, and my review was one of the most thorough, and honest experiences. Hopefully yelp reinstates it after this update as it's disturbing that it was taken down. To the owners response, you are literally charging for estimates with your "diagnostics fee". This is far from "upfront pricing". You have numerous complaints of price gouging after the fact with 3-4 x pricing on your services. According to other reviewers (on yelp and other platforms) Your "flat rates" end up charging 300-500 an hour for plumbing services. You can call any other plumber in town and their prices hover in the mid 100's, Which is plenty to give an honest wage to employees and take care of overhead. It makes me wonder if you are paying your plumbers on commission for sales vs a fair wage to work. Your claim to positive reviews on other platforms is a moot point. Many of your reviews are obviously fake/generated to in an attempt to bolster your business up. Most provide no substance and details of your services, just that you were "great" doing whatever services. Your company miraculously has more reviews in the last two years than 95% of local plumbing businesses around town that have been serving the area for decades. Obviously a company can charge whatever they want, but you should be able to provide free estimates on your work prior. When your "diagnostic" charge is literally showing up and not using any sort of diagnostic equipment, you misrepresenting what you are doing. This is a predatory way to bait customers into paying a fee for you to just show up. If they have no experience hiring a plumber before, they may go for it, but if they decline you are still making money for doing no work at all. It's really sad because at the end of the day you are taking advantage of people who may not know better. You don't even have to do any work and you'll make enough money off of estimate fees to stay afloat. I don't know how your run this business and sleep at night with such a lack of integrity. If you provide a good service and honest upfront pricing your business would do fine and you wouldn't need to resort to shady business practices. Do better, you're taking advantage of people and training the next generation of trades people that are working for you that it is okay. read more

Friendly staff, prompt service, but more than 2X the competition. If you have extra money to pay for a platinum service, these guys might be it. Unfortunately, I don't... They don't give a quote until you've committed to an in person visit at ~$98. From there it appears their hourly rate is ~$600 (at least for the first hour) plus parts. Had they told me this ahead of time I could have saved them a trip and me ~$98. read more

When the Bighorn technician arrived at our rental property in early July 2025 to replace two old, leaking spigots, he called me to give me the quote. He quoted $1200, which I assumed to be an estimate. I did not know Bighorn did not quote by the hour, but rather by the job. In all my years hiring plumbers, electricians, etc., I'd never heard of that. So, I figured he planned to do some welding and would likely spend maybe 4 hours or more on the job. The parts, BTW, two spigots, could not have cost more than $200 and were probably more like $100. So I agreed to the quote. One hour and 6 minutes later, he called me back and said the job was complete and he could take my credit card over the phone. I said, wait a minute, it's $1200 and you only worked a few minutes more than an hour? He said, that's the price you agreed to. I told him I would call his office. I've made four calls to their office, each time telling the person who answers the phone that I'm not paying that bill until I speak to the owner (Jesse Itzen) or a high-level manager. Much like the gentleman who filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau for a job Bighorn did in mid-June, they have not called me back. Per-job pricing is legalized thievery. How that can justify nearly $1000/hour is beyond me. We own a small business, and if I quoted someone that amount and then the job was completed in such a way that it worked out to $1000/hr, I would definitely come back with a much smaller number. But Bighorn apparently wants to do a money grab now and deal with any consequences later. Tell your friends -- hire ONLY PLUMBERS AND TRADE PROFESSIONALS who charge by the hour. It should be illegal for the trades to charge by the job. And this borders on predatory behavior, in my opinion. At the very least, Bighorn has zero character or integrity. read more

I was in sticker shock $900 for a valve fix I was in shock. It took the plumber 30 minutes total to replace the valve on my water heater. The plumber was very nice and explained everything I will not be a repeat costumer read more

Thank you for responding. I am not contesting the $98. My wife has her own company acting as a project manager when people remodel their house, she works with MANY contractors, plumbers, electricians etc... we are in the construction business in the Bay Area, we give quotes to people all the time, yours is just completely dishonest! I will replace the cartridge next time I go up, and could make a video to show people how simple the job is and does not require any special skills nor tools besides a screwdriver! Again, thank you for responding but PLEASE don't make it sound like $650 is legitimate, one of our plumbers reaction was a big laugh! All the best! read more

I did give the company time to respond. Here is what happened to us. SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME BEWARE!!! I was blinded by the 536 reviews giving 4.8 stars on google... Yes the serviceman was very nice, and they arrived within the timeframe they quoted (a 4 hour window shouldn't be too hard to accommodate). The plumber quoted my mother, who is 80 years old and on a fixed income over $700 to replace the garbage disposal. My mother later told me "well that's how much it is I guess." My mother said it took the plumber 30 minutes to replace the garbage disposal, it didn't seem to be a difficult job. I believe it.. at 1:25 my mother texted me, saying the plumber arrived. Bighorns emails and invoices came in at 1:58. If others in the Carson City area can afford that amount, then I would say that the nice, prompt and professional service might be worth it. But for seniors, this is not your place. So, our first thought is...since we have to pay $96 for a service call, and since you got the guy right there, why not have the work done and maybe get that amount ($96) taken off the bill.... no, the invoice was not detailed at all and was for $736.00 flat with a potential savings of $73.60... (what is that? savings from who, from what?) not that the amount came off the bill or that the $96 was shown as being removed from the bill or added to the bill or anything.. just $736.00 for the LABOR for 30 minutes worth of work!. We had the parts.. Unfortunately, now we need to ask family for money to help her cover the next mortgage payment that is due in 2 weeks. I just don't know how a company can justify that. HOW in the heck did you find over 500 people to give you good enough reviews to get the 4.9 on google with prices like that! Now the plumber did say his work was guaranteed... that's great, and he sent pictures of the work he did, that's also great, and then when we got the invoice... the disclaimer on the invoice states that the plumbers guarantee does not cover failure or damage resulting from owner-supplied equipment, parts or materials. Of course we had gone to Home Depot and got the garbage disposal and all the parts needed, hoping family could help us install it, but we just couldn't wait any longer and so we called the plumber.. but if we didn't get the parts then the bill would have been over $1400!!!! So, just to revisit this, Bighorn Plumbing charges over $1400 an hour to do any type of plumbing work. My mother had to cancel a lot of her Christmas plans because of this. It just sickens my heart. SENIORS ON FIXED INCOME BEWARE!!!! read more

Called Bighorn for an emergency plumbing issue in Carson City and they showed up so fast. Ben was super friendly and fixed our pipe and sewer line, and what really stood out is that he explained everything he was doing clearly. The pricing was really fair too, and he kept the workspace clean. Definitely recommend them for sure! read more

I regret the day I had big horn plumbing come into my home. Beware of the fraudulent reviews on Google. JARET, the technician, under sold us by a significant amount. He did not complete the work, and then demanded much more money than the original bid. What a scam. In my case, he was there for five hours. There were minimal parts totaling less than $100 and the bill came to $1800 after his up charges. If you do the simple math, this comes to $340 an hour. What a rip off! Beware, stay away from Bighorn Plumbing read more

Stay FAR away from Bighorn Plumbing. I called them out for what appeared to be a leak. Without properly troubleshooting, they immediately quoted me over $3,000 for a main water line spot repair. The city later determined it wasn't the main line at all, but an irrigation leak. Bighorn came back out, claimed to find the irrigation issue, and quoted another $2,700. At this point, I called a different plumbing company. For $85, they correctly identified and fixed the real problem -- something Bighorn never managed to diagnose after two visits and outrageous quotes. To make matters worse, I was still charged a service fee by Bighorn for doing essentially nothing, and despite multiple calls, the manager never bothered to return my message. This company is predatory and unprofessional. They seem more interested in padding invoices than actually helping customers. I will be disputing the charge and strongly recommend others avoid this business at all costs. There are honest, reliable plumbers out there -- Bighorn is not one of them. read more

called out for an estimate. The quote was so ridiculously high that it was a Joke. Quoted over $1100.00 for a 30-minute fix. Didn't even have to go under the house. Felt like we were getting gouged. Had the same problem fixed before for less than $250 dollars. read more

Awful company. Obviously there is some fake or incentivized reviews online. I would look hard at the critical reviews of this company to get a better picture of what's going on here, they obviously are paying a marketing site or doing something internally to bolster up their ratings when you search for them. Bighorn was trying to charge a $96.00 fee just to show up to the jobsite. They wouldn't give estimates for hourly rates or services over the phone. Only after charging you for a "diagnostic fee" that isn't related to diagnosing anything. They use this sales tactic to already have you committed to paying them. They "take the fee off" the repair/service bill (which usually is 2-4 times as much as reputable companies) and if the customer isn't very knowledgeable about what the service should cost, they go through with paying them because they already are paying them a fee. Reading through some negative reviews, you can see they are charging sky high prices for basic services. 500 for camera inspections, 600 for a faucet cartridge, 900 to snake drain lines, 5000-9000 to replace a hot water heater!!! Unreal. Try asking them over the phone how much a leaking hot water heater replacement will cost, or how much is it to snake a drain line... They'll claim they need to send out a plumber to "diagnose" it for a $96.00 fee. Look for other locally companies in town that will give you honest pricing and not try to gouge you. It's a shame because they are setting such a bad example for their employee's who eventually may go out on their own one day and think that this is an honest way of doing business. read more

Pretty trucks..... that's it. Were called to fix a leaky well line. Took over a week with no water. In that process dug up the electrical for the well pump, taped it back together, and reburied it, so that went out. Had a well pump company come out and replace the pump unit and repair the line they cut, putting it in conduit. They sent someone to dig it up and cracked another pipe for sprinkers digging with a backhoe and now aren't returning calls. It has been one nIghtmare after another but boy, they sure want money up front and to get paid. No one is coming out and checking their work. They come fast but finish slow, appears a lot of untrained labor. I cannot in good faith recommend these guys for anything other than a leaky faucet right now. They are nice people but the work quality is greatly lacking. Hope they can turn this around. read more

Technician cancelled 14 minutes before my scheduled appt. A appt that they could have cancelled hours before -- instead I lost out on 2 hours of pay and still don't have my plumbing completed. Completed unacceptable and will not return or recommend --- spend your money else where, these guys are pathetic. read more

It's true they are upfront with the pricing but it is very expensive. $450 to unscrew a stuck hose connector.

They keep repeating "transparency". What a joke. Completely unprofessional, and will gouge you with misleading information and quotes. If you want to spend $1,000 per hour to fix leaky faucets, they're your company. read more

Called Bighorn for a plumbing problem and Jesse responded very quickly and came out to my home same day. Jesse is a great plumbing troubleshooter compared to other plumbers who just want to start replacing parts. Jesse took the time to explain what he was doing and was very honest and did not try to up sell me. I would highly recommend Jesse at Bighorn Plumbing for all your plumbing needs. read more

Had a little bit of a bad experience with bighorn at first due to them not getting back to me initially when I was experiencing a grievance. Luckily they did reach out to me and we were able to fix the problem at no additional out of pocket expense. read more

My shower would not turn off, so I had to shut off the water to the whole house. I used Bighorn because they said they could come the same day. In fact, the technician was not able to get to my place until the next morning. He was very pleasant and replaced the cartridge in the shower, thereby allowing me to restore water to the house. But, the cost for this was over $600, which seems a tad steep to me. read more

Unbelievable Over the top prices!!! They like to hide prices, and change invoices. Beware these people will try to scam you anyway they can. :( They like to take advantage of Senior Citizens. So sad. We've had 2 more plumbers out here that charge a very small portion compared to this company. I really can't say anything nice about them. All I can say is BEWARE!!!! read more

I found Bighorn Plumbing on Facebook. Beware! They will scam you plus their prices are outrageous!

Jarrett came out yesterday for a couple of issues my mom was having with her guest bathroom. He was prompt, respectful, courteous and thorough. 5 Thank you Bighorn plumbing & Jarrett read more

Jesse came out the same day and repaired the disposal, installed a new dishwasher and fixed the sink that was falling down under our granite countertop! He was very professional and a pleasure to have work in our home. read more

My regular plumber was on vacation so I found Bighorn on line. what a mistake! charged me over the top prices and left a huge mess! Never again!! read more

Jesse with Bighorn plumbing came out and fixed our dishwasher and we've never had such amazing service!! Came lightning fast and dishwasher works amazing and super affordable!! Highly recommend Bighorn Plumbing!!! read more

I heard about Bighorn Plumbing from a customers referral. I called and set up an appointment with a very personable lady. A confirmation text let me know he was on his way. Super friendly, very professional and knowledgeable. His quote was high, but he worked with me on a more agreeable price. We set up a good date and time for work to be done. Jesse was on time and worked efficiently. He got done in time and it was simply PERFECT! I give his workmanship two thumbs up. Definately recommend this guy and his company. read more

Called Bighorn plumbing to come out and fix a pipe at my parents house. The service was fantastic he came quick and the price was super affordable. We will definitely be calling Bighorn for all our plumbing needs!! read more