Cahill’s Plumbing & Heating started with one man and a torch
Harry Cahill founded this company after years in the trade that go back further than most plumbers working today. He learned the job when pipe was still joined with molten lead and oakum, hand-packed and poured, long before torches and PEX made the work faster. He carried that experience forward into a company built on his own name, based in Maple Valley and still run the same way it started: honest work, done by people who know exactly what they are doing.
In his own words, on why he built Cahill’s the way he did:
“I offer to my customers through personal knowledge, the ‘Best’ that the plumbing industry has to offer with both materials and labor. We’re not a ‘flat rate’ or ‘gimmick’ company with our personnel trained to exhaust your bank account. We do however provide clean honest knowledgeable plumbers, who are well trained and have the best tools and technology available; and will work expeditiously to complete your job.”
Harry Cahill, Founder
What “no flat rate, no gimmicks” means when a truck is in your driveway
It is easy to print on the side of a truck. Harry built it into how the job actually runs. A Cahill’s estimate is free, and it happens before any work starts, not after the invoice is already running.
- You hear the price before the wrench comes out, not after the meter is already running.
- A part gets repaired if it still holds. Replacing a whole fixture when a seal or a cartridge will do is exactly the kind of upsell Harry built the company to avoid.
- On a water heater, you pick the model, tank or tankless. Nobody on a Cahill’s crew is trained to steer you toward one brand.
- Cahill’s is licensed, bonded and insured, per the company, and carries that coverage on every job, residential or light commercial.
The livery on these trucks is the same blue and the same double pinstripe Harry has run since he started the company. It is on every job, every time, because the crew that shows up is the crew you called.
How people find us
Mostly, someone else tells them first
Ethan Gibbons found Cahill’s through a friend who works as a local builder, which is how a lot of this company’s work still arrives, one job leading to the next referral. His review on Google names the crew directly: Jason and his colleague were fantastic and professional, and he said he would refer anyone who needs a plumber to Cahill’s. That is the same crew that answers the phone whether the call comes from a builder’s recommendation or from someone searching for a plumber near Maple Valley for the first time.
Read more of what customers say on the reviews page.
One shop, five cities, trucks out every day
Cahill’s is based in Maple Valley, Washington, and the crews cover Kent, Renton, Bellevue and Seattle as well. The company is open 24 hours a day, every day, and emergency calls are answered around the clock, not just during business hours. See the full service area and the complete list of plumbing repair, drain, leak, water heater and septic services Cahill’s runs.
None of that changes what Harry started the company on: a real plumber, a real price before the work begins, and a truck that shows up because it said it would.
Talk to a plumber, not a call center
Call (425) 432-1977any hour, or request a free estimate below and a Cahill’s plumber calls you back to talk through the job first.