Cedar Park Plumber, Grinder Pumps & AC

Licensed & insured · Texas Responsible Master Plumber RMP44420 · TDLR Air Conditioning Contractor TACLA22663C · Family-owned since 2018 · 2024 and 2026 Nextdoor Fave · Mon–Fri 7:30 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.–noon

Real Texas Plumbing is a licensed and insured plumbing, grinder pump, AC and heating company that has been family-owned since 2018. We work from our shops in Lago Vista and Lakeway and serve Cedar Park homeowners from Shenandoah, Buttercup Creek and Forest Oaks to Twin Creeks, Ranch at Deer Creek and Woodford Estates. We work on homes only.

Call us for water heater repair, pipes that bang when the water shuts off, a slow or backed-up main line, an AC that cannot keep up, or a grinder pump alarm. You get a written price before any work starts, and the $65 trip charge is applied toward the work. We are the 2024 and 2026 Nextdoor Fave in our area.

Cedar Park's water is hard and its summers are long, which is rough on water heaters, fixtures and AC systems. We also service grinder pumps and sewer pumps, the equipment most homeowners never think about until an alarm goes off.

Licensed & insured in Texas

Our Responsible Master Plumber License is RMP44420, and our TDLR Air Conditioning Contractor License is TACLA22663C. We are insured, and every job starts with a written price before work begins.

Where we work in Cedar Park

Cedar Park is in Williamson County, with a few neighborhoods reaching into Travis County, and we work across the city, including ZIP code 78613. Below is what homes in Cedar Park's best-known neighborhoods tend to need, based on when they were built, not on our job history. If your street is not listed, call us. The age of your home is the better guide.

Shenandoah, Silverstone, Deerfield Park and the original Buttercup Creek

These are some of the oldest homes in Cedar Park, built from the late 1970s into the mid-1980s. Shenandoah is mostly one-story ranch houses with mature oak and pecan trees. Plumbing from this period can include polybutylene supply lines, which are known to fail, so a leak or low water pressure deserves a look at the piping, not just a patch, and repiping can come up. Water heaters and AC systems here have usually been replaced at least once already, and tree roots can reach old sewer lines, so slow drains and main line stoppages are worth checking.

Forest Oaks, Gann Ranch, Lakeline Oaks, Carriage Hills, Cypress Mill, Ranch at Cypress Creek and Anderson Mill West

These neighborhoods were built mostly in the 1990s and early 2000s. Expect the second round of replacements: water heaters and AC systems on their second or third run, plus aging shutoff valves, toilet parts and faucets. Hard water has had decades to build scale inside the water heaters here, so a tank that rumbles or runs out of hot water quickly is a common call.

Ranch at Deer Creek, Cypress Canyon, Bella Vista, Silverado West, Walsh Trails, Cedar Park Town Center and Heritage Park

Built from roughly 2001 into the 2010s, these homes are in the big replacement wave: original builder-grade AC compressors, water heaters well past 10 years old, and a water softener or filter that was never installed. If your water heater is the original, have it checked and flushed before it fails, not after.

Twin Creeks, Ranch at Brushy Creek and Caballo Ranch

These master-planned communities were built from the mid-2000s into the 2020s, and many homes run from about 2,000 to more than 5,000 square feet. Bigger homes often mean more than one AC system and a larger water heater, so we size a replacement to the house. Older sections are reaching their first water heater and AC replacement. Newer sections are more likely to need tankless water heater service, a softener or water pressure work.

Woodford Estates and Cedar Park's newest sections

Woodford Estates was built from 2014 to 2017, and parts of Reserve at Brushy Creek, Parkwest Estates and Edgewater were built between roughly 2012 and 2020. Systems this young seldom need big repairs. The calls are usually tankless service, thermostat upgrades, water pressure, and adding a softener or filter before scale builds up.

Also serving: Red Oaks, Silver Oak, Creekview, Cross Creek, Park Oaks, Oakmont Forest, Oakwood Glen, Hunters Glenn, Quest Village, High Meadows, Coventry Crossing, Park Place and Quarry Oaks, along with larger-lot areas such as Breakaway Park and the Cedar Park Ranchettes. We also work in nearby Leander, Anderson Mill and Round Rock.

What's different about plumbing and AC in Cedar Park homes

Hard water

Cedar Park's water is hard. It comes from Lake Travis and is treated at the city's Don Webster plant and at the regional BCRUA plant, and the city's 2025 water quality report lists hardness at 183 ppm, roughly 10.7 grains per gallon. Hard water leaves scale inside tank and tankless water heaters, clogs faucet aerators and wears out shower valves. A tank that rumbles, a tankless unit throwing scale codes, or a white crust around your faucets all point to minerals. A softener and regular water heater flushing slow the damage.

Chloramine and toilet parts

The city also uses chloramine as its disinfectant, which can wear rubber parts such as toilet flappers and fill valves faster. A toilet that keeps running or refills on its own is usually a worn flapper or fill valve, a small toilet repair when it is caught early.

Main line drain clearing

If more than one drain in the house is slow or backs up at the same time, such as a tub and a toilet, the blockage is usually in the main line, the pipe that carries all the wastewater out of the house. Older Cedar Park neighborhoods with mature trees, like Shenandoah and Anderson Mill West, are more likely to have roots in the line. We clear the line and look at what caused it, because a stoppage that keeps coming back usually has a cause worth fixing.

Summer heat

Summers in Cedar Park keep an AC running for months. The AC repairs we hear about most are failed capacitors, frozen coils, refrigerant leaks and clogged condensate drains. Many Cedar Park neighborhoods were built in waves from the 1990s through the 2010s, so a lot of homes now have their original builder-grade AC systems at or past the end of their normal life. A spring AC tune-up lets us catch a worn part before the first 100-degree week, and a replacement conversation is easier in April than in August.

Water heater repair, replacement and tankless service in Cedar Park

A tank water heater in Cedar Park is worth repairing when the tank is sound and a part has failed, and worth replacing when the tank itself leaks or the unit keeps breaking down. Tank water heaters commonly last 8 to 12 years, and hard water can shorten that.

Repair or replace?

Repair makes sense for a failed heating element, thermostat, gas valve, thermocouple or pilot, or a worn anode rod. Replacement is the answer when water is leaking from the tank, because a leaking tank cannot be patched. A tank that rumbles or pops is usually full of sediment, and flushing it helps most when it is done before the buildup hardens.

What water heater replacement costs

Tank water heater replacement runs $2,200 to $4,400 installed. The range covers standard tank water heaters, and the exact price depends on the size and type of heater and what the install needs. You get the price in writing before we start, and the $65 trip charge is applied toward the work.

Tankless water heaters

We install tankless water heaters, convert tank homes to tankless, and repair tankless units. In Cedar Park the common tankless trouble is scale: error codes, lukewarm water or a unit that cycles on and off can all trace back to minerals in the heat exchanger, and a softener helps keep that scale off.

If your water heater is leaking

Shut off the cold water valve above the heater and turn off its power: the breaker for an electric unit, or the gas control for a gas unit. If you smell gas, leave the house and call the gas utility. Then call us and we will book the next available visit.

Grinder pumps and sewer pumps in Cedar Park

Some Cedar Park homes cannot drain to the sewer by gravity alone and depend on a pump to carry wastewater out. Grinder pumps are where our shop has the most experience, and the same skills apply to sewage ejector pumps. Our technicians regularly diagnose pump alarms, failed floats, blocked discharge lines, failed check valves, and pumps that keep running after the system should shut off.

What a grinder pump or sewage ejector pump does

A grinder pump collects the wastewater from a house in a tank, grinds the solids, and pushes the slurry through a small pipe to the sewer line, sometimes a long way. A sewage ejector pump lifts waste from a bathroom or laundry that sits below the sewer line up to the main drain. Neither one works by gravity, so when one stops, the house has nowhere to send its wastewater.

What to do when the alarm sounds

An alarm usually means the tank is filling faster than the pump can empty it. Stop running water: no showers, laundry or dishwasher. Check whether the pump's breaker has tripped. Do not open the tank lid or reach inside, because the tank holds raw wastewater and the pump is electrically powered. Then call (512) 662-2949. We don't run overnight dispatch, so if the alarm sounds after hours, keep water use to a minimum and call when we open.

What we repair and replace

We handle failed pumps, stuck float switches, check valves, control panel and electrical problems, and full pump replacement. Replacing a grinder pump runs $6,000 to $12,000 installed. You get the price in writing before work starts, and the $65 trip charge is applied toward the work. For the full picture, see our grinder pump service page.

Recent Cedar Park calls

This late summer in Cedar Park we installed a water heater, came out for an AC problem, replaced the fill valves on two upstairs toilets, rerouted plumbing under a home bar, and worked on pipes that were hammering loudly when the water shut off. These are everyday household problems.

Plumbing and grinder pump services in Cedar Park

• Grinder pump service, repair and replacement, grinder pump alarm repair, and sewage ejector pumps

• Main line drain clearing and drain cleaning

• Tank and tankless water heater repair, replacement and flushes

• Water softeners and water filtration

• Leak detection and sewer camera inspections

• Broken and frozen pipe repair, water line repair and repiping

• Faucet repair, toilets and garbage disposal repair

• Gas line services

• Sump pumps for homes with a crawlspace or low spot that collects water

Heating and AC services in Cedar Park

• AC replacement and AC repair, sized to your home

• Ductless mini-splits for additions, garages and hard-to-cool rooms

• Heating repair and heating replacement for furnaces and heat pumps, including gas, propane and electric furnaces

• Spring AC tune-ups and a fall heating tune-up

• Duct sealing

• Thermostat installation, including Nest, ecobee, Honeywell and White-Rodgers

• Indoor air quality, including UV lights and REME HALO whole-home air purifiers

When something goes wrong after hours

We don't run overnight dispatch. If a pipe is leaking, shut off the water at the main and call when we open. For an AC that quit on a hot afternoon, call us before 8 p.m. and we'll book the next available visit.

Call Real Texas Plumbing in Cedar Park

You'll know the price before we start. Call (512) 662-2949.