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Pacific Heights plumber for boilers, large baths and designer fixtures
Residential service, boiler and hydronic work, and remodels in Pacific Heights.
Lutz Plumbing Inc., the oldest plumbing company in San Francisco (since 1929), repairs and installs plumbing, boiler and radiant heating, water heaters, sewer lines and designer bath fixtures in Pacific Heights homes.
Pacific Heights is north of our 17th Street shop, and its boiler-fed heating, recirculation lines and high-end fixtures are work our technicians know well.
Lutz Plumbing serves Pacific Heights for residential and commercial plumbing, HVAC and heating, hydronic and radiant systems, and wellness work, water filtration, steam, sauna, and hydrotherapy. We are the oldest plumbing company in San Francisco, family-owned and licensed since 1929 (CA Contractor License #503971), and our trucks are dispatched from our shop at 3123 17th Street.
Whether it's an emergency, a planned replacement, or a full bath or kitchen remodel through Lutz Bath & Kitchen, we handle it. Call for same-day scheduling where we have availability, or request service online and we'll follow up within one business day. After hours, leave a voicemail and we'll call you back.
Pacific Heights homes are large, old and renovated in layers, and their plumbing shows it
Pacific Heights is known for large, older homes: Victorian and Edwardian houses, detached homes from the 1910s to the 1930s, and 1920s apartment buildings, many of them on steep lots. Many have multiple baths, boiler-fed radiators or radiant floors, and decades of layered renovations, so one house can hold several generations of pipe, valves and fixtures behind its walls.
That history shapes the calls. Boiler and radiant work is a steady part of them: no heat, a radiator that will not bleed, a failed pump or valve, a boiler due for replacement. Recirculation lines that no longer deliver hot water quickly to a top-floor bath are another, along with water heaters sized for a house where several bathrooms run at once.
The rest is the plumbing older San Francisco homes often need: leaks located with acoustic and thermal tools instead of demolition, galvanized steel supply lines and cast iron drains past their service life, clay side sewers (the line to the city main) checked by camera, and fixture replacements when a bath is refreshed. Lutz Plumbing handles all of it from one shop.
TOTO repair and European valve service in Pacific Heights
In a Pacific Heights house renovated in layers, one bath can hold a European shower system from an earlier remodel and a TOTO smart toilet from the latest one. Lutz Plumbing repairs and installs TOTO WASHLET and NEOREST toilets in Pacific Heights homes, and services Dornbracht and VOLA thermostatic valves and shower systems, including in-wall valves behind finished tile.
- European valves from an earlier renovation: Dornbracht and VOLA thermostatic valves, faucets and shower systems, including concealed cartridges, serviced with matching replacement parts.
- TOTO WASHLET and NEOREST repair: service, repair and installation as San Francisco's only factory-trained Authorized Service Representative for TOTO, with the shutoff valve (angle stop), electrical and rough-in checked before a NEOREST goes in.
- Steam showers in a bath refresh: planning, sizing, installation and service as an Authorized Service Representative for ThermaSol and MrSteam, our preferred brands for new steam showers; we also service most common steam brands.
Lutz Plumbing is an Authorized Service Representative for TOTO, Kohler, ThermaSol, MrSteam, Duravit, Rinnai, Navien, and Viessmann. Lutz Bath & Kitchen, our showroom in the same building as the plumbing shop, was established in 1990 and carries 80+ fixture brands. Our technicians know these products, and because the showroom works directly with the manufacturers, we can reach their technical support teams when a repair needs it.
Services we do often in Pacific Heights
A water heater that cannot keep up with several baths, a leak behind old plaster, a clay side sewer on a slope: these are six services Lutz Plumbing does often in Pacific Heights.
Why Pacific Heights neighbors call Lutz
- Boiler, radiator and radiant floor heating serviced by the same crew as your plumbing
- Fixture-driven remodels in layered Pacific Heights homes coordinated through Lutz Bath & Kitchen
- Licensed and insured, CA License #503971
- Plumbing, HVAC, and wellness under one roof
- SF's only Factory-Trained Authorized Service Rep for TOTO
- Family-owned San Francisco shop since 1929
- Zone-based dispatch, no hidden travel fees
Common questions
Can you service the boiler and radiators in a Pacific Heights home?
Yes, Lutz Plumbing services the boilers, hot-water radiators and radiant floor loops that heat many Pacific Heights homes, and has worked on radiator systems in San Francisco since 1929. When a room stays cold or a radiator will not bleed, we evaluate the boiler, pumps, valves and radiators together before recommending a repair or a new boiler.
Can you get parts for a Dornbracht, VOLA or other European shower valve in a Pacific Heights home?
Often, yes: Lutz Plumbing services Dornbracht, VOLA and Grohe valves, and Lutz Bath & Kitchen carries all three lines, so we can confirm the model and order matching replacement parts. Send a photo of the trim and any model number you can find before the visit.
Do I get a price before work starts on a large Pacific Heights house?
Yes, a written quote comes before any work starts. Simple jobs get a fixed price. Complex jobs in a large, layered home get a clear written scope plus how we will handle anything we discover along the way, so there is no surprise invoicing at the end.
What happens if I have a plumbing emergency in Pacific Heights after hours?
Call Lutz Plumbing at (415) 621-4292 and leave a voicemail; a dispatcher calls back for genuine emergencies such as a burst pipe, flooding or a sewer backup. Our phones are staffed Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, and we do not run an around-the-clock call center. If water is flowing, shut off the main valve first.