Commercial plumbing in Metro Detroit

AGP does scheduled plumbing, not emergency plumbing. If a main breaks at 2 AM and there's water moving across a floor, we're not the number to call, and you should have a 24 hour emergency service in your phone for exactly that. We'd rather tell you today than at midnight.

What we do is the other 95% of a building's plumbing, the part that actually eats a property manager's year: the restroom that's been out of service for a month, the fixtures nobody has replaced since the building opened, the drain that backs up every quarter, the water heater that's clearly on borrowed time, and the full rough-in for a build-out. That work doesn't need to happen at 2 AM. It needs to happen on a date you chose, by people who show up on it.

We self-perform plumbing with our own crews, the same as electrical, HVAC, drywall, paint, framing and roofing, working direct for building owners and property managers across Metro Detroit.

Most commercial drain calls are the same drain. Somebody clears it, it flows, everybody moves on, and it backs up again the next quarter, because clearing a line treats the symptom and tells you nothing about the cause. Meanwhile the building pays for the same visit four times a year and a tenant loses a restroom on each one.

We'd rather find out why. Camera the line, look at what's actually there, and tell you whether it's maintenance, a grease problem that needs a schedule, roots that need a section replaced, or a belly in the pipe that no amount of rodding will ever fix. Sometimes the honest answer is that quarterly clearing genuinely is the cheapest option for your building, and we'll say that too. What we won't do is sell you the same repair four times without ever naming the cause.

Occupied buildings and shutting water off

Water shutdowns hit everybody in a building at once, which makes them a scheduling problem more than a plumbing one. We plan them: which valve, which zone, how long, and what time of day costs your tenants the least, with written notice you can forward. Buildings with no working isolation valves take longer and cost more to work on, so if that's your situation, we'll flag it and price fixing it separately.

Restroom renovations, and why one contractor matters

A restroom renovation is four trades in a small room: plumbing, drywall, paint and finish carpentry, plus tile. Split across four vendors, the schedule is mostly waiting, and the room stays out of service for weeks longer than the work actually takes. We self-perform all of it, so the room is closed once, for as long as the work takes, and then it's open.

What "non-emergency" means in practice

It means we schedule work rather than race to it, and it's worth being precise about the line. A clogged drain, a leaking fixture, a failing water heater or a restroom out of service are all normal scheduled work for us, and we'll get you a date. A burst main, an active flood or a sewage backup in progress is emergency service, and that's a different kind of company with a different kind of on-call rotation. Knowing which one you have is most of the decision, and if you call us and it's the second kind, we'll tell you straight instead of scheduling you for Thursday.