Mountain Man Plumbing · Riverton, Utah
Let’s get it fixed.
A cold shower, a leaking toilet or a kitchen ready for new plumbing. Mountain Man handles repairs and installations across Riverton, from the neighborhoods along Redwood Road to the west side of Bangerter.
Call/text hours: Mon-Sun 8 AM-7 PM
Long story short
We handle household plumbing in Riverton: repairs, water-heater replacements, drain cleaning, fixture installations, softeners and remodels. Whether you've got something leaking or a new bathroom planned, we're here to help with the plumbing.
Jump to: What needs taking care of · The house you like. The plumbing you need · Riverton changed its drinking water · There’s a story under these streets
Skip the read? Book a visit or text (385) 766-8935.
Repair it. Replace it. Put something better in.
One fixture or the plumbing for a whole basement. Open a category for the repairs, replacement options and installation work we offer.
Our research · Riverton property records
Riverton’s big building years show up clearly in the county records. 7,610 of the 12,860 residential parcels we counted were built in the 1990s or 2000s. Those houses are now between 17 and 36 years old in 2026.
We also counted 1,613 parcels built before 1980. Riverton has both the older homes along its original roads and the subdivisions many families grew up in.
Keep the shower you like and repair its valve. Replace the water heater that can’t keep up. Or finish the basement bathroom you’ve been planning. We’ll explain the work and price before getting started.
Inside Riverton’s city boundary
of our residential parcel sample
dates to 1990–2009.
Mountain Man analysis, September 11, 2026: 2025 county assessor records joined to county address points inside the city boundary. One address per parcel; housing units above zero; construction years 1800–2026. Eighteen invalid years were excluded. 7,610 ÷ 12,860 = 59.18%.
These are parcel counts, not individual homes or apartments. A construction year does not date the water heater or identify the plumbing currently installed.
County source data ↗Our counts & method ↗Water softeners · filtration · pressure
In 2015, the city switched to buying its drinking water wholesale from Jordan Valley. An old well-water number is a poor starting point for setting up today’s softener.
Our map · Two retail service areas
Our city-boundary sample intersects two providers in Utah’s 2024 service-area records. Riverton City buys wholesale water from Jordan Valley, while the mapped Jordan Valley retail area is a separate customer-service boundary.
All 12,860 sampled parcels matched one area, with no overlaps. Maps can lag service changes; a polygon match is not a verified customer account.
Aggregate results & dataset fingerprints ↗We can check an existing softener, install a replacement or add drinking-water filtration. We test the water at your house and work from the equipment you have and what you want it to do.
The city’s Green Well project adds another chapter: plans call for membrane treatment before that well supplements the drinking-water supply. For a new softener or a unit that has stopped doing its job, we work from a fresh test at your home.
From the water companies & local archives
A misplaced connection. Canals that changed where people could live. Riverton’s water history is full of things you’d never notice driving down Redwood Road.
Bear Canyon → Draper → Riverton
One house had water when the rest of Draper didn’t. Sometimes the situation reversed: the neighbors had water and that house went dry.
Draper Irrigation’s history explains the mystery. Riverton owned Bear Canyon water rights and had a line running west through Draper. When crews dug up the house connection, they found it had been connected to Riverton’s pipe by mistake.
Near 12300 South, the two systems ran so close together that a leak sometimes meant digging just to find out whose pipe it was. The book describes this as an old arrangement that had ended.
WaterPro’s history · printed page 56 ↗The account does not give a date for the mistaken connection.1934 · The water stopped
The Little Canal and Big Canal had opened the bench to farming. During the 1934 drought, the canals ran dry. Sugar-beet production for West Jordan’s factory fell, and families sold, abandoned or lost farms.
Riverton’s historic survey records the drought just two years after the local bank failed, affecting almost 700 accounts.
Riverton historic survey · page 8 ↗The Little Canal opened in 1876 near today’s 1300 West. The larger Big Canal followed in 1881 near 2200 West, allowing more farms and homes on the bench. Piped drinking water arrived in 1908.
The canal-building years ↗The regional district serving Riverton was organized in 1961. Its own history says another decade passed before sewer installation and customer connections began. Today it is Jordan Basin Improvement District, formerly South Valley Sewer District.
At the Jordan Basin treatment plant in Riverton, membranes and ultraviolet disinfection turn wastewater into water suitable for secondary irrigation.
The plumber behind Mountain Man
Tyler Nerdin spent nearly a decade in new-construction plumbing, then three years in commercial repairs before starting Mountain Man. He’s a Utah master plumber who stays hands-on and oversees the company’s jobs.
That background covers more than swapping fixtures. It includes building the plumbing for a new bathroom, finding trouble in an existing system and explaining what a repair actually needs. You get the options and price before work begins.
Book Mountain Man ↗Payment options
Explore Wisetack payment options for eligible repairs and installations. You can check whether you prequalify before booking.
See financing options
Subject to credit approval. Terms vary.
From our repair log
Riverton projects, with nearby repairs filling out the preview. Each city is labeled.
5 project photosRiverton · May 10, 2026
Installed a Bradford White water heater and expansion tank, corrected the vent alignment and tested the new installation.
See the job & photos ↗
5 project photosSouth Jordan · Nearby · Sep 6, 2026
We got called out on a weekend in South Jordan because a client's water heater had stopped working. It was a power vented model, and those can be a little trickier to handle on the weekend.
See the job & photos ↗
2 project photosSouth Jordan · Nearby · May 15, 2026
Rebuilt the laundry hookup with a new box, shutoffs, trap and venting after finding missing drain parts.
See the job & photos ↗The price, in plain terms
A quote for work at your Riverton home should make the scope clear. Check who handles access and patching, whether any further diagnosis costs extra, and what happens if opening things up reveals more damage.
Found a lower number? Ask us why ours is different. Bring both descriptions of the work. Compare the equipment, repair scope and exclusions before deciding what the difference buys. A higher price alone doesn't prove a better job.
Mountain Man · Nearby communities
Looking after another property? We also serve these nearby communities. Each guide includes local water information and our plumbing services.
Riverton plumbing questions
Water heaters, tankless systems, water softeners, household drains, toilets, shower valves, faucets, disposals, leaks, pressure regulators and shutoffs. We also install water, drain and vent piping for kitchens, basement bathrooms and remodels.
We offer shower-valve repairs as well as complete replacements. The valve model, condition and availability of matching parts determine the options. Our shower-valve guide explains the repair work and when a replacement requires access behind the wall.
Riverton City identifies Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District as its wholesale drinking-water supplier. Our overlay of state service boundaries also finds a Jordan Valley retail area inside the city. Check the provider on your bill for water-account or distribution-system questions.
Riverton’s secondary irrigation and drinking-water systems must stay separate. An illegal connection caused a precautionary boil order in May 2026; the city lifted it on May 21 after negative tests. We do not perform certified backflow testing. Our backflow guide explains the non-testable devices and plumbing connections we service, and where to find a certified tester.
Riverton Water lists (801) 208-3162 for its office and (801) 558-1814 for after-hours water emergencies. Jordan Basin Improvement District lists (801) 571-1166 for public sewer concerns and (801) 243-8492 after hours. For plumbing repairs in your home, call Mountain Man at (385) 766-8935; our current call/text hours appear above.
Yes. We handle the water, drain and vent piping, fixture installation and connections for remodels. Bring us into the planning before the walls and floor are closed. The city’s Building Department handles permit and inspection requirements for the project.
Yes. You can send an existing quote through our second-opinion tool. Wisetack financing is available for eligible repairs and installations, subject to credit approval and varying terms. We agree on the work and price before starting.
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