Sandy, Utah Plumber | Mountain Man Plumbing
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## On this page
- Good plumbing.For the whole house.
- You know who’sbehind the work.
- Sandy’s big buildingdecade? The ’70s.
- Thirteen pressure zones.One setting won’t do.
- Wooden pipes.Five-dollar hookups.
- Financing for your plumbing project.
- Take a look at the work.
- Service Areas ▼
- Plumbing help nearby.
- Before you book.
- Let’s get it fixed.
- Locations we serve
/ Sandy, Utah
Mountain Man Plumbing · Sandy, Utah
# Sandy Plumber.
Right here. Ready to help.
That shower you’re tired of fighting. The water heater that finally quit. The basement bathroom you’re ready to build. Mountain Man handles repairs and new plumbing across Sandy, with the work and price explained before we start.
- Book a plumbing visit ↗
- Call / text (385) 766-8935
- Text us a photo ↗
- Financing available ↗
Call/text hours: Mon-Sun 8 AM-7 PM
WPA-style illustration of Sandy’s soccer stadium beneath the Wasatch mountains
Our hometown, too. Sandy · Our illustrated city series
- Master plumber owned **Meet Tyler Nerdin ↗**
- Hear from our customers **Read the reviews ↗**
- Already have a quote? **Get a second opinion ↗**
- What we fix
- Sandy homes
- Water & pressure
- The local story
- See our work
- Our Sandy office
Repairs, replacements & new installations
## Good plumbing. For the whole house.
We work on the plumbing you already have and the projects you’re planning. Open a category for services, repair options and examples of the work.
### 01 Water heaters Repair, replace or go tankless **+**
- Water heater repair ↗
- Replacement & tankless water heaters ↗
- Boiler service ↗
### 02 Pipes & pressure Leaks, shutoffs and repiping **+**
- Leak repair ↗
- Pressure regulators / PRVs ↗
- Main & fixture shutoff valves ↗
- Whole-home repiping ↗
### 03 Bathrooms Toilets, showers, tubs and faucets **+**
- Toilet repair & bidet seats ↗
- Shower & tub plumbing ↗
- Faucets & sinks ↗
### 04 Kitchen & laundry Clogs, disposals and appliance hookups **+**
- Drain cleaning ↗
- Garbage disposals ↗
- Laundry & appliance connections ↗
### 05 Water treatment Softening, filtration and backflow **+**
- Water softeners ↗
- Filtration & water treatment ↗
- Backflow devices & connections ↗
### 06 Remodels & outdoors New plumbing and outdoor repairs **+**
- Basement & remodel plumbing ↗
- Gas lines & hookups ↗
- Hose bibs / outdoor faucets ↗
- Sump & sewage pumps ↗
- All services & repair guides ↗
- Book Mountain Man ↗
!Tyler Nerdin and his partner beside the Mountain Man Plumbing van
Tyler Nerdin · Owner
Utah Master Plumber \#8522119-5518
Sandy is home. Our office is here, too.
## You know who’s behind the work.
Tyler Nerdin lives in Sandy and runs Mountain Man from our office at **688 East Union Square, Suite 204, Sandy, UT 84070.** He’s a Utah master plumber, a former foreman on large commercial projects, and the chief editor of this website.
Nearly a decade in new construction and three years in commercial repairs came before Mountain Man. That background matters whether we’re repairing a stubborn shower valve or laying out the plumbing for a new bathroom. You can see the repairs, read the job notes and ask us about the work.
- Tyler’s experience & story ↗
- Our Sandy office on Google Maps ↗
- Customer reviews ↗
Book your Sandy plumber ↗
Our research · 28,153 Sandy residential parcels
## Sandy’s big building decade? The ’70s.
We joined county property records to Sandy’s city boundary. **11,543 residential parcels in our sample were built in the 1970s.** That one decade accounts for 41% of the total—more than the 1980s and 1990s combined.
Look within the city’s ZIP areas and the median build year shifts from **1978 in 84070 and 84093 to 1985 in 84092.** Sandy’s housing boom is now well into its repair-and-remodel years.
Keeping the bathroom? We repair toilets, shower valves and faucets. Changing it? We install the water, drain and vent piping, too. There’s room between living with a bad fixture and tearing out the whole bathroom.
- Shower & tub repairs ↗
- Repiping options ↗
- Remodel plumbing ↗
Sandy’s building years
**41 %**
of the residential parcels
we counted were built in the ’70s.
**Before 1970**
**1,880**
**1970s**
**11,543**
**1980s**
**5,935**
**1990s**
**5,087**
**2000 onward**
**3,708**
28,153 residential parcels · Median build year: 1981.
### Our count, sources & limitations
Mountain Man analysis, September 11, 2026: 2025 county assessor records joined to county address points inside Sandy’s official boundary. One primary address per parcel; housing units above zero; construction years 1800–2026. ZIP figures include only the portion inside Sandy. 11,543 ÷ 28,153 = 41.0%.
Parcels are not individual homes or utility accounts. Construction dates do not establish the age or material of the plumbing installed today. We publish aggregate counts, with no owner information or individual property locations.
County source data ↗Our counts & method ↗
Behind the tap · Sandy’s water system
## Thirteen pressure zones. One setting won’t do.
The city’s 2022 water master plan mapped 13 pressure zones, 80 pressure-reducing valves and eight booster stations. Moving water across Sandy takes a lot more than one big pipe downhill.
Our map · Water service areas inside Sandy
Mapped drinking-water providers in Sandy State culinary service boundaries clipped to Sandy. Green: Sandy. Blue: White City. Rust: Jordan Valley retail. Gold: Salt Lake City. Geographic service areas, not verified customer accounts. N Sandy city boundary · 2024 service-area records
**Sandy City water area**
25,511
**White City water area**
2,126
**Jordan Valley retail area**
485
**Salt Lake City water area**
26
Residential parcel matches to state service-area polygons. Five sampled parcels did not match a provider boundary. These are not customer counts; confirm your supplier on your water bill.
### How we made the map
We overlaid the same residential parcel address points on Utah’s 2024-reporting-year culinary service boundaries, clipped to Sandy. No sampled points matched overlapping providers. Service boundaries and municipal boundaries are different; this does not place the separate municipality of White City inside Sandy.
Aggregate results & source fingerprints ↗
Pressure regulator repairs
### The city has regulators. Your house may have one, too.
The 80 valves in that plan belong to the distribution system. They aren’t a count of regulators in people’s homes, and the map doesn’t tell us the pressure at your kitchen sink.
We service residential pressure regulators, main shutoffs and expansion tanks. For a pressure problem, we measure at the house and check the existing equipment before quoting the repair.
- Pressure & PRV service ↗
- See Sandy’s pressure-zone map · 2022 plan ↗
Softening & filtration
### A Sandy address. Not always Sandy City water.
Our boundary analysis also found residential parcels in White City’s, Jordan Valley’s and Salt Lake City’s water service areas. That’s why we ask who supplies your water instead of choosing a softener setting from your mailing address.
Mountain Man repairs and replaces softeners and installs drinking-water filtration. We test the water at the property and discuss the equipment you need.
- Water softener service ↗
- Filtration options ↗
- Sandy Public Utilities ↗
Book plumbing service ↗
Old Sandy · Pipes, wagons & a thirsty smelter
## Wooden pipes. Five-dollar hookups.
That was Sandy’s early municipal water system. Before it, some water came down from the canyons in wagons.
The first municipal system · About the 1920s
### The pipe from the canyon was made of wood.
Sandy’s first municipal system carried spring water from Little Cottonwood Canyon through wooden stave pipes. It fed a concrete reservoir near today’s **8800 South and 1000 East**, roughly a mile east of the old town.
By about the 1920s, that tank supplied pressurized water to homes. The connection fee was **$5**, including a shutoff valve, curb box and iron pipe. Sandy City recorded those details in its water-system history.
Sandy City’s history · Printed page 2, PDF page 6 ↗
Little Cottonwood Creek · 1895
### One smelter contracted for a tenth of the creek.
In 1895, Mingo Smelter contracted with Union & Jordan Irrigation for **one-tenth of Little Cottonwood Creek’s flow**. Refining ore took enough water to make a smelter a major customer of the same creek that supplied nearby farms and towns.
Then the industry moved. Sandy’s National Register history records Mingo’s dismantling and relocation to Murray in 1898. The furnaces left; the question of who got the water remained.
In 1914, Sandy secured creek water through an exchange: the irrigation company supplied Little Cottonwood water, and Sandy granted it control of the town’s rights to other sources.
- The 1895 contract & 1914 exchange · USU archive ↗
- Mingo’s departure · National Register history ↗
### 1870s Canyon water arrived by wagon.**+**
Sandy City’s account describes wagons hauling **40-gallon tanks** of water down from the canyons during part of the 1870s. Ezekiel Holman, who dug one of the early wells, charged **five cents a bucket**. Running water at home was still a long way from being taken for granted.
Read the city’s account · PDF page 6 ↗
Payment options
## Financing for your plumbing project.
Explore Wisetack payment options for eligible repairs and installations. You can check whether you prequalify before booking.
Wisetack See financing options ↗ Subject to credit approval. Terms vary.
From our repair log
## Take a look at the work.
Recent Mountain Man repairs in Sandy. Open a project for the work and photos.
Rare Grohe shower valve teardown in Sandy 8 project photos
Sandy · Sep 11, 2026
### Rare Grohe shower valve teardown in Sandy
We got called out to Sandy, UT for an older Grohe shower valve. It’s a German design, very high-end, but not so common in Utah.
See the job & photos ↗
Frost-free hose bib swap in a tight Sandy basement corner 5 project photos
Sandy · Sep 6, 2026
### Frost-free hose bib swap in a tight Sandy basement corner
In Sandy, Utah we handled a hose bib replacement for a landlord. The outdoor frost-free bib had been faulty for years. A tenant who liked landscaping wanted to use the faucet, and every turn-on brought leaks and trouble, so they chose to replace it.
See the job & photos ↗
Moen single-handle shower valve upgrade in Sandy 6 project photos
Sandy · Sep 5, 2026
### Moen single-handle shower valve upgrade in Sandy
We got a call from a homeowner in Sandy with a tenant who had lots of water leaking out of their shower—an absurd amount, basically would not shut off.
See the job & photos ↗
### All Sandy work (12) **+**
1. Sep 11, 2026 Rare Grohe shower valve teardown in Sandy ↗
2. Sep 6, 2026 Frost-free hose bib swap in a tight Sandy basement corner ↗
3. Sep 5, 2026 Moen single-handle shower valve upgrade in Sandy ↗
4. Sep 5, 2026 CPVC leak and PEX repipe in Sandy remodel ↗
5. Sep 4, 2026 Sandy basement polybutylene swap and hose bib ↗
6. Aug 29, 2026 Kohler shower balance spool fixed same trip in Sandy ↗
7. May 10, 2026 Sandy Shower Repair ↗
8. May 10, 2026 Sandy Garbage Disposal ↗
9. May 10, 2026 Sandy Water Heater Repair ↗
10. May 10, 2026 Sandy Drain Cleaning ↗
11. May 10, 2026 sandy floor drain ↗
12. May 10, 2026 Sandy Leak Repair Project Showcase ↗
Mountain Man Service Territory
Our Sandy office & service area
### Service Areas ▼
Salt Lake City Sandy West Jordan South Jordan Draper Riverton Herriman Cottonwood Heights Holladay Murray Midvale West Valley City Millcreek Park City Alta Lehi
### Verified Feedback ▼
★★★★★ "Tyler is great. Reliable, reasonable, and knowledgeable. Always makes it up to Alta without issues." - Rion Martell
★★★★★ "Tyler was on time, fast and reasonably priced. Gave helpful info that was easy to understand." - Erin Sanislo
★★★★★ "Happy with the quality and affordable pricing for our water heater replacement. Booked quickly." - Cathy Allen
★★★★★ "Been using Tyler for the last 5 years. He is phenomenal at what he does." - Jared Smith
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Mountain Man · Nearby communities
## Plumbing help nearby.
Looking after another property? We also serve these nearby communities. Each guide includes local water information and our plumbing services.
- **Draper plumbing ↗** Fort Street, SunCrest and the infrastructure that carries water uphill.
- **Murray plumbing ↗** Established homes, water suppliers and Murray’s plumbing history.
- **Cottonwood Heights plumbing ↗** Canyon water, established houses and a sewer district older than the city.
- Explore this part of the valley ↗
- Water, homes & local history ↗
- All plumbing services ↗
Sandy plumbing questions
## Before you book.
- Financing options ↗
- Sandy Public Utilities ↗
### Where is Mountain Man Plumbing in Sandy?
Our office is at 688 East Union Square, Suite 204, Sandy, UT 84070. Owner and master plumber Tyler Nerdin also lives in Sandy. We travel to homes for repairs and installations; call or book online to arrange a visit.
### What plumbing services do you offer in Sandy?
Water heaters and tankless systems, leaks, household drains, toilets, shower valves, faucets, garbage disposals, softeners, filters, pressure regulators and shutoff valves. We also install plumbing for kitchen, bathroom and basement projects, along with gas lines, appliance connections and outdoor faucets.
### Can you work on an older or unusual shower valve?
Yes. Our Sandy repair log includes an older Grohe shower-valve teardown and other shower repairs. We identify the valve and look for suitable replacement parts before recommending a full replacement. Open the projects below to see the actual work and photos.
### Is all Sandy water supplied by Sandy City?
No. Our map analysis found parts of the city in White City Water Improvement District, Jordan Valley retail and Salt Lake City water service areas, as well as Sandy City. Check the provider on your bill. For softener or filtration work, we test the water at your house.
### Can you fix water-pressure problems?
We service pressure regulators, main shutoffs and expansion tanks. The city pressure-zone map describes the public distribution system; it does not measure pressure inside your home. We check the pressure and your existing equipment before recommending a repair.
### How do I arrange a visit or get a second opinion?
Call or text (385) 766-8935, or use Book online to see the booking options. Current call/text hours appear at the top of this page. If you already have a quote, our second-opinion tool lets you share it with us.
### Is financing available for a larger repair?
Wisetack financing is available for eligible repairs and installations, subject to credit approval and varying terms. We explain the work and price before starting. The financing link below covers the current options.
## Let’s get it fixed.
Mountain Man Plumbing · Serving Sandy
Call (385) 766-8935 ↗Book online ↗
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