Company Facts
Bee's Plumbing and Heating at a Glance
The work
- Best for
- older Seattle homes needing repipes, sewer replacement or after-hours emergency plumbing
- Primary service
- Plumbing
Where
- Headquarters
- Seattle, WA
- Service area
- Seattle
- Emergency service
- Business hours only
Money and guarantees
- Free estimates
- Not advertised
- Financing
- Not advertised
Editorial Review
Our Take on Bee's Plumbing and Heating
The combination of a genuine 24/7 operation, a very large review base and an in-house electrical division puts this company in a small group of Seattle contractors that can handle an old-house renovation end to end. The trade-off is the usual one at this size: pricing reflects a real overhead, and your experience will vary with the technician dispatched. Get the quote in writing, confirm what the promotions actually cover, and it stacks up well.
Best for: older Seattle homes needing repipes, sewer replacement or after-hours emergency plumbing
What We Like
- 4.8 from around 3,800 Google reviews as read on 27 September 2026, an unusually large sample
- Hours published as 24 hours a day, every day, for emergency call-outs
- Plumbing and licensed electrical work under one company, useful on renovations
- Trenchless sewer replacement and hydro jetting for root-damaged clay side sewers
- Whole-home repipe experience relevant to Seattle's galvanized supply lines
- Financing, posted promotions and a membership plan for scheduled maintenance
Things to Consider
- A larger operation usually means higher pricing than a single-van plumber on small jobs
- Advertised discounts, guarantees and licensing come from the company's own site and carry expiry dates worth confirming
- Service area spans Everett to Federal Way, so response times will differ by neighbourhood
- Presentation is residential; commercial clients may want a specialist
Google Reviews for Bee's Plumbing and Heating
Customer ratings shown here come from Google. They are separate from our editorial review above.
Google rating
4.8
Based on 3800 Google reviews
Review data updated September 27, 2026
Rating Distribution
- 5 stars93%
- 4 stars2%
- 3 stars1%
- 2 stars0%
- 1 star3%
iAbout this distribution
The distribution reflects the 3800 Google reviews available when this profile's review data was last refreshed on September 27, 2026. Ratings and counts change continuously on Google, so figures here may lag the live profile slightly. We publish only the values returned by the source, never estimates for missing bands.
Editorial Ranking
Why Bee's Plumbing and Heating Made Our Top 10
It holds position 2 in 10 Best Plumbers in Seattle, WA.
Services Offered
Areas Served
Based in Seattle, WA.
iAbout service coverage
Coverage is as the business describes it, cross-checked against where its recent documented work is. A company will often travel beyond the areas listed here for a large job and decline a small one at the same distance, so confirm your address before scheduling.
About Bee's Plumbing and Heating
Trading since 2017 according to its own site, the company has grown into the kind of outfit that can send a technician at two in the morning and still have crews out on scheduled repipes the same week. That matters more than it sounds. Plenty of good Seattle plumbers do excellent work but cannot answer the phone during a storm weekend, and a burst supply line in a Ballard basement does not wait for Monday.
The published service list is broad. On the plumbing side: repairs to fixtures, faucets, toilets, garbage disposals and hose bibs; frozen pipe repair; sump pumps; boilers and radiant heating; tank and tankless water heater installation; leak detection and repair; drain clearing with camera inspection and hydro jetting; sewer inspection, repair and trenchless replacement by pipe bursting; pipe lining; and whole-home waste and water repipes. The electrical arm covers panel and breaker work, outlets and switches, lighting and ceiling fans, surge protection, knob and tube wiring, and full rewires. Remodel and renovation work is listed too. For a homeowner partway through gutting a 1920s bungalow kitchen, having the plumber and the electrician under one roof removes a scheduling headache that can cost weeks.
Seattle's housing stock explains a lot about what bees plumbing and heating spends its days on. Large parts of the city, from Wallingford and Greenwood through to Beacon Hill and the older pockets of West Seattle, were built with galvanized steel supply lines that scale up internally over decades until the shower upstairs runs at a trickle. Side sewers here are often clay, jointed, and running under mature big-leaf maples and cedars whose roots find every gap. That is why camera inspection before quoting a sewer job is not an upsell, it is the only honest way to price the work. Trenchless pipe bursting is frequently the right answer on a steep or landscaped Seattle lot where open-cut trenching would mean tearing out a retaining wall.
The Google profile carried a 4.8 rating from about 3,800 reviews when checked on 27 September 2026. A number that size tells you something about volume rather than about any single job. Companies at this scale run dispatch software, flat-rate price books and multiple vans, and the experience depends heavily on which technician is assigned. Reviews that name individual techs, as many here do, tend to reflect that. If you want the same person every visit, ask at booking whether that is possible.
The website advertises upfront pricing quoted before work starts, a satisfaction guarantee, financing, and a paid membership called Bee's Club that promises priority scheduling, fifteen percent off plumbing repairs and tankless heaters, an annual inspection and a water heater flush. Discounts of several hundred dollars on water heaters, sewer services and repipes were posted with expiry dates. Treat all of that as the company's own claim and confirm the current terms when you call, since promotions rotate. The site says the firm is licensed, bonded and insured; Washington contractors are registered with the Department of Labor and Industries, and you can verify any contractor's registration and bond there yourself in under a minute.
Who is it a good fit for? Homeowners facing a job with real money attached, a repipe, a sewer replacement, a panel upgrade, who want a contractor with enough staff to show up when promised and enough of a track record to still exist if the warranty is tested. It suits people who value fixed quoting over hourly billing. It suits anyone with an after-hours emergency, given the 24-hour published schedule.
Who might look elsewhere? If you want the cheapest possible price on a straightforward drain snake, a small independent plumber will often beat a company carrying this much overhead. Landlords with routine turnover work and commercial buildings may also find specialists better suited, since the presentation here is aimed squarely at residential owners. The stated service area stretches from Everett and Lynnwood down through Kent, Auburn and Federal Way and east to Sammamish, so a plumber based nearer your block may reach you faster for something trivial.
Before you hire, ask a few plain questions. Get the L&I registration number and check it. Ask whether the diagnostic or after-hours call-out fee is credited against the repair. Ask whether the quoted price for a sewer or repipe job includes permits and inspection through Seattle Public Utilities and SDCI, because permit costs and restoration of the trench are where estimates diverge. Ask what warranty covers labour as opposed to the manufacturer's coverage on a water heater. And with bees plumbing and heating specifically, ask to see the camera footage before approving any sewer work, which any reputable firm will show you without hesitation.
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Reputation by Source
We show each source separately rather than blending them into a single score, because they measure different things.
Google
4.8/ 5
3800 customer reviews
TenBestFind
Editorially reviewed
Ranked #2 in Seattle plumbers, September 2026
Project Photos
Business-submitted, reviewed by our editors
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Bee's Plumbing and Heating FAQs
Is Bee's Plumbing and Heating really open 24 hours?
Its published hours list 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and the website advertises 24/7 emergency service. As with any after-hours plumber, ask when you call whether nights and weekends carry a different call-out rate and whether that fee is credited toward the repair if you go ahead with the work.
What does it cost to replace a sewer line in Seattle?
No price is published, so get a written quote after a camera inspection. Seattle side sewer work varies enormously with depth, length, soil, tree roots and whether the run crosses a street or a retaining wall. Trenchless pipe bursting, which the company offers, often costs less overall than open trenching once you count restoring driveways and landscaping. Confirm whether permits and surface restoration are in the number.
Do they do electrical work as well as plumbing?
Yes. The site lists an electrical division covering repairs and installations, panel upgrades, circuit breakers, outlets and switches, lighting and ceiling fans, surge protection, knob and tube wiring and whole-home rewires. That pairing is handy in older Seattle houses where a kitchen remodel tends to expose both galvanized pipe and ungrounded wiring at the same time.
How is bees plumbing and heating rated?
Its Google Business Profile showed 4.8 out of 5 from roughly 3,800 reviews when read on 27 September 2026. That is a large review base for a Seattle plumber. It also links to a Yelp listing and to Facebook, Instagram and X accounts if you want to read feedback from more than one source.
Which areas do they cover?
The website lists Seattle and much of King County, including Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, Kent, Federal Way and Auburn, plus Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Everett, Bothell and Woodinville to the north and Mercer Island, Issaquah, Sammamish and Newcastle on the east side. If you sit outside that list the site suggests calling anyway.
What should I ask before booking a repipe?
Ask what pipe material they will use, whether the quote covers drywall repair and permits, how many days you will be without water, and what the labour warranty is. Seattle homes with 1920s to 1950s galvanized supply often show the symptoms first as poor upstairs pressure and rusty water after a holiday. Get at least two quotes on a job of that size.
How long has the company been trading?
Since 2017, according to its own website. That gives it several years of operating history in the Seattle market, though it is worth noting this figure comes from the company rather than an independent record. Washington contractor registrations can be checked through the Department of Labor and Industries.
Is Bee's Plumbing and Heating licensed and insured?
We have no credential records on file for this company yet. Ask for the certificate directly from the insurer before booking work.
What areas does Bee's Plumbing and Heating serve?
Seattle. Coverage is as the business describes it, cross-checked against where its recent documented work is. Confirm your address before scheduling, particularly at the edge of a service area.
Does Bee's Plumbing and Heating offer emergency service?
Emergency availability is not listed for this company. If you need an urgent call-out, check the ranking for companies that do list it.
What warranty do they offer?
Warranty terms are not on file. Ask for them in writing before work starts.
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About This Business Profile
- Last reviewed
- September 2026
- Profile last updated
- September 27, 2026
- Google review data updated
- September 27, 2026
- Reviewed by
- Dana Whitfield, Senior editor, home services
- Sources checked
- Google Business Profile, Company website
- Sponsorship status
- No commercial relationship
Dana runs the editorial side of TenBestFind. She built the research process, decides which markets get covered next, and writes the plumbing and chimney rankings herself. Before this she spent eleven years as a consumer reporter covering contractor licensing and home improvement fraud.