Commercial Plumber in Raleigh & Wake County
ARC Plumbing is the plumber restaurants, churches, hotels, apartment communities, clinics and two town governments in Wake County call when a water heater quits, a restroom goes down, or the water bill says something is leaking. Licensed plumbers on every job, a COI and W-9 the day you ask, and no work started until the scope and price are agreed. NC Plumbing Contractor License #36473 · 5.0 stars across 390 Google reviews.
- Scope and price agreed before work begins — no surprises on the invoice
- Certificate of insurance and W-9 on request; Net-30 by prior agreement
- Certified backflow testers registered across our Wake County service area
- After-hours service for existing commercial customers
What businesses call us for
Most commercial calls are one of seven things. Each is quoted on site after a licensed plumber has looked at it — commercial work varies too much for a price list, and we'd rather give you a number we'll stand behind than one we'll have to change.
Commercial water heaters
Repair, maintenance and replacement of commercial water heaters of any brand. We usually replace like-for-like so your venting, gas and recovery rate stay right; where a tankless bank makes sense we install commercial Rinnai units as a registered Rinnai PRO contractor.
Hotels, restaurants, churches, salons, gyms, apartment boiler rooms.
Drain clearing & camera inspection
Cable clearing of floor drains, restroom lines, kitchen lines and building mains, with a camera run when the same drain keeps backing up so you know whether it's grease, roots or a broken pipe. A jetter for smaller lines when cabling won't hold.
Recurring backups usually mean a pipe problem, not a plunger problem — the camera settles it.
Toilets, urinals & flushometers
Flushometer rebuilds and replacements on every brand, urinal repair and replacement, wax rings, carriers and supply stops. A restroom out of service is the call we clear fastest.
Sloan, Zurn and everything else in a commercial restroom.
Leaks, PRVs & water lines
Any water leak — slab, wall, ceiling, mechanical room or the service line in the parking lot — found and repaired. Pressure-reducing valve installation and replacement when your building's pressure is out of range and fixtures are failing early.
A water bill that jumps with no change in use is usually a leak you can't see yet.
Backflow testing & installation
Annual backflow tests with the report filed to your water provider, plus new installations and replacements when a device fails or a jurisdiction requires one. Certified testers registered across our Wake County service area (not Durham). Details below.
Commercial fixtures & sinks
Three-compartment sinks, hand sinks, mop sinks, faucets, water fountains and bottle fillers, dishwasher and ice-maker connections. Installed to pass your health inspection the first time.
Upfits & remodels, direct with the owner
New restroom, relocated kitchen line, an added hand sink for a new tenant, a laundry or mop-sink room that isn't there yet — we do this work directly for the business or property owner, permitted and inspected, and we coordinate the electrical through ARC Electric when the job needs it. We don't subcontract to general contractors.
Where we stop
We don't do trenchless or lined sewer replacement (we excavate and replace conventionally), and we don't take subcontract work from general contractors. If your job needs something we don't do, we'll say so on the first call.
Who we work for
Businesses and property managers across Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina and the rest of Wake County. A sample of the properties that have called ARC for commercial plumbing:
Churches & places of worship We do a lot of these — from a Sunday-morning water heater failure to a new outdoor fountain for the soup kitchen.
Restaurants & bars
Hotels, retail & offices
Apartments & HOAs
Medical, veterinary & dental
Schools, childcare & government
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Backflow testing and installation for commercial properties
Every commercial water service, irrigation system and fire line in Wake County has a backflow preventer that must be tested by a certified tester and reported to the water provider — most on an annual cycle. Miss it and the notices start; ignore the notices and the water gets shut off.
- Certified backflow testers registered with the City of Raleigh, Town of Cary, Town of Apex, Town of Holly Springs and Town of Fuquay-Varina cross-connection programs, and the other water systems across our Wake County service area. Not registered in Durham.
- Test, tag and file the report with your jurisdiction — you get a copy for your records
- Repair or replace failed assemblies, and install new devices where a jurisdiction or a new use requires one
- Reminders before your next test is due, so it doesn't become a shutoff notice
Wake County has no county-level program — testing is run by each city and town. If your property is on a system we haven't named, call; we'll tell you on the phone whether we're registered there.
How we work with businesses
Commercial customers need paperwork, predictability and a plumber who shows up when the building is open. Here is what to expect.
Electrical on the same job. ARC Plumbing's sister company ARC Electric holds an unlimited North Carolina electrical license, so a water heater that needs a new circuit or a pump that needs power doesn't wait on a second contractor.
Scheduled inspections and maintenance visits are available on request for buildings that want them; we don't sell a formal maintenance agreement today.
Businesses that called once and kept calling
What commercial customers say
Read all 390 reviews on Google →Commercial plumbing questions
Do you offer after-hours or emergency service for businesses?
For existing commercial customers, yes — call the main number and it reaches us. New commercial customers are scheduled during business hours, first available. If you'd like to be set up as an account so after-hours is there when you need it, that's a five-minute call.
Can you provide a certificate of insurance and a W-9?
Yes. Tell us the entity to name as certificate holder or additional insured and we send both the same day.
Do you offer Net-30 terms?
Yes, when it's agreed before the first job. Otherwise payment is due on completion.
Are you certified to test backflow devices in Raleigh, Cary and Apex?
Yes. Our testers are registered with the cross-connection programs in Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina, and across the other water systems in our Wake County service area. We are not registered in Durham. We test, tag and file the report with your provider.
Do you work with general contractors on new construction?
No. We do upfits, remodels and additions directly for the business or property owner, permitted and inspected, but we don't take subcontract work from GCs.
Can you service a commercial water heater you didn't install?
Yes, any brand. We usually replace like-for-like so venting, gas supply and recovery rate stay correct for the building. Where a tankless bank makes sense we install commercial Rinnai units; we're a registered Rinnai PRO contractor.
Do you offer maintenance agreements?
Not a formal one today. Scheduled inspections and maintenance visits are available on request — water heater flushes, backflow tests, restroom checks — and many of our commercial customers set them up as recurring calls.
What if the job needs an electrician too?
Our sister company ARC Electric holds an unlimited North Carolina electrical license, so a water heater circuit, a pump feed or a disconnect is handled on the same job without a second contractor.
Tell us the building and what it's doing
Commercial plumbing for Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Garner, Morrisville, Wake Forest and the rest of Wake County, from our shop in Fuquay-Varina.
NC Plumbing Contractor License #36473 · Page updated September 2026
2406 Waco Commercial Ct
Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526
(919) 888-3500
Serving Wake County, Durham, Chapel Hill & the Clayton area