Quick Comparison
| Firm | Founded / Tenure & Credentials | Services & Specialties | Geographic Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herman's Plumbing | 1960 (originally AMCO Plumbing) renamed Herman's Plumbing 1961; three Weese generations | OK Plumbing License #26479, OK Mechanical License #23778, BBB Accredited (BBB Serving Central Oklahoma) | Republic Circle base in Midwest City; Mid-Del, South OKC, North OKC, Moore, Norman, Edmond, Yukon |
| Drabek & Hill | 1961 (E.J. Drabek and Jackie Hill); three Drabek family generations | OK Plumbing License #6182, OK Mechanical, OK Electrical, BBB Accredited | NW 36th Street base in Oklahoma City; Oklahoma City metro and surrounding suburbs |
| Morgan Plumbing | 1994 (Matt Morgan, founder-operator) | OK Plumbing Contractor License, OK Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor License (Oklahoma Construction Industries Board), BBB Accredited | Ponderosa Blvd base in northwest Oklahoma City (73142); OKC metro |
| Hull Plumbing | 1998 (Hull family); family-owned operating continuity | OK CIB Plumbing Contractor License #051555, OK Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor #12-00007825, OK Plumbing Contractor #00126714, BBB Accredited | West Main Street base in Oklahoma City (73107); OKC metro |
1. Herman’s Plumbing
- Address: 1545 Republic Circle, Oklahoma City (Midwest City), OK 73110
- Phone: (405) 732-0954
- Founder: Herman “Bud” Weese (founded AMCO Plumbing 1960; renamed Herman’s Plumbing 1961 after Bud Weese bought out his cousin); current ownership Doug Weese and son Kirk Weese
- Operating Since: 1960 (AMCO Plumbing precursor); renamed Herman’s Plumbing in 1961; 66-year operating history
- License: OK Plumbing License #26479; OK Mechanical License #23778
- Service area: Mid-Del (Midwest City and Del City), South OKC, North OKC, Moore, Norman, Edmond, Yukon, Bethany, Mustang, Choctaw, Harrah, Nicoma Park
- Website: hermansplumbing.com
Three-Generation Weese Family Plumbing Lineage
Herman’s Plumbing traces its origins to 1960, when Herman “Bud” Weese founded AMCO Plumbing. A year later, in 1961, Bud Weese bought out his cousin’s interest in the operation and renamed the firm Herman’s Plumbing. Across the 66-year operating history (counting from the 1960 AMCO inception), the Weese family has carried plumbing-trade ownership and field practice across three continuous generations, with current ownership held by Doug Weese (Bud Weese’s descendant) and his son Kirk Weese. The Republic Circle headquarters in Midwest City (a Mid-Del community immediately east of Oklahoma City proper) secures the current operating base, and the firm’s service grid extends across the OKC metro from the western suburbs (Yukon, Mustang) through the central city and into the southern (Moore, Norman) and northern (Edmond) outer suburbs. Three-generation continuity across more than six decades of operating history reflects the kind of institutional-knowledge depth that newer market entrants and acquired-then-rebranded national-rollup operations cannot replicate.
Mid-Del Operating Geography and Tinker AFB Adjacency
The Republic Circle headquarters in Midwest City sits in the Mid-Del corridor immediately east of downtown Oklahoma City, an area whose residential and commercial development pattern reflects sustained influence from Tinker Air Force Base. Tinker AFB frames the local economy as one of the largest single-site employers in Oklahoma, and the surrounding Mid-Del residential housing stock developed substantially through 1940s through 1970s build-out cycles tied to base personnel housing demand. The plumbing-service-mix implications of this housing-stock vintage include cast-iron drain-stack repair on 1940s through 1960s ranch and bungalow stock, galvanized-pipe-to-copper conversions on the same vintage, and water heater service across a residential customer base whose homes typically combine pre-1970 plumbing infrastructure with later remodeling-era retrofits. The firm’s working radius also extends into the post-1970s suburban housing stock of Moore, Norman (the University of Oklahoma’s home city), Edmond (north of OKC), and Yukon (west), generating a service-mix breadth that spans pre-war, mid-century, and contemporary residential plumbing systems.
Oklahoma Plumbing License Compliance and Tornado-Belt Service Demand
Oklahoma regulates the plumbing trade through the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB), and the residential plumbing license tier requires master plumber examination passage, journeyman experience hours, and continuing-education renewal. Herman’s Plumbing operates under OK Plumbing License #26479 and OK Mechanical License #23778 (the dual plumbing-and-mechanical credential set permits gas-line work, water heater installation, and HVAC mechanical work that overlaps with plumbing scope). The dual licensing supports the Mid-Del service-mix where post-tornado restoration plumbing is a recurring demand category: the OKC metro sits inside the central Tornado Alley corridor where May and June tornado activity produces residential and commercial plumbing damage that requires expedited repair and sometimes full system replacement. Herman’s six-decade operating tenure across multiple severe-storm seasons gives the firm institutional experience handling post-storm response that newer operators have not accumulated.
Family Operating Continuity Versus National Rollup Pattern
Herman’s Plumbing remains family-owned and operated under continuous Weese family ownership since the 1960 AMCO inception, without sale to a private-equity rollup or national home-services aggregator. The Oklahoma City plumbing trade has experienced consolidation pressure (notably from Mr. Rooter Plumbing, which originated in OKC in 1970 and subsequently became a Neighborly franchise system, plus regional rollup activity from Service Experts and Authority Brands’ Benjamin Franklin Plumbing brand), and the family-owned independent positioning of Herman’s Plumbing distinguishes the firm from acquired-and-rebranded operators. The three-generation Weese family operating continuity also distinguishes Herman’s from single-decade and two-decade operators in the OKC metro market.
2. Drabek & Hill
- Address: 3737 N.W. 36th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73112
- Phone: (405) 949-5566
- Founder: E.J. Drabek and Jackie Hill (founded 1961); current ownership Claude Drabek, Jonathan Drabek, and Megan Drabek (third generation)
- Operating Since: 1961 (65 years); three Drabek family generations
- License: OK Plumbing License #6182; OK Mechanical Contractor License; OK Electrical Contractor License
- Service area: Oklahoma City metro (Edmond, Norman, Moore, Yukon, Mustang, Bethany, Warr Acres, The Village, Nichols Hills), Canadian County, Cleveland County, Oklahoma County
- Website: drabekandhill.com
Three-Generation Drabek Family Operating Lineage
Drabek & Hill was founded in 1961 by E.J. Drabek and Jackie Hill, and across the 65-year operating history the Drabek family has retained continuous ownership through three generations, with current ownership held by Claude Drabek, Jonathan Drabek, and Megan Drabek. The firm’s NW 36th Street headquarters in central Oklahoma City has grounded the operation across multiple generational handoffs, and the firm states explicit commitment to “keeping the company locally owned and operated, right here in Oklahoma City,” signaling the deliberate independent-ownership positioning the firm maintains versus acquisition by a regional or national consolidator. Drabek & Hill describes itself as “one of Oklahoma’s oldest and largest family-owned and operated HVAC, plumbing and electrical contractors,” reflecting both the multi-decade tenure and the particularly broad trade-license breadth the firm operates across.
Triple-Trade Service Portfolio (Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical)
Drabek & Hill’s credential portfolio extends materially beyond the plumbing-only or plumbing-plus-gas configuration that most OKC-metro residential plumbing operators maintain. The firm holds OK Plumbing License #6182, an OK Mechanical Contractor license (covering HVAC equipment installation and service), and an OK Electrical Contractor license. The three-trade integrated service portfolio supports residential customers who would otherwise need to coordinate three separate contractors for a whole-home renovation, a new-construction project, or a major mechanical-system replacement. The triple-trade scope also lets Drabek & Hill compete for commercial mechanical-systems work where general contractors prefer single-vendor coordination on plumbing, HVAC, and electrical scopes simultaneously.
Oklahoma CIB License #6182 and 60+ Year License Continuity
OK Plumbing License #6182 is one of the older active license numbers in the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board’s plumbing-contractor registry, reflecting the firm’s 1961 founding date and continuous license-holder status across the intervening decades. Oklahoma CIB licensing requires apprentice-and-journeyman progression, master plumber examination passage, and continuing-education renewal cycles, and the 65-year continuous license tenure provides a verifiable regulatory-compliance track record that new market entrants and out-of-state expansion entries cannot match. The triple-trade license configuration (Plumbing #6182, Mechanical, Electrical) reflects sustained CIB-level credentialing investment across multiple Oklahoma trade boards.
OKC Metro Service Geography
Drabek & Hill’s service map covers the full Oklahoma City metropolitan area, extending north through Edmond, west through Yukon and Mustang, south through Moore and Norman (Cleveland County), and east through the Mid-Del corridor. The OKC metro residential housing stock spans pre-war urban housing in central OKC, post-war suburban single-family housing in the inner-ring suburbs (Bethany, Warr Acres, Nichols Hills, The Village, Edmond), and contemporary suburban-development housing in the outer-ring counties. The triple-trade service mix lets Drabek & Hill cover residential plumbing service across this housing-stock breadth alongside HVAC service (cooling-load-heavy in OKC’s hot summers) and electrical service (panel upgrades, generator installations, kitchen-and-bath circuit work).
3. Morgan Plumbing
- Address: 12825 Ponderosa Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 73142
- Phone: (405) 285-3000
- Founder: Matt Morgan (founder-operator, 1994)
- Operating Since: 1994. 32 years; founder-operator continuity, no acquisition
- License: OK Plumbing Contractor License (Oklahoma Construction Industries Board); OK Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor License
- Service area: Northwest Oklahoma City (Quail Springs, Deer Creek, Lake Hefner, Britton), Edmond, Yukon, Bethany, Warr Acres, Nichols Hills, The Village, Piedmont
- Website: morganplumbingokc.com
Founder-Operator Continuity Across 32 Years
Morgan Plumbing was founded in 1994 by Matt Morgan and has operated as a family-owned-and-operated residential and commercial plumbing firm across the 32-year operating history. Founder-operator continuity at this duration is operationally meaningful because it indicates the senior decision-maker on the business has direct field experience with the actual housing stock and customer base the firm serves, rather than executive-level management imported after an acquisition. The Ponderosa Boulevard headquarters in northwest Oklahoma City (zip 73142, in the Quail Springs/Deer Creek corridor) grounds the firm’s service base, and the operating geography concentrates on the northwest OKC suburbs and Edmond.
Northwest OKC and Edmond Operating Geography
Morgan Plumbing’s primary dispatch reach covers the northwest OKC metro arc: the Quail Springs commercial corridor, Deer Creek suburban residential development, Lake Hefner-area neighborhoods, Britton, Edmond (Oklahoma’s third-largest city, immediately north of OKC), Yukon, Bethany, Warr Acres, Nichols Hills, The Village, and Piedmont. This geography sits on the contemporary suburban-development arc of OKC’s metro buildout, with residential housing stock dominated by 1980s through 2010s single-family suburban housing and townhome communities. The plumbing-service-mix implications include water heater service, drain cleaning, fixture installation, repipe work, and gas-line service, with less of the cast-iron-drain and galvanized-pipe legacy work that characterizes pre-war OKC neighborhoods.
Oklahoma CIB Compliance and Family Operating Structure
Morgan Plumbing operates under Oklahoma Construction Industries Board Plumbing Contractor licensing and Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor licensing, satisfying the regulatory authority required for residential and small-commercial plumbing work in Oklahoma. The firm’s family-owned-and-operated structure has remained intact across the 32-year operating history without sale to a regional consolidator or national rollup, distinguishing Morgan Plumbing from acquired-then-rebranded operators in the OKC metro market.
4. Hull Plumbing
- Address: 2600 W Main Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73107
- Phone: (405) 524-9988
- Founder: Hull family; Jesse Hull (Operations Manager); family-owned operating structure
- Operating Since: 1998 (28 years); family-owned operating continuity
- License: OK CIB Plumbing Contractor License #051555; OK Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor License #12-00007825; OK Plumbing Contractor License #00126714
- Service area: Oklahoma City (downtown, Midtown, Plaza District, Bricktown, Stockyards, Capitol Hill), Edmond, Norman, Moore, Yukon, Bethany, The Village, Nichols Hills
- Website: hullplumbinginc.com
Family-Owned Operating Continuity Since 1998
Hull Plumbing was founded in 1998 and has operated as a family-owned residential and commercial plumbing firm across the 28-year operating history. Jesse Hull serves as Operations Manager, and customer reviews reference “Mr. Hull” personally performing field work, indicating active family-owner field-presence rather than the executive-only family-owner pattern that some larger family-owned firms exhibit. The West Main Street headquarters in central Oklahoma City (zip 73107) sits west of downtown OKC near the Plaza District and provides convenient service access to the central-city neighborhoods (downtown, Midtown, Bricktown, Capitol Hill, Stockyards) and the inner-ring suburbs.
Central OKC Operating Geography and Pre-War Housing Stock
Hull Plumbing’s central OKC base supports a service geography that includes the older pre-1950 housing stock of central OKC neighborhoods (Heritage Hills, Mesta Park, Crestwood, Edgemere Park, Linwood, Plaza District) alongside the newer suburban-housing stock of the inner-ring suburbs. Pre-war OKC housing typically uses cast-iron drain stacks, galvanized supply piping, and (in the oldest neighborhoods) lead service connections from city mains, generating a plumbing-service mix that includes cast-iron-stack repair, galvanized-to-PEX repipes, lead service line replacement, and the drain cleaning and water heater service that all residential housing stock requires. The dual residential-and-commercial service capability extends the firm’s operating reach into the central OKC commercial corridors.
Triple-License OK CIB Configuration
Hull Plumbing’s credential portfolio includes three active Oklahoma Construction Industries Board licenses: OK CIB Plumbing Contractor License #051555, OK Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor License #12-00007825, and OK Plumbing Contractor License #00126714. The triple-license configuration covers plumbing-contractor authority, gas-fitting authority for water heater and gas-line work, and the additional plumbing-contractor application credential reflecting the firm’s continuing-education and license-renewal track record across the 28-year operating history.
Reference Notes
Oklahoma City’s residential plumbing market reflects three regulatory and physical features that together determine how operators position themselves. The first is housing-stock vintage and geographic dispersion: OKC proper combines pre-war urban housing in the central-city neighborhoods (Heritage Hills, Mesta Park, Crestwood, Edgemere Park, Capitol Hill, Linwood, Plaza District) with substantial 1940s through 1970s suburban housing in the Mid-Del corridor (driven by Tinker Air Force Base personnel demand) and contemporary suburban-development housing in the outer-ring counties (Cleveland County to the south, Canadian County to the west, northern Oklahoma County). The plumbing-service-mix breadth this housing diversity generates ranges from cast-iron-stack repair and galvanized-pipe replacement on pre-war and mid-century housing to standard residential plumbing service on contemporary suburban housing. The second structural condition is licensing depth and tornado-belt service demand: Oklahoma regulates the plumbing trade through the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB) under master plumber and journeyman tiers, with continuing-education renewal cycles, and OKC’s central position inside Tornado Alley produces recurring May-and-June post-tornado restoration plumbing demand that long-tenured operators have institutional experience handling across multiple severe-storm seasons. The CIB public licensee database is the standard pre-engagement diligence verification step OKC residential plumbing customers use, and Master Plumber license number, Plumbing Contractor license number, and Plumbing/Gas Fitter Contractor license number verification through that database is the typical credential-check protocol. The third structural condition is national rollup activity: Mr. Rooter Plumbing originated in OKC in 1970 and subsequently became a Neighborly franchise system spanning multiple states; Authority Brands operates Benjamin Franklin Plumbing franchise locations across the OKC metro; Service Experts has expanded into adjacent regional markets; and the four OKC firms profiled here all run as locally-owned independent operators outside the franchise pattern. With three-generation family ownership. Herman’s 1960/1961 across three Weese generations; Drabek & Hill 1961 across three Drabek generations. or family-owned operating continuity (Morgan 1994 founder-operator; Hull 1998 family-owned).
Tenure profiles across the four firms vary across a 38-year span, and the ranking aligns with both formal corporate founding dates and family-trade lineage continuity. Herman’s Plumbing leads on the longest tenure dimension counting from the 1960 AMCO Plumbing inception with the firm renamed Herman’s Plumbing in 1961 after Herman “Bud” Weese bought out his cousin’s interest, and three continuous Weese family generations now extending to current ownership under Doug Weese and son Kirk Weese; the Republic Circle base in Midwest City roots continuous Mid-Del corridor presence across the 66-year operating history, and the dual-license configuration. OK Plumbing #26479, OK Mechanical #23778. supports the post-tornado restoration service demand recurring in central Oklahoma’s tornado-alley climate. Drabek & Hill follows on the second-longest tenure dimension, with a 1961 founding under E.J. Drabek and Jackie Hill and three continuous Drabek family generations now extending to current ownership under Claude Drabek, Jonathan Drabek, and Megan Drabek; the firm’s NW 36th Street base in central OKC supports a triple-trade service portfolio (Plumbing #6182, Mechanical Contractor, Electrical Contractor) that materially exceeds the typical single-trade configuration of OKC-metro plumbing operators and supports both residential whole-home work and commercial-mechanical contracting. Morgan Plumbing’s 32-year founder-operator continuity since 1994 under Matt Morgan and northwest-OKC operating geography (Quail Springs, Deer Creek, Edmond, Yukon, Bethany corridor) grounds a contemporary suburban-housing service mix less exposed to the pre-war cast-iron and galvanized-pipe legacy work. Hull Plumbing’s 28-year family-owned operating continuity since 1998 under the Hull family and central-OKC West Main Street base supports a service mix combining pre-war central-OKC housing stock with inner-ring-suburb residential geography. The credential portfolios scale with the operating-tenure profile: Drabek & Hill’s triple-trade license configuration extends materially beyond the standard plumbing-only or plumbing-plus-gas configuration, while Hull’s triple-license OK CIB configuration (Plumbing Contractor #051555, Plumbing/Gas Fitter #12-00007825, Plumbing Contractor #00126714) and Herman’s dual-license configuration provide the operational-authority breadth that OKC-metro residential plumbing customers verify before authorizing work.
Selection Methodology
Selection follows four criteria. First, continuous family ownership or founder-operator continuity outside the national rollup pattern. Second, verifiable OK Plumbing Contractor license cross-checked via the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB) public lookup. Third, BBB Accreditation or equivalent third-party rating. Fourth, minimum 10-year continuous operating tenure with documented Oklahoma City, OK service coverage. Firms acquired by national franchise networks (Authority Brands’ Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, Neighborly’s Mr. Rooter, Service Experts, Roto-Rooter, Wrench Group, Redwood Services, Master Trades Group, ARS) are excluded.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I verify a Oklahoma City, OK plumber’s license?
Use the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB) public licensee database at cib.ok.gov. Search by license number or business name. Confirm active status, classification, bonding, and insurance before authorizing work.
What credentials should a Oklahoma City, OK plumber hold?
At minimum: OK Plumbing Contractor credential plus general liability insurance and workers’ compensation coverage. Specialty work (gas line, backflow prevention, fire sprinkler, sewer lateral) requires additional credential layers.
How can I tell if a Oklahoma City, OK plumber is locally owned versus a national rollup?
Check ownership disclosures and acquisition history. National franchise brands typically operate under parent-company branding. Search the firm name plus “acquired” or “parent company” to surface ownership structure. The four firms in this directory all run as independent locally-owned operators.
When should I call an emergency plumber in Oklahoma City?
Burst pipes, sewer backups, gas leaks, no-water events, and water heater failures justify after-hours dispatch. Each firm in this directory offers either 24/7 emergency service or structured after-hours response.
Editorial Note
Compiled by the editorial team. Firm details cross-verified through state license databases, BBB business profiles, and firm-published websites where available. License numbers should be re-verified through the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board (CIB) public lookup before authorizing work. Information current as of the date below; firm details may change without notice. Last updated: 2026-05-10.