Joyce Plumbing
Company Overview
Greetings from Joyce Plumbing, where we are prepared to dispatch our trucks at a moment's notice to ensure a premium experience at your convenience. Family Owned & Operated Since 2001. John and Julian Joyce, the dedicated owners, are committed to delivering trustworthy plumbing services. We serve residential, industrial, and commercial clients.
Trust only the best for your plumbing. Joyce Plumbing is dedicated to offering you superior service, with outstanding craftsmanship, prompt response, on-time project delivery, and great prices. We adapt to our customers' unique needs for your total satisfaction as we provide dependable plumbing solutions across San Diego. Reach out today for top-tier plumbing in San Diego!
With two decades of plumbing experience, I am here to help. I have worked on 100 million dollar Mega Yachts to tiny RVs. If it has plumbing, Joyce is the choice for all your plumbing needs.
Greetings, I’m John Joyce, the founder and operator of Joyce Plumbing. I began my journey in plumbing at the age of 19. It’s been 27 years of working in this wonderful trade.
Our team consists of skilled professionals ready to meet your plumbing requirements. Remember, Joyce is your top choice for plumbing services.
Kindest regards, Your plumbing expert, John Joyce.
Business Services
- Bathtub installation
- Bathtub repair
- Drain installation
- Drain repair
- Faucet installation
- Faucet repair
- Garbage disposal installation
- Garbage disposal repair
- Gas line installation
- Gas line repair
- Plumbing inspection
- Plumbing installation or replacement
- Plumbing repair
- Sewer installation
- Sewer repair
- Shower installation
- Shower repair
- Sink installation
- Sink repair
- Sump pump installation
- Sump pump repair
- Toilet installation
- Toilet repair
- Water heater installation
- Water heater repair
- Water pipe installation
- Water pipe repair
Business Location & Hours
Mon: | Open 24 hours |
Tue: | Open 24 hours |
Wed: | Open 24 hours |
Thu: | Open 24 hours |
Fri: | Open 24 hours |
Sat: | Open 24 hours |
Sun: | Open 24 hours |
Recommended Customer Reviews

An amazing experience all the way around. My 15 year old hot water heater started to leak, and I knew immediately I was interested in a more modern, energy efficient tankless water heater. I spoke to John on the phone and he gave me multiple options and offered some advice when it came to purchasing a tankless water heater. I called multiple other plumbers in the area and found that John charged a very competitive price without any hidden costs.
John, and one of his other employees, Denver, came out to my place and spent the day hauling out my old unit and fitting the tankless heater. He did a VERY professional job and the new unit is working great.
The BEST part of my experience was John's follow-up. He called multiple times to ask how the unit was running, gave me advice on how to care and maintain the unit, and made sure I was a happy customer. Will, without a doubt, use again for other plumbing needs.
Thanks again, Joyce plumbing!

The Best Service! the owner is quick with response and is able to send techs out quick Denver Came out and handled a clog in our main as well as wax seals on our toilets that were ruined due to pressure he was quick friendly and efficient and got the job done quickly right before Christmas we appreciate your hard work and response fixing our issue we will be using this company for any further issues and recommending to friends and Family Thank you!!

Denver showed up on time, and ready to work. He cleaned out my plumbing, which was completely clogged just past the kitchen sink. Very polite, clean, and great customer service. I would call Joyce Plumbing again and again for any of our plumbing issues in the future. Highly recommended!

Great service. Showed on time and Denver did a wonderful job replacing our tub faucet. Even spent extra time making sure the parts and seal were clean and perfect. Would highly recommend and use again. Thanks

We have used Joyce Plumbing for several issues, and have always had a pleasant experience! The prices are very fair and the work is fantastic. If you're looking for an honest plumber, give Joyce Plumbing a call.

I called about a clogged kitchen sink and Denver was able to come a few hours later. He was very pleasant, courteous and knowledgeable. He fixed the sink in a short time and cleaned the whole area when he was done. It was a good experience all around and I would definitely recommend them!!

I have utilized Joyce Plumbing multiple times in our home, John is our go to for just about anything plumbing related. Every time, he or Denver have been out for a service call they have been more than prompt. They have always advised me of what the job would entail and upfront costs. John himself even came out on a holiday, when we had a mainline break into the house and a second holiday when our Hot Water Heater had to be replaced. I find John to be very reasonable guy with a great personality. I do not allow just anyone in my house and John is welcome anytime. Most Recently, he installed our dishwasher. One week later we had an issue with the hook up, and he responded immediately and fixed the problem free of charge. Good Plumbers are hard to find. And one that responds on a moments notice and puts his customers first are nearly non-existent. Joyce Plumbing has my business for years to come!

I had my only two toilets back up last night. Called Joyce plumbing early in the morning at 6 am. They were great about having Denver come out for 8 am. He was on time and very nice. The main issue for 3 star rating was he quoted me $365. These are the only two toilets in the house and luckily they were able to come out before I had to go work so did not have to miss any time. A couple years ago I had the same issue of the toilets backing up and another company (which I would have called but they didn't open until 8) came out and solved the same issue charging $180. I told this to Denver and he noted that due to having to go on the roof with regards to insurance/liability is the reason the price that his boss quoted was so high. Note that the other company went on the roof as well. The other option was to remove a toilet to snake it which would be the same price. A couple years ago the other company was unable to clear it from the roof, had to remove the toilet as well and still only charged $180.
Denver was great, he was nice, kept the area clean and finished the job in about 30 minutes. I straight up told him for that cost I will most likely not use the company again for something like drain clearing and no effort was made to adjust the price. I asked estimates for camera assessment and putting in an outdoor drain hole for easier snaking in the future and the estimates sounded average for what I have gotten in the past but I have not researched these much yet. Too bad this was so pricey for 30 minutes of work.
UPDATE: About 30 minutes after the job was done John the owner called and after talking to Denver reduced the charged amount and refunded the difference. He noted that often when going on the roof the jobs can often take longer than mine did and was happy to reduce the price for me. I now will be happy to use Joyce plumbing in the future.

Had a backed up bathroom sink and some concerns about a possibly related slow draining tub. Based on good Yelp reviews I called Joyce plumbing who came out with the clear top priority of clearing the sink that was clogged and not draining at all and second priority to check out the potentially slow draining tub.
Joyce's plumber came and attempted to clear the clog in the sink but was unsuccessful. I was told I would be charged for the work despite their inability to clear the drain but that while they were there he could snake out the tub that didn't appear to their plumber to be draining slow at no additional cost...i took them up on that offer because if I am getting charged anyway I might as well have them snake the tub.
I appreciated the offer to at least provide a positive outcome for their services with the the tub, who knows maybe the slow draining would did improve, I don't know, I didn't notice any difference but as a result i am increasing my original one star review to a two star. The main thing here is the primary reason for the service request was to clear the sink which was not achieved. When another plumber was put to the task from another company, the sink was unclogged within a half hour of his arrival.
Note: After seeing this review Joyce plumbing did call me to discuss the situation and wanted me to reconsider the one star review. In the end I did decide to up it to 2 but I definitely think of it as a solid 1.5. His reasoning was that services were still provided with the tub and that perhaps the second plumber was not concerned about potential destruction of the pipes between the sink and the main and possibly risked damaging them in in whatever method they used to declog it. To me, the bottom line in this the simple truth that:
I called Joyce to unclog a sink and they were not able to perform that task.
I called another plumber and they took care of it with no issues.
As a result I had to pay two plumbers to fix one problem that only the other plumbing company fixed.
Joyce gets good reviews in on yelp and that is generally how I select contractors and have had great success in the past. A low review like this is no doubt is a rare occurrence for this company and I honestly wish I never felt the need to write it because then I would have had my plumbing problem fixed without having to call another plumber and i would have a plumbing service that I felt confident in for any future problems.

- Prompt initial response and great communication throughout the job.
- Excellent, professional work on a tough under-slab pipe leak. Would definitely use them again!