Family-owned since 2008
Mike Chen started this company to serve his own street.
Mike Chen spent eight years with a regional plumbing franchise before going independent in 2008. He lived in Irvington, his kids went to school in Sabin, and he kept running jobs in suburbs while his own neighborhood had trouble getting anyone to show up.
So he left and started Eastbank out of a single van, focused entirely on the northeast quadrant. The premise was simple: be the plumber the neighbors know, not the dispatcher three cities away.
Today Eastbank runs four licensed plumbers across eight NE Portland neighborhoods. Mike still does walkthroughs on larger jobs and still takes calls on Saturday mornings. Every tech on the crew is Oregon-licensed, background-checked, and will show their ID at your door before coming inside.
We live here. We work here. When your drain backs up at 7pm, you deserve a plumber who knows your street.