Licensed plumbers serving Washburn and the surrounding IL communities. Emergency calls answered day and night.
Everything from a dripping faucet to a new main water line.
New disposal installed in Washburn with the mounting and the dishwasher connection done properly.
That climbing Washburn water bill with nothing running is almost always a leak. We find exactly where before touching the floor.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Washburn homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
A sump pump that runs constantly or not at all is a flooded Washburn basement waiting on the next heavy rain.
Well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches around Washburn repaired and replaced for homes on private water.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Washburn replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Washburn answered around the clock, starting with getting your main shutoff closed.
Root intrusion, bellied lines and collapsed clay pipe under Washburn yards repaired with the lawn put back right.
Slow drains get cleared through an existing cleanout, no floor cut. You see the camera screen afterward.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Washburn, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
New toilet installation in Washburn including haul-away of the old one and a proper seal at the floor.
Fixture replacement in Washburn with the shutoffs and supply lines updated while everything is apart.
Full water service replacement in Washburn with the trench backfilled and the sod set back down properly.
A split line can put hundreds of gallons into a Washburn house in an hour. Emergency repair available day or night.
New gas line installation in Washburn with the permit pulled and the inspection handled for you.
Gene Wagner started this company in 1998 with one truck and a licence, and the first customers were neighbors. That is still the shape of the work in a city like Washburn — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Washburn, Illinois tend to be older and further apart, which changes the job. Longer water service runs, more private wells, more frozen pipe calls in January. A plumber who only works new construction is out of his depth here.
What you actually get when you call us.
This started as two people and a truck in 1998 and grew on water, sewer and drain work. Nearly three decades in one trade, not a franchise name bought off a shelf last year.
Drop cloths go down, cuts get made clean so the patch is easy, and the old tank or fixture leaves with the truck. The room should look better than we found it.
Sewer and drain problems get a camera down the line first, and you see the screen. Nobody trenches a yard on a guess when a fifteen minute look will show the break.
Burst pipes and sewage backups do not wait for business hours. The phone is answered at night and on weekends, and the first thing you get is help finding your shutoff.
Told you need a full repipe or a new sewer line? Get it looked at again. Sometimes it is a smaller fix, and sometimes we confirm the first plumber was right so you can spend with confidence.
What you probably want to know before you book.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Washburn leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
Yes. Every Washburn job goes to a licensed, insured plumbing contractor who pulls the permits your municipality requires. Licence numbers are on the invoice and available before the truck rolls.
You get a price for the repair before any work starts, not an hourly meter that runs while you watch. The diagnostic visit in Washburn is quoted up front on the phone, and if you approve the repair that visit charge goes toward the job.
Under about eight years old with a bad element, thermostat or valve, repair is usually the better money in Washburn. Past twelve years, or if the tank itself is weeping, replacement is the honest answer and we will say so.
Yes. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Washburn are answered around the clock. The first thing on the phone is getting your main shutoff closed so the house stops taking damage while a truck is on the way.
Yes. A Washburn repipe runs room by room so the house never loses water for more than a few hours at a stretch. Old galvanized and polybutylene are the two we replace most.
The work speaks, but so do the people who paid for it.
"Water heater let go on a Sunday morning and flooded half the basement. Had someone here inside two hours, new tank in by afternoon, and he hauled the old one off. Price was what he said on the phone."
"Good work on the sewer line, camera first so I could see the root ball myself. Took a day longer than quoted because of the rain, but they called me both mornings instead of leaving me guessing."
"Burst pipe in the crawlspace in January. He had the main off and the section cut out before I finished explaining. Pressure tested it in front of me before he closed it up."
Same crews, same pricing, neighboring areas.