Water, sewer, drains and water heaters across Sumner, Iowa. Price quoted before the work starts.
Everything from a dripping faucet to a new main water line.
That climbing Sumner water bill with nothing running is almost always a leak. We find exactly where before touching the floor.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Sumner replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
If you smell gas in Sumner, get out and call. Leak location and repair handled by a licensed contractor.
Sump pump repair, replacement and battery backup in Sumner so the basement stays dry when the power goes with the storm.
Repeated backups usually mean the line itself, not the drain. The camera shows you the break before any digging.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Sumner, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
Running, leaking, rocking and clogged toilets in Sumner fixed, or replaced with a fresh flange, wax seal and supply line.
Twenty-four hour emergency plumbing across Sumner. The damage stops first, then the repair gets done properly.
Slow drains get cleared through an existing cleanout, no floor cut. You see the camera screen afterward.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Sumner homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
No pressure, short cycling or a pump that will not shut off near Sumner — usually the switch or a waterlogged tank.
Frozen pipe repair plus insulation on that run so the same section does not split again next winter.
Most humming disposals in Sumner are a jam, not a dead motor. We check that before selling you a new unit.
Dripping faucets, worn shower valves and sink or tub fixtures repaired or replaced across Sumner.
A wet spot in the yard and low pressure inside usually means the service line. We locate it before breaking ground.
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 Sumner — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Sumner, Iowa 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.
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.
You hear the number before a wrench moves. No hourly meter running while you stand there, and no discovering the real cost after the wall is open.
Softeners and filters get sized off a real water test, not a sales script. Hardness, iron and sulfur are three different problems and they need three different answers.
Every job goes to a licensed, insured plumbing contractor who pulls the permits your town requires. Licence numbers are on the invoice, not buried on a webpage.
What you probably want to know before you book.
Yes, and it starts with an actual water test rather than a guess. Hardness, iron and sulfur all need different equipment, so the Sumner system gets sized off what is really in your water.
Almost always. A cable machine or hydro jet goes in through an existing cleanout and clears the line from there. In Sumner the camera goes down afterward so you can see whether it was grease, roots or a broken section.
A camera goes down the line first so you can see the break and how deep it is. Where the depth and the yard allow it, a Sumner sewer repair can be done trenchless and leave most of the lawn alone.
Under about eight years old with a bad element, thermostat or valve, repair is usually the better money in Sumner. Past twelve years, or if the tank itself is weeping, replacement is the honest answer and we will say so.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Sumner leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
Yes. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Sumner 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.
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."
"Shower valve had been dripping for years and two other plumbers said the whole wall had to come out. These folks changed the cartridge and the valve body through the existing opening."
"Kitchen remodel plumbing, sink and disposal and the dishwasher line. Coordinated with my cabinet guy without me having to run messages between them."
We cover the surrounding towns too.