Licensed plumbers serving Portland and the surrounding PA communities. Emergency calls answered day and night.
The full range of residential plumbing, water and sewer work.
New disposal installed in Portland with the mounting and the dishwasher connection done properly.
Acoustic listening, thermal imaging and pressure testing pinpoint the leak in Portland so the repair stays small.
Twenty-four hour emergency plumbing across Portland. The damage stops first, then the repair gets done properly.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Portland, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
Root intrusion, bellied lines and collapsed clay pipe under Portland yards repaired with the lawn put back right.
Frozen pipe repair plus insulation on that run so the same section does not split again next winter.
Submersible and jet pump replacement for Portland area wells, with the pressure set correctly before we go.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Portland replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
Full water service replacement in Portland with the trench backfilled and the sod set back down properly.
Sump pump repair, replacement and battery backup in Portland so the basement stays dry when the power goes with the storm.
Fixture replacement in Portland with the shutoffs and supply lines updated while everything is apart.
Clogged kitchen, bath, laundry and floor drains in Portland cleared by cable or hydro jet, then a camera to show why it clogged.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Portland homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
New toilet installation in Portland including haul-away of the old one and a proper seal at the floor.
If you smell gas in Portland, get out and call. Leak location and repair handled by a licensed contractor.
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 Portland — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Portland, Pennsylvania 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.
Why homeowners keep the number after the first job.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The questions homeowners ask us most.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Portland leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
Under about eight years old with a bad element, thermostat or valve, repair is usually the better money in Portland. Past twelve years, or if the tank itself is weeping, replacement is the honest answer and we will say so.
Yes — well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches are regular work. Short cycling, no pressure and a pump that will not shut off are the three most common calls we take from well owners near Portland.
Yes. A Portland 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.
Yes. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Portland 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.
Almost always. A cable machine or hydro jet goes in through an existing cleanout and clears the line from there. In Portland the camera goes down afterward so you can see whether it was grease, roots or a broken section.
What homeowners say after the truck pulls out.
"Got a quote elsewhere for a full repipe at five figures. Second opinion here found two bad sections and a pressure regulator. Cost me a fraction of the first number."
"Bill jumped forty dollars with nobody home. They found a slab leak under the hallway in about twenty minutes with a listening device. No jackhammering until they knew exactly where."
"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."
We cover the surrounding towns too.