Licensed plumbers serving Lorraine and the surrounding NY communities. Emergency calls answered day and night.
Everything from a dripping faucet to a new main water line.
When water is actively coming into the house in Lorraine, you get a live person on the phone and a truck moving the same day.
No hot water in Lorraine? Most units under eight years old are worth repairing and we will tell you when yours is not.
A dripping shower usually needs a cartridge, not a wall opened up. We try the smaller fix first in Lorraine.
Hidden leaks under slabs, inside walls and out in the yard, found with pressure tests and listening gear before anything is opened.
Well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches around Lorraine repaired and replaced for homes on private water.
Repeated backups usually mean the line itself, not the drain. The camera shows you the break before any digging.
Grease, roots or a broken section — the Lorraine drain gets cleared and you find out which one it was.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Lorraine replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
If you smell gas in Lorraine, get out and call. Leak location and repair handled by a licensed contractor.
Primary pump plus battery backup installed in Lorraine, tested by filling the pit before we leave.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Lorraine homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
Full water service replacement in Lorraine with the trench backfilled and the sod set back down properly.
New toilet installation in Lorraine including haul-away of the old one and a proper seal at the floor.
Jammed, humming, leaking and dead disposals in Lorraine repaired or replaced, with the drain plumbing corrected too.
Frozen pipe repair plus insulation on that run so the same section does not split again next winter.
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 Lorraine — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Lorraine, New York 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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, and it starts with an actual water test rather than a guess. Hardness, iron and sulfur all need different equipment, so the Lorraine system gets sized off what is really in your water.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Lorraine 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 Lorraine 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. Every Lorraine 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.
For a true emergency in Lorraine the target is same-day, and most of the time inside a few hours. Scheduled work like a water heater swap or a fixture set is usually booked within two or three business days.
Under about eight years old with a bad element, thermostat or valve, repair is usually the better money in Lorraine. Past twelve years, or if the tank itself is weeping, replacement is the honest answer and we will say so.
The work speaks, but so do the people who paid for it.
"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."
"Kitchen drain had been slow for a year. Ran the cable, then put a camera down and showed me the grease ring on his screen. Explained what to stop pouring down it. Has not backed up since."
"Sump pump died the week before a big storm. New pump and a battery backup installed in one visit. Power went out during the storm and the basement stayed dry."
Same crews, same pricing, neighboring areas.