Water, sewer, drains and water heaters across Franklin, Illinois. Price quoted before the work starts.
Repairs, replacements and installs — pick what you need.
A sump pump that runs constantly or not at all is a flooded Franklin basement waiting on the next heavy rain.
Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Franklin answered around the clock, starting with getting your main shutoff closed.
Running, leaking, rocking and clogged toilets in Franklin fixed, or replaced with a fresh flange, wax seal and supply line.
Hidden leaks under slabs, inside walls and out in the yard, found with pressure tests and listening gear before anything is opened.
Whole-house repipe done so you never lose water overnight, with clean drywall cuts that are easy to patch.
A split line can put hundreds of gallons into a Franklin house in an hour. Emergency repair available day or night.
Dripping faucets, worn shower valves and sink or tub fixtures repaired or replaced across Franklin.
Root intrusion, bellied lines and collapsed clay pipe under Franklin yards repaired with the lawn put back right.
Gas leaks located and repaired in Franklin, plus new lines run to ranges, dryers, water heaters and grills.
A wet spot in the yard and low pressure inside usually means the service line. We locate it before breaking ground.
Whole-house treatment installed in Franklin with unions so it can be serviced, and the salt setup explained to you.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Franklin, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
Grease, roots or a broken section — the Franklin drain gets cleared and you find out which one it was.
New disposal installed in Franklin with the mounting and the dishwasher connection done properly.
Submersible and jet pump replacement for Franklin area wells, with the pressure set correctly before we go.
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 Franklin — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Franklin, 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.
The parts of the job that are easy to skip and we do not.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Straight answers to the things people call and ask first.
Yes, and it starts with an actual water test rather than a guess. Hardness, iron and sulfur all need different equipment, so the Franklin system gets sized off what is really in your water.
For a true emergency in Franklin 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.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Franklin leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
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 Franklin.
You get a price for the repair before any work starts, not an hourly meter that runs while you watch. The diagnostic visit in Franklin is quoted up front on the phone, and if you approve the repair that visit charge goes toward the job.
Almost always. A cable machine or hydro jet goes in through an existing cleanout and clears the line from there. In Franklin the camera goes down afterward so you can see whether it was grease, roots or a broken section.
Real feedback from real plumbing calls.
"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."
"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."
"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."
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