Water, sewer, drains and water heaters across Essex, Massachusetts. Price quoted before the work starts.
Everything from a dripping faucet to a new main water line.
Grease, roots or a broken section — the Essex drain gets cleared and you find out which one it was.
Hidden leaks under slabs, inside walls and out in the yard, found with pressure tests and listening gear before anything is opened.
A dripping shower usually needs a cartridge, not a wall opened up. We try the smaller fix first in Essex.
Brown water, low pressure and pinhole leaks across a Essex house mean the pipe, not the fixtures. Repiping fixes it once.
New gas line installation in Essex with the permit pulled and the inspection handled for you.
Root intrusion, bellied lines and collapsed clay pipe under Essex yards repaired with the lawn put back right.
A wet spot in the yard and low pressure inside usually means the service line. We locate it before breaking ground.
Same-day water heater replacement available across Essex, with the old tank hauled off the same trip.
Sump pump repair, replacement and battery backup in Essex so the basement stays dry when the power goes with the storm.
Running, leaking, rocking and clogged toilets in Essex fixed, or replaced with a fresh flange, wax seal and supply line.
Whole-house treatment installed in Essex with unions so it can be serviced, and the salt setup explained to you.
Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Essex answered around the clock, starting with getting your main shutoff closed.
A split line can put hundreds of gallons into a Essex house in an hour. Emergency repair available day or night.
Jammed, humming, leaking and dead disposals in Essex repaired or replaced, with the drain plumbing corrected too.
No pressure, short cycling or a pump that will not shut off near Essex — usually the switch or a waterlogged tank.
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 Essex — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Essex, Massachusetts 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.
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.
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.
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. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Essex 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 Essex 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, and it starts with an actual water test rather than a guess. Hardness, iron and sulfur all need different equipment, so the Essex system gets sized off what is really in your water.
Yes. Every Essex 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.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Essex leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
For a true emergency in Essex 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.
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 remodel plumbing, sink and disposal and the dishwasher line. Coordinated with my cabinet guy without me having to run messages between them."
"Tankless unit was throwing an error code every other shower. Descaled it, replaced a sensor, walked me through the yearly flush so I can do it myself."
We cover the surrounding towns too.