Plumbing repairs and installs throughout Stem, NC — licensed, insured, and straight with you about what it needs.
The full range of residential plumbing, water and sewer work.
New disposal installed in Stem with the mounting and the dishwasher connection done properly.
Whole-house treatment installed in Stem with unions so it can be serviced, and the salt setup explained to you.
A toilet that runs all night can add real money to a Stem water bill. Most are a rebuild, not a replacement.
No hot water in Stem? Most units under eight years old are worth repairing and we will tell you when yours is not.
Slow drains get cleared through an existing cleanout, no floor cut. You see the camera screen afterward.
Dripping faucets, worn shower valves and sink or tub fixtures repaired or replaced across Stem.
Sump pump repair, replacement and battery backup in Stem so the basement stays dry when the power goes with the storm.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Stem replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
Well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches around Stem repaired and replaced for homes on private water.
Root intrusion, bellied lines and collapsed clay pipe under Stem yards repaired with the lawn put back right.
Full water service replacement in Stem with the trench backfilled and the sod set back down properly.
Twenty-four hour emergency plumbing across Stem. The damage stops first, then the repair gets done properly.
New gas line installation in Stem with the permit pulled and the inspection handled for you.
That climbing Stem water bill with nothing running is almost always a leak. We find exactly where before touching the floor.
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 Stem — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Stem, North Carolina 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Stem system gets sized off what is really in your water.
You get a price for the repair before any work starts, not an hourly meter that runs while you watch. The diagnostic visit in Stem is quoted up front on the phone, and if you approve the repair that visit charge goes toward the job.
For a true emergency in Stem 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 Stem leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
Yes. Every Stem 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.
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 Stem.
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."
"Two toilets running constantly. Rebuilt both in under an hour and did not try to sell me new ones. Honest people are hard to find in this trade."
"Old cast iron stack was leaking behind the wall. They cut it out and put in new, and were careful about dust with plastic and a fan. That mattered with a baby in the house."
Same crews, same pricing, neighboring areas.