Licensed plumbers serving Ghent and the surrounding NY communities. Emergency calls answered day and night.
Everything from a dripping faucet to a new main water line.
Dripping faucets, worn shower valves and sink or tub fixtures repaired or replaced across Ghent.
Hidden leaks under slabs, inside walls and out in the yard, found with pressure tests and listening gear before anything is opened.
Gas, electric and tankless water heaters repaired or replaced in Ghent, including elements, thermostats, valves and anode rods.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Ghent replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
Full water service replacement in Ghent with the trench backfilled and the sod set back down properly.
A sump pump that runs constantly or not at all is a flooded Ghent basement waiting on the next heavy rain.
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 Ghent drain gets cleared and you find out which one it was.
New gas line installation in Ghent with the permit pulled and the inspection handled for you.
When water is actively coming into the house in Ghent, you get a live person on the phone and a truck moving the same day.
Most humming disposals in Ghent are a jam, not a dead motor. We check that before selling you a new unit.
Frozen pipe repair plus insulation on that run so the same section does not split again next winter.
Submersible and jet pump replacement for Ghent area wells, with the pressure set correctly before we go.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Ghent homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
New toilet installation in Ghent including haul-away of the old one and a proper seal at the floor.
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 Ghent — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Ghent, 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.
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.
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 Ghent 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 Ghent is quoted up front on the phone, and if you approve the repair that visit charge goes toward the job.
Yes. Burst pipes, sewage backups and no-water calls in Ghent 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 — 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 Ghent.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Ghent leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
A camera goes down the line first so you can see the break and how deep it is. Where the depth and the yard allow it, a Ghent sewer repair can be done trenchless and leave most of the lawn alone.
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."
"Burst pipe in the crawlspace in January. He had the main off and the section cut out before I finished explaining. Pressure tested it in front of me before he closed it up."
We cover the surrounding towns too.