Licensed plumbers serving Lead and the surrounding SD communities. Emergency calls answered day and night.
Everything from a dripping faucet to a new main water line.
Fixture replacement in Lead with the shutoffs and supply lines updated while everything is apart.
When water is actively coming into the house in Lead, you get a live person on the phone and a truck moving the same day.
A sump pump that runs constantly or not at all is a flooded Lead basement waiting on the next heavy rain.
Slow drains get cleared through an existing cleanout, no floor cut. You see the camera screen afterward.
Failing galvanized, polybutylene and corroded copper in Lead replaced with new copper or PEX, room by room.
That climbing Lead water bill with nothing running is almost always a leak. We find exactly where before touching the floor.
Burst and frozen pipes in Lead handled start to finish — shutoff, cutout, repair, pressure test and closed back up.
A wet spot in the yard and low pressure inside usually means the service line. We locate it before breaking ground.
No hot water in Lead? Most units under eight years old are worth repairing and we will tell you when yours is not.
Repeated backups usually mean the line itself, not the drain. The camera shows you the break before any digging.
New toilet installation in Lead including haul-away of the old one and a proper seal at the floor.
Jammed, humming, leaking and dead disposals in Lead repaired or replaced, with the drain plumbing corrected too.
New gas line installation in Lead with the permit pulled and the inspection handled for you.
Softeners, filtration and treatment for Lead homes, sized off an actual water test rather than a sales script.
Well pumps, pressure tanks and pressure switches around Lead repaired and replaced for homes on private water.
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 Lead — you show up, you do it right, and the next call comes from the person next door.
Homes around Lead, South Dakota 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.
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.
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.
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 Lead system gets sized off what is really in your water.
For a true emergency in Lead 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.
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 Lead sewer repair can be done trenchless and leave most of the lawn alone.
Under about eight years old with a bad element, thermostat or valve, repair is usually the better money in Lead. Past twelve years, or if the tank itself is weeping, replacement is the honest answer and we will say so.
That is the classic hidden leak — usually a slab leak, an underground service line, or a toilet flapper passing water quietly all night. A Lead leak detection visit puts a pressure gauge on the system and finds it without digging up the yard first.
You get a price for the repair before any work starts, not an hourly meter that runs while you watch. The diagnostic visit in Lead is quoted up front on the phone, and if you approve the repair that visit charge goes toward the job.
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."
"Ran a new gas line for the range and the dryer. Pulled the permit, passed inspection first try, and cleaned up the drill shavings in the utility room."
"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.