05/22/2026
Hello friends and Neighbors!
Another day to show off my Plumbing skills and help my wonderful community save on their Plumbing bills.
Daren Wagner
With the name like Wagner's Water Works you know you're going to get high quality plumbing service.
A client called me out in Vernon hills.
And wanted a new frost freeze spigot installed the other one broke and cracked in the wall.
That generally happens if you forget to disconnect the hose during the winter.
Because, frost freeze spigots have the washer buried behind the wall.
About 1 ft behind the brick wall.
So if you don't disconnect the hose all that water will sit inside the pipe & inside the wall.
And once the garden hose gets cold it will transfer the Frozen temperatures inside the pipe and the pipe inside the wall will eventually burst.
So this is why you must disconnect the hose during the winter time or when cold weather is predicted.
So this time he wanted an isolation valve installed right before the spigot on the inside of the ceiling of the basement.
I told him that would be very smart.
Because if this ever happens again he could shut the water off to the spigot and still have water running inside the house until the plumber comes and replaces the spigot.
As you can see I installed a half inch ball valve ProPress style and I used a half inch female adapter to wind a ProPress fitting on to the spicket.
That way in the future if you ever have to replace the spigot you can just unwind the spigot from outside and wind a new spigot in the same place in order to replace it.
ProPress fittings are great.
It's basically the new goldstandard in plumbing nowadays.
It's a safer way of connecting pipes versus a torch.
That way you don't have to worry about burning down the House or subjecting yourself to fire when soldering the pipe together.
It's a very quick method to get the job done and once you crimp the pipe together.
You know there will be no leaks because the fittings have an o-ring built inside that prevents water from coming out of the pipe.
As you can see, I use the ball valves that are marked on and off so the clients know exactly which way to turn the valve.
I know this client was very happy with me after I was finished with the job.
He actually hugged me before I left.
Wow, I knew I was doing some great service, but that's what I call customer π―β€οΈππ€π€·βοΈπππ₯π₯
After shutting the water down to his house to install the isolation valve.
I probably had his water back onto his house within about 15-20 minutes.
That's what I love about Pro press tools and fittings everything goes seamless and without any flaws.
The pro press fittings are much more expensive.
But sometimes they're really worth it.
I know more than I want to know in the plumbing business.
Just keeping it Real!!
With 100% positive feedback on my five star reviews on Facebook and 100% positive feedback on my Google business page.
I'm going to keep doing what my customers love me to do, stay friendly recommend great Plumbing tips to them and tell everybody about the Goodness of God.
After all I'm on a mission from God!!
I've been doing Plumbing for over 30 years.
I've worked for all the big plumbing companies.
All the big plumbing companies have one thing in common.
They're greedy and work their workers like slaves from sun up to sundown and they make them work on commission, so most plumbers have to sell more plumbing jobs or they won't make any money.
I don't strictly do this for the income. I also do it for the outcome.
Helping my community save money, is always a great feeling.
It feels like, you made a great choice when choosing a plumbing contractor.
"GO WITH THE FLOW AND CALL THE PRO"
I'll get all your prayers answered and all those unclean spirits out of your life and out of your pipes.
I'll send all those plumbing problems right down the drain back to where they belong to the pits of the sewer.
I will be the last plumber you choose for all your pump needs.
And I also have sump pumps that have Wi-Fi built into them so you can monitor the pump and be notified of any problems before they may arise.
The Wi-Fi pumps come with at 5-year manufacturer warranty and they are half horsepower and they have self-diagnosis units built into them and can be monitored by your smartphone.
I always use clear check valves on all my ejector pumps and sump pumps.
By using Clear check valves.
Well there are two good reasons.
One you can find out if your pump is working properly by looking inside the discharge pipe and seeing if there's water going through it.
And the other reason is you always want to make sure the flapper is working properly inside the check valve.
Because check valves can break and the flapper can dislodge and come loose over time.
So by making sure the flappers are working properly you decrease the chance of, not knowing about the malfunctioning check valve.
And that way there's much less of a likely chance of the water backing up from the city sewer and into your basement because of a malfunctioning check valve.
I also install only silent check valves.
That way if there's anybody living downstairs they don't have to hear that loud clunk all the time when the pump shuts on and off.
I have a 2-year guarantee on my pumps parts and labor.
I have a 5-year guarantee on all my below ground Plumbing.
And I have a one year guarantee on all my Plumbing.
Wagner's Water Works (847) 372-1863
You will always be blessed and never stressed when you use Wagner's Water Works.
Please feel free to reach out to me with any of your plumbing or sewer concerns.
Thanks for taking your time out of your busy schedule to read this.
Many blessings to you and your family!
Daren Wagner,
Will Humble himself and treat you like a Championπ― β€οΈ πͺβοΈπ