Service trucks
Plumbing Service and Repair
Water heaters, sump pumps, backflow testing, burst and frozen lines, and the drains a plunger will not move. OEM repair parts on the truck, jetters and cameras in the shop.
Chapter 01
What actually fails in a Racine basement
Our service professionals can assist with any plumbing service needs. Wisconsin winters are hard on plumbing, and Racine's older housing stock takes the worst of it. A supply line running through an unheated crawlspace or an exterior wall can freeze solid in a cold snap, and once the ice lets go the burst usually shows up as water on a basement floor before anyone hears a sound. Karlsen Plumbing has been answering that exact call since 1978, out of the shop at 1951 Grove Ave.
Sump pumps fail the same way, at the worst possible time. A float switch that has run fine for years can hang up during the one storm that actually needs it, and a battery back up system is the difference between a wet basement and a dry one when the power goes out with the rain still coming down. Backflow devices have their own clock too. Wisconsin requires them tested every year, and a device that has quietly gone overdue is not something most homeowners think about until someone asks for the paperwork.
A Kohler in-wall toilet carrier set into an open stud bay during a rough-in on a Karlsen Plumbing job in Racine, WI
OEM parts on the truck, jetters when a drain will not move
A call to (262) 633-1951 puts a Wisconsin licensed plumber on the way with a truck stocked from Karlsen's own parts inventory. We carry a full line of OEM plumbing repairs parts. A water heater, a faucet or a toilet gets the actual part built for it, not a generic substitute that fits today and fails again next year.
We have a full arsenal of drain cleaning machines, sewer jetters and cameras to handle your toughest drain issues. Sewer jetting clears grease and root intrusion a cable cannot reach, and running a camera down a sanitary or storm lateral shows exactly where a line is cracked, bellied or blocked before anyone starts digging.
Chapter 03
Maintenance contracts and a yearly backflow test
We also offer service and maintenance contracts specifically tailored to your needs, along with yearly backflow testing and repairs. That covers a sump pump, a water heater and a backflow device alike, so each one gets looked at before it fails rather than after.
The company has been family owned and operated in Racine since 1978, still run out of the same Grove Ave address, and every plumber on the trucks is licensed by the State of Wisconsin. Seniors and veterans get 5% off service work, and emergency calls and 24 hour service are available for the failures that do not wait for business hours.
Karlsen Plumbing: a new water heater, two outside spigots and a set of broken supply line hangers, all done in roughly three hours for customer Mike Gibbs, who called it "the best $2400 I have spent on my house in a long time." Call (262) 633-1951.