Plumber in St. Hedwig, Adkins and China Grove, TX

Where the three towns sit

St. Hedwig (ZIP 78152) lies along FM 1346 near the spot where Martinez Creek joins Cibolo Creek. Silesian families settled it in the 1850s around what became the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish, and the city incorporated in 1957. The 2020 census counted 2,227 residents.

Adkins (ZIP 78101) is an unincorporated community. It began in the 1880s as a railroad flag stop, sits on FM 1518 and Loop 1604, and grew as San Antonio spread east along the loop.

China Grove (ZIP 78263) is a town of 1,141 people (2020 census) on US 87, the same highway as our La Vernia shop. Settled around 1900, it incorporated in the 1960s. All three are East Central ISD communities.

Wells, septic tanks and long buried lines

Older farmhouses, newer homes on big lots and a few subdivisions share these roads, so two neighbors can have very different plumbing:

• Well water. The pump house feeds a buried line that may run a long way to the house, a shop or a barn. We trace and repair leaks on that line.
• Septic. Plenty of homes here drain to a tank instead of a city sewer. We clear and repair the line to the tank.
• Scale and soil. Hard water scales up heaters and shower valves, and the shrink-swell clay common around San Antonio strains slabs and buried pipe.

Who supplies your water, and which pipes are yours

The City of China Grove lists San Antonio Water System (SAWS) as its water provider. Elsewhere, homes may be on East Central SUD, a district serving parts of Bexar, Wilson and Guadalupe counties east of San Antonio, or on their own wells. The supplier on your bill looks after the meter and the street side of it; from the meter to the house, under the slab and out to each fixture, the repair is a plumbing job.

Plumbing work we do out here

• Water line repair and new water lines from the meter or well house
• Leak detection and slab leak repair
• Water heater repair, replacement and boiler service (the name many locals use for a water heater)
• Drain cleaning, sewer line repair and camera inspection
• Gas line repair and installation for natural gas or propane piping to your appliances (the tank stays with your propane supplier)
• Hard water and softeners, toilets, faucets and commercial plumbing

Emergencies and cold snaps out east

Phone us the moment a pipe bursts, sewage backs up or water won't stop. Until the plumber gets there:

1. Stop the supply: close the meter-box valve on SAWS or district water, or the shutoff just past the pressure tank on a well.
2. On a well, flip off the well pump breaker so the pump quits feeding the break.
3. On septic, hold off on flushing, showers and laundry until the line is clear.

Pump houses, barn hose bibs and pipes in crawl spaces freeze before anything else on a rural lot. Wrap them early using the freeze prep checklist, and see burst pipe steps or frozen pipes.

Plumbing questions from east Bexar County

Book a plumber for St. Hedwig, Adkins or China Grove

Call with your road name and what's going on. Our coupons work here too: $50 off as a new customer, 10% off for seniors, military, first responders and healthcare workers, a $0 dispatch fee once you approve a repair, and $150 off a new water heater, with terms on the coupons page. Close by: La Vernia, east San Antonio and Marion and New Berlin, or every service area.