What still gets me fired up about this work after all these years
People ask how I still have energy for this after all these years. The honest answer is simple.
What still gets me fired up is that there is no shortage of people in our community who need help. Every day there is a family with no heat, a flooded basement, or a system nobody else can figure out, and we get to be the ones who show up and make it right. That never gets old, and it is the whole reason this company exists.
The honest answer
People ask me how I still have this much energy for heating, cooling, and plumbing after all these years. The honest answer is that there is no shortage of people in our community who need help. That is it. As long as there are neighbors with a furnace down on the coldest night, a water heater that quit, or a sewer backing up into the basement, there is work worth doing and people worth doing it for.
Why we exist
We did not build this company just to sell equipment. We built it to protect our community from the obvious and the hidden hazards in a home, and to do it with a standard most companies will not hold. That is what the Wahl of Excellence means to us, and it is how we run a normal Tuesday, not just words on a warehouse wall.
It is a multi-generational thing too. My dad started this in 1980, I grew up in it, and now we get to bring that same care to plumbing, water, sewer, and remodeling, not just the heating and cooling he started with. The trades gave my family everything, and getting to hand that level of service to a neighbor is genuinely the best part of the job.
What that means for you
When you call us, you are not a ticket. You are the reason we are here. We answer the phone 24/7 because emergencies do not wait, and we treat your home like it is the biggest job of the year, because to you it is.
The quick version
- What keeps David going: there is always a neighbor who needs real help.
- Wahl exists to protect the community from obvious and hidden home hazards, to a higher standard.
- A multi-generational, family-owned company since 1980, now across HVAC, plumbing, water, sewer, and remodeling.
- You are not a ticket. We answer 24/7 and treat your home like the biggest job of the year.
The thing that still gets me genuinely excited about this work is simple. There is no shortage of people in our community who need help.
Getting to be the company that shows up and does it right, for a neighbor, on their worst day, that never gets old.
David WahlCEO & Master Plumber, Wahl Family
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Call 1-855-GET-WAHLFrequently asked questions
Is Wahl really family owned?
Yes. John Wahl started the company in 1980, and it is still family owned and run today, with family members who are invested in the company and show up to work every day. That is not a tagline, it is how decisions get made.
Does Wahl really offer 24/7 emergency service?
Yes. Heating, cooling, and plumbing emergencies do not keep business hours, so we answer the phone around the clock and move fast when something cannot wait. Call 1-855-GET-WAHL.
What does the Wahl of Excellence actually mean?
It is our standard for how every job gets done: protect the community, do the work right even when it costs us a little more, respond fast, and treat every home like the biggest job of the year. We hold each other to it daily.
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Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, since 1980. HVAC, plumbing, water treatment, sewer, and bathroom remodeling, all under one roof, all done the Wahl way.