Last month, Plumbing & Mechanical spoke with Patrick Wallner, incoming president of the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association, about issues facing the plumbing industry and PHCC. He is the president, of Wallner Plumbing, Heating & Air in Redding, Calif., which is 150 miles south of the Oregon border. Wallner has worked for 30 years for the company founded by his father in 1968.
Today, the company has 10 service trucks and employs 15 people, including Wallner’s wife, Deanna, who is the office manager, and brother Andy, who runs the service department. The company’s service area is about 40 miles long and 10 miles wide, much of it rural.