Our story
Four generations of plumbers, from a family shop in 1910s Chicago to the Highland Lakes and North Austin today.
More than a century of family plumbing
Long before Brandenburg Plumbing put its first truck on the road in Texas, our family was already in the trade. Our great-grandfather, Edward E. Wiesbrook, opened a plumbing shop outside Chicago in the 1910s — a business that served everyone the same, from neighbors who paid in chickens and eggs to the city's most infamous resident, Al Capone, who hired Edward more than once and always paid in cash.
Getting started in Chicago
Great Grandpa Edward E. Wiesbrook started his plumbing company sometime in the 1910s outside of Chicago. He was very successful and active in his community, even donating land to build a church in his hometown. His name is still engraved on some of the drains within the church he helped build.
Working for Al Capone
Great-grandpa Edward strove to serve everyone equally, even bartering for chickens and eggs when customers struggled to pay. His most famous client, Al Capone, recognized quality, affordable work when he saw it, hiring Edward multiple times. Apparently, Capone always paid on time and in cash. Due to a change in company policy, Brandenburg Plumbing no longer serves violent gangsters.
Wiesbrook Plumbing & Heating
Great-grandpa's son Raymond Wiesbrook began his own plumbing company in the early 1950s after his return from WWII. In addition to his Master plumbing license, he held licenses in electrical and air-conditioning repair.
Our Thrifty Grandpa
Here is our grandpa again, still hard at work, still wearing the same flannel as he was decades earlier. We are certain he passed those savings onto his customers.
Brandenburg Plumbing is Born
Our father, Troy Brandenburg, established Brandenburg Plumbing in Burnet, Texas in 1997, running the business with his wife Terry out of our home, and, with considerable more difficulty, raising five sons. In February 2023, two of those sons, Lucas and Adam Brandenburg, bought the company. Today we co-own it from our shop in Marble Falls and strive to uphold the same family values and strong work ethic upheld over our company's long history.
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