05/05/2026
A little about the owner Steve Shadrix at Shads Plumbing:
A man held together by caffeine, PVC glue fumes, and pure mechanical spite.
Allegedly a plumber, but realistically a full-time problem negotiator who has crawled through enough attics and maintenance rooms to legally qualify as a raccoon.
Has the unique ability to look at a catastrophic water leak, sigh once, and say “well there’s your problem” like he wasn’t just ambushed by a pressurized disaster at 7:12 AM.
Drives around with:
* 14 pipe fittings that “might come in handy”
* 3 mystery bolts
* a flashlight with emotional support zip ties
* and exactly one pen that works
Can identify:
* birds
* truck parts
* plumbing failures
* suspicious wall stains
* and financial red flags from 300 yards away.
Sleep schedule: nonexistent.
Diet: gas station tea and stress.
Natural habitat: inside a crawlspace muttering things OSHA would classify as spiritual warfare.
Known for writing work orders that sound like federal engineering reports:
“Removed failed backflow pressure valve and associated shutoffs located in maintenance room due to mechanical failure and deterioration.”
Translation:
“Thing exploded. I fixed it.”
Somehow simultaneously:
* fixing everyone else’s disasters
* trying to finance a work van with a credit score fighting for its life
* identifying birds in the yard
* and asking if a fish is secretly a drum.
If chaos were a licensed contractor, it’d be Steve.
