Waddie and Georgia Cole started the business in 1950. Their family is still running it.
1950. After his honorable discharge from the Army, Waddie Cole spent two years in California, then did what most Bay City men do eventually — came home. He and his wife Georgia opened Cole Plumbing the same year. It was just residential work at first.
Early 1960s. Demand had grown enough to add commercial customers, and Waddie expanded the shop into heating and air conditioning to serve them. He moved the business to its current spot at 2910 7th Street and ran it from there for the rest of his life.
Today. Cole is in its third generation. William Scott Striebeck — married into the Cole family through Waddie and Georgia's daughter Terri — owns and operates the shop now, holding all three of the Texas trade licenses Waddie built the business around: plumbing, mechanical, and HVAC.
The phone number on this page is the one you'd have called in 1985. The address is the one Waddie picked in 1960. The handshake hasn't changed either.
Pick up the phone. Show up when you said you would. Don't disappear when the job's hard. Charge a fair price. Stand behind the work — even if it takes another visit.
— What three generations of Coles have been telling Bay City customers since 1950.
Most plumbing shops in Bay City carry one license. Cole carries all three — so when something needs both a plumbing fix and a mechanical fix, one truck shows up and one bill arrives.
BuildZoom ranks Cole in the top 37% of 222,000+ Texas-licensed contractors statewide.
Cole runs trucks across Bay City and the broader Matagorda County area. If you're not sure whether we cover your address, just call — usually the answer is yes.