Silvernail Plumbing Heating & Cooling

The One That Gets It Done

Family Owned Since 1921

 Welcome to our family business, which has served Oklahoma for over a century!

 With such a long history and the Silvernail legacy of caring for our clients, caring for the integrity of their home, being clean while we do an amazing manufacturing process in their living space and the attics and basements and crawl spaces; and all that material and equipment must be transported through the areas where they live and breathe. We don't leave fingerprints or footprints; we don't scratch the walls or the woodwork or the doors.  We don't let the dog out and we don't let the cat out.  We don't wear little booties…we wipe our feet just like you have your children do when they come in from outside. If our hoof covers do get too muddy, we have clean ones in the van and we'll wear the clean ones inside and the muddy ones out in the mud.

 We develope lifelong friendships and relationships with clients and their families.  Most of our clients, we have served for decades, and we have several clients that we have served for over 40 years some nearly 50. They don't have to wonder what to do when something happens, they call Silvernail, and we get it done.  That's all this family has done for five, and soon to be six generations:  when a client has trouble with their house; whether it's no heat, no air conditioning, clogged toilets or drains, or water leaks…any problem, we jump in the truck with all kinds of tools and equipment and parts and we rush over there as fast as the speed limits will allow and we fix whatever it is. Our clients don't have to worry about the people that we send into their home. Their possessions and their pets are safe. We come with a servant’s heart just to help.  We charge only what we need to ensure we will be here when you need us the next time.

 The company started in Hominy, OK in 1917 or perhaps even before.  We have a photograph of my great grandfather and his oldest son inside their shop in 1917.  At this building, which I've actually seen and been to years ago, we provided indoor plumbing and electric lighting. In fact in this picture you can see a sink on the wall that was fully functioning. It had two faucets (they hadn't invented the mixing valve yet) so they had one hot and one cold faucet. To set the temperature, you put the plug in the sink and mix the water to the way you like it.  Once finished, pull the plug and the water drains out. Also in that photo, you can see a toilet which was a functioning fixture as well.  People could come in and flush the water and watch it swirl down and away. Cutting edge technology in rural northeastern Oklahoma in 1917.  In the original photograph with a magnifying glass you can read the year on the calendars on the wall.  One of the calendars depicts a world war one soldier and the other calendar shows President Woodrow Wilson.

In 1917, the same year as the photo, The family sent my grandfather, the youngest son, to Chicago to refrigeration school and brought that newfangled technology into the family business.

 Sometime around 1919, my grandfather, Roy Silvernail, moved to Oklahoma City and began Silvernail Guaranteed Electrical Refrigerator Service. We have invoices dating from 1953, 1937 and even far back as 1921. That's why one of our catchy phrases is: “Silvernail, the one that gets it done, since 1921”. Another version:  “Silvernail, the one that gets it done, Family owned since 1921”. We not only have the memories and the teaching of these past generations, we have the paperwork to prove it !

 Today, those of us stewarding the business, continue our family legacy of trust, honor and our commitment to serving your needs.