Val F.
02/04/2021 12:00:00 SA
On Jan. 25th I had a long list of plumbing jobs that weren't urgent, but then got a water leak in outside wall that raised my water bill $150. last month so called 6 plumbers that had been recommended.
My List:
1. I had a leak in the outside bathroom wall that raised my water bill $150. Also needed old piping from water softener removed in same spot and replaced with a new bib and add a main shutoff to the house.
2. I wanted the angle stops in all 3 toilets replaced, and a sink check and recommendation.
3. I needed the hot and cold faucet handles rebuilt in a shower stall as they were corroded and both leaked when turned on.
4. I needed to have my kitchen faucet replaced (I had the new one).
So I call 6 plumbers.
1. Never showed up for appointment, no call.
2. Spent 30 minutes of my time looking at everything and advised me to get leak detection company out because he thought leak was under the slab, not in the wall. Said he would send me an estimate the next day and I never heard from him again (today is a week).
3. Wanted me to pay $120.00 to have someone come out to give me an estimate.
4. Gave me an estimate of more than double of the one other estimate I was given and also told me I could not rebuild the hot and cold as it was not code, it needed to be replaced with a single handle set-up. Also stated he might have to make a large hole in outside wall and I would have to have it fixed by a handyman.
5. Left message, no one called back.
6. I left a voice mail and he quickly responded. He gave me a price and said he could come Feb. 4th as he was booked until then. I agreed.
And wouldn't you know...last Sunday my kitchen sink clogged. I'm a bit of a do-it-yourselfer so when I ran out of cutlery and dishes I took the drain apart and found nothing, then filled sink and plunged about a hundred times and discovered I was just pushing all the water into the dishwasher discharge hose. lol. I gave up.
I called plumber #6 and told him to add snaking my pipe from the roof to the road to my list of jobs.
And after checking all of them, he recommended also changing two sink angle stops and I agreed.
Cody Wallace and apprentice Billy came today. Cody owns Wallace Plumbing and is polite, clean, fast and honest. Billy too. Cody's number is 727-403-1557.
My total cost was less than $1000.00 and he only made about a 5 hole in my outside wall (easily repaired).