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1. Quick response, even in extended time
2. Good quality of work, reasonable price
3. Free estimate and can do the work right after that. If you're in time sensitive, this is the one you should choose.

We had a very good experience with Doug. He came out within 20 minutes of our call to repair a copper pipe that broke in the wall. He was reasonable and experienced. Great local plumber, highly recommend.

Our landlord insists that we use this company, probably because it looks like they are cheaper than the others. Upon having our kitchen sink back up into the shower, we called and were delayed two days. The receptionist was difficult to deal with and kept giving us these large time frames that the plumber would come, and they never came. Finally he came and took care of the problem in 15 minutes. When we asked how we could prevent this from occuring in the future, he just shrugged and said that it was soap scum build up and it probably just hadn't been snaked in a long time. Not two months later the same problem resurfaced. Called the landlord on Monday, landlord called plumber on Monday, it's now Wednesday and I'm still waiting...

Bottom line: if i were paying for it, then maybe i'd be a little more flexible with their poor customer service since it's cheap. but with the landlord paying for it, i expect good service within 24 hours.

After having bad experiences with Tarpy Plumbing, called All Time based on the strong Yelp and other reviews. Ruben was professional and did strong work, but the pricing was somewhat high. Ended up being about $1,100 for four hours of work (including time to go get parts) for some relatively simple plumbing fixes. Not dissatisfied with the quality, but we were looking to find someone who would be our go-to plumber for all future projects, and we'll be continuing the search.

I had this plumber come to install a faucet I'd purchased.  He did it and left, after telling me that it would not be under warranty because he did not supply the faucet.  Read it again- his work in my home had no warranty because the faucet was already there and he didn't middle man it.  Okay.  

It immediately was wobbly.  I called and he said he would try to get over there to take a look at it.  We are talking a day or two later.  He never showed up.  Then he stopped answering my calls.  I gave up at this point and just lived with a wobbling faucet that leaked counter top water into the cabinet below for a while.  

Eventually we got another faucet and attempted to replace it ourselves.  But... it turned out that the hole under the sink where the faucet is clamped down was either too big or too small to get a tight seal.  We ended up having to router out some of the wood underneath to get a good grip and finally get a non wobbly faucet.  

Guess who installed a faucet with the under parts diagonal and knew it wouldn't work?  Tom Dinardo.  Guess who told me it would not be under warranty of any kind before he left my home?  Tom Dinardo.  Guess who is a plumber who should have known that the hole needed to be either bigger or smaller for the parts to be flush under the sink and I'm thinking knew my faucet was not going to work?  Pretty sure it was Tom Dinardo.  

So I guess if you have him get all your parts for you so his work will be under warranty, you could hire this guy.  But if you already got your faucet and are looking for someone to install it, I'd recommend looking some more, his work is not guaranteed and when you want him to fix it, even less than a week later, he won't, even if he didn't do it correctly in the first place

Also, I had read the directions prior to having Tom Dinardo install the faucet- he failed to use a silicon ring upon install.  It was in the directions to do so and I watched him do it and he never put anything down, just faucet on granite with a half ass, diagonal assembly shoved in the hole underneath it.

These guys are fantastic, reasonable and down right honest! We got quotes from them, Black Mountain (they kept changing their price) and Bill Howe (sent an apprentice). So glad we decided to go with All Flow Plumbing in Santee, 619-409-9891. Eric and his assistant, Daniel, replaced our main water line plus built a new irrigation line, no leaks and everything works perfectly!

If you live in the 92130 zip code and need a plumber, Jeff Isber at Carmel Valley Plumbing should be the first and only call you make!  Our neighbor's water heater leaked and damaged their beautiful hard wood floors.  Since all of the houses on our street were built at the same time (about 2004), we feared that the same thing would happen to us.  I called Jeff, and he came over within 15 minutes to take a look at our water heater.  He explained our options clearly, priced everything out, and recommended that we wait a few months to replace it.  It was obvious that Jeff is familiar with the houses in our area (Pardee homes) and the parts and systems that they use.  We soon thereafter had another plumbing issue.  This time it was related to our kitchen sink.  Sure enough, Jeff came over quickly, diagnosed and explained the problem and the solution.  Once we authorized the repair, he replaced the parts and cleaned up....all in 15 minutes.  His fee (including replacement parts and labor) was incredibly fair.  All in all, a knowledgeable professional who provides great service at a reasonable price.  And, he is a hell of a nice guy.

Father and son duo. Great team work. Very efficient. They fixed my clogged drains and fixed up my mistakes trying to do it myself. They arrived quickly. On Yelp they were able to respond to my inquiry within minutes. Thank you for a great job!!

Our toilets were clogged and shower was draining slow.  They came out the same day and had them unclogged within 30 minutes.

Thank you Phil and Tracy!! Like their company name says Family Plumbing they treat you like family. Will not do unnecessary work to hurt your pocket. Will treat every work like its being done in their own house. Will definitely recommend to family, friends and neighbors. Cannot thank you guys enough.

Dominic and independent plumbing are my go to plumbers. I called and they were @ my home within 2 hours. Repaired my crazy studio sink plumbing. This is the second time I have had them do repairs. The first was major gas re-piping. They are always professional and complete the job as promised. I will continue to contact them for my future plumbing needs. Thank you Dominic.

The best Handyman in the business. Over the past 30 years I have hired Electricians, Plumbers, Painters, and Drywall specialist throughout and outside of San Diego county. Gunner's service was easily the best of all. He is courteous, punctual, HONEST, a perfectionist, and provides exactly the service requested for the agreed upon fee. I would give him 10 stars if they were available. Hire him and you will definitely be satisfied with the quality of work and rates charged.

So glad we called this guy! 7:30pm on Saturday and he answered his phone, wow!  We explained our problem to him and he explained he was on another job and couldn't get to us right away... But told us to go to home depot and buy a particular fitting.  So we did and viola crisis averted.  He ended saving us hundreds of dollars (for free I might add).  So I will definitely be calling this guy for any future plumbing problems.

Ok... so, we moved into this home in 2009. The water heater here was well over 10 years old. Finally it gave out. Its pilot would not light due to some flooding (because of the rain we got recently. Call after call, the consensus was it's time to replace.

After requesting quotes from Yelp, we settled on Water Heaters Only. That's basically off of their communication and of course a fair price.

Danny from Water Heaters Only came out to see what's going on with out water heater. He was extremely professional during this process. Which of course, goes into our checkbox of good communication and work ethics box.  

Please note: For Danny coming out to assess the issue and give a solid quote was no charge!

After Danny left (once he gave the quote), I discussed this w/my better half and so we decided to go with Danny & Water Heaters Only.

Please note: Once we decided to go w/ Water Heaters Only it was towards late afternoon.

Danny came back towards early evening and even though we could tell he had a long day's work and offering Danny that he could come back the next day, Danny insisted to get started while there was still some day light left.

So Danny got started and the job went well into early to mid evening. It was somewhat towards late evening when Danny got tue job done.

Once he finished he showed me and describe the work that he did. During this process we found that the (& please don't quote me on this since I'm not plumber and don't know the exact language) overflow pipe was continuously draining water. After some time of Danny trouble shooting Danny said that we require an expansion tank. I mentioned to Danny that the quote we got 1) the initial quote from WHO on Yelp and then 2) the quote we got from Danny himself after he came out to assess and gave the quote and that WHO told me that there would be no hidden or  surprise costs.

Please note at this point, the water heater was already installed, all the plumbing done and everything was ready to do, except the overflow valve was continuously open thus water draining from the tank. Basically, as the client, I had zero recourse in an unacceptable situation esp. given the cost of this job all together broke us to begin with and now being told that now there is going to be an expensive add on to the job, which we both (WHO & me) had decided and signed off on the job earlier. I mean heck, the new water heater is already installed and all piping soldered etc. What are we supposed to do? Just say, sorry we don't want it, undo all the work you've done , install our old water heater and thank you very much?

At this point. Danny went to make a call, which I suspected that he was talking w/ someone at the WHO office about the situation. Then, Danny came back with a blue tank, which was the expansion tank and said no worries, he will install and make it work.

Please note: this is already some time between 8:30pm to 9pm.

Not only did we get our hot water working, a brand new water heater, a job done to satisfaction but also and imho the most important thing being that we found a solid and fair company that will recommend to all of our family and friends and call on.

Thank you Danny and everyone at WHO.

Everyone we dealt with was courteous and professional for this service call to diagnose and fix our tankless water heater issue. Thankfully it was a quick fix, and they even provided documentation as to the cause for our HOA's and development's benefit. We would use this service if needed.

Let me start by saying how much I hate to be on the computer on the weekends, but absolutely feel it is necessary to write this review.  It was by reading the reviews of others, that I called Universal Plumbing, so I want to make sure I do the same to let others know how fabulous these guys are.

I had problems in both bathrooms and was in desperate need of help: tub spout with diverter was stuck and could not take a shower in one bathroom; and, the 2nd bathroom shower hadn't been used for years, so the shower knob wouldn't pull out.  I was first going to make an attempt at replacing both myself, but after trying to remove the tub spout with diverter and couldn't get it to budge and removing the shower knob in the 2nd bath and seeing the cartridge/stem was stuck, I realized how much damage I could do myself, I decided to call a plumber.

I called several plumbers that had great reviews and all of them could not give me a quote or even an approximate dollar amount, without seeing the job. And they said the work would be charged hourly, which would be approximately $80.00-$100 per hour and that it would take several hours.  Oh, and several others were pretty rude on the phone.  I was discouraged and frustrated.  Then, I called Universal and the first thing that I liked, was that Paul quoted me a dollar amount for the entire job, site unseen.  No extra charges would be added.  WOW.....the second great part about calling Universal, was that they would send someone (Tom) to my home that day.  I was beyond happy about both, I had been having to take a bath each day before work.  And let me tell you, washing my hair in the tub and having to wait for the tub to fill each day, was quite time consuming.

Tom showed up that same day at the end of his route.  I believe they put me on the schedule, so I could have the work done that same day.  Tom was amazing!  I also asked Tom if he would replace my shower head in the bathroom that hadn't been used and he said sure, no problem.  Well, as I suspected, the shower in the 2nd bath proved to take quite a long time due to old stuck stem and cartridge.  He was at the house working for about 2 1/2 hours, the day before the 4th of July.  I felt terrible that it took so long, but he was just as friendly when he left, as he was when he arrived.  He told me to wait 24 hours before using the shower, because something needed to dry.

Well, I waited about 48 hours, since now had the other bathroom back to working order.  When I tested the 2nd bath shower, there was a leak and it was coming from the faucet head.  I called Tom on that Monday and he came right over after work, which was the only time I could meet him.  The pipe in the wall had a crack, so he had to do additional work.  He was again working for about 1.5 hours to repair the pipe, which he explained would be the cheapest way to go.  If the putty (or whatever he said) didn't hold, then the next step would be to remove the tiles and replace the pipe behind the wall.  I definitely did not want to do that, since I knew that would be a costly job.  He never asked for additional money from me and actually had to run to ACE hardware to pick up something that was needed.  After several days of letting the putty dry, I needed to test for a leak.  Well, being a female and not at all familiar with what to do, I ended up texting Tom on Sat. morning, with several questions I had. He called me right back and walked me through what I needed to do.  He also said he would stop by on his way back from the morning job he had and do it himself if needed.  

Everything is working GREAT and I have 2 fully functional bathrooms! I will NEVER use any other plumber, other than Universal Plumbing.  The professionalism, the service, the cost and the work done would actually get 10 STARS if I could give them.  Universal isn't going to rip you off and isn't going to jack up the price to make a buck.  I think these guys are doing what they do and trying to give a price that people can afford!

THANK YOU TOM!!!!  You were so great to work with and I am constantly giving Universal referrals.

I needed a new heater just before Christmas of 2020. Major pandemic time.  The people worked and were polite In spite of the fact my two dogs wanted to kiss the workers while they were working. After they wrote done
......... I WANTED TO KISS THEM..  These are wonderful people.
Sue Corbett

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