Best Businesses in San Jose, CA

Neutral review- sorry to spoil such a stellar track record.

Things of note:

- Does not serve Mountain View or surrounding areas (even though the area coverage map indicates so)

-1 star for not returning call or even common courtesy to call back after waiting 3 days for a reply. I called them back only for them to tell me they don't serve my area.

I'm sure their service is stellar- Yelp needs to do a better job suggesting businesses that service the area accurately based on current location or the business should indicate which areas they do serve.

Job: Replaced old cast iron sewer line, trenchless, from house to city main. I got three bids, but knew immediately I would chose EJ Plumbing  because of how engaged and real Jose Luis was. He came out to inspect and bid. Educated me on the whole process. He's the guy that gets the job done with his crew. Then for inspections, Benjamin and Danny step in. We passed inspections with flying colors. The yard was put back exactly as found.
    The only bump was West Bay Sanitation. They surprised us with a requirement to put their clean out 2ft inside our fence line. I am not delusional about regulations. I get it. But our main sewer line is in the easement 8ft behind our back fence. We've lived in our house since 1960. Nothing could be grandfathered in.
    You have to be approved for sewer line replacement permits with the City of Menlo Park and West Bay. Both require their own clean outs. This meant the 2 clean outs would be within 15 - 20ft of each other. One for the city 2ft from foundation, and one for West Bay 2ft inside our fence line, which put the West Bay clean out in a crap location in our yard.
    Danny from EJ was patient and helped me navigate. George(?) at West Bay was short and didn't want to deal with me. The only way not to have the 2nd clean out in the yard was to have a notarized West Bay form saying we cannot use their free service if we have a clog. The good news is Danny advised EJ's 25 year guarantee covered any clean out service we may need between the house and the main. We opted for the later.
    Thank you EJ Plumbing for being fast and efficient! The best!

Trieu contacted me and have me a fair quote. Came out on next day and replaced the leaking copper joint within an hour.
Thank you. Will use again for other plumbing need.

I'm  very satisfied with the work done.   Arrived on time, thoroughly completed all repairs and were professional and efficient.

I had a leaking transition pipe connection from the main water supply line just at the portion prior to entering house.  Khoa was prompt arriving at the time window he scheduled and quickly assessed the leak and gave me an explanation of the repair and what needed to be done, as well as an accurate cost quote which he kept to.  He finished the job in less than 2 hours and did a fantastic job was professional and very clean and tidy.  I would absolutely recommend Khoa and will definitely use his services in the future.  Very refreshing to have such a pleasant and professional interaction for worrisome house problems.  Thanks Khoa!

I selected these guys based on their 5 star yelp rating and they absolutely exceeded those expectations.  David came out in the middle of the night, on a weekend, and fixed our clogged sewer main (sadly a recurring story for us...) and he was by far the best we've worked with.  He was perfectly prompt and professional, but I was really impressed by how thorough he was, and how eager he was to explain the details of what he was doing.  Granted, I never sat around and wondered a lot about sewer mains before, but when your shower is backing up with murky brown water...let's just say that your mind will have no trouble focusing.  And in a situation like that someone like David -- on-time, extremely knowledgeable, and willing to explain things -- is exactly what you want to be dealing with.  Between his thoroughness in rooting out our main line and the information he shared with me, I can be assured that the next clog is as far off in the future as it can be.  But, regardless, the next time we need help with our plumbing, these are the guys I will call.

Todd did a great job! He responded to my quote request within a few minutes, came out to give me an estimate in the morning, then came back in the afternoon to complete the job which turned out to be more complicated than either of us expected but he made sure that everything was working the way it should before he left. I highly recommend his services!

On a random Saturday evening and the water heater tray where I work was collecting water... which means that we gotta get a plumber out. ASAP.

Marco was super responsive and when I explained the situation even when there wasn't space on the schedule he managed to find a bit of wiggle room to send someone out for a service call.

His technician arrived within the quoted time frame: maintained good social distancing and PPE.

Diagnosed the issue and fixed it.

Marco and team are as honest as you can find them. Especially during an emergency when there's an opportunity to price gouge or diagnose to an even worse problem. These guys didn't do that and provided an easy and conservative solution.

Definitely will be the first plumber I call if I ever have another water or gas issue.

J&K Plumbing was the first company, in any capacity, to show up on the same day as my call. Granted, I had a small project, but it was still fabulous. Javed came over and fixed my toilet it 20 minutes. When I have any other plumbing project, I will be calling him.

Marlon is the man! I had a leak in my front yard and his crew was there lickety-split! As a realtor I know a lot of plumbers and he's at the top! Professional and fast. I would highly recommend you give him a call for your plumbing needs!

My ground floor toilet was clogged three times in a year and United plumbing is the 5th plumbing company that I tried in the Bay Area. I'm impressed by how professional and patient they are to answer my questions and to resolve the issues. Now I'm clear about why my ground floor toilet is easily clogged than other toilets in the house. Their manager even refunded me the surcharge that the technician charged me as they had to go under the crawlspace and leveraged the snake to unclog the area. I will favorite this plumbing company and refer to other neighbors in the future. Recommend to others!

Requested a quote towards the end of the day on a Monday. Daniel responded quickly with by far the best estimate which was inclusive of parts and labor including my special request to have a quarter turn spigot and not the cheapo replacement that had been originally installed. And the plumber, Jorge, was here as promised between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m the *next* morning. And while I consider doing this job myself given that this was the original spigot and had been painted and stuck it over by the builder, the quote was so fantastic that it wasn't worth the risk. I'm really glad I made the call because when I initially turned the water main off we detected that it wasn't fully shut off. The water main itself being a quarter turn handle appears to be sticking or leaking internally giving it a quick on off jiggle got it to work but now it's on my list for needing a potential future replacement. Jorge had his mask on on the full approach to my property and when we needed to go through real quick to the water main by the garage quickly slipped on shoe protectors. Professional, affordable, responsive. Again super impressed at the professionalism of Jorge and being properly masked during the pandemic. I have some future work coming down the line including potential renovations and Always Rescue will be at the top of my list for quotes and service. Keep up the great work!

I promise Steve that I will write the review on Yelp but I was not able to until now. My water heater leaked about 6 months ago and I called the plumber that help me previously but he cannot come due to COVID. He referred me to Steve and he was able to come immediately and replaced a new water heater the same day. He also text me to follow up making sure everything is good, highly recommended.

Super responsive and efficient. We had an urgent issue that got resolved within a day of reaching out for a quote.

I would highly recommend this company!  I can't say enough good things about Eddie, his team, and his company! Eddie helped me out with a toilet flusher problem and his team installed my kitchen faucet. Eddie fixed my toilet which other plumbers had tried and failed to fix. His team that replaced my kitchen faucet were timely, polite, efficient and professional. The faucet looks and works great. They even stopped by the day after the install to make a minor adjustment to the hoses under the sink when the faucet spout wouldn't retract properly.

Just used Crown to replace toilet  .

Crown gave me solid quote & Total Info over the Phone.

Their guy, Sal,  came on Time, installed a new top end Kohler... And used waterproof bags  to haul away old toilet , etc.

-- His installation of new toilet was perfect,  He also showed me the interior of the tank & explained how it worked.

He then cleaned up the floor , completely.

He had the hand held credit card  thing  & we paid the quoted amount.

We will use Crown on all our future plumbing needs  ( Their site shows the many other services they can do !

Right Plumbing Service is RIGHT ON!! Eddie responded so quickly and came over right away to save the day.
He was so polite, very informative and fixed our issue with explaining the process as he worked so we knew what he was doing.
We felt the cost of fixing the problem was fair because it was late in the day and his response was so quick.
I highly recommend this company.

Our water pipe broke outside of the Veterinary clinic I manage. They were very quick to respond and the tech Thanh was quick and efficient with our repair! Overall great experience, we will use them in the future hopefully not too soon!

Great service! They were early! They were fast and friendly! Ans they even tried their best to clean up the mess made by the sewage overflowing. I very much appreciated the effort that a lot of people would not have put forth.

I dropped the drain snake into second floor shower drain. Called in Drain Master. I thought this is gonna be a big project. Dave came and tried to help me to fish out the lost snake with his own snake. It wasn't successful as expected. But he did help me locate where the lost snake is and suggest a DIY approach. There is no push for doing any fix with them. Just pure honesty and intention to offer the help. He didn't charge me either for his effort.  Five stars for the integrity and honesty that are rarely seen nowadays.