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I'm throughly impressed! Mr. Burris was AWESOME & extremely knowledgeable. He accommodated me and resolved my issue timely. He was pleasant and very wise. I highly recommend him for your small plumbing jobs, I know he will be my go to from now on.
I appreciate being able to spend my dollars in my community.

Jake was awesome!!! I called on thanksgiving expecting to get voicemail, but Jake answered in the first three rings!!! He came out promptly the next morning and had the water up and running before noon!!!! Best experience I have ever had with any home repairs. The service was awesome and Jake was very friendly. He answered all my questions. I'm truly impressed with the service. Call Jake you won't regret it.

Martin went above and beyond for a minor repair, he not only answered my call and gave me a same-day appointment (without upcharging like some do), he also arrived, looked at my bathroom hose, realized it needed replacement and not fixing, and that the company that provided my bathroom sink/hose also provides a lifetime warranty. He even offered to place the service call for me. But then he realized it might take a week to get it replaced by the company, and given it is the only bathroom I have, he said he will see if there are alternatives. 10 min later he calls me and tells me he went out to BestBuy he found the needed part and asks if it's ok to come back and replace. Now tell me if you ever had a handyman who also cares, well now you do. Thanks Martin!

Quick | communicative | professional

Quick: I needed to replace my overhead microwave unit in my apartment. I reached out to 8-10 different handyman services, fixer was the first to respond. They also were the first to give a quote that was responsible and didn't look the haggle.

Communicative: when fixer reaches out, they have a texting service that they communicate through and have you save in your phone. The texting service Walk's through payment, scheduling, and any changes or updates. After scheduling me a few days later a new appointment time opened up and the texting service alerted me and I made the appointment for the new time.

Professional: fixer had two people come. As soon as they checked in, I received an email/text that said the people had checked in and their estimate for job length. They best their estimated time by 30 minutes which saved me substantial dollars from the initial estimate.

Pro tip: use the Yelp handyman feature for looking for a handy man.

I just want to give another shout out to Konstantin and his team. We have had more plumbing issues than expected in our home since we bought it 1 1/2 years ago and he is now on speed dial for us. He always responds immediately and makes himself available as soon as possible. I truly cannot recommend his company enough. Incredibly professional and worth every penny.

I would  definitely recommend these guys! Bobby and his crew were right on time, efficient and professional. Great service and a fair price. They will be my go to guys for any drain problems going forward.

During the Spring of 2017 my basement flooded at least w inches of water during heavy rains in chucago.  I had the lines Roddenberry 3 different  times thinking each time this will work.  Nope.  I purchased submersible sump pumps to send the water wherever it's supposed to go.  Finally, Spring 2019 was the food that broke the camels back.  I called United Sewer & Drain.  These guys came out with cameras and showed me the water pipe from the city to my property was broken on my side of the sidewalk.  United took out the old pipes, installed new pipes and Voila, no more flooding until the next heavy rain.  I called them back, they returned and discovered the pipe goongbto the drain at the back of the house between the basement back door and steps was broken.  How does that happen?  They dug up the concrete, installed bew pipe, concrete the area, made the drain a little larger than the ol one and I am now a happy camper.  Call these guys if you are having flooding problems.  Oh, by the way - before calling United I called the City, no help at all.

The whole team was great with communication. The plumber arrived on time and was very knowledgeable. I'll definitely be using Excel Plumbing again!

No one likes looking for a plumber - it's hard to know if you've got someone you can trust, hard to get a return call... all kinds of things can go wrong. So - I was VERY pleased to find Terry.  

I had 2 small repairs that I needed estimates on, and another maybe thing to work on. I found Terry on Yelp - he was very friendly and up front about everything on the phone. And faster than I could handle - I called with the expectation that he might be free in a week, and he offered to come by that day - even though I told him these were not emergency repairs. We coordinated timing of his home visit via text (always appreciated). He worked around my schedule, and was precisely on time. Friendly, personable, professional, neatly dressed.

I showed him the one thing that I thought needed repair. He examined it, and was able to make an adjustment in a few minutes that resolved the problem completely. I showed him the other 2 repairs, and he gave me  assessments that I could understand, and what seemed to be very fair cost estimates right there on the spot. And he told me directly that these other repairs were totally optional - based on the cost to repair and on my usage, I would do just fine without doing anything at all.

So - beyond professionalism, what impressed me most was the fact that Terry was not out to make a buck on repairs. He could have easily sold me on doing those optional repairs, and charged me for the quick fix he did, but he didn't. He wanted to see me satisfied, wanted me to understand what was involved. In short, wanted to make sure that all of those things that could go wrong went right - way beyond expectations. Helpful, honest, fair. Terry is my new plumber, for sure.

Wow! These guys solved a problem for me that seven other plumbers missed! Not sure what the bill will be, but I know it will be half what the other estimates were. My dishwasher wasn't filling - they were the only guys to pull it out and check the connection behind the wall. I asked him why he was the only guy that did that - he said because it's the hardest thing to check. Problem solved and I'm one happy customer! Great work!

I called Keeley's Plumbing after not getting help from a previous company and wasted a day in the process. Tim had no problem coming out to check out the issue with my water heater not working. While he was able to get the pilot light back on, he noted that the unit was returning an error code and shut it down for safety.

He then took his time to see whether my unit was covered under warranty. The unit came with the house, so we had no idea if it was covered. I really appreciated Tim's honesty in the matter as it wouldn't have been hard to get us to go straight into buying a new water heater. Tim gave us all the info we would need to call about the warranty and charged us the normal service fee. In case we weren't able to get warranty service, he left us a very fair quote (my brother-in-law is a plumber but lives too far away to help out) on a replacement water heater.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get the unit services due to issues with the previous owner, so I called Keeley's again to move forward with the new water heater. Now keep in mind, it had been about 4 days since the water heater broke down. Tim was very accommodating and squeezed me in so I could have the new unit installed the same week.

And the job wasn't an easy one as my water heater is in a sub-basement and that you get to through a hatch. It also didn't help that the previous owner had the old one installed halfway rigged up. Tim didn't have a problem with it at all though and put the new water heater in and new copper piping so it was up to code. He even got the job done earlier than he estimated!

It's been about a month since I've gotten the new water heater and no problems at all. Great service all around and I'd easily recommend Keeley's Plumbing to anyone without reservation.

We called Body plumbing to repair one of our leaking backflow valves. He gave us good price on the repair and he even came twice to work on it after the first attempt did not come out right at no extra charge. His pricing however on testing was good but we found better so we will use another company for yearly testing. We will definitively call him again to get pricing in the future though.

Needed to find a new Backflow inspection company for our home - as our previous vendor chose to shoot up prices beyond our budget.
I was very pleased to have discovered Chicago Backflow.
People I dealt with like Nick, Tiffany, Jessica - and our technician Alan are all superb.  I get the sense this company must be managed very well, because everyone has a very nice attitude and exudes warmth.
Alan showed up right on time at 7am (even with snow falling) and was efficient and had a very kind demeanor.
Price was appropriate.
I'll look forward to working with Chicago Backflow again on my annual inspection next year.  Thanks again, Mark S.

Super service, super friendly, on time, reasonable price, 2 year guarantee. Highly recommend!

I may have written the review later, but that doesn't negate its accuracy.

The issue with the hot water heater was that Eric told me he talked to them on the phone and they told him it was UL Listed. But his staff that picked it up told me he checked and none of them were UL Listed. But then I came home and it was installed anyway. If Eric had called me with the truth, rather than just installing it, it would've been no big deal.

Eric is right, I DID question his integrity, and rightly so. When the story keeps changing throughout the process, one has to. The bottom line was that they wanted to get a BIG job done in a day or a day and a half, and didn't want to come back, so they pushed certain things through to avoid delays. Eric was good about calling me, but just not good about waiting for me (even a half hour) to call back before proceeding.

Plumber came out, looked around and assessed that a part needed to be replaced estimating a $1300 bill, but charged a fee just to look. Had a second plumber come out. He investigated the same leak, added some plumber's putty and said no charge. Not sure what to think about this. All other posts stated honest, etc., but $1300 versus no charge is a no brainer.

We were contemplating busting through our wall to get to the plumbing to fix our painfully slow hot water in our shower. For a very reasonable price, Jay was professional and very responsive and he fixed the problem. Definitely call him to fix your pressure problem.

These folks are straightforward and fair in pricing, and very kind in service. Chris and his apprentice today put on shoe covers so as not to track in dirt. They assessed my bathroom drain problem, told me about it without mansplaining, and fixed it quickly and professionally. And they were sweet to my curious kitten on the way out. I can't recommend this company highly enough.