Best Businesses in Chicago, IL

Zoom Drain answered their phone instead of voicemail on a Saturday. They were kind and responsive. Had two guys out within a couple of hours. Knowledgeable, respectful, and kind. They only did a house call and diagnostic because the landlord wanted to call the plumber that had come before. But I wouldn't hesitate to call them again if I had a plumbing problem.

Awesome service and great prices. I recently had water in the basement and didn't know why. Suspected that it was the sump pump. I called a few places and found out that it's probably cheaper and easier to purchase a bar of gold. Finally I got ahold of Shannon at performance pro. He quoted me half the price of everyone else and personally showed up to my house two hours later. You could tell he was good at what he did because he was so meticulous but at the same time he knocked out the job in no time at all. Would recommend to anyone!

Paul is simply the real deal plumber. I hope I never see him again because I do not want to have any plumbing issues. BUT if I do, I am glad that I now have a go-to plumber who knows his stuff, is trustworthy and won't charge up the wazoo!

About two weeks ago, our kitchen sink would not drain. My husband tried his best to get it unclogged but to no avail. To top it off, he noticed a leak under the sink. All great timing since we were expecting company for the weekend. The next day, I was frantically looking for a plumber. One guy didn't return my call, another said it would be $300 to start... Well, ok - thank you and goodbye.

So to Yelp I go... You guys have never steered me wrong. Paul managed to fit me in between scheduled appointments since he got done early on one. Long story short, he unclogged the kitchen sink, fixed the leak and charged WAY less than the other guy's quote. Need I say more?  :)

Great service! Came the day before Thanksgiving and saved the day. They fixed our damaged valve on the toilet tank. A customer for life. Thank you!!!

Can't say enough good things about this company.  We have an unfortunate amount of plumbing needs recently, used them 3 times and they were amazing 3 times.  They changed a valve for our bathroom shower, and even came back and fixed it for free when the valve we purchased from the hardware store had a faulty piece.  They changed our kitchen faucet for a fair price.  Most recently they fixed a huge issue with our building which was causing sewage backup into our kitchen.  Joey the sewer specialist was so knowledgable.  He found a catch basin in our yard full of grease that other companies had missed, even with cameras.  As long as we are in Chicago we won't go anywhere else.

I wish I could give Dominick ten stars! 2am and the sump pump alarm is going crazy and pouring rain outside. I frantically call two contractors I have dealt with and four other ones trying to find somebody and then happen on Sump Pump Doctor as Dominick picks up the phone and shows up within the hour. He replaced both my sump pumps (the other had not been working for quite a while), explained that the previous guy put in a Zolar and to stay away from that brand. He also put in a different check valve that doesn't sound like a mini thunderclap every time the pump discharges. And the emergency price was $750 with the pump, install, radon pipe modifications which is less than most would charge during non-emergency hours. I cannot say enough about the professionalism and responsiveness of Dominick. He also does injector pumps (which I wish I knew when mine went down last month and I got a good soaking not only from the water in the basement but from the guy who changed it). Thanks Dominick! You are a life saver!!!!

I called Pete today to take a look at our sump pump, humidifier, and hot water heater. I called this afternoon and he fit me in same day. He's courteous, professional, and gave us a quick diagnosis of our problems. He did not try to upsell us any products we did not need. He's local, which is important to my family. I will definitely be calling him for any future plumbing needs.

Same day service fixed what needed to be fixed will definitely recommend thanks again

It was so easy to get an appointment via Yelp quotes and they were able to get me in the next day. Scott called ahead and arrived on time and did an excellent job fixing my toilet clog. Highly recommend!!!

These guys are great. Had a problem with the assembly of the faucet and they came back out at no charge. Very friendly and fairly punctual given the hectic nature of schedules in this type of business. Will definitely bookmark them for any future work!

I went through a lot of mediocre plumbers and then found MD Plumbing.  I've had them clear out blockages, including one that took 1.5 days of hard work and tearing through a wall, and they could have just torn out the ceiling in the room below for a major pipe replacement, but they wanted to minimize damage so they kept at it and through a lot of hard work were able to get through to the blockage and break it up (it was rust from a collapsing stack) which saved me both considerable money and time in the process.  My house is old so the plumbing needs a lot of care (built in 1941) and MD has reasonable prices while still doing quality work.  They are always prompt, professional, and don't sting the wallet.

Our water heater went out on last Saturday night.  Called Courtesy since they were the only place open 24/7.  Same as some of the others I was charged $150 for them to come out.  The technician, Justin's work was extremely clean and efficient, which was very appreciated given the time of night.  He was also a super nice guy.  Not that we had a choice, but the service was so good, we'd use them again.

Oh what fun it is to wake up sick on your day off and discover your sewer line is backed up.  Fabulous!  My husband frantically started calling plumbers in the area and worried where we would take the children to use a washroom when the call for nature arose.  Yet, I immediately turned to the best resource out there.  Yelp.  

The Sewer Guy is located in Lyons, which is in close proximity to us here in Brookfield.  I gave Greg a call and he was very personable and professional.  You can tell a lot about a person from a phone call.  It got even better when he said he would be here in 15 minutes.  What???  Yes, please.

Greg did a great job rodding out our sewer and was very affordable.  The whole process took under an hour and it was nice chatting with Greg for the duration.  We will definitely call The Sewer Guy again if we are in need of any of his services.  Recommend!

They were great! I had a gas leak and needed a plumber to fix right away to turn my gas back on. They even gave me an estimate and fixed my pipes in 1 morning. The work was great quality as well.

Derrick was very professional, listen to problem and worked out solution.... need new faucet, water lines ok. He will return to install faucet for a reasonable charge.
I would recommend.

We live in an older home built in the forties. There are few people familiar with some of the older homes in Hinsdale and the piping. We reached out to Soltwich and they were responsive, affordable and helpful. We definitely recommend their services.

Called these guys out once to do the seasonal furnace check / cleaning for the winter a few years back.  The job the guy did was average, however, he tried to convince me that the heat exchanger was possibly cracked and was trying to guilt me into buying a new furnace.  He said that he thought there was a hairline crack, but admitted himself that he wasn't sure.

I asked him what the dangers of a cracked heat exchanger were, and the big one he said was carbon monoxide leaking.  So, we got a carbon monoxide detector for the basement and it hasn't detected any over the past few years.

Found Ed the Plumber in our church's bulletin. A service call to our building was $125. We had three issues in our unit that needed to be addressed, each issue that we were quoted at $500 per each, or $1,500. This quote was going to cost me more than double the amount I donate to my church every year. I ended up paying the $125, and then had another plumber come in and complete the job for only $200 all together.

If you want to pay high prices, then go to Ed the Plumber. Otherwise I'd just move on.

Where to even begin.....

We hired Tim Shey, the owner, to do some plumbing work. Initially he came off as being a normal tradesmen... His bedside manor was a little abrasive but not so bad that I didn't think to not use him.

Well, I wish I would have cut ties the moment I picked up on that abrasiveness b/c my experience with him turned out to be an absolute nightmare. My experience with him was absolutely abusive and for no reason. For a long time i asked myself what I did to deserve him being so rude and disrespectful and then I finally realized that I did nothing at all to deserve the treatment bestowed upon us.

On top of the abuse, here I am, months later and i've had issue after issue with the plumbing. Very basic things were missed. Most recently, we had to hire a plumber to come out to fix one of the toilets he installed. Lord knows how long it's been leaking but I happed to notice one day that water was leaking out the back every time the toilet was flushed. It turns out that he didn't install it correctly as the top wasn't tighten to the base. The damage this has caused ....... I wonder if he did it purposely? I really do.... We also have had issues with every faucet he installed. Every single one had to be reinstalled. Additionally, one of the shower heads was leaking . That was another plumber visit. I keep going on and on with the issues but I'm sure you get the point.

This was not my personal experience but I spoke to another person who hired him who needed an additional week to pay him for his services and instead of waiting, he went to her home, pushed himself through her door and ripped out all of her plumbing so that she couldn't access any water! Who does that!

Please note that this was my personal experience with Tim. I'll never understand why I didn't just ask him to leave my condo the minute he was disrespectful.