Best Businesses in Saint Paul, MN

On short notice, Joe made time in his schedule to come out and diagnose my plumbing issue.  He gave me a fair price and an honest assessment, connecting me with the crew needed to to the job.  I absolutely recommend Joe and would hire him again.

I am really impressed with Weld & Sons. We had them help us with a draining issue in the kitchen and then asked them to come back to replace plumbing to our main sewage line. They were very flexible with timing, did excellent work and their pricing was very reasonable.

I would recommend Weld & Sons to anyone!

Still waiting for my rebate since June, I call   Excel energy, they said they never received my rebate application, then I call and text Michael to see what's going on, no response.

These guys were great. My wife found them on Angie's List. John was friendly, and did a really great job clearing our blocked sewer main. They were also very affordable. I would definitely call them again.

An easy 5 stars. What more could you ask for?  On time, fair prices, will only do what is needed and not try to sell you something, neat, honest, friendly, and most of all does great work. No reason to look for any other plumber.

I've used Pete to help me finish my basement bathroom as well as a bonus room bath.  I've also given his name to many of my friends for their projects such as toilet replacement, leaky faucet repairs, and used him at our place of business (flooring replacements).  Pete always responds and gets the job done when we need him to!

Just got our fall furnace tune up for $39. Watch their ads for sale prices.  They have done many projects for us with great results and reasonable prices.  All the technicians we have worked with have been excellent but Rick is always the best.

Ken's serviced our duplex by cleaning out our main line. The work was fine but we were given a quote over the phone and it wasn't until after they completed all the work that they decided to charge us $60 more than the original estimate because the drain was longer than they expected. We felt this was unfair as we hired them expecting a certain price and they were unwilling to honor their original quote. Disappointed and probably won't use again.

Called RWPH for a 50 gal Water heater replacement. Carrie was polite and explained their process to me in layman's English. Said a tech would be out 1st thing in the morning 7:30am. Garrett,  the owner showed up personally and went through everything with me. Quoted a good price. I explained I would have to postpone the install for a day or two until I got paid. With a gentleman's handshake we worked it out that I could pay for water heater now, installed and I could pay labor when I got paid.  Michael showed up with the new one and installed in less than 1.5 hours, amazing.i went to the bank to get the $$ to pay for it and found I got paid early. Called Carrie up and let her know I could pay in full. I asked about a Military discount and got another 10% off the original quote. Life saver...  Thank you Garrett, Michael and Carrie for helping us out. Further projects will be referred to Red Wing Heating and Plumbing.  Highly Recommend.

We had Tony's Plumbing install a water softener, change over some faucets and replace a garbage disposal.   They were very friendly and professional.    I would highly recommend them.

My electric water heater stopped heating water. They changed me 99.00 just to come to my door. All they did was look to see if there were any water leaks and turned the breaker off. Then they wanted another 239.00 dollars just to troubleshoot so 339.00 just to find the issue. Then they would charge me for parts and labor. They then proceeded to try to sell me a new water heater and told me that they would charge me over 3300.00 for a new 80 gal tank. I did my own troubleshooting. the water heater just had a bad fuse. The fuse was 25.00. This company tried to pray on me in my time of need. I have a baby and can not be without hot water. I will never be contacting this company again. Please stay away.

I spoke with Jermiah. I also spoke with Keith. The person that came to my house was named Luke. I explained the problem and he wanted to try the motorized snake. It didn't work. The clog was too deep. Luke was in over his head, he called Keith a few times while he was at my place. He wanted to see were my home connected to the main sewer line (we live in a mobile home) It is underneath and I showed him. He very obviously balked at what needed to be done. I asked if their company had a jetter. He called Keith again (or at least pretended to) And then told me Keith would be out with a jetter later that night. He also told me I would have to pay more he said ridiculously expensive. I told him I don't care how much it costs this has to get done now. So again he tells me Keith will be out but it might be very late. I asked for Keith's number and he told me it was against company policy for him to give me the number (even though I already had the number because Keith had called me a couple times earlier in the week.) He then wanted to settle up with me and I said I would pay when the job was finished. He said something about having 2 invoices because it will be 2 jobs. He only charged me $115 for the service call. He did not charge me for the snaking or his time. 2 hours after he left I called Keith and asked him if he was coming with a jetter. Keith said -I don't know what you're talking about, I don't have a jetter, our jetter is in the shop, I got 2 more jobs tonight and I'm going home.- The bottom line is, I paid somebody $115 to rip my toilet off, he didn't even re-install it. Then they abandoned the job.

I called because I had my house for sale, accepted an offer, had the inspection and inspector said I had low water pressure. B & B came to my house and told me It was the screens and shower head, so it was not a big job. Brian (the owner) said he ordered parts and would fix it. Closing came quick and he quit responding. I ended up having to take $6200 less because it was too small of a job and he strung me along until it was TOO  LATE! TERRIBLE BUISNESS AND I WILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW!!!

Don't recommend them. They called the day of my scheduled appointment and told me the plumbers decided to leave early for the 4th of July weekend and that they couldn't help me. Dave recommended that I call another company. Ha. Too funny!

I originally posted this review under Genz Ryan listed for south Robert Trail.  It seems they have two listings on Yelp.

I've been using GenzRyan for the last 15 years for any heating and A/C issues in our house.  In all that time, I've never had the same tech come out to our house twice.  And lately, when I'm making small talk with the technician, I find out every single one I've encountered has less than 2 years experience.  It makes me wonder if I'm paying a premium price for training someone in.

Two years ago we had them put in an entirely new A/C system - replacing a 13 year old system.  The first time we turn it on this year, there is no cold air.  Tech comes out and finds little coolant in the system but can't find any leak.    He recharges the system and adds something that will hopefully plug any small pin leak.

Of course, none of this is covered under warranty (installed in the fall of 2014, not used until the spring of 2015 - So the two year warranty is up I guess) so I'm out another $700 which seems pretty steep.   Not only that, they can't seem to give my a receipt that explains what is done and the cost.  If I call the office, they tell me the technician must email the receipt.  That's the second time the issue with the receipt has happened.  What kind of computer system won't let the office send me a copy of the receipt?

Edit:  I was finally able to get a copy of the receipt.   I see the tech charged me for the service call even after verbally telling me that he could wave that if I have repairs done that day.   I guess word to the wise - get everything in writing.

And if I'm really paying for premium service, why wouldn't the tech schedule a second appointment for a week later and come out to see if the stuff they injected to expose the leak will now show him where it is?  Why is it up to me to wait until the system is no longer cooling again, then wait another week for someone to show up?  He couldn't tell me the actual problem so now I'll end up paying for another trip charge?

The failure of a two year old system (especially one they installed in the first place), the lack of any detailed paperwork (or email) regarding the work, and the unwillingness to do even basic follow-up when the original problem wasn't resolved has led me to search for a new provider.