Best Businesses in Saint Louis, MO

This company has earned my business for life! Three years ago, my wife and I bought an older home. While we absolutely love our home, it has come with a slew of plumbing issues. We finally came across an issue that, we believed, was serious enough for a professional. We called Ed Bellm, who have served our area for well over 50 years.

Upon our original consultation, things weren't looking good--it seemed our plumbing concern (a corroded copper water stack) was going to cost us a great deal of money. When Chris, the company's owner, came out to give us an estimate for the work, he found that our water stack was not affected, but we simply need to attend to some atypical piping from the home's previous owners. He fixed us up right there and charged us nothing for his visit.

The company could have went ahead with their original estimated work, made a hefty profit from us, and moved on--but they chose to be honest and have now earned our trust and business for the rest of the time we'll own this home.

We couldn't be happier and highly recommend their business.

Our kitchen stack backed up right before we put our house on the market (fantastic timing!), so I contacted Olney through Yelp. Louisa responded right away at around 7:30 on a Friday night, and Cliff was at our house the next morning! He cleared the kitchen stack and also took care of a toilet that wouldn't flush...he unearthed a wad of baby wipes that my lovely children had apparently flushed a long time ago (of course). Everything is working perfectly now, and Olney's price are fantastic! I was beyond pleased with our experience, and will absolutely call Olney again!

Thank you Jon & Jay!
The end result speaks for itself. The flooring and ceiling looks better than expected! Quality work from quality people!
Always going above and beyond is what sets you apart from the competition.

Donald did an excellent job of cleaning a horrible dryer vent. He went above and beyond to make sure he got all the lint clogs out. Dryer is working perfectly now!!!!

When looking for a plumber - 'cheep' is a price you can't afford.  McWilliams Pluming worked with me on price - a fair price.

My wife and I gutted our house and replaced all of the plumbing (copper supply lines & cast iron waste lines).  We sought bids from a number of plumbers - Jeff Williams' (owner) bid was in the middle of the field. What sold me on Jeff - his professionalism, knowledge, and willingness to work with us and our needs.  He never missed an appointment, nor late, and scheduled with us when it worked for our schedule.  

He and his staff ensured we were happy - from the bid process all the way to the last sink being installed and calked.  Having worked on other home renovations - I can say finding a plumber like Jeff is a huge blessing.  I would use him again without hesitation!

I am so happy with this service.  I received excellent prompt and professional service.  They are very reasonably priced. This will be my go to service for all my sewer and drain needs.   Awesome find!

Gateway came to our house to snake out and unclog a drain. The technician went into the basement to snake out the stack. Afterwards, he hooked up a hose to an old, non-functioning faucet without advising us and created a leak. Instead of reporting the leak, the technician left. We later discovered it leaking all over the floor. Gateway claims the leak is not their responsibility. Manager (Brian) was rude and belligerent when I tried to discuss with him. NOT a customer-focused company. Poor attitude. Poor service.

We had a partially stopped up drain and our basement flooded. Lakisha was here within an hour of my call. She is super nice and knows her stuff! Everything is all clear now! I highly recommend her for fair pricing and effectiveness!

I needed to replace the faucet and handles on the garden tub. I called Paul on a Saturday and he came out the next day. I was preparing the house for showings since it's on the market. So I needed this done ASAP.  Reasonable priced.  Paul even went the extra mile and fixed a few other issues with the plumbing in another bathroom.  Thank you Paul, you're a true gentleman.

On Thursday morning, June 13th, I went down to the basement to do a set of curls with my barbell.  I immediately noticed water on the floor. I turned on the faucet in the kitchen sink and water dripped down from the kitchen into our exercise room.  I stopped the water and got on Nextdoor to look for recommendations for a good plumber that was reasonably priced.  I called one and he came out and gave me a quote that shocked me.  Still in shock I went ahead and scheduled the work for his next available day, which wasn't until Monday.  The next morning my property manager instincts kicked in the next morning (that's what I did for 25 years) and I decided to get another estimate. Among the other names on Nextdoor was Tony Swoboda.  

I called Tony and talked to him about my problem.  He said he could come out that evening to look at it.  He came over in the evening and said he could take care of it, and his estimate was half of the first one.  Now in fairness to the first guy, it included repairing the drywall after the repair, but still, it seemed high to me.  Besides, I can deal with the drywall repair myself.

I told Tony that until the leak was fixed we couldn't use our kitchen sink or the dishwasher.  He surprised me by saying he could possibly come out on Sunday.  I said, Great.  He called me Saturday night to confirm he was coming at 10 AM on Sunday.

Let's recap:  I have a plumber who is not only willing to come out and not charge me extra to do a repair on Sunday, but on Father's Day to boot!

Tony was here this morning and after cutting access points under the sink and behind the dish washer, he located the leak.  An old lead pipe had an opening that was over an inch long.  Tony cut that piece out and then went to Home Depot to get a piece of PVC pipe to fix my problem.

During the time he was working under my sink I learned that Tony had been a police officer for 15 years, and that he lives on a 3 acre mini-farm in Maryland Heights.  His family has owned that land since the 1940's.

When he first came in I asked him, Do dogs bother you?  He said, No, I'm a dog person.  I have 4 of my own.  My two dogs ran out to the porch to greet him.  Once Tony was inside he got down on his hands and knees to get acquainted with Tango and Jack, and even let Tango give him a few kisses on his face.  I've always said, You can tell a lot about a person if they like dogs.

Tony Swoboda worked on Sunday, Father's Day because he knew we were in a jam. While our kitchen sink and dishwasher were out of commission we had to wash our dishes in small basins in our bathroom sink (see picture).  

We were so happy to have the use of our kitchen restored today.  

I have worked with a lot of contractors over the years.  I highly recommend Tony to anyone who needs plumbing work done.  He is honest, reliable, very reasonably priced, and he loves dogs!  If you call him, tell him Stu told you about him.  I told him I'd be writing a nice review on his behalf.  He's one of the good guys.

I had been with Anton's for 9+ years. I finally cut the cord. They were knowledgeable and had good people in the office and Ronan and other technicians were good as well. The problem was this-the upselling. EVERY TIME they came out they would try to upsell and it was always for thousands in repairs and improvements to your system. The last time they were out, the new technician wanted me to let Anton's tear and reinstall a hot water heater to code (he claimed it wasn't up to code, but one call and an email to my plumber got me the verification that it was) and do treatment to my ducts because I wasn't getting enough buckets of air. The hot water heater quote was for over $2k and the duct treatments were $3500. This was NOT the only time for the upsell and it just gets old. My new company has already come out and not one hint of trying to upsell me and they did a maintenance check that caught something (debris in a hose) that Anton's had overlooked that was causing my HVAC to malfunction. This should have been checked and cleaned out during the normal maintenance visit from Anton's but it wasn't the technician was too busy trying to upsell me.
Then, I went to cancel my maintenance agreement with them (I signed up in Dec. 2019) and they refused to prorate a refund back to me claiming that I made a year long pact. I most definitely did, but was unsatisfied with the performance and should be entitled to a pro-rated portion back as I have only used 1 of 2 maintenance  visits and it is Aug. 7 and the contract expires in the middle of December.

My advice is to STAY AWAY!!! I wish I had switched sooner as my new company is more responsive, zero upselling, and more thorough in their work.

I had a problem at my business with my sewer backing  up. I called Merlo Plumbing  and they came out with their camera and told me that I had a broken pipe under my floor in front of my paint booth. They charged me $800 to do this.  They gave me an estimate of $19,000 to do the repair. I couldn't afford that so I decided to get a second estimate which came in at $4500 I hired the company.  they jacked up my floor  and dug down and there was no pipe anywhere in the location they had marked on the floor. So then I had to hire the new company to put their camera in the pipe and locate the true problem which was approximately 4 feet over and going the opposite direction Merlot plumbing told me it was going. So my  $4500 estimate then went up to $8800.  The company completed my repairs and everything is fine.   I've been calling Merlo plumbing and asked him if there was any kind of credit back for a portion of the $800. They told me they would come by and look at my problem never showed up they told me they would call me back never called me back I received an email today that there will be no adjustment at all. This company is not only a rip off with extreme estimate they told me the completely wrong spot the pipe was broken . As a business owner I would never treat one of my customers the way I've been treated. Be aware.

Totally recommend calling this company. Bill arrived and immediately figured out the issue and just like that, water was flowing! He even cleaned up afterwards. I know, I don't even clean up like that! I would have checked 10 stars if it was an option.

I didn't hure them because they took 30 minutes explaining to me why they would have to replace my entire shower rather than fix the issue with a broken handle. They didn't even come look at it

I had a complete plumbing system of whole house at a astronomical price of 8500 dollars .The plumber left unfinished pex pipe with 3 leaks . He cut a hole in roof for venting and took no reguards to properly putting a cap on vent or flashing around vent. Toilet pipes was left leaking . Then he came out the 2nd time and wanted 750.00 poor workmanship and especially taking advantage of seniors