Best Businesses in San Antonio, TX

This review is long overdue. I had my first experience with Carl about two years ago. He gave us an excellent price on replacing a leaking pressure valve out by the meter and he and his son did great work.  It was great timing for that problem to happen because he identified a separate problem I was having and didn't know about.  I had a faulty water softener that was ruining my plumbing and his expertise saved me from a future major and expensive problem. I can't thank him enough for that.  At a later time we also had him replace a kitchen sink and bathroom fixtures and he was more than fair and again great work. He is communicative and punctual. I'll never use another plumber and he has my recommendation for your plumbing needs.

We discovered that our 1950s home had the dreaded Orangeburg plumbing that is ubiquitous in Central Austin. The city gave us 60 days to fix this since it was causing issues with our wastewater. We contacted all the highly rated plumbers on Yelp and received quotes from all. Thunderbird was the lowest price and were also the quickest to respond.

Within a week, they were digging huge trenches in our front yard and replacing the orangeburg mess. They pride themselves on ensuring that your yard will look the same after the work as it did before. Sure enough, I came home from work on the second day of work and was amazed since the yard looked as if nothing had happened.

I highly recommend Thunderbird as they are professional, conscientious and were very affordable in this case. Great job guys! Hopefully, I will not need to call any time soon.

I had a major problem. I was outputting 23% more water per hour than normal and had a $200 water bill. I had a leak...somewhere. It's just me and I usually have bills under $100. I called a couple of companies, not very customer friendly to say the least then I started look for plumbers by their reviews. Red Brass had a solid 5 star review record so I called. I got in touch with Mitch. He said he could be there by 7 and he was. This leak was not obvious. There was nothing in the house that would indicate there was a leak. He looked absolutely everywhere. Isolated all of the water lines. He is by far the best at what he does. But what I want to highlight here is this. He said to me nobody ever wakes up thinking they want to call a plumber.  It's true. Of everything that goes wrong, you think of your pipes last because we all think those are solid and nothing can go wrong there. He is a person, not just a company. He understood my financial situation and his willingness and persistence to go out of his way to find and almost impossible leak amazed me. Not many people would go out of their way to help like he did. Not only would I recommend him and this company, I will be using them for all of my plumbing needs. Indoor and out.

I never new how much water pressure one could actually have till now. I called 7 plumbers and he was the one. case resolved, I was in tears when my husband called me and told me the good news. I can't believe all these top company's couldn't figure it out like Roto rooter,  aaa auger plumbing, a affordable,  will fix it and 2 others that just scratched there head and said let me read up and get back with you. just get it done right the first time . I am so happy with this company and I'm once again a happy home owner

Shamrock was timely, professional and very qualified. I would highly recommend using them.

H2O Specialists are as good as it gets!  When we moved our washing machine and dryer out to the garage, they installed the connections for the washing machine and worked with an electrician to install electricity for both.  They also found that our water heater was rusted and leaking.  They took it back to Lowe's in their own van, bought a new one for us because of the warranty, and installed it and made changes to the overflow to prevent further problems.  When we needed a  plumber as part of our remodeling of out bathrooms, they moved a drain line from an old bathtub across the room to a new shower; three weeks later they installed two pedestal sinks, a toilet, and shower fixtures in 2.5 hours.  They are professional, experts in their field, prompt, and the nicest guys you could ever meet.

Nice plumber! Natal led a new faucet for me! Checked my bathroom faucet. Replaced the outside faucet. Total $75 and I got a calendar!

So, I consider this a work in progress.
I've been getting intermittently high water bills, so I called my go to plumber (Anchor Plumbing in San Antonio) for help. Their plumber tried some tried and true methods, and finally told me to contact ALD, as they would most likely find the leak much faster than he could.
When ALD showed up, they did their various tests, and told me my system isn't leaking. Their pressure tests showed no leaks in my irrigation system or inside my house. So they kept troubleshooting, and eventually discovered that the expansion tank for my water heater was intermittently indicating water was being pulled in then pushed out about .4 gallons per hour, repeating several times every five minutes. But, the SAWS meters only register water coming into the house, so when the expansion tank pushed the water out, the action didn't register--I was charged for water that I didn't use!
I'm having the expansion tank removed tomorrow, and will hopefully remove the Work in progress notice next month.
I was impressed. They spent much more than the hour I was told was included in the base price, and after determining my system wasn't leaking, they stayed until they found what appears to be a very logical solution to my problem. Consider me a fan!

I broke a T fitting CPVC pipe in the attic. I could have fixed it myself but this would have required a day without water and $24 worth of parts. 1 T-fitting and 12 inches of CPVC plastic pipe and 3 joiners. The tech arrived and completed the work in 54 minutes. The tech did a great job on the repair. The bill was $1279.00 !! So let's figure this. $1279.00 minis $24 in parts equals $1255.00. So I think $1200 an hour is a bit excessive. The repair was straight forward and readily accessible on the floor of the attic. The invoice just stated water repair-rejuvenation $1279.00. That's just ridiculous. I understand they are running a business but come on now.

I've been using ABC for pest control for over 3 years. They only treat the outside and I usually dont see any issues. I have never seen an ant pile in my yard since. Every once in a while I'll see some tiny ants (sugar? crazy ants?) and they come out within 48 hours to place bait traps. A couple of times it rained right after they treat and with a phone call they come out within the next week to re-treat. They are pricey though.

I've also used them to install a new Lennox AC/Furnace .... Billy did a great job sealing all my ducts and placing duct board in my air return to muffle the sound. He inspected all parts before he installed them and in fact found a sharp pinch in the coil which he refused to install and went back to get another coil.

The most recent service call was to replace my water pressure regulator valve. I noticed a dramatic drop in pressure, I called the city and someone came out to do a pressure test and concluded my PRV needed replacing. ABC came out and replaced the valve and I had great pressure after that.

Chance showed up on time and ready to work. Another plumber showed up a week ago and quoted a price almost three times what Quest wanted and would take 3 days before work could be done. My wife and I pleased to get parts, trip charge, and service for the 1/3 the price. The whole job took less than an hour.  Chance was polite, professional and friendly. I have their fridge magnet if ever we have plumbing issues in the future.

Installed 2 light fixtures for me and were fast, responsive and reasonably priced.  I would definitely recommend.

They were who my builder had install the plumbing 2 yrs ago. My pressure regulator valve went out 2 yrs and 1 month after install (1 month after the 2 yr warranty expired). So I called them to see what they could do. They said that they could send a tech out that morning since they were on a job nearby. 6 hrs and 2 additional phone calls later they finally showed up. Even though the part failed, they didn't cover it since my warranty expired, so $220 was the cost to replace. The tech had to dig to access the pipe, but he could have taken a little more care to make it easier to put the grass back together but no, he flung grass and dirt everywhere. Had to get additonal soil and grass seed to patch the area back up. And he did not like the fact that I stood there and watched him do the repair. Sorry but if I'm paying someone to do a job, I have the right to watch and make sure it's done. My overall experience with this company is poor. They probably have decent price for builders but I would never call them again to do any future work on my house. I do not recommend this company for any homeowner to hire, look someplace else.

Bad, not honest, down right wrong!
Our home warranty company called Fred Wright plumbing to come out and fix a diverter that had broken just one month after a previous company replaced it.
We had already paid the previous company to install a new diverter in the tub handle and it was either not installed correctly or it was just a very cheap part. We had an agreement with the home warranty company that if Fred Wright plumbing found that the diverter was the problem again that we would not be charged a second time.

Joe refused to explain basic plumbing to the home warranty operator and instead told them that we broke the part ourself and on top of that told us that we would have to call and order the part and have it delivered before he could replace it.

The part was broken....but really....I am pretty sure I did not take the handle off and unto the part and break it and then put the handle and parts back on....pretty sure!

So we have paid $110.00 and now have no way to take a shower and must order the part ourself!

Joe is not welcome in my house again!

If I could give 0 stars I would. Some female said they'd be able to service our home the next day... the next day comes & she says they'd have to reschedule for the next day.... well that day comes & this dumb braud has the nerve to say they don't service our area (5 miles away).... my 3 kids went w/out water way longer than need be thanks to this company who asked for our address the day we set the apt up & never said they didn't service our area but proceeded to make an apt

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