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Carl came to my home to check for a water leak. His son put a pressure gauge on a hose bib. They were at my house 15 minutes. I was told that i did not have a leak; later that day found a leak in my sprinkler system.  They charged me $124.00. Beware
Kevin J. Kincaide

I've been using a plumber for several years but got tired of his high prices. I combed through all the reviews on Yelp and decided on Thunderbird Plumbing when I started having issues with my Toto toilet.  Not only was the plumber who visited me on time, but he was fast, professional, and personable. I also felt like I wasn't being charged a ridiculous price for the services I received. I thought my toilet had hot water going into the tank but that wasn't the case per my Thunderbird plumber.  Instead I had my two toilets serviced with new flanges, and had my hot water heater checked, which cost me less than $100.  I also got an estimate on the installation of a new hot water heater, and I couldn't believe how reasonable it was (less than $1,500).  I had called two other plumbers on the phone and they quoted me at over 2K (parts and labor) for a new hot water heater, which is located in my attic.

This company has definitely moved to the top in terms of all my plumbing needs and I am very happy with their quality of service.

Mr. Mitchell and his crew have set the standard for plumbing companies in San Antonio.  I will not use anyone else!!  Keep up the great work!!!

I never write reviews,  but with service like this, I had to!  After attempting to repair a leak myself, I had to call in the professionals.   I call several places and a couple came out to look.   Their estimates on the phone were no where near accurate and the price the quoted in person was ridiculous.   I was almost ready to give up when I called this team.   Not only were they able to get here faster than the others, they stuck to their price.  I am definitely going to keep this number and go to them first when I have a problem.  Amazing and respectable service.

They did an amazing job! The crew came to our house as promised. If they had a question they always asked to see if it was acceptable. Very professional we couldn't have asked for more.

This company is honest, dependable and reasonable.  They have worked at my houses several times.  They always show up and get the job done.  They were especially great after this last terrible ice storm.  I highly recommend them.

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

We had a disappointing experience with American Leak Detection.  It started off well when their tech came out to first look for the leak.  He was timely and professional, and by all accounts did his job properly.  He located our leak underneath a large stone walkway just a few feet outside of our front door.  They charged us $575 which we felt was fair and were thankful for the information.  

We then had some plumbers come out to get quotes on actually repairing the leak.  They were quite skeptical that there would be a pipe in that particular location and recommended we double check before proceeding with excavating underneath the walkway.  So, American Leak Detection came out again and located the leak in approximately the same spot.  They charged $350 for coming back out which we again thought was fair.  

We then hired a plumbing service to do the actual repair, part of which included $2000 for excavation.  They excavated underneath the walkway and found nothing.  No pipe.  No leak.  Just a bunch of rock and soil.  They did locate a leak about 20 ft away (not under the walkway) and repaired it.  

When I emailed American Leak Detection to let them know what had happened, their initial response was encouraging.  The employee that called seemed genuinely concerned about the issue and spoke glowingly of the owner and how much he cared about their customers.  They asked if they could come back out a third time and essentially do a post-mortem analysis, which we of course agreed to.  Afterward, they acknowledged that they should have located the leak in its actual location and not underneath the stone walkway.  They told us that their method is not foolproof, which was really more in the form of an excuse than an apology.  Also, we would have liked to have known that from the beginning instead of them standing behind their results when others were questioning it.  They offered a refund of the $575 we initially paid for them to come out, but said they needed to keep the other $350 to cover their costs.  We appreciated the offer, but there was no apology and no concern about the financial burden created for us by their mistakes.  

They eventually had a change of heart and agreed to refund all of the $925 we had paid them (for which we are grateful), but refused to help cover any amount of the $2000 we paid Steve's Plumbing to go looking for a leak that never existed.

The process of receiving a refund was drawn out over several weeks and mostly consisted of speaking with someone who was very defensive, said a lot of things about the situation that didn't make sense, and whose story changed several times.  She said we should have hired them to do the repair, but based on initial conversations and additional understanding provided by other plumbers, their reliance on their technology probably would have resulted in the actual leak being missed and a bunch of holes being made in our house to reroute our main line unnecessarily.

We can understand why the company wouldn't want to set a precedent of paying for plumbing services they didn't provide.  What we can't understand is how a company that claims to care so much about its customers can't even muster a passing sorry for the inconvenience when their mistakes prove to be very costly for those who hire them.  We would feel very differently about this situation if they had at least acknowledged and maybe even apologized for the $2000 we lost.  Instead, they chose to circle the wagons so fast they were rendered incapable of even the slightest bit of empathy, making it impossible to consider how the situation might actually be affecting one of their customers.  When we needed them to be the company they purport to be, they chose to be defensive and could not have cared less about out predicament.

So, based on our experience, I cannot in good conscience recommend that you hire this company (or at least this particular branch as they have multiple locations).  The 1 star review has nothing to do with the employees that came out or even the fact that their information was flawed.  Their technology isn't perfect and can't account for every single variable that might come up.   It has everything to do with how they chose to treat one of their customers when things didn't go according to plan.

I needed a simple plumbing fix, to change out the wax ring on the toilet. I called Tietze on Monday and working with my schedule they arrived on Tuesday. The timeframe was midday to 4 PM. There was a $49 service fee which would be added into the total if they did the work.  The estimate could only be given once the plumber arrived. An experience journeyman and an apprentice arrived around 12:30 PM. They were both very polite and explained what they were doing as they went about the job. The journeyman explained that it would be more expensive if the flange was broken and needed to be replaced as well as changing out the wax ring.  I asked for a quote if the flange and wax ring needed to be replaced and was given  $142.50. They spent a maximum of 30 minutes getting the job done and while the apprentice was caulking the toilet, the journeyman went out to the truck to write up the invoice. He did not inform me that he was checking the water pressure on the outside faucet which did cause a small problem later because the hose had not been reattached. However I expected since the flange did not have to be replaced the price to be lower than $142.50 but was told that was the actual price to have the wax ring changed  and if the flange had to be replaced it would've cost about $100 more and he had misunderstood me when I had asked for a quote earlier.  I asked for a senior discount and did up paying $135. I would use this company again but I might ask them to write out the quote and what it covered.

Have been a very satisfied customer of ABC for 35 years and today I called about a heating problem.  First time I have used then for this and I was very impressed with Jorge Cantu.  He was  prompt, polite, and fixed our problem and explained to me how he was correcting it.  Great customer service and I am now calling them for all my heating and air conditioner problems! I am sold! Thank you Jorge Cantu and ABC!

They have taken care of our church facility for a number of years and you would be hard pressed to find a more responsive and honest company like Quest.
Every employee and representative from Quest is always kind and concerned and been able to solve our problems in a timely manner.

Michael Bauer
Administrator
Hope Center Church

Jose takes ownership and shows great care getting things done. He is always reliable and up-front with reasonable pricing.

Don't ever use this company they installed my water heater completely backwards. Hot to cold cold to hot. Almost ruined my water heater.

Flow -Wright Plumbing came to our home to replace a water heater under our home warranty. Would not replace the part with out paying addition cost (more than double the cost of the water heater) that John would or could not explain. Continued to accuse me of being argumentative because I asked for an explanation of the cost. Very poor customer service.  
Took my $75 service fee without doing anything. Insisted on cash. He said all cost needed to be paid in cash (big red flag) because the banks were not open (covid).
I think this company needs a visit from the IRS.
Don't waste your time or money with these people.

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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