Burke Plumbing

Took advantage of a non plumbing person and told us we needed a new Water Heater. When I said we just replaced it 6 years ago, he said he did not what to say, but that's what we needed. $1600 dollars later we had a new Water Heater and the noise problem continued. When we had them back out, the different plumber said it was the pressure valve and was probably not the water heater. They did fix it for free, but had it been fixed right the first time it would have only cost 1/3 of what it cost me. And I went from a 50 gallon tank to a 40 gallon tank. Live and learn the hard way.

I only had to replace one of my washer shutoff valves. Dan the Plumber showed up on time and was nice and courteous.  When he looked at what I had, said it was a simple fix, and then proceeded to show me the price rating in his little book.  $248 to replace washer shut off valves, and that was OVER AND ON TOP of the $68 service call.  I asked if they priced the service call into the repairs, and he said no. He understood my hesitancy but he did not make up the pricing.   I was still kind of floored, but with a dripping valve, what are you going to do?   He replaced these $10 valves in about a half hour, and then he showed me the work, as well as the pressure on the line (80 psi). He said it was very high and that I should consider installing a pressure reducing valve.  I swallowed a bit and asked him to humor me with a pricing for that.  He told me something around $587 and I told him no thank you.  I ain't no plumber. but I do know that valve runs around $100-$125.   I have never heard of any repair shop or firm that would not include the pricing of the service call into work performed, but you live and you learn, and this was my learning, but I just want everyone to know that Burke Plumbing DOES NOT do fair valued work for a fair value price.  They are VERY INCREDIBLY HIGH PRICED, and I certainly will not be calling them again for any work.

Had a quote for a Hot Water Heater 40 gal GAS to replace and they wanted $1600?  HA HA HA!  When you can buy a new one for $400-600 and gonna charge $1000 for an hour labor, maybe 2 hours at most?  Never gonna happen Burke!  I've had you all out for other things and during emergency you were there and knew your stuff when it came to basic plumbing however, pricing needs to change.

They did a great job and were very professional. I strongly recommend them. They are very kind and work quickly.