Thank you, Precision Plumbing, for cleaning up a mess I made without any hassle, without any judgement, and with professionalism, good customer service, and quick response!
So I have a lot of hair (lots and lots of hair) and my bathtub drain often is the repository for the hair lost in the shower (any one with any amount of hair has dealt with this), and I'm generally really good at cleaning it out regularly. But alas, this time, my attempts at cleaning the drain myself, with a liquid plum-r liquid and a snake, failed. You see, I lost the hand snake down the drain and then when I tried to bring it back up, it broke.
Well (insert expletives here).
I call around a few other places and none of them were able to make it same day and they all stated that they'd have to take a look at the issue before making any sort of quote because, you know, they might need to break through the wall (insert more expletives here).
So I call Precision Plumbing in the morning at 10am or so, I speak with a dispatcher and briefly explain the situation, and then ask if I can have someone come see it the same day around 6p or so as that's when I would be at the house to meet the plumber. Precision Plumbing's response, Sure, we can do same day service calls, and the plumber will be there between 6p and 7p. And from what you're saying, it doesn't sound like it'll be a big deal to take care of it. Nice, only an hour window as opposed to the three-hour window I was given by other places.
Around 630p that same day, the plumber they sent out, Ricardo, shows up. Very polite and very professional guy! He puts on the plastic booties over his shoes before entering the house, heads to the bathroom and figures out how to address the clogged drain. Solution: removing some hardware and a snake to bring out the gunk. I receive a quote from a pre-established price sheet (no hemming and hawing and well, you see, the moon is in Saturn now and that'll affect the water flow, so yeah, it'll be this ridiculously-high-price to address your fairly simple issue), and then he gets to work. Approximately 15 minutes later, the issue is resolved, and in those 15 minutes, I received an education on how to address and prevent this issue in the future which to mean says I'm here to fix your problem, not make it worse so you keep calling us and we make more money off of your ignorance.
With the bathroom fixed, I then get an invoice for the pre-established price plus a $15 fuel & service charge. I know some people would get indignant about this, but seriously, this is a small charge considering the fleets of vehicles these companies have and the fact that their jobs often involve fecal matter, so hey, I'm cool with the $15 charge. BUT they have coupons on their website which I downloaded and which Ricardo honored, so my final cost was $25 less than initially anticipated. I paid over the phone with the main office as they ran my card, which was a painless process. This plumbing lesson cost me less than $150, which again some may scream indignation but hey, these people sometimes work where people poop.
All in all, I would definitely recommend Precision Plumbing to anyone who has plumbing issues that need to be addressed. They're quick to respond, they're reasonably priced, and they're pleasant people.