If you want expert, reliable, and friendly service beyond the call of duty, look no further than Justin at JCA!
Believe it or not, I texted Justin last night at 10 pm to say our house was freezing, and to ask if he knew a guy who could fix our heater -- and he texted back immediately and said he'd be at my house in an hour! Incredible!! I thought all he did was plumbing. Anyway, within a few minutes, he had figured out some pilot light gizmo in the heater had worn out. He went out to his truck, came back with a new part, installed it, and voila! Heat! And while he was here, my mom mentioned her bathroom was always cold, so he bled out her radiator. Our savior!
Justin has come to the rescue at least a dozen times since I found him about 3 years ago, thanks to fellow Yelpers. I called him the first time after a couple of other plumbers couldn't fix some slow leak from our upstairs neighbor's bathroom that was staining our ceiling. Justin is smart and intuitive, a natural troubleshooter, and quickly found the mystery leak inside the wall some 6 feet from the ceiling (instead of from the neighbor's tub immediately overhead, which the other plumbers had blamed as the culprit)!
Since then, Justin has swapped out our kitchen faucet, repaired toilets and leaking pipes, unclogged a tub, installed gas and ice maker lines, drained & cleaned out our backed-up sewer, replaced or repaired something called a stack .... You name it: If it has to do with plumbing, gas lines, sewer lines, hot water boilers, and now I found out, furnace heaters, Justin can fix it!
What I really love about him is not only his competence and professionalism. I really appreciate that he texts or calls back within minutes, and has never made me wait even 24 hours before he makes a service call. He shows up promptly. He cleans up after himself. He's polite and friendly. He's young, full of energy. And he's been kind and generous with my elderly parents. He volunteered to go to Home Depot to pick up the replacement kitchen faucet since they don't drive, and he texted back images so my mom could pick out the pretty one. And after he cleaned out our sewer line, he hauled back everything that had been taken out of the garage so he could access it, so my dad wouldn't have to lift the boxes and storage again.
On the job, Justin is focused and works hard, crawling in all sorts of tight (and disgusting) spaces. And he's efficient and fast -- so fast, you do kinda wonder about his prices -- as a few here on Yelp have complained. My feeling is: If he took 3x longer and got the same work done, you'd think you got a bargain. He doesn't milk it or put on a big show. With Justin, accept that you're paying for the quality work done right, not the wasted time.
And Justin is the rare LICENSED plumber out there who makes small house calls! And he speaks English.
I did the gut renovation of my LA condo a few years ago before moving back to NYC, and I've had more than my share of incompetent, rip-off contractors in every trade. To me, Justin exudes honesty. He's a genuinely good guy, and I feel very lucky to have found him. Thank you so much, fellow Yelpers!