Always Affordable Plumbing

I hired them several times. Recommended them to someone I know for one job as well. Five stars with a downside.  

Every business has their plusses and minuses and for me my highest value is low cost and getting the job done. I found the biggest PLUSSES is Always Affordable Plumbing to take on jobs other plumbers would not touch because its not worth their time and they are much lower cost.  DOWNSIDE is not as professional or clean - but if I save $5,000 or $10,000 that really makes it up for me. Thus five stars.  

I had about 10 plumbers review a bathroom project and none would take it but maybe several plumbers.  Highest bid was about $20,000 and lowest was $4,000.  Always Affordable Plumbing did it cheapest.  Also willing to be flexible, I would say if I cut open the walls or some other aspect on my own would the project be cheaper.. etc.  

Since I don't want to write every detail and every nuance I'll generally describe what you need to know.  He sometimes makes mistakes probably more on the cosmetic side like a gap of some sort but will come back and fix if you notify.  He is way cheaper than everyone else from what I found but a little less professional and doesn't clean up in a professional manner.  So for me cleaning up and touching up things if I save five thousand dollars is a way better deal than anything else.  I will buy a paintbrush from the dollar store and some paint from home depot and 20 minutes of my time.. if I can save $5,000 in 20 minutes I will definitely take that over anything.  

I also recommended someone I know to use the service.  They told me when he did a drain job the measurements were off, so he apologized came back and did it right.  

As of this writing my jobs were about 2 years ago.  I recently hired again for another smaller job.

Thus the business is very capable but could improve on some aspects.  I recommend communicating during the estimate and when they begin the project that you really need a very professional clean up at the end and make things look immaculate at the very end since some plumbers do not achieve that and that is a very important value for you.

I decided to ignore the reviews about lack of cleanliness, and that was a huge mistake. We had the galvanized plumbing replaced with new pipes, which required sheetrock removal. He did not cover or mask anything in the two rooms, resulting in sheetrock dust everywhere. Had we known he would be so careless, we would have masked ourselves-- or hired someone else. We brought up our shop vac to clean up after him. Then the worst part-- he left part of the plumbing open upstairs while turning the water back on, which flooded both offices. We were just outside and when we came in, he told us he had taken care of it by using our shop vac to suck up some of the water. I found water soaked into the rugs, under couches, everything was wet. We started pulling things out of the house to dry them out, he made no effort to help.

When we went to pull down the light fixture to do the drywall repair, it was full of water. Additional water damage was caused to ceiling sheet rock that took about a week to work its way down to the lower floor, might have been trapped in the light fixture.

Overall, I would advise against using them for a large project.

I am very impressed with TJ. He communicated well and promptly, showed up when he said he would, and fixed my plumbing issue with trustworthiness, skill, and great customer service.