Best in Indianapolis IN

Steve was great on the phone with providing a quick quote and one that was the best value quote we could find. With ours being an urgent issue he booked us in for the following day and his son came to fit the water heater. He wore a mask at all times however he didn't introduce himself so he caught my wife off guard slightly, but he was pleasant, continuously washed his hands and they did a fantastic job, hauled away the old heater, and we have a great 1 year warranty covered by Steve of any issues arise. We will definitely use Steve again.

Thank you Yelp for the feature of providing online estimates through your app.   It's a time saver & very informative. To have the ability of reviewing comments all in good time.  Yes, the good, the bad, & the ugly makes decision making more amenable. Appreciate all of the reviews.

Upon using Yelp's feature & having professional experts contact us made everyday simple things less challenging.  This company was concise in their service fees associated with remedies.  Tho we needed a water softener install plus an indoor shut off value update & repair, our immediate needs became apparent.  We opted for only doing the line with pex*.  Goodness gracious, I hope I'm using the appropriate terminology in this review ;) .

We were delighted when Winters explained what was needed in our amended plumbing job, arrived when promised, waived the service fee (omitted upon verbal agreement/payment).  I assumed this much as we hired them upon the IRL visual pricing.   Winters texted us when their person (Donnie) was on his way in the morning of.  We received a text so we would know who was coming & ETA of arrival.  

Donnie arrived when he said he was going to, explained what was required, preformed exceptionally well, no additional mess was present after the job was done, & the best part is that Donnie didn't try to overwhelm us with unnecessary services that we didn't need or thought we ought to want.   Love love love that aspect of hiring Winters.  The best part of Winters is that they are local.

*Pex is used nowadays per the licensed plumbers we spoke to in lieu of copper sweating.  

Thank you Donnie & team @ Winters.

Mike R. came out and explained all of the options available for water softener and reverse osmosis systems.  He was courteous, very thorough and knowledgeable.  We plan to go forward with the systems we chose.  Thanks Mike!

I first contacted Hope after my previous plumber referred me based on the age of the plumbing in my house. In the past they have been expensive but polite, thorough, and effective. After their last visit I purchased their maintenance agreement and today it proved to be worth every dollar. I had a mystery sink clog that caused my sink to back up into my disposal, my disposal to back up into the sink, and backflow into my dishwasher. Of course it is a Saturday so an emergency fee usually applies, but due to the maintenance agreement that fee ($125) was waived. Also due to the maintenance list, I am on a mailing list that sends me discounts on their plumbing services. I asked about this and not only did the plumber, Jim Cummins, honor it, but he found an additional discount so that my bill ended up being about half of what it could have been. Jim was polite, gave me an estimate up front, fixed the problem efficiently (do not dump unused tea leaves down the disposal, they will expand and clog it) and was able to be in and out in about half an hour. Note to people who have sink issues: things will move faster and the plumber will be happier if you already have under the sink cleared out. He thanked me for this. I would have recommended Hope regardless because of their past service and problem-solving ability but I can tell you it is 100% worth it to get their maintenance plan if you can afford to do so at all. They will apply it to the current plumbing issue you are having as well as any future issues and in an older house like mine (built in 1969) it makes a big difference. Jim did a great job and got in before a major snowstorm hit so I am grateful that Hope got him here as quickly as they could and that he was able to fix the problem.

Just had Seriously 24-7 out to work on our clogged kitchen sink. They was able to come out same day, even for a non-emergency. Dan L. and Antoneo W. did a great job, were very professional and friendly, and were done in no time!  Will gladly call these guys back should we need any plumbing work in the future.

I was in desperate need to have a waterline installed for my refrigerator, I called three other companies and Grateful Plumber was able to get to me that day. They showed up in a very well advertised van, in uniform, introduced themselves, assessed the project gave me a very reasonable quote and got to work. They had the job done in a very timely manner, my cats were very curious and they were so sweet to my cats. They cleaned up the mess and were finished in 30 minutes. Everything is electronic so I got a text to let me know exactly when they would be here, I could track them on my map, and I could pay with my credit card and they offered to send my invoice to my email or print it out. Awesome service!

Outstanding company. They show up when they say they will, they're very professional and they do quality work. Prices are competitive. I will definitely use them again.

I have used Big Frog Plumbing for two jobs. They where fantastic! Quick and clean. Very affordable. They even told me I didn't need some things to save me money! I highly recommend using them for you next plumbing job!!

Mike's is fantastic! He's done a number of things at our place, from spa repairs to fixing some faucets and locks. He's a great communicator, timely, and charges a fair price. Highest recommendation.

Contacted Bob twice about scheduling a time to come out to 2 separate properties. He said he would contact the tenants to set up the appointments but never did. Didn't respond to follow up texts either. Not sure why he would agree to do something and then not follow through.

In response- why did you not notify me? Why did you not respond to my text for an update?

I had an issue with a water leak from the humidifier water line. After discovering that the main water line cut off did not completely cut off the water I went online and booked an appointment for the next day. I simply used a garden hose to reroute the leaking water line to my sump pump at a reduced flow because the main would reduce the water flow.

The technician arrived within the time specified I would called and told that they were 40 minutes away in route. The technician was professional friendly courteous nicely dressed. He discussed my options with me and I made a decision as to what repairs I wish to have done.

I am happy with the overall service customer wise and the work done and would definitely call Carter's my plumber for other needs

After another plumbing company came out and misdiagnosed where the source of a leak was, I called Howald. Austin responded immediately and came out within an hour. It turned out to be an issue for HVAC and not plumbing. Dan from HVAC was on call for the weekend and came out the same evening. He quickly found the problem and fixed it. So thankful for the intelligent employees at Howald!

To update, gave 5 stars b/4 & continue to feel same way. I've had yearly contract for years & continue to recommend highly. These folks NEVER let you down. Excellent service, knowledge & reliability!

Small company, reasonable and polite. I would recommend Maxwell and sons. Had Mike complete a bunch of inspection items.

Update: Considering the owner's response to my review, and reading how another Yelp user had a similar experience with disrespect from the owner, I will offer my suggestions to whomever is reading this to go with BIG FROG PLUMBING. The process to get someone out was simple and online, and everyone I spoke to and worked with were professional, polite, and courteous. They're who I will go with if I have any issues in the future, and it's literally only two minutes away from this awful company.

My service experience was quite bad, and a long series of errors were made.  Originally i posted a very detailed and negative review.  Since then I have been contacted by Jason Godby, and was treated very well.  I was assured that my experience was the exception, not the norm, and I believed him.  I have decided to replace my previous extremely negative review, not because I was asked to, but because after my conversation with Jason I felt that they no longer deserved it.  I will use them again and hope that my previous experience was a fluke.

Nick of Action Air arrived on a Sunday morning when our furnace quit running to check it out.  He worked on a solution and then returned a second time to make sure it was running again.  He then coordinated a new parts process and arrived a third time to place the new and guaranteed component in place.

I needed help with furnace issues ASAP & after hours during extremely frigid weather. The after hours call representative was polite & professional. I had a prompt return call from a tech.  He had one more run before he could visit me, & he was right on time.  The tech was very polite & professional.  I was fortunate to have a minor problem.  The tech showed me how to deal with it & how to read the error codes on my furnace should I have any further problems.  He priced some other services I was interested in & explained the yearly plan (which I declined). No hard sell, & no attempt to take advantage of my emergency repair situation.  I'm impressed and will consider Summers for my future HVAC & plumbing needs.  Thank you!!

Our AC unit was getting some heavy condensation on it, as if something inside was freezing, and we had a guy from Peterman come out to try to figure out what was going on. He probably spent 2 maybe 2.5 hours trying to diagnose the issue. At one point he was on the phone for like an hour with who I can only assume was a person more knowledgeable than him. He finally just told me he didn't know what was wrong with it and that he didn't want to tell me to pay for a replacement of a part that wasn't necessary. Fair enough.

He mentioned that some exhaust pipe that we had was improperly installed because it needed a joint so it could be removed in order to be flushed out periodically. I asked him how much that would cost, and he said $47. I didn't want to cut PVC and try to do it myself, so I told him sure go ahead. He spent 15-20 minutes cutting the PVC pipe and adding a joint to it. He also flushed it out for me. The diagnosis (which didn't yield any results) cost $60. So we were at $107.

Then he told me he had some stuff called A/C Re-New which was similiar to additive you would put in your fuel to flush out your car engine. He assured me it wasn't snake oil even going as far as showing me YouTube videos of how it works. He said there was a 50/50 chance that it would make my system run normally. I thought well it's just a 4 oz bottle of some liquid he has to put in my system; it can't cost that much money. I asked him to give me a quote on it.

$324.

$324 for them to pour a 4 oz bottle of something in my system.

But sir it will save you thousands of dollars on future repairs.

Finally he talks me into it, saving me a few dollars by signing me up for their Peterman Protection Club ($16/month).

I should have done more research before telling him to do it, but I didn't want to just have him stand there while I try to figure out if him pouring this stuff in my system was worth $324, so I was like whatever I mean 50/50 let's roll the dice on it, and maybe it will stop my system from freezing up. He left my garage, and I thought he was just going out to his vehicle to grab something because he came back in like 2 minutes. He tossed me the empty bottle of A/C Re-New and said, alright you're good to go; can you toss that in the trash for me?

It didn't solve our problem. Our system froze up again the next day. So then I thought let me check out this A/C Re-New stuff.

First of all, the bottle costs $70. Anyone can buy it online. It's not something that's exclusive to HVAC professionals. The special tool that you need to put it in your system is $110. So $180 total. There is a YouTube video that shows you how to put it into your system yourself, and it takes less than 5 minutes, which their employee demonstrated by taking 2 minutes.

So I thought to myself, man these people have these tools; they only had to pay for them once, and if they're paying $70 for a can of this stuff (probably paying less because they buy them in bulk), they're making $254 off their customers every time they dump a can of this stuff into their system. That seems a little outrageous to me because he installed a $2 piece of PVC in my system for $47 and that took him 20 minutes. So 20 minutes of labor costs $45.

But for the A/C Re-New, 2 minutes of labor costs $254?

I called them the next day and explained all of this to them. I even had the owner of the company, Chad Peterman, call me and tell me how they have overhead costs, and they need to pay employees, and he stands by all of their pricing. He told me that they price their services to make 10%-15% profit. That might be the case on some of their services, but when they charge $324 to dump a $70 4 oz can of liquid into your unit, they are making much, much more than 15% profit. You don't need to have a PhD in mathematics to see that.

We had a guy from a different company come out to see if they could figure out why our system was freezing up. Within 10 minutes he discovered the problem. Our return air filter just needed to be replaced. Apparently when your filter is old and clogged, it reduces airflow going into your unit, and because there isn't enough air moving over the coils, they get too cold and freeze up. He sold me the filter for $40 and was even kind enough to waive the diagnostic fee because he felt bad that we already got robbed by Peterman.

The bottom line is this. Peterman Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing might have some nice people working for them, but the people they send to do work at your house might end up wasting 3 hours trying to find a solution when a different company will come and do it in 10 minutes. And that kind of sucks, but sometimes people are new at their job, so it's excusable. What's not excusable is them taking a $70 can of some liquid and charging people $324 to spend 2 minutes putting it in their system.

Chad Peterman is a charlatan who will unapologetically swindle you out of a significant amount of money.