Best Gas Water Heater Repair in Minneapolis MN

We have had two urgent problems. A toilet had parts snap off in the tank - no flushing. We briefly debated do it ourselves.  We found Erickson Plumbing on Yelp and connected with them. A very nice gentleman showed up promptly and solved the toilet problem.

We've been missing a programmable thermostat. We revisited Erickson and they quoted us a fair price including bringing a thermostat. A very nice lady, Marie, showed up and made it all happen. It's great to wake up to a warm house. Okay

Augie cleaned out our basement drain and did a great job! Fixed the problem in under a half hour. He was very friendly and professional. He called me back shortly after emailing him via his website and was able to come out the next night which I thought was a nice touch. He was flexible to meet our late after work schedule as well. Lastly, his winter special of $80 I thought was a bargain for this kind of service. I hope I don't need my drain cleared again for awhile, but if I do I'll definitely be calling Augie's again.

Our pipe was leaking through the top floor bathroom and into our office area on the first floor. We needed emergency services and Hibernian was there. He showed up on time, had the right PVC piping to solve the problem, and fixed our issue. He was engaging and so helpful! The price was much less than anticipated. He saved our 4th of July weekend! Amazing professionalism, fun conversation, and our new go to plumber! Will be recommending him to all our friends!

I called Chris as well as 6 other plumbers on a Sunday and he was the only one who called me back within 10 minutes.   He came within 90 minutes and was extremely thorough.  I felt his prices were fair, especially given it was a weekend.  I would highly recommend him for any plumbing job you need.

We needed new faucets in two bathrooms and one new sink upstairs. Downstairs we needed new piping for the main copper water lines with new shutoffs, an outside spigot, all yielding better water pressure in our home. Fixed a toilet that was configured incorrectly by a previous plumper. He advised us about our water softener settings as well as new configurations for our upcoming furnace install.
Overall he was extremely thorough, friendly, and professional during the entire installations, which only took about 6 hours. He gave us a rundown on all our water concerns before, during, and after all the work was done. Prices were extremely reasonable and cheaper than competitors.
Highly recommended and would use Rescue Sewer & Drain again for all our plumping needs!

No one likes when crap goes wrong with your plumbing.  No one.  So, when you're having problems with your pipes, you can't mess around and call some clown to get things done.  No.  No.

You need to call Keith Nelson.

I won't get into what happened, but let's just say I tried to fix it myself and ended up $&%^ing the bed.  A quick call to Keith (on Saturday afternoon!) and he was there within a couple hours.

Great guy, friendly, and didn't make me feel like a toolbag for gumming up the works.  He worked fast and did a kick-ass job.

For laughs, he even checked my garbage disposal and made an adjustment there, too.  Jesus.  I couldn't even do THAT right.

But if you want the best and just an all-around good guy taking care of your plumbing needs, dial up Keith.

Don't F around.

Mark has come out to my house to install a new water softener and a new toilet over the last few years. He responded quickly, was very professional, took the time to explain what the issues were, and always left the work area really clean. I would definitely hire Mark again for any plumbing issues. I hope he doesn't retire or quit the plumbing business anytime soon!

I see a lot of negative reviews here, but I'm glad to report that my experience with Roto-Rooter was good.  (this was after getting over the price quoted to clear a toilet drain)  I removed my toilet before the tech arrived so that saved me a lot of money.  A quick research indicated Roto-Rooter is a little bit on the high side of pricing, but the service I received made up for it.  My tech was Fred #4155 and I couldn't be happier with the service he provided.  He was able to clear a difficult blockage that I failed to unclog myself early that day.  I recently purchased the house and couldn't locate the stack access and we was nice enough to help me. He also gave me advice on how to keep my drains clear.  Lastly, he pointed out that my toilet mount was cracked which saved me a lot of wasted time and effort.  Fred was very nice, efficient and competent.

I seriously wonder if the negative reviewers are talking about the same service. Eric was prompt, pleasant, SUPER respectful and responsible about COVID compliance (wore a mask, stayed 6 ft apart, washed hands etc), explained all the issues well, and in the course of our discussion about my home's many plumbing problems (observable with my own eyes), he recommended a few things regarding a kitchen renovation I was planning that saved me $$$. He also showed me how to do some basic maintenance so I wouldn't have to call him for a minor recurring issue. I was so pleased with his work on a bunch of annoying small repair jobs, that I have brought him back for multiple larger plumbing jobs.

My house had BAD plumbing when I bought it -- like multiple elements only held together with tape. Shortly after I moved in, I discovered one toilet mechanism was held together with duct tape. Later, when I got a new dishwasher, I discovered my dishwasher drain hose was held to the main drain stack with electrical tape and it had been causing a slow leak under my floating floor (if I hadn't upgraded my dishwasher it could have been years before I discovered this since it was hidden). I actually ended up paying for a second home inspection after finding this many instances of tape used for plumbing after I moved in, because they were not noted in my original home inspection (I'm going to do a brief side plug for StructureTech the best home inspectors who found all kinds of things I wish I'd known when I bought, I will never use another home inspector again in this state). It's pretty depressing to buy a new house and discover someone did a shockingly shoddy job with the plumbing. I fully trust Eric to steer me in the right direction and to talk me through my options - pros/cons/cost. At this point, over the year, he's fixed multiple issues such as small leaks and running toilets (I can repair a basic running toilet but these were more complicated), installed a new water heater, installed a new sink faucet and garbage disposal, hooked up my new refrigerator's water line. My sewer line backed up and when he was unable to come to the emergency, he recommended another company who could do the job for a reasonable price quickly. I have never felt 'upsold' or like he was unwilling to do a smaller job either (which I can't say about other repairs on my house).

Because so much work had to be done on this house, I got estimates on a few things from other plumbers, and I felt Eric was usually cheaper or on par with the other services while being more pleasant/respectful and providing better service. I had one service be pretty rude to me as woman, quote me an outrageous sum, and indicate they would nickel and dime every little thing. No thanks!

I also want to say having someone who takes COVID prevention seriously is a big stress reliever. Eric always worse a K95 high filtration mask, didn't touch his mask, didn't take it off, didn't have to be nagged about things, unlike some people I've had show up at my house without even bringing a mask.

Highly recommend.

We had a very bad experience with AArt's Speedy Plumbing. My 91 year old mother paid a total of $455 for a simple replacement of washing machine water shut-off valves. Another plumber had given her an estimate of about $200 to do this job, but he would not wear a mask during this coronavirus time, so she hired this company. The plumber Ike was unprofessional; she had to ask him twice to put his mask back on. When he connected the drain hose to the drain pipe, he asked her for an old rag to secure it. Really? And charging more than master plumbing rates? I called the company and requested to speak to the owner, but he has not returned my call. Shoddy work and financial exploitation of a senior is a crime. They should hang their heads in shame.

Prompt, courteous and saved me money by explaining my options.  I also appreciated that they were mindful of my new carpet.

Mike and his team couldn't have been more on top of things. Responsive, professional, reasonably priced, and friendly!! Highly recommend Valley Plumbing Heating and Air Conditioning!!

My service technician was Mike.

He called ~20 minutes ahead of arrival, which happened to be before the service window so I had to rush home from work, which is somewhat frustrating.

When I got home, he had been sitting in my driveway for 5-10 minutes, and handled the ordeal professionally, even though it was frustrating for both of us.

Then he did normal inspection-type things.

At a point, he realized one of my fuses wasn't working. He didn't have any spares in his truck, so he ran out to a store to buy more instead of leaving me to fend for myself. It was much appreciated.

Finally, let's acknowledge that my dog was probably the worst host in the history of the service industry. My pup didn't stop barking/growling the entire time. It was really embarrassing, but Mike patiently ignored him.

The service was expensive. But it's HVAC service. It's going to be expensive 100% of the time. Charge it.

Very dissatisfied with the timeframe I was given. I was told between 10:00 and 12:00. I even called that morning to confirm and was told someone would be out to my house between 10 and 12. Received a text at 11:50 that Rick was on his way. 40 minutes later still no Rick. I called and was told he's on his way. Rick arrived at 1:15. Dressed professionally and polite. Rick did a very good job explaining what he did and the results of our furnace. Answered all my questions with great detail and I felt he was efficient. I just wish they could give a better timeline. I missed a half of a day of work waiting.

Before I begin, I want to say that I have a unique situation. When my house was built (far before I bought it) they decided not to make room for a furnace inside the house. Instead, they opted to go with a furnace/air conditioner combo unit on the outside of the house.

My existing combo unit died in 2013. I hired Sabre Heating & Plumbing to install a new unit. On the installation day (Friday, December 20, 2013), I should have realized that Sabre was not the company I should have gone with. I was at work when they installed it. When I returned home, I tried to turn on the furnace but it would not turn on. I decided to look around the new unit to see if there was a power switch or button. I couldn't find one but instead found a pair of fuses just sitting on top of the unit and two wires coming out of the ground, neither attached to anything (see included images). I told them what I saw and the next day they came out and fixed it. Strangely, I did not see the fuses or wires poking out of the ground later.

To protect my investment, I signed up for their Sabre Blue Maintenance Plan. For $300/year, a technician would come out twice a year to make sure the unit was running correctly. For the first few years, everything seemed to be working just fine. I believed that when they came out for the biannual checkup that they were doing a thorough inspection of the unit. Also, since there were different technicians who came out over the years, if one technician missed something then the next one would probably catch it (or so I thought).

Things started to go wrong in the summer of 2018. At the beginning of August 2018, the air conditioner was not cooling my house so I had them come out. I looked back in my email and all I could find was a charge for $106.25. I don't delete emails so I was surprised to find no work order. On 8/16/2018, there was another charge for $108.00 to replace an ARMOD. On 10/11/2018, again my combo unit was having issues and I was charged another $125.00 for a trip fee. Next year on 8/22/2019, I again needed them to come out and repair my unit. This time at $234.00 and again with no work order so that I could not trace back what they did. One month later on 9/20/2019 they had to come out again. This time to replace the TXV at $433.89. The sheer number of issues with my unit should lead me to believe that these $300/year biannual checkups were either not being done or being done by untrained technicians.

This leads to the most recent issue. On 2/4/2020, I noticed my furnace making a loud whirring noise. On the following day, it stopped producing heat. The technician who came out replaced the inducer motor. I asked what I could do to prevent this going forward and he told me that sometimes they just seize up. He got the furnace working but I noticed that there was barely any air pressure coming out of the vents. I was happy the furnace was working so I just let it run for the night. I woke up cold at 3:00 am and saw that the temperature in my house was 56 degrees. I called Sabre again the next day and informed them that the furnace would run for 20 minutes and then shut off. They sent a different technician the following day. After working on it for a number of hours the technician told me that furnace was overheating and that a safety switch was turning it off. I asked him what could be causing it to overheat and he replied: I don't know. He told me that he would increase the high limit so that the overheating would not shut off the furnace. I didn't like this answer so, for the first time, I decided to call another HVAC company, Blue Ox. Within 20 minutes the Blue Ox technician discovered that the evaporator coil was completely blocked by dirt and dust. The reason why it was overheating was that no air was coming through the intake and the motor was trying extra hard to suck in air. In addition to this, the Blue Ox technician noticed that the exhaust vent was still taped inside the furnace where the evaporator coil was. The Sabre technicians who installed the furnace didn't know or even bother to inspect the unit after they had installed it (hence the random fuses and bare wires). Since this exhaust vent had been in there since the installation, it meant that no Sabre technicians had bothered to look at the evaporator coil, not on the numerous times they came out to fix the unit or on the many biannual checkups. In addition, these experts rarely offered solutions and were not even curious as to what the underlying issues were. This makes me believe that they are either severely under-trained, extremely lazy, or unethical. Any way you cut it, it is a good reason to go with someone besides Sabre.

I had Sebastian out to do some rough in plumbing, fix a floor drain and do some finishing work. He did very bad work and was very dishonest. He repaired a main water line and Unclogged the basement floor drain. The water main started leaking again and I had to pay to get it fixed and the floor drain was not properly unclogged and it caused me to fail an inspection. He also, in a very threatening way demanded more money after changing his bid and refusing to do the work he agreed on. Don't go with this company unless you want poor quality work with changing prices.

I have a simple clogged pipe in the sink. when I asked how much to snake the drain over the phone they refused to give me an estimate or ball park number. when they came out, after only running the water to see it's not draining they gave me a price of over $500 just to snake the drain. the national average is between $150 -$200 so I told them to leave and had to pay the $49 travel fee.

I feel like I was roped into paying the $49 fee or be a sucker and pay 4x what I should pay to simply snake a drain. I should dispute the fee because they refused to give an estimate over the phone but I have better things to do.

Called them to help with a clogged sink at my house.  Rol Air sent an inexperience plumber by himself to run a snake.  After being unable to unclog my sink, he call his boss who, instead of coming to checkout his employees work, just told him tell me that the main pipe has probably bellied out and that it would cost me thousands of dollar to repair.  I told them I would need time to come up with that kind of money.   After he the plumber left, I went to home depot to rented a 75 ft snake and ran it myself.  After multiple passes and boiling hot water proud down the drain, the drain eventually unclogged.  I would not recommend this company and try a different plumber.