Best Leak Detection in Minneapolis MN

Sometimes in life one finds oneself with a broken water pipe on a Sunday night, in the middle of a pandemic, mere hours before a house inspection that could make or break a sale.  Surely, I thought, it would be impossible to find a plumber who would be willing to come on such short notice, who'd have the knowledge and experience to do the job, and who wouldn't charge an absolute fortune.  

But as fate would have it, I found Steve @ Hibernian and my plumbing emergency actually turned out to be a positive experience.  He clearly knew exactly what he was doing and he had the expertise, equipment, and strength to get the job done well.  What's more, he was pleasant, professional, and personable... and he was completely fair in his pricing (even with the circumstances).  

I highly recommend Hibernian Plumbing.

Tyler is personable, responsive and got the work done in a timely manner. I look forward to hiring him again in the future!

Extremely speedy response to a backed up drain in the basement floor in an older (1963) house. We're relatively new to living in this house and didn't have a full history of past ownership maintenance. Roman perfumed a thorough inspection of two sewer lines with a camera to identify the source of the problem. Everything was handled professionally, with clear understanding of work needed, and completed much faster than I expected. I will definitely be keeping this number for future plumbing needs AND will have my sewer lines flushed annually. No more surprises!

One of the local plumbers told me that I need a new sewer line and it was going to cost me $15k.  I asked the local hardware store (Settergren's) who's opinions I trust a great deal, and they recommended that I get a second opinion.  Settergren's has a list of vendors that their customers with whom their customers have had good experiences and JMJ is one of the plumbers on the list.  Joe, the JMJ owner, came by the next day and helped me think it through and decided to wait and see.  He ended up doing some work to keep the line clear at a very reasonable price.  Joe is an honest, hard-working guy that you can trust.  I recommend him without reservation.

Val did a great job fixing a leak underneath the kitchen sink. Since this was for an investment property and I don't live in MN any ore, he emailed me pictures! He went the extra step and checked everything else in the townhouse, including the water softener... I'm glad I now know a good reliable plumber as well!

The technician was nice and did not charge us because he could not unclog our sewer main.

He however told us we would need to dig up the front yard and replace a 10 foot section of pipe the NEXT day (or we would have to wait a week), for anywhere between $4200-$6000.  The whole thing felt like high pressure sales and we told him we would wait on that decision.

Got a 2nd opinion the next day from Cardinal plumbers, they were able to drill through the roots and unclog the drain main using sharper, smaller blades.  The price was reasonable and did not include a major dig.  

We might use roto in the future for maintenance root removal, but not for an expert opinion.

Update: Roto-rooter contacted me about this experience with their business and this negative review.

The manager explained that Roto-rooter does not use smaller blades because they can get stuck in the sewer main, which necessitates an excavation.  I can appreciate that is a liability for the company to take on.  

However, in the midst of a sewer main emergency (or any emergency really), the most anyone can hope for is helpful information.  I am more attracted to businesses who give expert advise, EVEN if it means directing me to other, more specialized businesses.  As I was calling around to other plumbers, I was told by 3 companies that if there were roots in the main, they could for sure open the line.  And sure enough they did.

I am leaving this review up because I would like to communicate to people who are looking for information - maybe they are in an emergency situation like we were.

Get a second opinion before you dig.

We needed a whole house water system installed.  Bruckmueller plumbing came out and got the whole thing done beautifully in no time. Installation is very professional,  tucked back into a corner so it's not in the way, and works fantastic. Floor drain started to back up from the water pressure and he worked to clear that too. We will be using Bruckmueller again.

Very professional and reliable service. They were able to come out the same day I called, and were right on time. Their rates were reasonable and they don't try to charge you for things you don't need--the plumber gave helpful advice for things we can do ourselves if it happens again. I would recommend them.

I woke up on a Wednesday morning, walked down through my basement to leave for work and came upon a mess. Our sewer line backed up, as a new home owner, I searched for an answer on why our floor drain was backing up. Unfortunately, from my findings, it was the main sewer line. I searched yelp, for different plumbers, based on reviews and price, made a list and called around. Augie was on my list, not only was he the most economical for our budget, but was able to come out that day. Super nice guy, who knows what he is doing. He was unable to fix the issue completely, due to previous owners neglect in cleaning out the lines, under the giant trees they had planted...let's just say genius!

Anyhow, Augie worked with me and recommended a company to come and dig the line outside to fix the problem. His recommendations also checked out. I ended up working with the recommendation after calling around and reviewing the city of Minneapolis list, they were recommended on there too.  I am completely satisfied with Augie and Ouverson and will take their advice in the future to make sure lines are cleaned out regularly and do an inspection when buying a house. It would have saved us a lot of money!

Highly recommend working with Augie, he will be our guy for our yearly cleaning in the future, since we have some giant trees sitting onto of our sewer lines!

Rotor Rooter wanted $229, Mr, Rooter wanted $339 to run a 100 feet to clear main drain;  A Aart's Tim's Speedy plumbing got here an hour early and only charge $150.    Excellent service and courteous.

Our 7 year-old modulating condensing boiler quit working during a period of frigid temperatures. We called 3 firms claiming expertise with the newer mod/con boilers like ours. Each dispatched a serviceman lacking the competency to diagnose and remediate whatever was wrong. Thankfully a couple of them refunded what they charged for a service call.

Metro Heating and Cooling is near our home and I stopped in to see if they could help. They dispatched Tim, their diagnostic tech, the next day. Tim spent over an hour methodically diagnosing what could be wrong and ultimately discovered the heat exchanger was bad and demonstrated how he knew that.

We decided to install a new conventional boiler and water heater. We solicited and evaluated bids from Metro, McQuillan Bros, and CenterPoint. CenterPoint could provide no firm installation date. McQuillan did a heat loss analysis to determine appropriate boiler sizing. Nice! We selected Metro for their price-point, products they proposed, and project approach.

Our experience with Metro was superb! The 4 techs that worked in our home were very competent, organized, neat, thorough, and keenly attentive to my expectations for replacing and adding isolation valves, gauge positioning, and explanation for how our cast iron baseboard radiation worked.

Unbeknownst to me, Michael went the extra mile and tested the bleeder valve in each radiator to ensure it was functioning properly. I was delighted when he mentioned replacing a couple that had vexed me for years! Bravo Michael! Woo hoo!
Metro Heating and Cooling did a great job for us and exceeded our expectations at every turn. Work was completed in one day by a top-notch, competent, highly-skilled boiler team. We plan on working with Metro for an air conditioning solution next Summer. Thanks Metro!

Would not recommend this company to even my worst Enemy.   They are nothing more than rip off artist.  Had a technician (used VERY loosely) come out and explain that our a/c unit was going to need some major parts replaced at an exorbitant amount of money $3000 or in his opinion to just replace the whole system for a mere $1000 more.   Happen to get a second opinion on the matter and low and behold for less than the cost of these con-artists to come out and describe all the things wrong with my a/c unit we are up and running cool and comfortable.  I did contact Alex and then also spoke to Greg to allow them to make this right.  They chose not to even attempt to make this right.  I would RUN from this company there are so many more out there that are better and that are actually TRUSTWORTHY.   They will belittle you, talk down to you and this basically explains how they do business.

I called them after seeing an ad on TV for fixing an outlet during the holidays. They aren't service today, they came over a week later and arrived very late. After a lot of messing around and talk about diagnostics my Xmas tree no longer lit up and I had people coming over the next day! They said they would be back the next Friday but were again  running late and wanted to reschedule. They said they had ordered something to fix my tree lights but it arrived after Xmas. It felt like the ad on TV was bait and switch. They never made good on any offer and I would NEVER recommend them.

Contracted Sabre to install a garage heater which involved installing vent, running gas line from mechanical room, and installing the heater and thermostat.  Top notch and did everything they said they would.  Communication from both the office staff and field team was phenomenal and exceeded my expectations.   I'd disregard older reviews.  I can't speak to their service back then, maybe they made changes.  They were prompt, on-time, and did exactly what they said they would.  Thank you!

Bait and switch.  Quoted $180 for one hour job:  $139 per hour labor and permit included.  Got bill for $335 and they wouldn't budge on that price.  Charged almost $100 for drivetime.  Now playing hardball to get paid . . . what a scam.

Needed some plumbing work done on the shower and had no water in the entire house due to no shutoff valve. I called SNS in the morning and was told I would be contacted by someone. Three hours later I called back after not hearing from anyone and was told someone would call me in fifteen minutes. Two hours later I called for the third time and said I still had not heard back. I was told that it would be mentioned I had called three times and someone would get back to me. No one ever called to see if they could help. I had read good reviews on this company but did not have a good experience on my first attempt.

Look, I don't know how one more negative review of these people is going to make a difference, but for what it's worth, they're pushy, condescending, and keen to make as much money off you as they can. They insisted that my main sewer line was blocked badly enough that it needed excavation. When I mentioned that another company suggested just trying to get the line cleaned again, they got downright hostile: You're BLOCKED. As far as I'm concerned this is damaged pipe! Oh, and my favorite: I don't know HOW you're not already backed up. (Sir, do you think I'm...lying to you about not being backed up?? Nah, you're just trying to make me nervous.) I got a regular cable cleaning from Cardinal Services, which cleared out the tree root culprits and confirmed my pipe is in totally fine shape. Try at least one specialized local company before you resort to Dean's.

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.

I had a plumbing semi-emergency in the midst of the grief and financial crisis surrounding my husband's death in June. I called Matt's and they were able to make an appointment quickly, but at a time I was not home. I asked them, and they agreed, to call me with a quote before doing any work. I told them we were recently bereaved and in financial crisis. Sadly, they did not call me and talked to my inexperienced son instead.  Charged me $975 to replace two silcocks and two boiler drains. This at a time they knew our world was rocked. I talked to SEVERAL plumbers and contractors and they all told me it could have been done for half or less. I have reached out again and again to them to make this right. One star for doing the work.