Best in Pittsburgh PA

Many times you find contractors to not answer their phones let alone go out of their way for weeks to fix a noisy toilet.   Not only has John spend countless hours in my home for various reasons but he's always looking into finding a better way to fix a toilet or sink or tub.   To say Shelton plumbing is a good contractor is an understatement.   They have always been on time, work swiftly, and pay attention to the small details.   Anytime you need a shower toilet or sink fixed, I would highly recommend you give them a call.

Heard about Bruce from B& J plumbing from a trusted neighbor. So glad I followed up with her recommendation.

Bruce was wonderful to deal with, and was completely honest and very, very helpful. Was able to replace my garbage disposal and get it installed, and also was able to hook up with the copper waterline to my brand-new refrigerator when the delivery men from home depot said they didn't know how to do so. He did all that for under $200 and on my timeline. He's honest and trustworthy and does good work!

Would recommend him to anyone in the Elizabeth and surrounding area!

Naturally it was a Saturday morning when our upstairs toilet (one of only 2 in the house) clogged with a vengeance! No amount of plunging was helping. Plumbing problems are a sensitive issue at my house as we recently spent $20K on having a lining put in on the very long sewer pipe which goes from our house out to the municipal sewer. The clog was only on the upper floor as all on the main and basement floors was flowing smoothly. We had a different plumber out, paid $350 dollars for the call - all they could do was dirty up the bathroom and shrug their shoulders for 3 hours. Called Bales Plumbing on Monday morning. Michael came out early afternoon. We described the issue to him. He explored all avenues, upstairs, downstairs, all pipes. Within 30 minutes he discovered the source of the problem, resolved the clog and got everything moving again. Very impressed with this diligence, effectiveness and knowledge. He provided sensible tips for making sure we don't have this problem again. Fingers crossed! But if we do, I know exactly who I am going to call! Thank you Bales Plumbing!

I needed a kitchen faucet replaced after chronic leaking and rusting. These folks were friendly, professional, and fast. They did a great job and the pricing was very reasonable. I will definitely call on them again if the need arises!

I have had to call Frank three times in the recent months.  Two calls were for smaller problems and one was for a large problem, a broken pipe behind a wall.   Frank was able to fix all three problems in a very reasonable amount of time and at a very reasonable charge.  I recommend Frank to be called for any type of plumbing problem.   John B   Penn Hills

I've been using Chad for my plumbing and HVAC needs for many years.  I would highly recommend him to anyone.

Fabulous service!

They came out to do a winterization while I was out of town and the communication was incredible.  He got the house taken care of and even helped me get my indoor security camera plugged back in.  Truly a humanistic approach to service.  Highly trustworthy and I would definitely recommend!

We turned our air conditioner on for the first time two days ago and realized it wasn't working. After checking out everything I could, I filed a service request through American Home Shield and got put in with this company. They called the next day and scheduled with me to my convenience. Jack was the man who came out and he was very knowledgable and courteous. Took him about 5 minutes to find the problem and fixed it quickly while inspecting for other possible issues as well. Major props to Jack and J&A. I will be going back to them if any other issues arise.

Don't let the offer of a senior discount fool you. Even if you ask for it, it may not be listed on your invoice. Make sure you check your bill!

Also, don't ever schedule Saturday service unless you want to pay premium prices.

I never write reviews but had to find the way to do it. I would not recommend this company.  They well overcharged for a furnace blower and the time spent and they REFUSED to have an itemized list of where the money went. so the fee for coming out i have no idea if it was waived.  Then they had to come back out 12 HOURS LATER because the vent was clogged and they should have checked in the first place.  I don't mind being charged for the work but for $130 for a 10 minute task I can only assume is the cost for at least the hour to drive out as well which would not have been there if they finished the work in the first place.

We (I am an officer for a condo homeowner association) recently engaged Mark Puharic plumbing to remedy a serious underground water leak.

They were able to localize the leak using some high tech devices. That was good, we have a lot of underground piping and not having to dig and hope for the best was great.

Once the bad piece of pipe was found it was replaced quickly. Our next 2 months of water bills bear out that the problem has been fixed.

Even with the good 'localization' of the leak, to accomplish this they did a lot (a lot) of digging. The crew who did this dug by hand and worked hard. This was through our recent wildly humid summer. But it is hard to feel like $90/hour is a good price for guys digging a hole. I know they are plumbers and have other skills, but that's a lot for when they are basically laborers. If I could change one thing it would be to have Puharic have a lower rate for unskilled labor when that is all that is required.

Not knowing what the problem would turn out to be, Puharic was not able to give us a firm quote. That was fine, they didn't know what they were getting into. Mark Puharic did give us a best guess ball park (and it was agreed all around that is was nothing more) and that was remarkably close. We appreciated that so we had some idea of what this was going to be like financially.

After the work was done his crew did a nice job restoring our landscaping.

Puharic bills on an occasional basis. If you want to monitor the cost of a fairly lengthy project I suggest you request weekly invoices.

We were happy with the work, would use Mark Puharic again and can recommend them.

lots of calls to get them here, then sloppy, careless, incomplete work. when errors are pointed out to them, it's always it'll be  ok. they aren't bad as people, but they are definitely uninspired as plumbers.

We had done work with Greg Friedman in the past and were mostly satisfied so we asked him to install a garbage disposal as well as attend to a few other small jobs around the house while we were on vacation. We trusted him to be an honest guy. When we came back, the disposal was installed and looked good; but he still had 1 job to complete (installing a tile backsplash ). In the meantime, our air conditioning system had a malfunction; we called the workman and ended up paying $86 for the house call. It turns out that Greg had turned off the circuit breaker for our air conditioner when he was installing the garbage disposal and failed to turn it back on. Since we were out of town, there is no other explanation. It created the malfunction, so we asked him to credit us the amount. He agreed to split it with us, but at the end of the tile job he added another expense without discussing it with us (reinstalling the outlets and a switch that were upgraded due to the tile job) and failed to pay us anything toward the A/C mistake he had made. Also, he takes multiple cigarette breaks and smells very bad...like nicotine and stale tobacco smoke...when in your home. The smell lingers even after he leaves. Regrettably, I will no longer be doing business with him for these reasons and cannot recommend his company.

I like to use local and family owned businesses.  Our longtime plumber retired so we're on the market again.  Curiously, Cuccaro's website has rave reviews.  Based on the poor quality of response I've had from them, I suspect they curate these and only post the ones from their satisfied customers.  They can curate their website--Yelp?  Not so much. I found it quite interesting to find that the recent positive Yelp reviews for their services are from 2019 and 2020.  Nothing current.  Hmmmm. I should have checked Yelp before trying to hire Cuccaro!

I filled in Cuccaro's online form over a month ago--received a fairly prompt reply and set up a time for someone to come and give us an estimate.  I've called, texted, emailed, left messages---to no avail.  Not even a --Sorry--we'll get back to you.  At the beginning of this week their receptionist actually answered the phone instead of it going to voice mail.  It's been a full TWO WEEKS since the guy came to look things over and 4 days since the receptionist said she'd get right back to me.  Still no estimate--and when I called the receptionist herself admitted she hadn't received anything from their estimator. I don't know if their work is any good or not--but they're sure lousy at customer care and support. So.not.prompt.   What is clear is their website is more hype than reality and if it's going to take them this long to give an estimate--I can't begin to imagine how long we'd have to wait to get one of their plumbers here. I know life can be difficult and there are often mitigating circumstances--but several weeks of waiting and not hearing anything whatsoever from Cuccaro is really unconscionable.  I'm not going to wait to find out what kind of work they do.  I've hired someone who's actually showing up and doing the work. I definitely DO NOT recommend Cuccaro!

Took a chance on this company based on Angies list. A guy came ,  very nice but also very slick. He not only told me that he cannot do my job because it would take too much time (Install a faucet) but he also said it would cost me $600 to install it. A classic example of bait and switch. Avoid, avoid .. and don't believe all Angies list reviews..

If I could give them zero stars I would.  The above review-more of an ad for them maybe?  Are you one of them?  Mr. Rooter of Cranberry is a crook.  We were told we needed a $7,000 reconstruction job of our main sewer line...at LEAST.  The one guy tried to push us to sign that night but it didnt feel right.  The next day I had a second opinion, by a BBB, A rated company here in Pgh, family owned.  Basically they just counted the lies Mr. Rooter had told us.  Measurements, the direction of the pipe, the condition...you name it.  Total BS.  Please do not call this company, I have heard more horror stories of their dishonest work and it makes me sick to think of others getting ripped off.  I am so glad we got a second opinion, but we had already paid them close to $900-they did not fix our problem, and then lied on top of that.  Flat out LIED to our faces.  And know this-Mr. Rooter is not a member of the BBB...and failed to respond to our complaint filed with the BBB.  Can't stand by your work Mr. Rooter?

Old HVAC unit stopped blowing cold air; I noticed this on a particularly hot day in late May. I reached out to Hruska on May 29, and received a callback right away. A day or so later, they sent someone to assess the problem. Recommended replacement, which didn't really surprise me as the unit was 23 years old. They quoted me a price for replacement and I let them know I'd talked to my warranty company, which I did and then called back to schedule the installation of the new unit. When I didn't hear back, I called again a couple days later and left a message at the main office. Finally received a call back a few days later. Scheduled the install on Thursday, June 13, so I arranged to work from home. He called me in the morning because it was raining to say they couldn't install in the rain and would have to play it by ear and he'd be in touch. The rain stopped around 10:30. Didn't hear from him the rest of the day. Or the next, or the day after that.

I call a couple more times and leave messages, literally saying I hope I don't get forgotten. I also tell them I'm off the upcoming Friday and Monday so that would be great for me. Finally get a call back a week after the original install was scheduled. I was in a meeting but stepped out to take the call and he asked if Saturday would work. Great, I say, before remembering that Saturday was the one day I was NOT going to be at home as I had plans with a friend from out of town. I call back to let him know that Friday or Monday WOULD work, and his response is, we typically do installs on Saturdays. Really? When you originally scheduled my install on a Thursday? Anyway... he tells me he'll call me Monday morning and we'll see what we can do.

Never heard from him again. I gave up and went with someone else.

Unacceptable. I get that people are busy, and it's a busy season and the rain is making things difficult. But you don't just blow people off. Never even offered an apology.

Should call these guys Village Idiot plumbing and heating! They have all these broken down vehicles out front, trying to make it look like a big fleet of service trucks. Most are rusting out. There's two feet of weeds growing between them. We agreed that he would send one plumber and he sent three guys and a hefty bill. I tried to pay my bill and he couldn't run a credit card machine. Too shady.....