Best Emergency Services in Pittsburgh PA

Update: Mr. Miller took the time to call me and I was so surprised since no business has ever done that. I am very appreciative of that and it totally took away my frustration of my experience he was very nice and said he would refund me, I don't want refunded I just wanted a job done and not to be thought less than. He took the time to talk and explain and not make me feel taken advantage of, thank you.

Please be warned about hiring plumbers in the New Castle PA area, they are crooks. After having to pick one of these crooks (Ron Miller plumbing) I thought I picked someone honest. The quote was $160 an hour and then you pay by the half. The job was to snake the hole by the wash machine, he wasn't down there more that 5 minutes before he said it couldn't be done, I really didn't hear the machine. He was only on the job for 30 minutes and most of that time was spent going up and down the stairs and in an out the house for what I didn't know, he said he had to snake the main drain but that was impossible the floor was completely dry. And then the pitch came, they conveniently can't do the small job so the can force you into a way bigger more expensive job. What he didn't know was that my husband usual do this because we live in a wooded area and we have to keep our lines clear but because my husband couldn't get off work I wanted to do something nice for him and have it done. Not only did I have to pay the $160 for him doing nothing but he constantly kept trying to up sell me and I had to keep telling him to just leave my house. Sorry for the length of this but that's what these plumbers are doing, over charging then forcing other jobs on you that you didn't ask for. Please do your research and be adamant about what

I have been using Shelton Plumbing for years.  They go out of their way to help me when I need them.  They return phone calls promptly and call when they are on their way.  And to say they are friendly is an understatement.  This is a great team and I highly recommend.  I wish I could remember everyone's name but high five to Sara, Denny and Jake.

I was not at the home during the service -- but this makes my review even more important to me. I learned about it all from my Aunt who was super impressed with Todd from First Call Plumbing. The sewer backed up to the point where we could not use our appliances and were apprehensive to flush the toilet. My Aunt's regular plumber was on vacation so we had to find someone new.  My Aunt was very skeptical about using someone new, but the smell was unbearable and she had no choice. Calling Todd same day, he was helpful, polite and ensured he fit us in, and on a Saturday, too. In addition to solving the problem, he assisted in clean up. He also did a review of other areas of the home. Pricing was generous -- they only charge OT on a Sunday! Thanks for a great experience, Todd!

J.P. from Brickhaas was very accommodating in informing me of everything that was being done to service my furnace. In the process we found a gas leak downstream of the root valve coming into my basement. He was able to make repairs in a timely matter, all the while explaining step by step what was being done. He was also able to save me $90.00 from the next cheapest estimate.

These guys were fantastic. Very friendly, professional. We had a plumbing emergency, they responded very quickly to the call. Came out the next day and fixed the issue. The price was great, and the job was done really well.

The service here is impeccable.  Not only is the service fast and efficient but the friendliness  is what sets this business in a class of its own. Their response time was fast after leaving a message on their voice mail, which I would recommend over filling out an online form. Nothing beats picking up the phone. Matt's response from my call was quick, and diverted a service as promised. I will never refer any other plumber to anyone other than Brown's Plumbing. You won't regret it!

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

API has done several plumbing jobs for us - plumbing a bathroom, installing a hot water tank and a few other minor jobs.  All done wonderfully and timely with very competitive pricing!  Would highly recommend.

They installed a new high-efficiency furnace in our house on 3/11/2010. The cost to us was $5,393.00.

**** revised review 2/26/15 ******
My original review, which resulted in a 1 rating (excepting for responsiveness and punctuality, where I gave them an 5 rating) appears below; since then Bob from the company visited me (2/25/15) and saw the defective installation; he apologized several times and took full responsibility; he made measurements and came up with a fix that they will install on 3/5/15; basically they will replace - at no charge - the outlet HVC ducting from the furnace to the house input duct with a T connector. The connector will be flexible near the furnace end, so the furnace operation does not create vibrations, which is probably the reason why the connection to the house duct opened up after 5 years (see below for comment on vibration problem). The reason I gave them an overall 3 rating is because this should never have happened in the first place; few senior citizens would be able to inspect near inaccessible areas of the ducting to find the source of the problem; also they have not offered to compensate me for the money I have been wasting over the past 5 years on my heating bills; Since they accepted responsibility I have changed my view on using them in the future; yes, I do intend to used them in the future.

**** original review posted approx. 2/21/15 ************
The installation appeared to go fine, and I felt good about it; their price was near the high end, almost twice some of the other quotes, but the product appeared to be good, and I had used them in the past for minor plumbing issues, to which they were quite responsive. The real problem appeared five years after installation. Please read on:

Over the years, while the furnace appeared to be working fine, we kept getting notices during the winter months from our utility company that we were using more power than comparable neighbors. This was in spite of the fact that we lowered the temperature to 72 when the house was occupied and to 58 when it was not occupied, or we were sleeping. This past week, during the cold spell, the furnace could barely maintain 72 degrees even though it was on continuously. While we got some flow to the first floor vents, there was very little flow at the second floor vents.

Yesterday, 2/20/15, I found on inspection of the furnace that there was a visible gap (about 2) between the furnace forced air heat outflow duct and the main house HVAC duct. I could literally feel the hot air escaping from this gap into the basement. In other words the forced-air from the furnace was escaping into the basement, even before it had a chance to heat the house. This appears to explain the problems we are experiencing with using too much power and inability to maintain a modest temperature in the winter with a high efficiency furnace, and the low flow level at the second floor vents.

Comment on vibration problem
Prior to this, about 3 months ago, I felt hot air leaking out at the ductwork connection near the furnace. I used HVAC (metallic) tape to try to stop these leaks. I did not see the big leak at that time. Also I had to use a wedge mechanism to prevent the vibration from the furnace from affecting the humidifier (the humidifier was literally being shaken loose).

I have picture and receipts to support all these statements.

I called Beverly Services to replace an old rusted out piece of ductwork prior to getting our basement remodeled. We had contacted another local company who sent out an estimator, but completely showed no interest in taking on our project. Beverly was our second choice, and we had no problems scheduling appointments or getting our project taken care of.
Everyone we dealt with at Beverly Services from the estimator, office, duct work guys and plumbers were friendly, answering any questions. We've been at our home for a few years using other service providers but will more than likely call Beverly Services again for future service.

Bill helped me out with an emergency repair the same day, and explained things in great detail so I knew exactly what the issue was.  Incredibly professional and honest.  Thanks again Bill.

I recommend avoiding this outfit. They extremely overcharge for their service. They don't install the make and model that they said they would install during the estimate. they don't install things properly. They did clean up after themselves and arrived on time which is the only good thing I can say.

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.

Had Cuccaro come in to bid some work at our house.  Estimate seemed high so we tried another plumber.  Their estimate was $2000 below Cuccaro's.

Our rental property in Pittsburgh - Beechview neighborhood - had the furnace go out the night before and being we live in Wisconsin we contacted Costco to see who they have an arrangement with for a new furnace. We'd used that process in Wisc for our primary home and were very happy with the whole deal. Tudi is the company. I called them and literally within 30 min they were ready to send someone out to give an estimate. I got the estimate within several hours from beginning to end - Heather and Rich made a good team.

The 3 different prices with the rebates were appreciated. Heather even called Costco to determine they would make an exception for certain paperwork that required original signatures to do the deal with costco. Ultimately we didn't go with Tudi - mostly because we needed to get a new furnace in ASAP (the renters have kids) and it was going to be a week for them to get us on the schedule. But if you don't have an emergency then I think we would have gone with them.

Utter rip-off artists IMHO
$575 for a 45 min gas leak repair
Plus 1 of the guys took a crap in our ladies room on the clock
Then...challenged Sean (scheduler) about a $350-$450 estimate for a backflow preventer test
Said that is average
Really
Had Lakewood mechanical do it for $105...took 15 min
WTF...are you kidding!!
Never again...and you shouldn't either

I have used this Mr. Rooter for all my household plumbing needs for 20 years with complete satisfaction-  work was good, prices reasonable. This weekend my hot water tank went and naturally I gave them a call-  after all they had replaced this same water heater 15 years ago.   After waiting around all day for them to come, they showed up in the late afternoon on Saturday..  After giving them a $97 assessment fee, they told me that replacing my standard 50 gal gas water tank would cost north of $5,500.   I sent them packing of course.  Three other plumbers gave me estimates for the same work and not one was more then $1800 for the same work.  Clearly, the technician is paid on a commission and didn't feel like doing the job on a Saturday afternoon unless he could find a foolish customer to pay a ridiculous price so that he could make out (literally) like a bandit.   I wasn't so foolish, but they had already swiped my credit card for the $97 assessment fee-  still a ripoff but on a smaller scale.   Mr. Rooter has seen the last of my business for this little stunt-  I hope the $97 was worth it!  Beware of this rookish operation-   Must have new ownership because they were always reasonable and trustworthy.