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Needed a new hot water heater. Called & they came the next day!!   Friendly plumbers who did the work.
Professional & clean!!   Answered questions we had
& even played with our dogs!!
Definitely will use them again when the need arises!!

They just replaced our water heater today. Good communication, stuck to their price, and were incredibly professional. They also unclogged a drain and replaced a valve, all within an hour.

Very happy with Express Plumbing. Its such a relief to find a professional that I can actually trust. (especially when he was dealing with me and not my husband) I was ripped off by a big name plumber who didn't even finish the job. I called Express Plumbing and the same day Steve came out and fixed the mess the other guys left. He was quick and very reasonable. I have since had him come back to install a hot water tank, as well as a new furnace and AC unit. I highly recommend!

This is the worst home service we've ever had. Jason showed up late by about 4 hours because he was stuck at Home Depot. Thought he was maybe picking up supplies? When he arrived he explained a pipe burst at Home Depot and he was working. Would've been helpful context. (Later, we found out from a more reputable plumber he wasn't working there...he was just trolling around).

He put a huge hole in our wall under our sink, explained how the work was going to be extensive and require a granite specialist to evaluate because he had to remove the kitchen cabinets and it could possible destroy our kitchen counters as well. We were told it was going to cost thousands. This was on a Thursday (two days before New Year's Eve) and he told us the pipes were all connected to our upstairs bathroom. He explained we couldn't use that bathroom, or the kitchen water (sink, dishwasher, etc) until he came back next week. (Unfortunate as I had a party to cook/bake for the following day.)

While assessing he flooded our ceiling in the basement, damaging ceiling tiles that we had literally paid contractors to replace a week before (for an unrelated incident). He also broke a valve under the sink.

He also went into our basement bathroom and spit his chew into the toilet right in front of me. And didn't flush. He did this again out my front door before leaving.

When he arrived the next day, he came early in the morning and immediately announced to my husband, I gotta take a piss. He accosted my husband for $225 before he left that day as a deposit.

Something didn't feel right about it, so we called another plumber and they arrived Monday. They fixed the issue almost immediately coming back a second time only to fix the valve that Jason broke and patch the hole in the wall.

They informed us that the fix was not only a lot simpler (the pipe still needed replaced but no risk to our cabinets or countertops) but at a fraction of the cost. Also, those pipes weren't connected. We could have used the bathroom that entire time.

They also informed us that he's known for being untrustworthy and a drinker.

We never got that deposit back.

We had a complicated sewer line issue that was resolved by Mister Sewer. The 3-man crew did the work quickly and professionally, and the guys were polite, friendly and knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this company and would not hesitate to use them again.

I finally have the answer to the question of do you know a good plumber?  I have asked this question to people in the past and have never really received any stellar recommendations.  Over the past several years of home ownership I have had various plumbers out to fix one thing or another.  Most of the time they were from big commercial plumbing companies like Roto-Rooter who charged too much and did the bare minimum.  So faced with a big problem I knew I had to get someone out to my place stat but who?

I visited homeadvisor.com to see if I could get a couple of plumbers to contact me who would one service my area, and was knowledgeable enough fix my problem.  I got two calls, one was from Gary owner of Clear Blue.  I decided to meet him within a day for a free estimate. I don't know too many plumbers that do free estimates anymore, so this was a good way to gauge if this could work out.  Gary showed up roughly on time and gave me a few estimates depending on the problem.  I agreed and he and his employee were out the next afternoon to start fixing what could have ended up being a huge problem and extremely expensive.  Though it took another plumbing professional to completely fix the problem, Gary was great at pin pointing what the issues most likely were and where to go from there.  He followed up with me the next day after the other plumbing professional, who was also wonderful, had completely fixed my problem.  

I very highly recommend Clear Blue Plumbing and will continue to use them from here on out, I just hope the next time I need him it's because I want to replace my shower.  Extremely professional, considerate, and reasonably priced.

If you need someone last minute, I'd suggest calling this Brookline Plumber. They do emergency work. When I spoke to the owner after all the crazy rain storms, I was surprised to learn that he got rid of the answering service because it took too long to answer. Now he takes the evening calls himself because, no one wants to be on hold. I think you'd rather leave a message and have me call you back. I get it. People calling last have an emergency and they just need to get it dealt with by whoever is available.

Will not respond after having issues with their work

They installed a new boiler in our house the past spring. Have been having issues with it since late January. It will shut off and gives an error message. Email Mike P of their company and he will not respond, bee over a week. Also because things were not done right a radiator in my basement cracked and water started to gush out. Luckily I found the shut off valves to the radiator so it could be shut off. I understand issues arise, but the unwillingness of these people to address these issues are why they get the 1 star rating. If you use them don't ever expect they will get back to you in a timely manner if you need something.