Best Leak Detection in Pittsburgh PA

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!

Scott called this morning and was at my house in less than 1/2 hour. He looked at my Koehler Toilet and informed me these toilets are one piece toilets. Trouble is, with a one piece toilet, you have to change the whole toilet to fix the leak inside the toilet. He was very professional, friendly, and recommended several options. We spoke at length about what to do, and I have to say, I was not aware of the problem with Koehler. He made a recommendation to change to a Gerber Viper. While learning, I asked him if they're any charges and He said No!
I will be discussing this with my Wife, and we'll go from there. When we make our decision, we will call Scott again for installation.

Thanks Scott, I appreciate your time and candor!

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

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!

We were having a leak in our basement that we could not figure out.  When it appeared to get worse I started looking for a plumber.  We found Richard on Yelp and when I called he was happy to come over and check it out.  He was at our house within the hour and worked with my husband to dial into the problem.  He rearranged his schedule so that he would be able to help us out that day.  Once he started he was very methodical in locating the problem.  It only took a couple hours to fix and best of all his prices were very reasonable.  If we have anymore plumbing problems we will be calling him.

Let me first say both Andrew and Christopher were extremely professional. Coming from California, I was extremely impressed with both of the men's presentation and integrity. I had a wonderful experience with Andrew who had extreme attention to detail. I had a lot of small detailed work on floor and trim that needed finished. Previous contractor was sloppy. I couldn't be more happy with the job and how easy he was to work with. Andrew allowed me to walk him through the house as he completed each task, he worked very well with me and displayed nothing but respect and eagerness for my satisfaction. Christopher was doing the electrical work and also displayed attention to detail reviewing carefully each project to make sure it was completed efficiently. I actually kept both guys 3 hours longer because the original company who was to hang outdoor lighting never showed. These guys stayed and Christopher completed all of my outdoor lighting and other indoor lighting. If you want efficient work done in a timely manner this is your handyman service.

Was told to call office for phone consultation. Office had no idea what was being requested and gave attitude and snippy remarks when explaining the project. I had yelp narrow project down for contractors providing free estimates. This company said it is $79 for them to 'look' at the project.

Mr. Brown was very receptive to our call! This time he responded right away and Cameron was here within a few hours to fix our emergency. Cameron was excellent and knew exactly what he was doing. We will definitely use this service again! I am so glad we gave him a second chance!

Thanks!

I felt strong armed into paying for the work they did, they never asked me specifically if I wanted to pay $1500 for a motor which I saw online for $1000. They just put it in and told me I had to pay, when I called the service manager to complain they took a message and I never heard back. The technician stayed in my house for 30 minutes, and I feel like I paid $500 for that half an hour. They fixed the furnace and all, I just felt like I got ripped off in the end.

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!

Tonight, we came home to frozen pipes in our Squirrelhill townhouse. It was, needless to say, a rather major inconvenience/problem. luckily, I gave Sullivan a call after someone at southside plumbing hung up on me, and there were some Squirrelhill plumber that wasn't able to help me. I made a call at 4:30 and spoke with Amy, at Sullivan, and she was able to schedule us this evening. Our service man/plumber arrived in the early evening and was able, with quite a bit of time, to clear to freeze in the service line. It took about 2 1/2 hours and once it was done, we were very relieved. If it wasn't going to work, we would've had to call a welding company to do it for us. We're very thankful that we got this done in short time and with very minimal inconvenience to our family. Although it was not cheap, it was done properly and I will say that Brandon was a very nice man and very diligent.

I would highly recommend Aquatec! This company was recommended to us by a friend after we called two other companies who gave us outrageous quotes! We had a gas leak inside the house and Aquatec came out immediately and charged us literally half the price that two big name companies quoted us.  We would use them again without hesitation.

Cleaned and serviced our Mitsubishi mini split units throughout our house. We just moved and I had never had them before and the technician was so patient and polite with his responses to all of my questions. He took his time and inspected our outdoor unit, cleaned the filters for all 4 indoor units, put them back, and cleaned the drain line for an insanely low price ($75-$99 if I remember correctly). I was very pleased with this service and glad I found them, because we did not know who installed the mini splits and most companies declined to work on them if they did not install them.

The electrician, Josh provided quality, experienced service. He was informative and patient when I was not. Great electrician.

I did not go with the heating because the representative was demeaning and had an overall poor attitude toward me. I asked questions, he wasn't communicative nor clear, so I chose another to do my furnace.

Advertised as 24/7 so when I had a problem with two toilets not flushing on a Friday night, I called them at 12:30 AM.  The woman who answered sounded like I just woke her up.  I asked for someone to come out the next morning.  I'd give 5 stars for promptness.  When the guy looked over the problem he saw that the drain stack was leaking and would need to be completely replaced, along with needing a new toilet.  Knowing this diagnosis was (putting it gently)BS, I thanked him for his advice and said I'd think it over.  Then I called a real plumber who came the next day and correctly diagnosed a clog in the outside drain line.  He and his helper did the repair and all is well, without needing a new drain stack or a new toilet.  So, minus 4 stars for not properly diagnosing the problem and for trying to upsell an unneeded item.

Never again.

TL;DR;
Calfo did an incomplete / incorrect diagnosis, costing me $2400 in repairs that fixed nothing. Wanted another $2000 on top of that to do additional repairs. Owner not empathetic to the position I was in; Wouldn't budge on cost. Weird MVP program you must join to get basic things you'd get included anywhere else. I ended up needing a whole new system and had it done by someone else for less.

The Diagnosis and Estimate:
I have electric heat at my house with a heat pump. I called Calfo because my heat pump was not warming my house up whatsoever, despite running constantly. The tech (Dylan) who was polite enough, did lots of testing and determined in his view that the root cause was a bad reversing valve. He told me it would be $2400 to fix the reversing valve (which I learned is a 100-200 part). I was stunned, but begrudgingly agreed to the repair as it seemed to be the only known issue and I would avoid needing a new system, which Calfo charges in the range of $10-11k to do.

The Fix:
Two techs came to repair the reverse valve. It took them roughly 4 hours. They fired up the heat pump and, after about 20-30 minutes, gave me grim news. The heat pump was still not operating well. They had now determined that the TXV expansion valve was also bad and needed replaced. The cost? $2000 extra.

I was very upset, both that the issue with the TXV was not spotted in the first diagnostic, and that I was not warned in the first place that there could be potential for further issues. I would have NEVER agreed to a $2400 repair if I was told there was even a slight chance that this would not fix my problem and I'd have to pay another $2000 to again 'maybe' fix things.

Conversation with Owner:
I figured I'd talk to the owner and get a discount on the second repair, considering they were at least somewhat responsible for this misdiagnosis and failure to provide me the right information to make a decision. It took several days to get a call back, and I got nowhere with him. He would not budge on the $2000 price tag to put in a $100-200 part. He insisted that the computer tells him what the job costs and their is no wiggle room. I find it odd that the owner of a business can't cut any margin to help out a customer that has already given them a substantial amount of money. All I wanted was 50% off the new repair and he wouldn't do it.  All he would do is give me a small discount on a new install (which they charge around $11,000 for). I asked to send me an estimate for the lowest SEER rated system they install. I never received one. He also insisted that I could use the heat pump, it just wouldn't work as well as it could. This turned out to not be true, as I ran it for hours and hours after the repair and my house would not heat up.

In the end:
I ultimately decided to eat the $2400 and call someone else. Not only did they confirm the TXV was bad, they also suggested that the reverse valve installed by Calfo was already showing signs of malfunction. They highly insisted on a complete replacement at just $7000 for a 14 SEER system. No gimmicks. No silly MVP program. 10 year warranty.

I cannot recommend Calfo. They screwed up and have to know it. Mistakes happen, but as long as you own up to your part in it and rectify the situation, you are okay in my book and I'll write you a great review. After giving them the chance to make things right, they simply wouldn't.

The right thing to do would be to give me a full or partial refund  since the repair didn't really resolve anything.

They did an okay job uncloging a simple drain. However I also had them give me an estimate on capping and removing a line. They quoted close to $300 after looking at it. I later found out that the line was already capped and the spigot was not attached to anything.

Adam Mondine of Modine Plumbing & Construction is FRAUDULET!  He asked for a $150 retainer for Tiling my shower. He declined to do the work and promised to refund my money. Over the last 6 week I have asked Adam for the refund and he promised he would. He has lots of excuses of why he could not!
Not a Man of his Word.  Please stay away from him. 6 weeks of his excuses are enough!