Best Toilet Installation in Charlotte NC

Tony and crew were lifesavers.  They came right out after I called for a septic pump issue and stopped the leak.  While they were there, I showed them some electrical problems I was having.  They came back the next day and fixed it all for a set amount that we had agreed upon the night before.  The next day I had a different problem in a rental house we have for sale with the hot water heater.  He told me over the phone how to turn the water off and he came right over the next morning and replaced the spraying/leaking pipe for a reasonable cost.  I will use Five Star again for sure.  Tony knows what he is doing.

We just bought our home and have had several sub contractors come in and out to make it our own. Chad is at the top of our list for professional quality workmanship. He clearly communicated with us throughout the process, showed up on time, was very detailed and cleaned up. I can speak from experience in saying It is so hard to find this quality level of service. We will happily will use him again for our future needs which will be many with our older home.

Happy with the result, great service, and price.

Alex was great to work with. Fixed some electrical problems quickly and for a fair price. Would use him again.

The electrician, John, was very friendly and extremely helpful. He made sure the job was done right before he left. He cleaned up afterwards also.

Jerell came out and was very professional. He was sent to us for a plumbing problem behind our dishwasher. Allison and White property management had him come out. But now they say nothing is wrong , I would very much like the report from Jerrel if possible, because these guys are giving us a lot of trouble because of this situation and nothing is getting fixed. Can you please help? Our address is 1013 12th St. NE in Hickory. He left his number with my son, but when we called it said mailbox was not set up. We could really use your help.

Extremely expensive! Use as a last resort only. They price by the job, not the hours and they do disclose upfront the cost and ask you to sign an authorization, but it seems they over-estimate the work required and let's face it, how many of us are technical enough to understand what is needed. We also got hit with a massive additional charge once the job started.

In our case, we needed a toilet replaced, and initially authorized a $600 job (including the toilet), which didn't seem all that unreasonable. But after removing the old toilet, the technician found a problem that he claimed was a big job and would take hours to fix (it didn't). With no toilet on a Friday, what could we do but authorize the work - for which we were charged $1,900 for what amounted to about four hours work - nearly $500:per hour! And we had to buy the toilet separately!

If you think about their pricing model of charging by the job, not the hour, you almost always will be overpaying. Prices set in advance will be set so they make a profit on even the most expensive, time-consuming jobs. Unless your job is one of those, you will always be over-paying for the actual services.

Moral: shop around. You will almost certainly find good plumbers at a fraction of the price.

Six months ago, our hot water heater died one cold night in February.  When I called Jim Dickerson Plumbing in the morning, they were able to replace the unit that afternoon.  Although they may not have claimed to be the least expensive in the area, they were able to provide same day service in an emergency situation.  Also, they provided a few case scenarios over the phone to tell me why the competitors cheaper 'quotes' might be such low estimates and that the end result may be a higher price.  What they provided over the phone already took into account certain additional items, assuming no major problems, so we'd have less of a surprise bill in the end.  Therefore, we went with Jim Dickerson Plumbing and were quite pleased with the service.  Just last week, the water heater began working incorrectly.  All issues related to the heater pointed to the manufacturer, not the plumber.  After numerous service calls, reordered parts, and additional problems spanning almost a week with the manufacturer, Jim Dickerson Plumbing came through with excellent customer service, same day service calls in each situation, and technical expertise.  In the end, the majority of this was handled on a Saturday.  I realize the business has 'on call' office staff and technicians, but we feel they went above and beyond their duties to ensure our house had hot water THAT DAY after the debacle we had experienced for almost a week.  Again, we seemed to get a 'lemon' of a product, by no fault of Jim Dickerson Plumbing.  The manufacturer State was horrible in providing assistance or solutions or accurate information to Jim Dickerson.  The plumbing company, on the other hand, transported an entire water heater to my house to use for 'spare parts' if need be.  The technicians [all of them that had been to our house:  Branden, Clayton, Cooper, Jason] and Marti and Debbie in the office were great.  Marti spent a lot of effort and energy trying to determine why the manufacturer did not deliver what was promised so that Jim Dickerson Plumbing could continue to do their job as they promised.  Not only was she diligent, but she was very empathetic and that helped us remain calm in a very frustrating situation.  We will recommend them highly whenever the opportunity arises.

IVR recently installed a complete A/C and furnace system in a rental property I own with my wife.  Although I hated to spend the $ I was happy with the service and work they provided.

That all changed when I called them 2 weeks later after our tenant complained of a lack of hot water, I called IRV to investigate.  Later that night they called back with their diagnosis.  I was told that the unit (2 years old) needed a new gas control valve AND that they also were required to get the unit  up to code by installing an expansion tank, sediment trap and additional pipe insulation.

I was surprised by the code requirements being that the unit is fairly new and questioned the tech.  He 1st assured me that NC absolutely requires the additional work.  I reminded him that the property was in SC and he then was sure that it was also required in SC too, even offering to send me the specific code language.

The next morning when the code didn't arrive I grew more specious and called code in enforcement in SC & NC in an attempt to verify, they both confirmed that there is NO code requirement for IVR's repairs.

Next I told IRV that I had lost trust in them and ask them to meet me at the property, thats when we able to confirm that in fact NO repair was needed after all.

To summarize IRV failed to test the issue, then LIED about code requirements claiming that $721 in repairs were need when in fact the unit is in working order and with in all code requirements.

Do not trust them and if you do decide to call the absolutely get a 2nd opinion.