Marilyn E.
08/08/2019 12:00:00 SA
Ramez from Quality Plus Plumbing is a very nice and friendly man. I had him come out twice in the last 6 months, primarily to fix the downstairs Kohler toilet that was flushing slowly and incompletely (and another Kohler upstairs, rarely-used, that wasn't quite flushing properly). He did replace a gasket on the rarely-used toilet on the first visit, which made the handle work better but didn't really fix the slow flushing, and he snaked the main toilet downstairs up to 6 feet, but that didn't really improve things with the flushing. The second time he came out, Ramez snaked the line all the way out to the street, although I did tell him again that I thought the problem was with the toilet itself, not the sewer line, since my Toto toilet upstairs that got used regularly was working fine and all my drains (sinks, shower) were draining just fine. The snaking didn't really help the primary problem with the Kohler's slow flushing either. Ramez did give me a small discount for the 2nd visit. But since I'd had Ramez out twice already to fix the slow-flushing toilet downstairs and it still wasn't fixed, I decided to call another plumber last week, who diagnosed and fixed the problem in a few minutes and didn't even charge me a full service fee. All this other plumber needed to do was adjust the water level in the tank by turning a knob on the flush valve. So problem solved! I did post an earlier review here a few days ago, complaining about paying for two visits by Quality Plus that still didn't solve the main problem with the toilet's slow and partial flushing. Ramez of Quality Plus saw the review and contacted me immediately, and was surprised that I'd posted a negative review without calling him out for a third visit to try to fix it. He did acknowledge that he may have misdiagnosed the problem--although he also said that my main line DID need to be snaked--and said that I should have called him to come out and try to fix the problem again. It did seem that we'd had some miscommunications. But in any case, he was eager to try to make things right, so he agreed to give me a refund for one of the two service calls he'd made. He did seem genuinely concerned about my not being a happy customer, and he wanted me to understand that he took any customer complaints seriously. I know that he does get very positive reviews here on Yelp (and on NextDoor), so clearly he is usually able to fix plumbing problems. I'm not sure why he wasn't able to fix my toilet problems. In any case, Ramez and I have had two long conversations about what happened during his two visits. Given his sincerity, honesty, and willingness to make things right, I'm updating and revising my review.