Ability Plumbing Service Repair and Pipelining
Company Overview
Ability Plumbing Service Repair and Pipelining offers kitchen and bathroom plumbing, trenchless pipe relining, line repair, line locating, among other services in San Diego County, CA as well as adjacent areas.
Ability Plumbing started as a family-run company, committed to providing high-quality service and repairs. We focus on a variety of plumbing solutions, catering to various customers, including big commercial buildings and homeowners associations and homes of all types.
Michael Sottile was born in 1985 in the city of La Mesa, California, to his parents, Carmela and Anthony, as the youngest of five siblings. In a supportive family environment, he holds family ties in high regard. Now a father of two, with a new daughter, he knows how vital it is to lead by example.
Believing that focusing on the bottom line leads to overall success, he stands by the motto, “Ability Plumbing: A Family that Cares”.
Business Services
- Bathtub installation
- Bathtub repair
- Drain installation
- Drain repair
- Faucet installation
- Faucet repair
- Garbage disposal installation
- Garbage disposal repair
- Gas line installation
- Gas line repair
- Hot water recirculation pump installation
- Hot water recirculation pump repair
- Plumbing inspection
- Plumbing installation or replacement
- Plumbing repair
- Sewer installation
- Sewer repair
- Shower installation
- Shower repair
- Sink installation
- Sink repair
- Sump pump installation
- Sump pump repair
- Toilet installation
- Toilet repair
- Water heater installation
- Water heater repair
- Water pipe installation
- Water pipe repair
Business Location & Hours
| Mon: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Tue: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Wed: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thu: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Fri: | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Sat: | Closed |
| Sun: | Closed |
Recommended Customer Reviews
Darn, the kitchen sink was clogged and try as I may, getting it unclogged wasn't going to happen. Since I have used Ability Plumbing in the past, I gave them a call. They were able to get someone scheduled to come out in the afternoon the same day. Great, and Jashua was on time and wanted to know the problem and what I may have done. He promptly identified the problem and explained what he would do. Soon the drain was cleared and he suggested ways to help avoid the problem in the future. He was polite, listed, efficient, neat and thorough. He served as a good ambassador for the company.
It was a pleasure having Tim work on our plumbing requests. He was
on time, friendly, informative, knowledgeable, attentive and caring.
He worked efficiently and cleaned up all areas where he had worked
(garage, two bathrooms and the kitchen). We are very pleased with
the repairs and installations he made. We also appreciated that this
company uses better made brands of parts as opposed to cheaper
big box brands.
Michael & his crew are A+ on service & knowledge! They are my go to guys for plumbing!
Shelly M.Price point is wayyyy off here! $967.00 for an hour and a half work. We had a leaky pipe in our shower. They easily approached the problem from the ceiling, in the garage below. They cut a hole in the garage ceiling, cut out 2 feet of PVC pipe and replaced the PVC pipe. Don't get me wrong...they were competent and did their job...but $967?!?!
My husband immediately called the company after they left and initially spoke with a dispatcher, who claimed that we would get a call back from the business owner. That was about a month ago, so here I am, on Yelp, trying to warn everyone to shop around before you get way overcharge for plumbing work that turned out to be a simple fix.
If you're looking to be gouged with extreme prices and be shocked, then use this company. We used them for a second time thinking that the cost for the first time was unique. Their work is good, but their prices don't match to the size of repair or the time to repair. For $967, the repair may have been $40 in parts and 1.5 hours of work. 2 plumbers are unnecessary for this repair. If you calculate $40 of sewer plastic pipe, 1.5 hours at $150/hr with 2 people, cost should be about $490. I was expecting no more than $650. I asked to speak to the owners or managers and didn't get a call back. Terrible customer service by ownership/managers!!! I will not be using their services again and warn future customers. I had taken time off from work and authorized to proceed since I didn't want to start all over with another plumber. I felt like they know when customers are in a bind and take advantage of them. So disappointed!!!!
We needed to have old cast iron pipes under our house replaced. We had contacted and gotten quotes from several other plumbing companies. Michael the owner was the one that came out to do the initial inspection for Ability. Which was not the case for any of the other companies. Immediately knew he was good people. They gave us a slightly lower quote then other companies for the work that needed to be done. I very much felt like all the other companies were trying to up sell. I did not get that from Michael.
We had been quoted by others that it would be maybe a couple of weeks to complete. Ability had a team of like 10 guys there on day one right before Christmas. We only went an afternoon without water and plumbing. They got the whole job done even with holidays in between in about a week. Absolutely amazing the amount of work they were able to do in a very short amount of time.
Every person on their team is professional, helpful, and courteous. The work that was done was absolutely top notch and I would HIGHLY recommend them for any plumbing issue big or small.
I contacted Ability plumbing as they had great reviews, and I was extremely pleased. They showed up right on time, price was great, and Josh the tech was excellent and very quick. 5 Stars!!!!
The communication from the office to the text messages of arrival time was exceptional. The plumbing technician was very cordial and had a great professional demeanor. He spent quite a bit of time evaluating and assessing our situation with the plumbing camera. It was worth the money spent to figure out our problem. Thank you for your professionalism all the way around.
Mike and Ability Plumbing came recommended by another contractor who had done some work for us. During a bathroom remodel our installer found some plumbing issues with our 67 yr old house. Mike and crew came out, evaluated the problem/s and found some other things that were better addressed before the bathroom remodels were completed. They spent several days here completing the work. Shout outs to Zack,Trent, Danny & Miguel for the great work. Anyone asking about plumbing work will be referred to you!
The entire crew at Ability Plumbing is amazing. I had extensive work done and and had them come out multiple times for various projects. They were always incredibly responsive, professional, and thorough with their inspections and completion of work. I couldn't be happier with everything they did to help get my property back in shape! Highly recommend!

























