Alfresco Plumbing

★★★★★ 4.8 / 5 (24)
: Oakland, CA 94606
: (510) 377-4788
: http://www.AlfrescoPlumbing.com

Company Overview

With two decades of experience in the plumbing field, I personally visit your residence to deliver expert plumbing solutions. As a community-focused plumber, I use my eBike for swift travel, enabling me to reduce overhead and offer better prices to my customers. I prioritize your satisfaction and am dedicated to providing reliable, high-quality plumbing services tailored to your requirements!

I focus on delivering excellent service, period. Many can handle plumbing tasks, but executing them with precision and care is what I strive for. I ensure everything is clean, level, and up to code, and I always clean up after myself. This is the standard I uphold.

I consider myself an ""artist"" in my trade. I want my installations to not only function well but also look good, like art. Like any artist, I frequently sign and date my projects. By keeping my costs low and passing the savings to my clients, I provide fine service, which is a formula for success.

My mission is to serve my community by providing top-notch plumbing services. I stand by my motto: ""Committed to delivering quality and affordable plumbing services to my community."" Since 2009, I have built Alfresco Plumbing one customer at a time, enjoying every moment of the journey.

I started my plumbing career when my mother handed me the home I grew up in. The plumber at that time couldn't go under the crawl space because he was too big. I asked, ""How difficult is it to sweat copper?"" Al showed me on the spot how to sweat and fit copper pipes. I remember him telling me, ""This is your first attempt; expect leaks."" We pressurized the lines, and to our surprise, there were no leaks! Al gazed at me and said, ""You possess a talent; you can excel in plumbing."" Two decades later, I have evolved from laborer to drain cleaner, to serviceman, to journeyman, and now, I proudly own my plumbing company. Recently, one of my biggest joys was spotting a home marketed as an ""Alfresco Plumbed Home.""

Business Services

  • Bathtub installation
  • Bathtub repair
  • Drain installation
  • Drain repair
  • Faucet installation
  • Faucet repair
  • 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
  • Shower installation
  • Shower repair
  • Sink installation
  • Sink repair
  • Sump pump installation
  • Toilet installation
  • Toilet repair
  • Water heater installation
  • Water heater repair
  • Water pipe installation
  • Water pipe repair

Business Location & Hours



Mon:9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tue:9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wed:9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thu:9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Fri:9:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sat:Closed
Sun:Closed

Recommended Customer Reviews

John M.
★★★★★

Great service, very professional, friendly, reasonable rates. Joseph Alfresco is a very high quality person and a very skilled plumber. I highly recommend him!!

Daniel B.
★★★★★

Excellent and timely service at a fair price.

Amy M.
★★★★★

We've had Jose work on our plumbing for the past 10 years and he's as good as it gets! Skilled, communicative, speedy and reasonable. He's fixed all kinds of things in our house, from a leaking pipe to a toilet replace. Can't recommend him highly enough!

Garden Girl Z.
★★★★★

Great find in the hood.

Joseph Alfresco just did a great job installing a line to my fridge. It was under the smallest crawl space in my 1940s home. Something I DID. NOT. WANT. TO. DO. MYSELF!

He showed up on time and worked smart and efficiently. As you know, with any construction, you never really know how much it is going to cost until you start opening up the floor, walls, etc.

He had a plan, clearly communicated it to me and then executed it. Luckily for me ($$ wise), there were no hidden problems under the floor or in the crawl space. So it was pretty straightforward.

I'm thinking of redoing the original bathroom in my house and moving the tub - I'll be using him. He clearly knows construction and has a creative side of figuring out the best possible way to install stuff. I know there is dry rot, there has to be, it's the original bathroom and there are cracked tiles etc. I trust once the demo happens, he will work with the carpenters to replumb for my new layout.

Very professional, knows his stuff.

Burt V.
★★★★★

I needed a problem solver and Joseph was the perfect person for the job. I needed him to reroute cold water to a valve that was dead. It was going to require drilling through the wall and I needed him to be as surgical and clean as possible. Not only did he provide me I'm a very fair price for the job, his finish work was superb. I had a big company look at the job and not only were they going to charge me an arm and a leg but they were probably going to do a hack job. You worked very well with our schedule and got the job done in excellent time. I don't always write reviews but when I do it's because I truly believe that person deserves high recommendations.

Christina C.
★★★★★

He came by on a Sunday because I thought I could replace my kitchen faucet myself...I was wrong and Joseph was an angel. He let me watch as he worked and taught me patience and persistence were the key.

I figured no one would want to work in a Sunday but he showed up with a smile and a great attitude. He gave me a great price and a thirty day warranty on the work he did.

I can't say enough nice stuff about about Joseph. He also has a dog named Valkyrie that's pretty cool and dog people are my people.

Allison R.
★★★★★

Once again! Jose to the rescue. Jose took our leaky sink faucet to completion with good cheer and hard work. What started as a simple switch of old to a new faucet became the nightmare rusted out, impossible to remove situation.
Jose hung in and had to burr it out with his tools. I feel so fortunate to have him to call on for my plumbing. Because you never know when a project that looks like it will be a slam dunk can become ""a project"" You will need a man of Jose's talents and experience. THANK YOU JOSE!

Kate M.
★★★★★

Our neighborhood website and yelp gave Joseph great reviews so we called him to help with a leak. He was great! Nice guy, on time, knowledgeable, reasonably priced and approached the problem from the simplest solution first. We will definitely call him again and would be more than comfortable bringing him in for big work.

Sherilynn C.
★★★★★

I called several plumbers for a minor repair on my Grohe bath faucet. Some plumbers told me they don't work on Grohe, others weren't able to come by for a few days. Fortunately for me, Joseph was in the area finnishing another job, and he came by within an hour, He was professional, friendly and efficeint and was able to quickly resolve my problem. His prices are excellent. Wow! He needs 6 stars.

Michael P.
★★★★★

I gotta tell you yelpers, my rental house's tenant had a problem with their toilet and Mr. Alfresco came thru fast and was very affordable. I will return business, he is the one to call. I was at first nervous because I wasn't sure who to call up since my normal handy man was not available, I am very thankful for the other reviews because I was convinced he is the guy, and he was. I even think it was cheaper to go with Mr. Alfresco than it would to drive across the bridge go to homedepot and get my guy to fix a problem. Mr. Alfresco thank you.

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