Alpha Plumbing & Heating

Cathy Gagnet ..

Jimmy Macheras and his team at Alpha Plumbing are simply the best. Two nights ago, a pipe burst in our basement, spewing water at such a rate that we called WSSC. They turned off the water to the house that night and told us we needed to call a plumber to replace the pipe.

The next morning I called Jimmy and he came by on his way back from Home Depot to assess the situation. He said that he would have to replace the copper piping near the water meter, that he was finishing a job in D.C. and would come back after that. He and his team replaced the copper piping and fittings. Jimmy showed me what they had done and also how to turn off the water to the house if we leave for vacation. Within less than 24 hours we had running water again. I will never call any other plumbing company. These people know what they are doing and are committed to solving your problem.

Mike S.

Jimmy responded quickly and gave us a fair estimate. The crew worked quickly and did a great job on our shower install. Jimmy also checked our lines with their camera to insure we didn't have any hidden problems.

Robin S.

I called Alpha Plumbing on a Saturday morning as our water main -- on our front lawn -- had a leak that was fast becoming a swamp. Jimmy responded immediately, assessed the situation and his crew arrived first thing Sunday morning. All finished by Monday afternoon with very little disruption and footprint left. Jimmy and his crew are experienced, knowledgeable and honest. Even my neighbors were impressed with their work. I highly recommend them,

Tracy B.

I highly recommend Jimmy and the Alpha 1 team. We had a sewer back ups into the basement. We were told by 3 franchise plumbing companies that we would need to dig up the cast iron pipe under our basement and replace it. Jimmy looked at their video and instead proposed descaling and jetting. He came on time, did the work, and camera'd before and after so that could all see the problem and how it was fixed. His decision making, experience, and skill earned our trust. Thanks!

Andi F.

Over 30 years in our home, we've used many different plumbers. When our hot water heater breathed its last breath, we were hard pressed to find someone who could come within the week, including our long-standing HVAC company. Because the weather turned cold, everyone is focused on heating and plumbing issues. I had gotten Jimmy's at Alpha1's name from our neighborhood ListServe. After being turned down by four other firms, he came to inspect it in the same day and his crew efficiently and effectively installed a new one the next day. They even corrected problems we didn't know we had and they offered many new safety features. This is an A+ company!

Sheila H.

Alpha -1 Plumbing - led by Jimmy Macheras and his team - is a great plumbing company - they are competent, quick, respectful and honest. Not only are they excellent plumbers, they are straight shooters - you can be sure that they will give you the options, answer your questions patiently, do a great job on time and on budget. Don't bother looking further.....hire Alpha-1 Plumbing!

Rick P.

If you have been looking for a responsive, reasonable and honest plumber serving Howard and Montgomery counties, your search is over!

We have lived in the same house in Glenwood, MD for 23 years and have needed the services of a plumber many times - both routine and emergency issues. Because I have been dissatisfied with the service, the attitude and inflated costs, I have never used the same plumber more than once. That changed today!

I called Alpha-1 Plumbing at 7:45 this morning (a Saturday) and left a message. I got a call back from Jimmy, the owner, who asked me a couple of questions about our situation (kitchen sink faucet was spewing water above and below the sink) and asked me to send him some photos of the faucet and related plumbing. On his way to our house Jimmy stopped at Home Depot and picked up a new faucet - the same model and color in the photo I sent, just in case he needed to replace ours. Upon arrival at our house, Jimmy determined the faucet didn't need to be replaced. It had not been properly installed by another plumber about 18 months ago. Jimmy could have told me I needed a new faucet, marked up the new faucet, billing me for a lot of labor and parts. He did neither. What he did do was fix our faucet and charged me substantially less for labor than what he had quoted over the phone. He also would have to go back to Home Depot to return the faucet he bought.

So I now have a new plumber for life! Don't let his bit of a Brooklyn accent fool you - He's a big pussycat.

s t.

I cannot recommend this service more highly. My pipes were frozen for two days and I literally called 100 plumbers who all told me there was nothing I could do or that they didn't have any availability for a week. I got a recommendation for Jimmy at Alpha-1 and he was over at my house within the hour and had the problem fixed within the hour. He was extremely professional and helpful and I totally trusted that he did nothing more than was necessary to fix the problem. He also did a great job explaining the issue to me. I will definitely call Jimmy/Alpha-1 if I ever have another plumbing issue and cannot recommend them more highly.

Adora J.

Alpha-1 Plumbing came highly recommended by a friend of mine. Evan, the plumber, was on time and very professional. He immediately set to work, seemed very knowledgeable, and was very willing to answer my many, many questions about our broken toilet! He explained what the problem was, what he needed to fix it, and how long it would take. He was right about all of it. The price was very reasonable. Evan and the other plumber did their best to clean up the bathroom afterwards. Jimmy, the owner, even followed up with me the next day to make sure we were satisfied.
I would definitely recommend Alpha-1 to a friend.

Nick L.

Jimmy came to our rescue after myplumber.com told me that I had to pay over $10,000 to replace my underground pipes because there was a break in one of them. This was the conclusion of their video inspection guy after their plumber snaked our line for a drain blockage.

I went to Jimmy for a second opinion. His video inspection of the line also came to a stoppage about the same place as marked by the video guy from myplumber.com. Jimmy told me that he cannot make any conclusion based on what we saw on the monitor and snaked the pipe further with different snake head/length setting. More than an hour later, Jimmy cleared the blockage and the video camera had gone pass the mark, all the way toward the main drain. It turns out the so-called breakage in the pipe was nothing more than shoddy work (blockage in the pipe was never fully cleared) done by the previous plumber from myplumber.com.

Jimmy is a God-send and I already put in my recommendation to all my colleagues at work. Jimmy is a real professional in his trade and should put the other wanna be plumbers to shame.

Jimmy is now on my speed dial and I will be calling him from now on for all my plumbing needs. Thank you so much for helping us saving us a boat load of money!