B Bohmann Plumbing

Peggy R.

Called them out to my business on a Friday because the ladies toilet stopped working (flushing). Bohmann Plumbing sent two plumbers out, they reviewed the situation, had to send pictures from their phone to the ""master plumber best in WI"" then told us that NONE of them could figure out my problem. The plumber then went to do an estimate for us for the work, he came back and told me us that his boss told him to ""stick it to us"" but he wasn't going to because he was really interested in figuring out the ""mystery behind my wall"". He then gave me an estimate for $4500 for two new toilets, tearing down the wall, new pipes, etc. Then they left us, our first weekend in business with no functioning toilet. I paid $70 for a snow job.

The following Monday my husband and I called Martin's Plumbing, they came out in 2 hours fixed the problem, replaced the lines and charged us under $300. Will never call Bohmann again.

C W.

Bohmann Plumbing, (Also Cudahy Plumbing)

I asked the plumber to fix my clogged sink and leaky bath tub faucet. I paid $1,049.00 to have only the bathtub faucet fixed. No parts were used and the plumber only spent about 70 minutes. He was supposed to fix the bathroom sink but did not fix it. I still need to have the sink fixed and will have to call a honest company to do so. The unethical and arrogant owner abdicated his responsibility to the consumer, me, by stating that he gave his prices upfront. While I was aware of the price, I did not agree or believe that he would only make one simple faucet repair and not fix the sink. Shame on you, Bohmann (and also Cudahy) Company and shame on me for failing to check the many unfavorable reviews on Google !!!!

Chuck K.

Ha! This company saved me a lot of time! They were prompt and courteous, and knew what my issues were-right away. (and even called ahead) Went in in fixed what I've been dealing with for far too long. No hassle.....no games. Will call again. A pleasure to have a go-to company I trust! Thanks!

Christianna N.

Broke a PVC pipe under a sink on Saturday. $59 service call. Great! $1500 for a ""complete"" repair, and $500 for a band aid. DO NOT use them. Total rip off.

Doe G.

DO NOT HIRE THIS COMPANY FOR ANYTHING, unless you actually like to be scammed. Our sink drain was clogged - we could run the water in small amounts, but if we left it on for a longer time, it would fill up the pipe from where the clog was and start backing up into the sink. Then it would slowly drain out.

Sunday night (7/21/13) I called B Bohmann Plumbing (without reading any reviews!) and scheduled an appointment for 4:30-5:00 on Monday. On Monday, Brian (the owner) and an apprentice showed up at 4:30 - so far so good. They took a look at the pipes and presented us with a couple of options: snake the pipe for $243 or snake and flush the pipes for $362. We asked what the flushing was for and were told by the apprentice that it was just to really clean out all the sedatives and flush them down from the pipes connecting to the sink. Since my husband had taken the pipes under the sink apart in an attempt to find the clog, we knew that there was nothing wrong with those and went with the cheaper option.

We had to sign the work order and pay before they started the work - a bit unusual for any contractor. Fine, we'd have to pay sooner or later.

After half an hour of snaking the drain we were told that it was not working and that we would have to get the flush (pay an additional $120) to try and take care of the problem (which still was not a guarantee to work and we would have to pay for whatever else might need to be done in addition to the $360, if the flush doesn't work). Apparently, the first option only covered the actual snaking for one half hour, regardless of the result.

I was frustrated and went to talk to Brian about these extortionist billing practices. Brian continued saying that we agreed to the first option and he did the work that we agreed to; if we don't want additional work done, he could just leave - with the clog still in the drain, absolutely no different than it was when they got here. What's more, he was not able to tell me whether this flush would even take care of the problem or if he would have to do something else an how much that might cost.

We ended up paying for the additional service and it cleared out the clog. After reading the reviews, I am certain that all of this could have been done for much cheaper.

Alex A.

Don't use them. They charge me $214.97 to clear kitchen sink drain, after 1/2 and no luck they want $309.14 per hr to continue work. Yes 309.14!!! I stop the work and spend 214.97 for nothing. Stay away from these guys. They also ask for payment up front. Now I know why. The best part ...my friend get my drain to work next morning in less then 10 min, and he is by no mean professional plumber. Garden hose did it!! These guys will take your money and not get anything done. Don't repeat my mistake.

Robert F.

Exellent Service. Came on time. Neat and Clean. Quoted the job first. Finished job quickly and charged as quoted. I would use them again and recommend them to any one needing a quality plumber.

John H.

SCAM! I'm so sorry I didn't read the reviews on Google before calling Bohmann. What a scam! Do NOT use this plumber! When I asked what their minimum job price was, Jerry said it was $49. I described the job to Jerry (an $8 replacement part and 1hr of labor only if you really take your time!), and he said he had no idea; he was just in charge of everything else ""including accounting."" He said a guy would show up, give me a quote, and if I didn't like it I could tell him to walk. So when Chuck showed up and said $279, I suggested he come up with a reasonable price. He said he couldn't because this was the ""price in their catalog."" So I told him to walk. He then told me I owed him $49. Scam, scam, scam. And until these people make it absolutely clear that the $49 is a charge for walking in your door, their practice is nothing but unethical.

Since I can't comment below the company's response directly, I'm adding my defense here:
I received the recorded phone conversation from Bohmann and a letter asking me to remove my bad review from here. The recording only adds evidence to their lack of clarity about their service fee.

I ended up going with Taagen plumbing, who I'd been happy with in the past. They charged less than 50% what Bohmann quoted. See my review on Yelp.

Eli L.

DON'T USE BOHMANN PLUMBING!!!! We are remodeling our house. Normally, I am getting 3 or more estimates on all the work we are doing. We had some minimal plumbing that needed to be done before the carpenters finished the kitchen. I had seen one or two Bohmann signs in Wauwatosa, so I asked them to come out and do the work. The plumber came out and we walked through the work that was needed (similar to what would happen on an estimate). We had a wall mounted faucet installed (plumbing was already there just a modification was needed) and a toilet installation. The plumber wrote up the invoice and I commented on how expensive it was. He said that the installation of the wall mounted faucet was very complicated. An hour and a half later the plumber was done with all of his work. I was shocked! I just wrote a check for $1,150 and he was done in an hour and a half. If the job was so complicated I would have thought it would have taken longer.

I called and spoke with the owner questioning this invoice and that if this was so complicated I would have thought it would have taken longer. He didn't care what I said and arrogantly told me this was a fair price. I can't believe I was charged $460 per hour (including estimate) or $700 per hour of work actually performed. He said they didn't charge by the hour but look out! That is what I paid! He also didn't care that I was going to be giving him an awful rating on Angie's List and planned on filing a complaint with NARI.

Bottom line - I was price gouged! I Don't use this plumber!!!!!!

Jeff L.

These guys charged me 168 bucks to snake my sink drain. When they didn't have a snake tough enough to cut through the sludge in these old pipes they had to get another tool and come back later. I've been waiting 3 hours already and they said it could be another 2 hours til the guy comes back with the new snake.
Do NOT use these guys.