Babe's Plumbing
Company Overview
Babe's Plumbing, Inc. specializes in plumbing and fire sprinkler services, established by M.M. ""Babe"" Dalton in 1957. As a family-owned business, Joe Dalton, the son of Babe, now manages Babe's Plumbing. We provide plumbing services to Venice, Englewood, North Port, Boca Grande, and Sarasota, FL.
Established on September 1, 1957, Babe's Plumbing, Inc. & Fire Sprinklers was created by M.M. ""Babe"" Dalton. Despite more than 60 years in business, Babe's is still family-owned. Currently, Joe Dalton oversees the company along with his three sons. Joe Jr. specializes in Contract Plumbing, Ryan manages Fire Sprinklers, and Josh handles Plumbing Service.
As President of Babe's Plumbing, Inc., Joe actively engages with the community. Joe supports local businesses, serves on the board of various non-profit organizations, and is involved with multiple service organizations. Bringing more than 30 years of plumbing knowledge, he meets all plumbing and fire sprinkler needs. He is committed to delivering quality work done right and affirms Babe's saying, ""good work is not cheap, cheap work is not good"". When not at work, he cherishes moments with his wife of 43 years, their four children, and eleven grandchildren.
Business Services
- Appliance repair
- 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
- Sewer installation
- Sewer repair
- Shower installation
- Shower repair
- Sink installation
- Sink repair
- Toilet installation
- Toilet repair
- Water heater installation
- Water heater repair
- Water pipe installation
- Water pipe repair
Business Location & Hours
Mon: | Open 24 hours |
Tue: | Open 24 hours |
Wed: | Open 24 hours |
Thu: | Open 24 hours |
Fri: | Open 24 hours |
Sat: | Open 24 hours |
Sun: | Open 24 hours |
Recommended Customer Reviews

2nd time using them always timely and great service! Highly recommend for all plumbing needs.

I had Babe's plumbing replace a water heater exactly like the one they installed 4 years 8 months ago. It was under warranty from Rheem. No charge for the tank. It involved cutting 2 plastic 1inch and reinstalling a 1 inch drain pipe and a relief valve on top. They will not itemize the bill. For this at the top $150 . They charged me $746.

Thanks to Todd M's review, I called Flo-Tech after my horrible experience with Babe's too (see Google review for all the details) and was thoroughly pleased with their service. Good communications with the office, the plumbers arrived at the appointed time, had all the parts they needed on their truck, and got all the work done to install new plumbing fixtures, valves, and lines and completely clear the plumbing backup in all lines, at 1/3 Babe's cost.

Had sewer back up and Babe's was on site in 30 minutes. Excellent service and cleared blockage in 20 minutes.

Plumber arrived on time and performed a flush and ignition rod cleaning on my 3 year old tankless water heater. Price was $234. Worked ok for 10 days then on Saturday afternoon no hot water. On Sunday I called Babes and got on call plumber Mike. He could not come out with a hefty service call and suggested I call early on Monday. I agreed and asked if he might have any tips I could try. He did, so I tried that andthe unit began to heat water. I called him back to thank him. I also called the office this week and they saw no need to send out a plumber without charging for a service call. I declined So maybe we won't have a further issue. Mostly positive review you decide.

Babe's fixed a leak coming from my water meter line. They did exactly what they said.

""""Good work isn't cheap , and cheap work isn't good."""" That's some saying they cane up with . Hope you don't need their services on a weekend as their high priced services get even more astronomical . A simple fix like shaking out a clogged drain could run you in the 500 smackers vicinity . There's the old joke where a doctor calls a plumber for a fix at his house . Afterwards the plumber hands the doctor the bill - the doctor looks at it amazed . """"Hey! That's a lot of money - and I'm a doctor !"""" He says . """"I know, """" says the plumber - """"I used to be a doctor ."""" Hahaha. How do you tell a good plumber ?? By the size of his boat . With their prices , these guys must all have some mighty big boats .

On time and did a amazing job. We have a drain that we had been told was just old and would never drain correctly by other plumbers, after having it snaked. It was so bad I decided to have someone else look at it. Called Babes, very professional in the phone and got us an appointment right away. They had my drain running like new in less than 15 minutes. Definitely will be the plumbers we call and tell our friends to use!

Tony the plumber was on time & courteous. He had several tasks that I asked for him accomplish. One such task, was rebuilding a valve under the toilet, which he finished in 5 min. It wasn't until a few days later when I asked for a breakdown in the bill, that I saw that I was charged $150. Very disappointed.

Very dissatisfied. Had a gentleman from Babes come in to snake my bathroom drain. He did arrive on time and cleaned up after himself for the most part. I let him do his thing. After about an hour of work he told me the issue was fixed. The next day the drain was clogged up again. Issue not fixed! Called them up and told them what they did did not fix the issue. They would not come back without another charge. Ended up getting another service. The gentleman did it right and at a much cheaper price( just over 20% less) for the same job. Haven't had an issue since. I WOULD NOT recommend Babes Plumbing for this job after this one instance. You can find better service for a cheaper price somewhere else.