Irwin Friedman & Son
Company Overview
As a certified and insured fourth generation family-operated plumbing, heating, and fire protection service company, we have been serving the community since 1926. Our services include home, corporate, institutional, and industrial tasks, ranging from simple projects to entire renovations, drain cleaning, heating units and meters, gas, heating and leak detection, RPZ device installations and testing, correction of building department issues and FDNY issues. We cover all five boroughs and look forward to transforming your plumbing aspirations into something tangible!
My late grandfather, Louis, founded the business with my late grandmother, Ida, out of their home in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn in 1926. After school, my late father, Irwin, would change his work clothes and assist my grandfather. Irwin earned his plumbing license in 1961. I, Jay Friedman, began working with my father during summers at the age of 16. I began working full-time at 19, successfully completed the Master Plumbers test, and received my Master Plumbers license at 24, assuming leadership the company in 1987. I am now joined by my amazing son, Brandon, who is getting ready to be the fourth generation Master Plumber. Our goal is to transform your plumbing needs into something tangible!
I was born in 1963 and became part of the family business full-time at the age of 19. I earned my degree from The Mechanics Institute (class of 1983) and pursued additional schooling at Plumbers Local 1, where I finished in the top 4 of my class in 1988. Next, I started my last school for studying to obtain my NYC Master Plumbers License in 1989, which I secured in 1992. I earned my NYC Fire Suppression License in 1995. Following my late father Irwin Friedman's passing in 1998, I managed the business alone until 2012, when my son, Brandon Friedman, joined me to prepare for the 4th generation.
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
- 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: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Tue: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Wed: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Thu: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Fri: | 7:30 AM - 6:00 PM |
| Sat: | Closed |
| Sun: | Closed |
Recommended Customer Reviews
These plumbers are not just plumbers, they are nice people. I have used them for huge factory installations, and tiny leak problems created by others Every time they come, they are prompt, work clean, and courteous. Ive had emergencies, and plenty of non emergencies. They handle them both appropriately. I never met Irwin, but Jay (father) and Brandon (son) make a terrific team!
I actually never right reviews, but Brandon is really great. He is so responsive (texts directly with you whenever!), so reliable (actually even arrived a bit early one of the times), and you don't feel like someone is hustling you. He even told me to pay the invoice after I ran my dishwasher myself. You feel like you've known eachother forever.
Anne M.I had a gas leak in my stove and I was able to get an appointment pretty quickly. Brandon came and repaired the leak. He was efficient and reliable. He came back to replace the diverter in my bathtub. He was on time and everything was done in 30 minutes. Highly recommend them for all your plumbing needs. They are a family owned business and very knowledgeable.
Lynn N.HONESTY MATTERS! If you are looking for an honest plumber, Jay Friedman is your guy. Besides being friendly and knowledgeable, Jay does not use scare tactics into having you purchase more services than you need. He truly is a hardworking plumber from a 4th generation of plumbers in his family. I highly recommend and will definitely use his services again. Thanks so much Jay!
Brandon was communicative and fast - his team was professional and fixed the problem. Asking them to come back to fix my radiator next!
Very friendly family business. They were able to come same day in a pinch and followed up after fixing my heater to make sure we were satisfied with service.
My boiler had a long standing series of issues. Made a call hellbent on getting a new boiler to solve all my problems. Brandon walked me through why it may be better to keep what I have and save money.
The guys came out did a full inspection, did a full inspection and talked me through all the things wrong and how to correct them. After they finished they cleaned up the boiler room and tested every single radiator in the house to make sure the system was working. This helped identify one issue that I didn't even know about and the corrected it.
Needless to say - this was a call worth making and I would call Friedman back at any time and also recommend them.
After the job was done, they called back a few days later to make sure everything was still working fine and no issues were noticed with the system.
Amy H.During a rain storm my basement bathroom tub started filling up with dark water. Called these guys and they did come out same night and charged what they said which was an emergency snaking of the sewer line for $750. The plumber who came out said that would fix it and said there was a 30 day warranty. Gave him a tip. 32 days later hurricane Henri hit and our basement flooded. I called Brandon to try to honor their warranty since how am I supposed to know when another storm would hit and clearly snaking didn't fix the issue. I even asked if a plumber would just come out and camera inspect the pipe and I would pay the cost. He said he'd call me back and never did. I found another plumber who figured out that my sump pump was broken. Basically snaking the line did nothing. If your plumber had inspected everything and not jump to snaking the line, it would've saved me $10k in repairing my basement.
Our toilet was backed up on a Friday afternoon and with the old, problematic plumbing system in our home we new we needed serious help. The plumber arrived in about an hour and he was excellent but it turns out we needed a more intense snake that would go through the main sewer connection. The second plumber came with the snake and dealt with a design flaw in our plumbing system that we were told couldn't be fixed. He was able to finally snake our drain properly for the first time and our plumbing has been great ever since. They were a very professional, knowledgeable team and I will definitely call them again for any future plumbing needs!
Hailey K.Agree with Dan J. Had an even worse experience.
They do poor-quality work and the owner is extremely immature.

























