Montclair Rooter Plumbing & Heating

Deborah S.

Josh just finished several hours at our home assessing, experimenting and ultimately fixing a persistent back up in our kitchen sink that had been acting up periodically (usually just before dinner guests arrived) for years. Others had provided temporary fixes, but Josh was determined to get to the bottom of it and provide a long term solution. He said it was the worst build up of decades old fat and coffee grinds he'd ever seen, and he's seen a lot. He was creative, systematic and persistent, not averse to getting dirty. He kept trying things until something worked. We are very grateful.

Brian C.

Got the toilet fixed tonight. Thank you Montclair Rooter Plumbing & Heating!!! Josh you rock!!! Showing up within hours of me calling was really appreciated.

Lawrence T.

Reasonable ~ Reliable ~ Confident ~ Trustworthy

I have my own house and some rental property - in other words I've had to deal with more than my fair share of plumbers. Josh was simply amazing. Worked with me both by text and phone to keep me in loop at all times.

Supply line the house broke - the amateur gardener in me hit it with a spade. Josh asked all the right questions from the get go - ""Is this an emergency, or can it wait until tomorrow?"" I have every confidence that if it was an emergency, that he would have been at my house Tuesday evening when I called.

Instead, he evaluated the situation with the information that I gave him, and assessed that it could wait a little. Totally reasonable.

When he was able to get to my house, he let me know what was going on and approximately the cost to fix. When he ran into other issues with the original plumbing, he just handled it.

I got a follow up call and felt like it was a very reasonable price for the work that was done. He left the old part for me to inspect (I was traveling for work) and left the work in a way that I could see what it was that he fixed. I am confident that I picked the right plumber.

I'm having him come back next week to work on my heater before the winter sets in. You don't get service better than this.

G P.

on second thought, downgraded to 4 stars cuz the prices jumped so much the second time around. still bugs me .... but the work is 5 stars.

Gary M.

Sunday afternoon plumbing emergency.

Yeah, been there, done that, wrote favorable Yelp review, but we couldn't reach the guy we'd used before, so based on what we read on Yelp this time, we tried calling Josh at Montclair Rooter Plumbing and Heating.

Josh analyzed, described, and fixed the situation. He explained in terms I could almost completely understand how in this case running the dishwasher and the washing machine had resulted in a sudden, dramatic, highly unpleasant backup in two toilets, two showers, and a bathtub. He also explained how some of the factors in the layout of the house and pipes have led to recurring problems, and identified some of the least intrusive ways to partially alleviate those problems.

Then the surprise finale: Josh cleaned and sanitized the toilets, showers, and bathtub, and did it in about a quarter of the time that we were expecting it to take us once he was gone (and probably one and a half times as effectively).

The several additional positive things I could add have already been said in other reviews here, so I'll save my energy and let the sentences I've already written and the five stars speak for themselves.

cat c.

Josh was an amazing help in remedying what I thought was a simple sink clog in my kitchen. When I called, he had a fully booked day but was willing to come to my house in the evening to take a look. After we realized that the issue was bigger than a simple P-trap cleanout, he went ahead and troubleshooted until he found the problem in the piping all the way in my basement. He removed a disgusting buildup of crud from my pipes in my 70-year old home and even cleaned up the goopy mess that occurred after unclogging the clog in the basement. (AND took away my gross towels for me!) Josh is so friendly, knowldegeable and helpful that I felt super safe to have him in my home with my two small children late at night. He even impressed my hard-to-please civil engineer Korean father who was present when we were being serviced. So much in fact, my dad asked to book him for a few projects for his own home. 100% recommend!

PS He is not a cash-only business, despite what previous a previous reviewer had stated.

Vinay I.

Agreeing with other reviewers, Josh is a star. On a late Sunday evening we had a crisis and he showed up within 30 mins, diagnosed the problem quickly, got to work pronto, and got the messy problem resolved. He definitely knows his stuff and makes sure you know it too :)

Fairly priced for the excellent service he provides. Definitely will call on him again - hopefully not in the next 5 years though!

Gene C.

The sewer pipe from my house broke and sewage was spewing into my back yard. Fortunately, Josh came within an hour, and even though it was late in the day and getting dark, he fixed the problem at a reasonable cost.

He is a colorful personality, but you'll put up with his eccentricities because he's honest, knows what he is doing, and gets the job done.

Rebecca P.

This guy is hilarious, but more importantly he does the job quickly and reliably. I had a clogged pipe at my b-friend's house and he was there in 20 minutes and fixed the problem within 5. Thanks Josh.

Mary G.

I needed a drain pipe fixed and called Josh because of the reviews. He's everything the other reviewers say - smart, super-helpful, completely prepared with all the equipment he needs to do just about any plumbing job, and reasonably priced. I've had pools of water collect at the corner of my house from a cracked and clogged drain pipe. Josh cleared the whole thing out in less than an hour. He explained what he was doing and why, and he noticed other minor problems that he fixed for me on the fly without a great deal of additional charge. He's been a general contractor and is a fount of helpful information about structure, plumbing, electrical, and other areas of concern for a homeowner. And if that weren't enough, he's entertaining and engaging. Nice to have a plumber who's fun to be around. I will definitely call him again.