Mr Plumber

Lynn E.

I hired MR Plumber to do plumbing work. He asked us to remove a closet and cut holes in the floor of a bathroom that we were remodeling. I told him that we were not going to remove those areas of the bathroom and that we already removed the walls down to the studs in the area where we needed to do that. He said that he needed the closet removed and the wall behind the closet removed to the studs, and as time went on 3 holes in the floor, one of which was 4 feet across. He said that it would be much cheaper if he had those demolitions completed and he had open access. So I hired the carpenter to remove those areas as well, which will cost me greatly to replace.

I received the bill for ONLY ROUGH plumbing one bathroom and part of the bathroom above it. These bathrooms share plumbing such as the drain line. It was nearly $5000!!!! YES FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS to replace rough plumbing where it previously was. I was replacing the lines because they were old and some leaked, not because I was moving anything. The tub, toilet, and sink are in the same locations. ALSO, Mind you, this plumber did not actually connect a sink, tub, or toilet to a water or drain line. It is only replacing the rough plumbing.

Additionally, I was the 'fill in' customer, the plumber showed up and worked and hour or two or so off and on over several days, instead of working for 2 days and being done so we could get on with the remodel.

I will be hiring someone else to finish this job. No way I will hire him to do the kitchen or even to finish the bathroom by actually attaching the sinks, toilets, and tubs to the water supply and drains.

No way will I ever use him again. He charged thousands more than what the bill should have been, based on my experience doing many remodels of houses over many years...

By the way, he said he could not give me an estimate because he did not know how to do one until he 'got into it', but with the wall/closet removed and the floor it would keep the cost down.

Honesty, trust, integrity, are character traits that define the types of people I choose to work with and hire. I gladly pay a fair wage for work, and enjoy hiring people to do work for me that I can trust to do the work correctly and honestly. I enjoy working with contractors, companies and individuals when I can just describe the problem and be able to trust that they will competently fix the problem and be honest in what needs to be done and what is optional and in the cost.

I'll give a company a try, but if they do not measure up to my standards I will not hire them twice!

And Mr. Plumber, well karma will catch ya!