Streamline Plumbing

Linda T.

Greg came out in the rain to give a free sewer line inspection. Our house is
70+ years old and we were braced to hear the worst case scenario. Instead,
Greg announced the good news that our pipes had actually been replaced at
some point and would therefore hold up for many years. Greg would not take any payment for the inspection. In our 27 years in the same house and dozens of
home repair and improvement projects, my husband and I have never encountered
this kind of exceptional free service! By virtue of this unusual and positive experience (and after reading the 5-star reviews), if there had been a problem, we would have had Streamline do the work.

Fred K.

We needed to replace 140 feet of sewer lateral because of recurring tree root obstructions. Streamline's bid was the lowest, and they did their work accurately and on time. Greg was also able to persuade the City of Oakland to charge us a minimal ""Creek Permit"" fee. One of the other bidding companies had told us that this fee would be 6x higher than what was actually charged by the City after Greg spoke with them.
Though we hope never to have to do this again, we were very pleased with Streamline's work from start to finish and recommend them highly.

Melvin T.

Streamline replaced about 100 feet of our sewer line by trenchless last week. The job was done efficiently and quickly. Their bid was the lowest given the scope of work. All permits and certificates were obtained and given to us right after the work was completed. The repairs to the street and sidewalk look very good. The job site was left cleaner than it was before and there are two new clean outs placed in convenient locations.
I would definitely recommend them and use their services again.

Cynthia B.

Streamline just replaced our sewer line as required by EBMUD. Great work: most reasonable bid, arrived early, finished early, scheduled the inspection with the city for that day and I had my certificate of completion before the end of the evening. Worry and hassle free. On top of that the men doing the work were a pleasure. I highly recommend Streamline Plumbing.

Kathy J.

I recommeded Streamline Plumbing and Sewer Replacement to a friend of mine who needed their sewer replaced. Just as I promised they did an outstanding job. They even gave them a referral discount which they didn't expect. The other estimate they recieved from another plumber was much higher. Just as they had with me Greg the estimator explained everything in detail, the crew showed up when they said they would, finished the job in one day and left everything tidy. I'm glad I had the opportunity to recommend them and will continue to do so. It's so refreshing when you find such great service and a company you can trust.

.Hon H.

Streamline did a great job for us last week. We learned that our 80+ year old sewer line needed to be replaced - all 120 feet of it. After receiving several estimates, we decided to go with Streamline after checking our their Yelp reviews and also contacting some of their reviewers, who confirmed that Streamline is indeed the way to go!

They showed up on time, did their work quickly and efficiently, handled the entire permit process with the city of Oakland (yep, you need a permit to do this kind of work) and generally did a terrific job for us.

The only part I didn't like - which certainly wasn't Streamline's fault, was having to hand over $843 to the city of Oakland to pay for permits, application fee, inspection fees, etc. WTH is a ""technology enhancement fee"" and why did it cost me $19? Grr.

Randy R.

I'm pretty happy with Streamline. They just finished (yesterday) doing a trenchless sewer line replacement for us. This is a pretty big job, involving digging a large hole in the middle of the street (where the main sewer line is) and a smaller hole in our yard where the ""clean out"" for our lateral sewer line is.

Here are the criteria I used to rate Streamline:

1. Greg Martin, the owner, showed up to do the quote exactly when he said he would.
2. The quote was $1,020 less than the other quote we had. Greg had no idea of what the other quote was nor that we even had another quote. He was able to come up with his quote within minutes. I suspect that was based on long experience and knowing exactly what's involved in this work, including conditions here in Fremont.
3. Greg told us that his company has done more than 10,000 of these trenchless sewer replacements. Now that they've finished the work, I fully believe that.
4. The crew showed up exactly when scheduled to do this two-day job and finished a little earlier than scheduled.
5. Overall, they were relatively neat, considering how much digging and dirt was involved.
6. Two days prior to the start of the work, they were already preparing the site (marking where the digging would be, etc.). One day prior to start, they got the permits from the city of Fremont.
7. Greg is good about communicating.
8. I was also struck by the fact that Greg is the type of person who trusts you. I've found that people who trust you (within reason, of course) are also the type of people you can trust. Paranoid people are too often people who know you should be paranoid about them.

The only only concern I had was the paperwork:
- There is nothing on the quote / contract about a warranty.
- Within the fine print on the back of the form, ""Terms and Conditions,"" there are quite a few typos and contradictions. It's important if problems occur that everything be clear and set out in writing so that there are no misunderstandings. It's just as much for the benefit of the company as it is for the homeowner.
*Here's the good part of the above and it shows the kind of man Greg Martin is: When I brought these things up with Greg, he quickly told me that there is a 10-year transferable warranty on the labor. The parts are covered under the manufacturers' warranty. He also said that he knows there are typos, etc. and that he plans to get those corrected when the forms are re-printed. Greg told me to write in ""10 Year Warranty"" on the quote/contract and that he would sign it. I did that and he seemed more than happy to sign it. I made sure he got a copy of the signed quote/contract.

Overall, I'd recommend Streamline Plumbing and Underground Construction to anyone. I believe this company and its owner, Greg Martin, are trustworthy and competent. That's high praise from me!

Steve L.

Streamline Plumbing is great! I feel lucky to have found them for my sewer line replacement and am sure you will be as satisfied if you use them.

Greg, the senior estimator, is great. Very knowledgeable, patient, no hassle, and honest. The trenchless sewer line replacement was done promptly with excellent quality. He also made sure the proof of inspection sign-off by district was mailed to me.

I haven't had such wonderful experience with services for very long time. Highly recommend Streamline.

Eve D.

We required a major sewer replacement and Streamline did a great job.

Greg explained what was needed and made sure I understood. He coordinated with other contractors to make sure that our business tenants would be up and running as soon as possible. Greg went above and beyond when he personally went to the job site - after the sewer work was completed - to pinch hit for another contractor so that our tenants could reopen their business.

The job required City inspections and approvals and Greg made sure that we passed with flying colors. Greg continually kept me updated as the job progressed - I always knew what was going on.

I always felt Greg's commitment to getting the job done right and quickly.

I wholeheartedly recommend Streamline Plumbing and Greg Martin.

Elaine B.

We hired Streamline after they gave us a very reasonable estimate for replacing our sewer lateral. They actually gave us two estimates--a lower one if they didn't have to do some additional work which they would only find out when they were doing the work, and a higher one if they had to do that additional work.

The work was done well and in a very timely manner and when we got the bill we were very pleased to discover that they were only billing us for the lesser amount. We have no complaints whatsoever. They were very professional and we saved a considerable amount of money compared to other estimates we received. Unlike another reviewer here we received a copy of the requisite certification with our bill.We are very happy with the service we received.