CORE PLUMBING
About us
Book your appointment instantly from our website! (same-day appointments available) We are a father and son, full service plumbing company handling residential and commercial plumbing repair, replacement and remodel construction. Our dedication is to provide you, our customer, with superior quality and craftsmanship at a fair and reasonable price. You can be assured that we will afford the same care and concern to your home as we would to our own, and all recommendations will be made with your best in mind. There are many companies whose top priority is “maximizing profits”. We are not of that mindset. Rather, our endeavor is to take care of your plumbing needs as we would a friend or relative. And our satisfaction is in having you consider us as your plumber.
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Services we offer
Hot Water Circulation and Whole-Home Water Filtration., We are a father and son, full service plumbing company handling residential and commercial plumbing repair, replacement and remodel construction. We specialize in Tankless Hot Water Systems
Amenities
Emergency Services
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Before he would get started, Don recommended a flood clean up company to santize the ground and a drain camera service to find the break. I went ahead and coordinated with both of these companies and had the preliminary work done so that Core Plumbing would have a clean, safe environment to work in and know exactly where the problem was located.
With the new camera information, I concluded that we did not need to replace the entire system, but just repair the break.
Don then came back to the job site, looked under the house and told me that he was going to "pass" on doing the work because he did not want to crawl under the house. He now needed a hole to be cut in my floor ... but he said he would not cut the hole because asbestos notifications were required. I cut the hole myself so that I could keep this job going.
I later found out that a contractor can remove up to 100 square feet of an asbestos material without the need for notifications. (A hole to crawl through the floor would only be about 6 sq ft).Here is published information from the AQMD that confirms the 100 sq ft rule.
http://www.elsegundo.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?blobid=6538
http://www.aqmd.gov/comply/asbestos/1403FAQ.doc
After I cut the hole in my kitchen floor, Core Plumbing noted that there were spiders under the house around the pipe and they required that I have an exterminator remove them before they would do any work. I called a reliable pest control company and had that done.
FInally, I scheduled Core Plumbing to come out and do the work, which now was basically glue 2 pieces of pipe back together. They charged me $600.00. This seemed a bit much... but at this point, I did not want to start the process all over with a new plumber, plus they had provided good information, and recommendations for the cleanup and camera work.
Don's son did the job, but interestingly, he used a rubber pipe coupling instead of gluing the 2in. ABS pipe. I was concerned about the use of a coupling so I asked around and came to the conclusion that this is really not the way it should be done. This could possibly be a problem point later on, from the loosening of the clamps on the coupling, so I had another plumber come out to remove the coupling and glue the pipe together so it would be permanent.
I liked Don and I can tell that he knows his stuff. Unfortunately, I would not hire Core Plumbing again. It just seemed that they tended to make bigger issues out of the minor setbacks that would come with any job.
"I am in agreement with the homeowner that a fairly simple job was hindered by certain difficulties. The crawl space was flooded with sewage, so we referred Gold Coast Flood and Mold to pump out the sewage prior to crawling in. Once it was cleaned up, we crawled under and found that the leaking drain pipe was in a part of the crawlspace we could not physically get to. Upon discussing this with the owner, it was clear that opening the floor would be more cost effective than digging our way under to get to the problem. Rather than go through the testing process for asbestos in the flooring, our client offered to open the floor himself, which is his prerogative as a homeowner. He did this, and we came back to find that portion of the crawlspace to be infested with black widows...not just one or two, but dozens... within a fairly small area. I'm sorry that he had to get it exterminated, but it was necessary. I could not in good conscience send an employee under there with that many black widows. The fittings that are being complained about are a standard of the industry. We plumb skyscrapers with these fittings and it was certainly an appropriate application for a single family residence. To conclude, the homeowner may have forgotten that the $600.00 charge included repair to his sewer clean-outs in the front yard, which was a separate and unrelated problem than the leak under the kitchen. We had three trips to his house and solved two major drain related plumbing problems, and I believe that we treated our client fairly and with respect."
"Had Mr. [removed member name] brought this to our attention, we could have returned to correct anything that was not satisfactory. That offer still stands and we would be more than happy to take a look at it with him."
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