Lewis Plumbing, Inc

Lewis Plumbing will gouge you on the cost of any parts required for your job. I had them replace 2 valve stems for bathtub faucets and they billed $66 plus tax each. The retail of the part is $13-$20. They replaced a water pressure regulator which retails for $65 and charged me $212.50 plus tax. In addition they charged $300 for 2.5 hours labor for a total bill of $674.21. The technician charged my credit card while he was onsite. After reviewing the invoice, I sent Lewis an email (in their email with the invoice they request that you give them a chance to "make it right" before you leave a negative review) asking them to explain the high markups. They responded very tersely "the pricing is standard." I sent a follow up email asking if I was correct that they were marking up parts by 300%-400% and they never responded. I have several other rental properties and this extremely high mark up on parts is NOT standard. I will never use Lewis Plumbing again. There are other Santa Barbara plumbers with much better average reviews. Avoid this company.

Plumber damaged stairs when removing old water heater. Took office 2 weeks to address the issue after numerous contact. Finally sent technician out to somewhat repair the damage, but felt nothing would have been done had I not pressed the issue.

Great. All went as expected.

after a quote of 1450 from Alicia Air to a bill of 340. I am pretty happy.

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Was told $110.00 per hour for service.  Asked at 330PM if possible to come before 5pm.   Happy to get a call that they could come.
Plumber came at 403PM.  Reached into toilet and pulled out screwdriver.
Snaked drain with a small hand snake.
 I had completely pulled items under sink the night before and had carefully
removed plastic trap which was in PERFECT CONDITION.  I was careful!!
Was hoping the trap had clog so I would not need to request plumber but was clean
and NOT CRACKED!
Plumber was done in 20min but came out saying my plastic  trap was cracked - BALONEY!
He either knelt on it or sat on it of craced it on purpose...I'm not sure which but it was NOT CRACKED.
He took another 10min doing who know what and came back with a stainless steel trap.  I should have
challenged him at that time.
I get the bill for $172.98!!!!!!!  Are you kidding me?  $110.00 minimum which Is obscene but expected since they are not the
type of company who would charge anything less for a 20min job (+ 10 min because he broke by trap) but I was okay with that.
But they charged me $20 for using the snake???  How do they usually unclog a drain?  With their tongue?  And another $45 for a replacement trap which I hereby swear that he broke! They should replace what they broke!  But Lewis Plumbing did not man up.  They just saw an opportunity to stick it to me.
$173 to unclog a VERY EASY sink and a reach into the toilet!  All in 30min? Oh, boy!  Was I lucky?
I will never use these snakes again (opps!  maybe another $20?) and since they are no better than rug cleaners, I recommend everyone stay away from this dishonorable company.  They are out for your money any will not be upfront with you.  After all, at $110.00 an hour they still feel the need to gauge you if you want them to use the tools of their trade.  Absolutely disgusting!
Try someone else.  You can't do worse.  They charge $20 to use the tools of their trade?  Enough said!  Can you believe it?

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Prompt, professional, quality work and follow-up.  Good plumbing contractors are hard to find and Lewis plumbing has been the best found thus far.  Currently have them scheduled for additional work.

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The estimate was approximately 3 times higher than a realistic quote.  We did not use Lewis Plumbing for our job.

Went as described.  Video'd the main line first.

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Very well.

Took a few weeks to order parts from manufacturer, but once they came repairs were made without a hitch and everything is working great.

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We had a leak in the plumbing in the foundation of the home. They re-routed the plumbing through the attic. They did a wonderful job. They were professional and efficient and did a wonderful job. We would highly recommend them.

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