Bernie's Plumbing & Heating
About us
Additional website - www.berniesplumbingheat.justgoodbusiness.biz.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Repair to all plumbing systems, drain cleaning, gas & water piping, hot water heat & steam heat, indirect water heaters, repair to most forced air furnaces, residential & commercial remodels., supply & install boilers, supply & install sinks, tank less water heaters, toilets, tubs & faucets, water heaters
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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I emailed and asked for an estimate for repairing a drip under a single vanity bathroom sink with my full address and was told approx. $140. Then the plumber arrived, was very nice, kind to my dog, said I had been quoted $140 but it would be more like $200, fine I said. I showed him to the bathroom and after trying a few things he diagnosed the problem as being more serious than originally thought because the sink bowl hole was damaged where it meets the pipe, perhaps from the original install or from a faucet upgrade by a professional, said he couldn't be sure but the sink needed to be replaced.
He measured under the sink, told me I needed to buy a new sink (personally to go and get it myself, had no idea what to even look for-asked him if he could measure it for me). He estimated the cost to replace the sink would be $500. He didn't charge me for this visit and he shut off the water to the sink and took part of the under sink piping with him along with the drain pull. I was surprised by the cost (which didn't include the replacement sink), so I emailed about it and they said they would be adding an additional travel time of $189.00 because I lived out of the area.
I absolutely know that they could not have diagnosed the problem without seeing it and that an estimate is an estimate and the problem was more serious than it seemed. I don't have a problem with that, not at all. What I do have a problem with-I wish they had mentioned this area thing originally when I emailed with my address for a quote because if I'd known they were/I was out of the area I would have just called another place, not a problem. But now I had a shut off sink, missing it's piping and no more drain pull that matched the faucets and had to spend time researching online to find out that I had a 18" overmount single center set bathroom sink so I even knew what I was trying to replace.
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