
Liberty Pure Solutions Inc
About us
Total Plumbing and Water Treatment Company, sales, installation and service of custom selected equipment. Residential and commercial delivery of purified bottled water. We service all brands of water conditioning and purification systems. We deliver solar salt and supplies. We provide pluming services as needed. We are licensed by MDE WCI119, and certified by the water quality association in the following areas - Certified Installer, Certified Sales, Certified Water specialist III. We have been servicing the area since 1988 with over 15000 customers to date.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Appliances, Bottled Water., Plumbing, Reverse Osmosis, Water Heaters, Water Treatment & Water Softeners, Well Pumps, Well Tanks
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Free Estimates
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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"No excuses here, I (Doug Workman, President) sent this gentleman the wrong proposal after a day of seeing 8 customers I mixed him up with another. Unfortunately we have not had the opportunity to do anything other than a free evaluation for him and advise what equipment would best meet his needs. Since correcting the estimate, we have had no contact."
The old heater was put in prior to the requirement for an expansion tank.
Upon measuring the opening for the spot where the heater was located, it was found to be narrower than the new model water heater.
The plumber quoted a price of $1300 as a revised estimate. This included everything.
At this point we discussed with him and got an estimate for a tankless system. The cost was too prohibitive for that. We decided on the hot water heater that we were originally getting. (this was about an extra 30 minutes)
The plumber left and obtained an expansion tank, he cut and widened the opening to accommodate the new heater and installed the expansion tank and new water heater.
After completing a job that took him, at least, two hours longer than originally expected, rather than leaving the Cedar Chest to be returned to the closet after I came home from work, he assisted my wife in putting in back in the closet.
Obviously this man and his company understand customer service. That little bit of kindness after a frustrating day for him and my wife does make a difference. I do appreciate it.
Note: I put the price as excellent. I realize that a lower price may have been available. This company was worth every penny I spent.
Scheduling the estimate went smoothly and we got a quick turnaround time. The technicians arrived on time and were professional and very polite. They did a thorough examination of our physical layout and explained what they were doing as they tested the water. The lead technician had a somewhat verbose style that was a little hard to follow, but we mainly got what he was saying. We have no complaints about them or the company, but realized after getting a second estimate and talking with an independent water testing lab that we were being pushed to buy an unnecessary whole-house reverse osmosis system that would have cost upwards of $14,000 (and wasted an enormous amount of water, perhaps overtaxing our well in the process) when a lower cost softener/under-sink system would do just fine for our needs. The estimate for the simpler system was buried in the overall estimate, and we could have opted just for that, but found another company offering the same thing for about $400 less, so we went with the other company.
I indicated we would not use this provider in the future only because we found another that we liked a little better. I think this is a fine company, but the homeowner has to work a little harder to understand what they are offering and do some homework to be sure it's the best option.
First came out April'14 to address concerns I had about our pH level-- it kept going below 7.0 shortly after we'd had it filled from a different plumber (2 times in our first year here) and that first plumber had seemed inexperienced on other things as well, so I wanted to find someone who specialized in water treatment. Liberty Pure had great reviews and I really liked them initially. The techs (Kevin and Mike, I believe) seemed very knowledgeable and agreed that our last plumber had indeed made quite a few mistakes. When asked for advice, Kevin suggested a new well tank and a larger neutralizer. Our current neutralizer had been replaced only 2 years ago, by the previous owners but he informed us that this larger one would keep our pH "well above 7.0" and allow us to refill the minerals every 18-24 months instead of around 6 like we had been. I was worn out from too many service calls at this point and grateful to have found someone that seemed like they knew what they were talking about, so my husband and I agreed to do it and they came back a few days later to install, $2,400.
Eight nights later there was a bad storm, our basement flooded. We were down there with a large wet vac from 1-5am, vacuuming and dumping on repeat, not able to find exactly where it was coming from for the first few hours. We COULD tell it was from somewhere in the corner closet where the pump/softener/neutralizer are. When my husband decided to try and move our huge softener (must be about 300 lbs) out of the little closet we were finally able to get in there with a flashlight and diagnose the problem. When the techs had installed the new neutralizer, they had spilled (or knocked, more on that in a second) at least a gallon of the mineral solution into a trench that was part of our drainage system, thereby clogging the drainage and forcing all this storm water into the basement instead of along its intended path. The spill was all the way behind the neutralizer which sits almost flush with the floor so you can't see it without moving the softener out of the way.
Doug, the owner, came out the next morning and immediately agreed that the problem was their fault. He said that he thought the previous plumber may actually have been the one to spill the minerals initially, as the color was different than what they used (and an inferior product)... BUT that his guys had a responsibility to clean it up when they saw it upon replacement of the neutralizer. We had had several bad storms between other refills anyway with no water in the basement whatsoever, so even if it HAD been spilled by that guy, it had not been knocked into the trench... THAT happened during this recent install. Doug went on to say that they have such a high rating on Angie's List bc they go above and beyond to take care of their customers and that there was absolutely no excuse for his guys to have left that there. He explained though that it would be hard to get insurance to cover it, since surely sometime in the last 40 years there had been water in the basement at SOME point, (though the fact that our basement had no wet smell or visible mold was a huge selling point in choosing this house), thereby making it difficult to assess the damage that this particular incident had caused. He offered to give us $1000 back from the cost of the neutralizer to handle the rest of the cleanup ourselves, should we so choose. Although I certainly would've rather had a cleanup company come, his reasoning made sense to me and we certainly didn't have an extra several thousand dollars to pay for mold remediation if insurance wouldn't have covered it. So in the next couple days-- after MANY more hours of cleanup, pulling out carpet, tossing wet padding, many passes with a rented commercial extractor, borrowing and buying more fans to keep running 24/7 and plenty heated discussions with my husband over the next couple days, we agreed to thank Doug and accept the $1k. Let me stress that I did appreciate the offer - I accepted it right? - but it only covered the cost of what we had already spent, plus a larger dehumidifer that we bought immediately after. And it clearly came NOWHERE NEAR being worth the time/effort/stress involved. Seriously people, if anyone here has had to brainstorm (read: argue) with a spouse on what to do in a situation like this where no option is "good" and all are costly, you know what I'm talking about.
Now again, I don't mean to complain about the owner or his offer-- I believe it was made in good faith and we just felt like we were all in a bad situation and had to make the most of it, and I was glad to at least have some money to help with it versus a business owner who tried to deny any responsibility and fight us on it. Who's to say if we would have won that battle, especially if the previous plumber had indeed spilled it initially. My intent is merely to state that we were not "getting over" on anyone for having to deal with this huge mess and then get a grand back to put a dent in the cleanup cost.
So imagine my surprise a couple days later after Doug spoke to Kevin, whom apparently copped a huge attitude, saying that he "told us" the previous guy had made a bunch of mistakes and that we "knew something had been spilled all over the floor". Let me now clearly say that while he did tell us about mistakes made, there was NEVER any indication WHATSOEVER that we were being left with any issues to take care of or clean up on our end, due to those mistakes. I get that you don't want your boss to reprimand you but to blame it on the homeowner; is beyond absurd. How on earth we would be expected to know we should clean something up, much less move a humongous h2O softener full of salt out of the way to get to it?? My husband happens to be huge himself, otherwise there's no way he could've moved it.
Doug still agreed to hold up his end of the bargain, but he felt the need to pass Kevin's words along first and I felt like his attitude had shifted some. It took him several weeks with reminder calls to send a few smaller checks, but the total amount promised did eventually come through. The whole thing left a horrible taste in my mouth but I didn't really have any more energy to put into it and just wanted to put it behind us. I thought about leaving a mixed review then but since the money was eventually sent, I didn't want to be unfair.
The next service call we had to make was a few months later. Kevin and Mike came to check our pH because our pool test kit showed it as a little low, lighter than my kit goes at 6.8. Kevin's demeanor was quiet & short and he seemed to have a chip on his shoulder, which I had expected possible... so I wanted to clear the air. We explained the situation, what we went through with the flooding and aftermath, and said that we were certainly not trying to get anyone in trouble. His response was still short and included reiterating that he'd told us the first guy had made mistakes. When I went into how that does not equate to "and one of the mistakes is still there, can cause you problems in the future so you need to do something about it", his response was "well at least you got a thousand dollars out of it". I'm not going to write what came to mind then but I decided to walk away from it and let the husband deal with the rest of it, which he did... They explained that the pH was fine, our kit's reading was wrong and to "stop worrying", that we wouldn't need to refill for a while.
Fast forward all through summer/fall/winter. Come early March of this year it was time to refill, less than a year... minerals were lower than the halfway point and pH was reading low again. Less than a year is far shy of 18-24 months but also much better than the 5-6 the first guy had been doing it, so I was ok with it
"I am sorry that you feel you did not you get what you paid for from the work that we did. We were able to get your system installed and did take on some of the fault for not getting the drained cleaned of the mineral mixture that the previous plumber left behind. Our guys are top notch and should have taken care of this, and we have addressed this with them since. As you stated we did try to make things right with you by refunding you $1000 for the clean-up expense and did come out multiple times to maintenance your system over the course of 16 months. As we had discussed your water test were perfect and I am sorry if you were confused that your pH levels would be any higher than 7.5 for the system you have, unfortunately that system only allows for pH up to 7.5. We value our Angie’s List customers and do our best to ensure we exceed their satisfaction, which is why you selected us for your job as you mentioned. You accepted our refund because it was in good faith and we were both put into a difficult situation because of previous poor work from another company. Again we did not deny any accountability and did everything to help you through the situation because we are fair and honest as you stated. We do appreciate feedback from our customers as it does help us constantly improve, and we hope that you will reconsider Liberty Pure Solutions in the future."
"Never heard from this person, no Idea who they are or why they are giving us a rating? But its nice that she or He will Hire us again?"
They put a cheap filtration device, one that doesn't actually do what we need it do. Also didn't line our pipe and took our old (only 1 year old filter) and we don't know where it went.
We tried to talk to the owner, who claimed that they had been here for 3 days, when they were only here for one day.
The entire project was supposed to be $3900, and ended up costing $6000, with addition work that didn't need to be done. They even cut an additional 10 feet off our well pipe, that caused more service to be done and added to our price.
I tried calling many plumbers, and no one could give me same day service except Liberty Pure. I am very happy with their service and their price. I would recommend them to anyone.
area and explained how the new system worked. I would not hesitate to use Liberty Pure again and would recommend them to anyone.
The plumber team arrived when expected and installed the equipment. The plumbers were meticulous and actually cared about doing a professional, clean, and quality job. I had another appointment to have a whole-house humidifier installed with an HVAC company at the same time. They worked together and made sure all my water connections were solid and leak free. Today, both my fiancee and I had consecutive showers, then we ran the dishwasher and we still have hot water. Not warm water, but hot. I am extremely satisfied with Liberty Pure and will use them for all my plumbing needs.
"We strive to please all of our customers, my understanding is this has been fully resolved."
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