
J & E Plumbing
About us
A plumbing emergency does not really allow any time for delay. Hot water heater repairs, as well as several other plumbing mishaps can occur that are not only major inconveniences, but that need to be fixed immediately. At J&E Plumbing, your emergency plumbing service, broken pipes, overflowing toilets, or flooded bathrooms are all typical cases in point. Even so, you shouldn't find a plumber in haste. Hurried decisions could often mean emergency plumbers that see fit to take advantage of your situation and consequently charge you much more than necessary. At J&E Plumbing, we guarantee that any plumbing problem you encounter can be fixed quickly and at a reasonable price. Ready to serve you any time, day or night, we respond and arrive at your place quickly, as we know how distressed you feel during emergencies. We accept Visa and Mastercard. We are licensed, Bonded and Insured. Most others can't pull the permits necessary to do the work right. Call us for your next emergency or remodeling project.
Business highlights
Services we offer
Water heater service and replacement, and emergency service for fires finished basement reconstruction., faucet repair or replacement, repair leaking drains, tub and shower valves
Amenities
Emergency Services
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
- CreditCard
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I was very impressed that he had all the equipment that he needed to do the job. This company was very responsive and prompt even with the bad weather we had with a foot of snow on the ground.
J&E scheduled with us quickly and in one day completed all the work. The basic reroute in the basement was a simple task, but the professional found that the upstairs leak was due to a "homemade" plumbing job that was leaking for a long while.
The leak was repaired properly and the general contractor corrected the ceiling damage and finished the job.
J&E did an excellent job and we will use them for future work in our home.
Jeff took a look at the hot water heater and said I needed a new one and he could provide that. I asked if it was common that when water heater's break they leak and he said it can happen. (Note: we still had hot water in this part of the house). The next morning them came out and installed a new hot water heater, replacing my old one.
Less than 48 hours later, I noticed the same puddle in the basement from when we initially saw it with Jeff. This time, the drain next to the furnace a few feet from water heater was stopped up. It seemed obvious to me that the drain was stopped up and water had leaked to the low point of the basement, cooincidentally near the hot water heater.
I called Jeff and said i was a bit frustrated as it would seem I just bought a hot water heater when i didn't need to. He said he'd come by right after his first appointment. The installer from the previous day (garry i think- very nice) came by instead of Jeff. He scoped/cleaned out the drain (no charge) and we haven't had water since.
When Garry completed the work i asked him to have Jeff call me and gave him the 2 minute version of why i was upset, having just spent over $1K when all i needed was $150 drain cleaning. Jeff didn't call. I called Jeff. No answer. Tried again later and left message to call me to work this out. No response and that was a week ago.
My guess is that this will prompt some kind of response how he didn't get the messages or something like that but this is not the right way to do business. Regardless of the response, based on our last communication, he knew i was upset and why i was upset and should have proactively followed up even if he hadn't received any of my messages. I would ask that at minimum, he refund me the markup on the water heater (at least a few hundred as i spoke to another plumber) and not charge me his labor costs (takes about 4 hours to install).
UPDATE: I wanted to make clear, as i'm not sure it was written as such, that i DO NOT believe this was done maliciously or to make money. I believe this was an honest mistake, though a mistake that should not have been made and that I should not need to pay his profit on. I'm disappointed by the aggressive response. I'm sorry to see he feels an attempt to right something that was done unnecessarily is an extortion or bribe. I do want to address one thing: "I made it clear to you that we would not install your water heater for free so you would give us a good review"- I wish we could have continued our dialogue but i didn't hear back from him after his installer/scoper left so i was in fact not aware he had made a decision or communicated to me that he would not install for free. This is my experience in its entirety and accurately reflected - I hope yours is better.
"YOU GOT MY RESPONSE SIR. YOU JUST DIDN"T LIKE IT. WE WOULD NOT PAY YOU FOR YOUR REVIEW....I made it clear to you that we would not install your water heater for free so you would give us a good review. The water heater we replaced was sitting in 2" of water. The rusted out bottom of the heater fell apart when it was moved. "The inspector noted the water around the heater and my wife told me about it on multiple occasions." These were your words. Now you are telling me to pay you $300 in you review and $500 in your Angie's list complaint for you to change your review to an A or B. We are an Angie's Super Service Award winning provider. I am disgusted by this attempt at extortion. You called us out to look at the illegal plumbing to your laundry. Had another plumber out after us who gave you the same diagnosis but charged more. .................I AM DISAPPOINTED ANGIE'S LIST WHO WE PAY $6600 TO FOR ADVERTISING THIS YEAR ALLOWS YOU TO ASK FOR A BRIBE TO GET A GOOD REVIEW."
I explained all work that was to be completed and expressed all concerns we came to agreement on work to be completed and cost to me for services. While installing the custom made cabinets the installer notice he made a mistake in attempts to fix this he cracked and split a portion of the cabinet down the middle of the wood. For a temporary fix to allow the counter-top installers to come in and get their measurement, he nailed the piece in place. When it came time for the crown molding the owner stated that he failed to incorporate the cost of the crown molding into the agree upon price and that it would be an additional cost to me to have completed. I explained that his failure should not be a additional cost to me, of course he disagreed. During this time I also had to call him to let him know that one of his installers, installed the ceiling fan incorrectly, this had to be taken down and re-installed. Once we agreed that we disagreed on the additional cost, he sent me a email that read " This is to inform we will be considering discharging your debt as income for the tax year 2013." I now see gaps appearing in the hard wood floor where the installer failed to tact down each row. These gaps can hold a quarter up right easily. Will probably need to get the floor re-installed.
"NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED Thank you for your feed back. I am pleased to see the customer does realize the initial project which was the 2nd floor bathroom went “okay”. Actually, it went well. The shotgun style town house was ripped up like an inner city drug house. Holes in drywall, copper pipes missing and stack pipes broken and exposed. We met with the client at a supply house selected all of the tile, fixtures and also the paint. There was a clear plan and material was scheduled properly. Three extras were charged on the job for changes of fixtures and trim finishes. Now, six months later, customer bought all of the material himself from a mail order program. Asked us to do labor only, offered a paint sprayer to drop the price. We had a specific discussion on how important it was to have the right material and timeliness of it on the job. If material mismanagement caused loss of time on the project there would be additional costs . Cabinets were wrong, he had to order a new cabinet because homeowner measured wrong. This took 2 weeks and the company he used would not refund or exchange the bad cabinet. They hammered him on the price and shipped one cabinet. The microwave was damaged in shipping. Again the company he went through dealt him a fit. The granite company was then out of schedule because of the cabinets. Now the cabinets themselves came with crown molding to be installed that was part of our labor only bid. We installed the cabinets and their crown. Then the customer wanted us to buy , paint and install crown molding around the kitchen and into the family room of this shotgun style unit. Cost over $1000. I offered to do the installation for $500 if he wanted to buy the material. At that time he quit communicating and owed his final payment for the project. The kitchen was bid clearly as a labor only job. The customer trying to save money cost himself about 20% more and extended the project time line out over 21 days. Then would not communicate with us to get in and finish last day because, he was avoiding making his final payment. Now he puts this Angie’s list six months later… Are you kidding me. J & E PLUMBING THANKS ITS LOYAL CUSTOMERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO QUALITY WORK AND TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE POSSIBLE."
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS!"
"THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS!"
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