Beacon Plumbing, Heating, & Mechanical Inc

Description of Work: We had a couple of toilets replaced for water efficient ones with some plumbing modification that was needed to accommodate them. They placed a new water pressure regulator in the house because we have bad water pressure and a couple of corroded shut off valves in the toilets. The work took 7 hours and they charged me for the parts and labor.

Description of Work: Beacon Plumbing had to repair the area where roots had broken the pipe of my sewer line. When they cleared the roots, they realized that the damage was more serious than what they expected. The project took them four days to complete.

Description of Work: They unclogged our toilet first and then they had to replace the toilet with a new model.

Description of Work: They repaired a leak in the drain line that leads out toward the sewer from our house. It was by the control box toward the street but it was on our side of the box, so we had to pay for it instead of the city.

Description of Work: They replaced a tank less hot water heater in our home.

Description of Work: Replace old American Standard toilet with a new Toto toilet.

Description of Work: They unclogged my bathroom sink.

Description of Work: Identified a leak from a guest bathroom tub.

Description of Work: Fix a sewage extractor that wasnt working.

Description of Work: I hired Beacon Plumbing to install a gas line to my new Wolf Stove in the kitchen. The line was to come in under the house about 25 feet. They left me with a gas leak that went 24 hours before it was fixed. I was forced to leave my garage open overnight and take a day off work. Price was 7x the recommended amount after checking with other outfits. A utility employee who finally came and looked at the leak was so surprised at the price that he immediately called a plumbing friend to see what they would have charged. The quote was the very highest at $500.00 for this type of job, crawl space or not. See below for rest of the story. I would not recommend Beacon Plumbing to anyone! They took advantage of a situation and then insinuated that no one else could do it for less. My mistake was in believing them.

Description of Work: Repair obvious leak in waste line within easily accessible crawl space. Diagnose and repair leak under kitchen sink. This turned out to be another waste line problem, which we had been worried was a supply-line problem because of the amount of water damage.

Description of Work: Bid.

Description of Work: My tenant called the plumbing company with a plugged drain in the bathroom. The plumber arrived and started to use his snake to clear the drain. After some struggling, he managed to brake the pipe in the floor and water started to leak in the lower unit. He originally estimated that the job would cost $250. After water started to leak in the lower unit he gave me a call and wanted my approval and credit card # to continue the job. He told me that water is leaking in the lower unit and he will need to cut the ceiling there and see what went wrong. He estimated that that will cost about $500. At this point I had no choice but to give him my credit card number and have him continue with the plumbing job. After 3 hours he finished the job. My credit card was charged $850.00.

Description of Work: AN OLD SHUT OFF VALVE IN FLOOR BEGAN TO LEAK AFTER BEING SHUT TOO TIGHT. WATER WAS RUNNING (SLOWLY) DOWN THE WALL AND INTO THE CEILING IN THE APARTMENT BELOW. AT 10 AM, I SHUT OFF THE WATER TO THE HOUSE SO NO ONE IN ANY OF THE THREE APARTMENTS HAD WATER. IT'S A 1906 BUILDING. I ASKED TO SEND SOMEONE WHO COULD DEAL WITH OLD GALVANIZED PIPE. IT WAS A SATURDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND MANY COMPANIES WERE NOT RESPONSIVE, SO I WAS GLAD TO MEET THEM AT 11 AM. I ASKED THE MORNING TECHNICIAN IF HE COULD "PACK" THE SHUTOFF VALVE OR EVEN EPOXY IT SHUT, SINCE IT WOULD AFFECT ONLY THE THIRD FLOOR COLD WATER. HE SAID BEACON DIDN'T "PACK" AN OLD FAUCET. HE CUT THE CEILING BELOW TO "RESEARCH." HE THEN MANDATED PEST CONTROL (COST$140) BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME ANCIENT RAT DROPPINGS. HANTA VIRUS! I HAD TO CUT OUT THE AREA OF THE CEILING FOR THE PEST CONTROL GUY, WHO SAID THAT WHILE UNPLEASANT, THERE WAS NOTHING DANGEROUS IN THESE OLD RAT DROPPINGS. HANTA'S FROM MICE. HE SWEPT & SPRAYED BLEACH A BIT. 2PM NOW.

Description of Work: Repair of a leaking overflow valve on our oil-fired heating system boiler. The leaking pipe was removed and a new pressure regulation device was installed.

Description of Work: On Monday 11/20, they worked from noon to 5pm, 2 men. First, they dug a trench that was about 18 feet long and 5 foot deep. Then, they broke out my old sewer line and put in a new plastic line with a clean out. The next day, 11/21, 2 men were here from 9 to noon to put gravel under the line and cover it up. This cost me $7900 for: 1. Dig an 18 foot long 5 foot deep trench. 2. Break out the old clay pipe sewer line. 3. Put in the new plastic sewer line with outlet for snake. 4. Gravel under new line. 5. Cover back up and replace grass. 6. Video the line. This took 5 hours on Monday and 3 hours on Tuesday, so 8 hours work with 2 men. This amounts to $500 per hour.

Description of Work: 1. Dig an 18 foot long 5 foot deep trench. 2. Break out the old clay pipe sewer line. 3. Put in the new plastic sewer line with outlet for snake. 4. Gravel under new line 5. Cover back up and replace grass 6. Video the sewer line. This took 5 hours on Monday and 3 hours on Tuesday, so 8 hours work with 2 men. This amounts to $500 per hour!!

Description of Work: Came to pump out my flooded basement during the recent storm.

Description of Work: This company was called to unclog a drain in my small, 700 square foot hair salon. The service rep told my manager a main pipe was probably cracked and if not immediately fixed would damage the space below our salon. The service man quoted a price of $752.85 to fix the damaged pipe. The pipe was not cracked and the problem was a large amount of paper was clogging the pipe. The paper was cleared and the problem fixed within an hours time but the plumber still charged $752.85. This was the price quoted for a BROKEN pipe. He unclogged the pipe using a snake and did not have to do any other repair. I called the company and asked them to reconsider the amount charged to me but was told that once an estimate is made they will not change it. The person I spoke to said she would check into it further but never called back and did not return my calls. My entire profit for the month went to Beacon plumbing to unclog a toilet in a hair salon with 4 employees.

Description of Work: In order to clear the drain, they had to dig down to the line, and fix, straighten, and lay the pipe, which another contractor had done incorrectly prior- hence the back-up.

Description of Work: On July 14,06, I had hot water side shower valve replaced. I was told that I had extremely high water pressure that was causing the cartridge to fail.

Description of Work: I was told by the City that I had a leak in my water line. I asked Beacon to find the leak in the line and repair. I was quoted $265.92 for minor leak search. I authorized him to proceed and he spent approximately 30 minutes digging to where the water line connects to the city line. It was obvious that the leak was not there and told me that was all that the $265 covered and that if I wanted any further searching done, it would be $1,600. He also offered me the option of building me an entire new water line for $3,200.

Description of Work: Replace front and back bib hoses because they were leaking.

Description of Work: They fixed the plumbing in the shower.

Description of Work: Emergency replacement of water heater. Draining old water heater and replacing with a new one. WE WERE RIPPED OFF!!