Bohmann Plumbing Inc
About us
Bohmann Plumbing has a strong commitment to serving the Milwaukee area. In business since 1986, the company moved to its spacious new headquarters, a former City of Milwaukee firehouse on Forest Home Avenue in 1993. With a 24-hour emergency service, you receive prompt attention to all your plumbing needs Our staff is friendly, experienced and leaves a clean work area when they finish. We are quality oriented, so your plumbing is installed or repaired quickly and promptly. 20+ years of remodeling and plumbing experience We quote the price BEFORE we start the work NO SUPRISES!
Business highlights
Services we offer
Plumbing, drains & sewer consultants.
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"I am not a member and do not monitor Sites. The $59 service got a professional into your basement, examined the non working pump, determined that the pump was not serviceable, and got a quote for the licensed contractor to immediately remove and install a pump that we brought with us for you. Thank you, Ernie, for acknowledging our service. The decision to do the shopping, provide parts, and install was completely yours."
"There is no one here monitoring "sites" so things can sit for years. We always try to write a contract including the scope of work, any peices and any thing else like " owner to allow access for the inspector before patching the wall". With the contract signed and paid, its up to us than to work to the extent contracted. We did, we were not authorized to move the drain cleaning from the bathroom to the basement and do more work. Note: As Plumbers this is a method that Plumbers help determine which and when pipes should be replaced."
"I again thank Mr. [Member Name Removed] for paying this trained, and licensed Master plumber for his expert opinion. Yes Angies listers you can always "find a guy". Quality of work, there was no work done . A leak was located. Quality and long term service was discussed. life expectancy, safety, ages of differing failed and failing waste and even 1920s water pipe. Mr. [Member Name Removed] sought an option and opinion this Contractor was not comfortable offering. Thats ok. None of this was D professionalism."
"No service was performed, Customer was quoted a service and price of said service, customer became angry, threatening, told us to get out , we could not finish the service call charge with tax, just shown the door and told to get out. Customer was on the phone to office before we were out the drive, more anger and threats. The next morning I found this "review" forwarded to me, tried to call customer, left a message requesting a conversation and as of this writing six days later the educated professional has not returned my call. Customer claimed after our visit, to have called another and been phone quoted less charge. How does having a higher price than another become a scam? There was no work done , we were on site within two hours of his call, ready willing and able to resolve a plumbing issue."
While driving to work I got a call from a female tenant at a rental property I own. She said the sump pump was running continuously and would not shot off. I didn't have time to search Angies List for a plumber so I asked her to find a plumber and I would reimburse her for the cost of what should be a minor repair. She contacted B. Bohmann Plumbing because their ad showed only a $69 service call.
I was shocked when I saw the bill. The total was $302.90 They replaced the float which I saw at an Ace hardware for $20 and my tenant said the plumber was only there about 15 minutes. On the invoice they did not itemize the cost of the part or the labor charge. In addition when I looked at the sales tax it seemed too high. When I calculated the 5.6% sales tax I found they had over charged on the sales tax by $31 dollars.
I called the company to request a refund on the sales tax (which I received a week later) but when I told him I felt my female tenant had been over charged for the service provided he hung up the phone on me.
I don't trust Bohmann Plumbing and I would recommend avoiding them.
"Mr. [Member Name Removed] tenant requested service. Bohmann Plumbing dispatched a plumber within minutes of receiving the request. Our plumber spent one and one half hours on this service call. He offered Mr. [Member Name Removed] authorized agent several options or levels of repair. She chose the level of service and warranty (90 days) that she wanted. We performed the repair on the spot with parts that we pre-purchase and stock on our service van. Mr. [Member Name Removed]'s authorized agent signed and acknowledged satisfactory completion of the agreed work and made payment. The whole process was completed within hours of the request for service. Our book keeper processed the work order and found an error in the sales tax calculation. We processed a refund and sent it with a letter of apology. Please note that Mr. [Member Name Removed] has no complaint about the speed or the quality of the service he received. His only complaint seems to be that his tenant spent too much money on the repair. Once the work to be done is agreed upon, performed, and paid for, it is too late to re-negotiate the price. Perhaps Mr. [Member Name Removed] should be personally involved in hiring service contractors if he feels that his female tenants are unqualified to make those decisions."
* I called after hours, and someone answered the phone and they were able to send someone out the next day.
* The day of, they called again to confirm the appointment.
* The individual who performed the work seemed very knowledgable about plumbing.
Cons:
* When I called, I let them know that I had to leave no later than 10:30 the following morning. They indicated that shouldn't be a problem, and my appointment was set for 8:30am. Instead, I received a confirmation call at 8:30am, and the individual arrived about 20 minutes later.
* The plumber that came took a long time diagnosing and explaining the potential things going on - to me, this was just a clogged drain, but to him the clog could be down into my "stack", which he showed me in the basement, which would cost more to fix. I needed the clog removed, so I appreciated the explanation, but it didn't really matter - the clog was a problem that had to be fixed. He then indicated that it was unlikely that the clog went down that far (mind you, this was before ever looking at my bathtub). He also discussed that since I used drano, my piping could have holes in them and then we'd need to open up the ceiling, replace the pipes, etc. This seemed overkill for the situation, but I had to decide what "package" of services to purchase before he even looked at my bathtub and started working on it. To me, that's a bad business model. I picked the lowest priced package for snaking a drain, but what if I picked something more without knowing any better? I would've paid - in advance - for work I didn't need. Not okay!
* He showed me the pricing options. As a member of Angie's List, I should've looked here first even though we were in a time crunch. I had received something in the mail, so I figured new company in the neighborhood, let's try it out. The lowest price was $363 - to snake a drain!!! I have never hired a plumber before, so I didn't really know any better. My dad has always taken care of these things for me, but he was unavailable. Now after doing some research on Angie's List, I'm seeing prices from $100-$250 to fix a clogged drain, so I feel pretty robbed. The service comes with a 6 month warranty, so maybe that's how it's priced so high, but even still. The work took a total of 20 minutes, and I had a $20 off coupon. Most lawyers don't get paid $400/30 minutes.
* It became clear that my timeline was not communicated to the individual who came to my house. He was very chatty. I let him know twice that I needed to get going, but I still ended up leaving late. And, because it was super rushed at the end, the bathroom was not cleaned up well.
"on 12/17 this business looked for any record of experience and have not been able to find anything at this adress or name, if possile Angie, please send Bohmann Plumbing a copy of the work order so we may respond. Thank you"
"it is hard for this contractor responding , after finding this 12/17 three years after it was written and four years after the work was done, to believe that 700$ of work and materials were discarded and replaced for 49$. ? The copy of the work order states to remove the existing faucet and install a "customer provided" faucet. $573.00 plus tax All without any contact to this contractor. HMMM."
I called and spoke with the owner questioning this invoice and that if this was so complicated I would have thought it would have taken longer. He didn't care what I said and arrogantly told me this was a fair price. I can't believe I was charged $460 per hour (including estimate) or $700 per hour of work actually performed. He said they didn't charge by the hour but look out, that is what I paid! He also didn't care that I was going to be giving him an awful rating on Angie's List or that I planned on filing a complaint with NARI.
Bottom line - I was price gouged! I won't use this plumber again!
Update - Please Consumers - Review all of the other reviews this plumber has on the Internet from other consumers. This plumber has negative price gouging reviews from every review websites that I found on the Internet. For Example - Google, Yahoo, Rip off Report.com, CitySearch, Insider Pages, Yelp, Superpages etc. This isn't just me it is many other consumers that have gotten scammed by this unprofessional plumber.
"This complaint is nothing but buyers remorse and blackmail. Our company does contracting. She knew exactly what was going to be done and exactly what the total cost would be before we did any work. She agreed to the contract and made payment. We fulfilled the contract and completed the job. After the work was done and the plumber had left, she decided that she was entitled to a lower price. She informed us that she would make our company look bad if we didn't pay her off and listed all the places where she would bad mouth us. Note: she has no complaint about the quality of the job done just the price. As a commercial real estate salesperson for Caldwell Banker knows and understands contracts. I doubt that she would reduce the price of a property after the closing."
"Hello: to my memory,the backward water heater was installed exactly as the previous heater was, to not have to risk causing more damage to an already fragile plumbing system, if the heater began leaking at or before six years, the MFR. would have provided a free replacement. Yes much of the work I did for this customer seemed to cost more because the age, condition of the plumbing , and design of the house prevented conventional efforts. three steps forward one back. I resolved many plumbing design issues and modernized much of the mess that previous generations left this one."
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