Plumbers
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Del Monte Plumbing and Heating
Rapid Resonse Plumbing and Heating
Travers Plumbing & Heating Co.
Alana Plumbing
508-877-4500
We just had Ron Possick of Alana Plumbing and Heating do some work as part of an addition. I was impressed with the work he did.
scott estes 1/11/07
Alana Plumbing & Heating (Ron Possick) did some work for me and I was very happy with it. He was very responsive, flexible on schedule, and personable. I can't isolate the cost, as it was in a package of work being done, but the work was well done.
Perry Lowell 1/11/07
Bolivar Plumbing
Wayland, MA
508-358-8018
Bolivar Plumbing has done all the plumbing at The Garden in the Woods, where I work, for many years so I had them do several jobs at my home. They are great -- responsive, thorough, reasonably priced.
Nicola Cataldo 1/11/07
Botazzi Plumbing
508-626-1303
Steve Botazzi and his crew have done an excellent job at our house. Very professional and knowledgeable and flexible around working with around contractors.
Linda Dunbrack 1/11/07
Del Monte Plumbing and Heating
508-881-9343
I have worked on several project with John Del Monte over the years including several projects at my own home and found John to be reasonably priced and he does quality work.
Andy Piacentini 1/11/07
I had DelMonte plumbers do a large job for me and I found him to be very good at his work came on time did neat work and was honest with his charges.
August Lolli 1/11/07
Flaherty Plumbing
(508) 872-7687
They do great work.
Tony Siciliano 1/11/07
Paul Flaherty He's honest and responsive. Probably not the cheapest, though.
Andy Limeri 1/11/07
Rapid Reponse Plumbing and Heating
508-879-0025
We usually use Mark Freedman & Rapid Response Plumbing and Heating. They seem to have a good amount of plumbers available when you need them (same or next day).
Cathryn S. Kaner-Taytslin on 1/12/07
Our gas-fired hot water heater failed this morning, I called Rapid Response, and within 4 hours they had expertly installed a new water heater. The price was fixed price, quoted over the phone without seeing the installation, and they honored the price, which, based on what I paid to NStar Gas 10 years ago, seemed fair.
Stan Wulf 902 Salem End Road Framingham MA 01702 July 10, 2008
Papalia Plumbing and Heating (Acton)
877-727-2542
I went to a number of plumbing companies looking for quotes to switching a 3 handle shower faucet to a single handle. I got a number of quotes over $1000.00. Papalia quoted me over the phone a fixed price much much less and kept to the quote. I'm not sure I can fully recommend them though. While they did the job to the letter of the law, they really didn't follow the spirit. While they switched the faucet as they quoted, the faucet was actually shaky. I didn't notice this until after the plumber left, but I did call back saying I wasn't happy and they sent out someone to resolve the issue - no extra charge. It just seemed that the job was done a little on the lazy side. As soon as the plumber came out the second time, they understood the issue fixed it. Had I not had to call them back, I would have given them a GLOWING recommendation.
Brian Sullivan on 8/14/08
Robert Wagner Plumbing
508-879-3242
I feel compelled to warn people about my own personal experience with Wagner. They were asked to install a new kitchen fawcett. After it was installed the water only came out in a slow trickle. Wagner said he'd send someone out to take the whole fawcett apart and take out the waterflow constrictor but it would be at his full rate. What could I do. I said go ahead and do it and while they were here they should also install a water filter for the house. The water constrictor should have been removed on the first visit but wasn't, and was supposed to take at least an hour. It took 30 seconds. Then the water filter got installed and was an invention right out of the 3 stooges in the "A Plumbing We Will Go". It was a total mess and they tried to bill me $200 for the second round with the fawcett. The fawcett ended up getting negotiated down but the whole affair left a very bad taste in my mouth. This was my second and last bad experience with Wagner. The first (not written up here) was equally memorable.
Steven Orr on 9/23/04
I would advise staying as far as possible from Wagner Plumbing. They came on a call for a plugged toilet and spent all of 5 minutes removing a foreign object and charged me almost $150. When I called their office and said I thought that the charge was excessive they basically told me "that is our standard fee and we don't really care whether you like it or not". It made no difference to them that the service call was for a non-profit that I am associated with. You can almost certainly find someone better than Wagner.
Karl Thober on 9/23/04
Just want to share my experience with Wagner Plumbing, because it provides another perspective to the discussion. We had an interior water line break and flood the house. I had to turn off the main water line to stop the flood. I called every plumber suggested and some just out of the phone book. Keep in mind that I was cleaning up a big mess, and had no water working, so this was urgent. Some couldn't come to fix it for days or weeks. Wagner came right away and fixed the line. They charged a little extra for emergency service, but explained this up front. They keep extra personnel and trucks available so that they can provide this service. I only have this one time to report, but these are the facts about my positive experience with their company.
Norma Shulman on 9/23/04
My experience with the permit for my water heater went thus: As I stated in an earlier e-mail, Wagner installed my water heater and I had no problem with their work. They charged me for the permit along with the charges for the actual water heater and the installation. A day or two later the inspector DID come out to look at the heater. He had barely gotten inside the door when I mentioned that Wagner had done the work. He said something to the effect that if it was Wagner that did the work then it surely must be OK and he left without looking at the water heater ! Hm-m-m-m-m...wonder what that's all about.
Judy Kazunas on 9/24/04
Rodenheiser of Marlborough:
Tel: (508) 485-6116
I was happy with Rodenheiser of Marlborough: Tel: (508) 485-6116. I only needed to have them come out once - to do a couple of routine repairs - but they did a great job. The plumber even gave me a break on the price of the service call because he was done early!
Liesa Healey 1/12/07
I'm not sure if got the same Rodenheiser that Liesa did, I used phone number 800-633-PIPE. I had them do a small sink job and they did fine. I did though ask them to quote me for switching from a 3 handle shower faucet to a single handle faucet and their price was outrageous! It was almost 50% more than the plumbing company I finally used (Papalia). Although the smaller job was done OK, I don't think I would use them again due to their pricing. A company has overhead and needs to make a profit, but their pricing seemed like price gouging.
Brian Sullivan on 08/14/08
Travers Plumbing & Heating Co.
978-852-6517
Rich Travers is reliable, professional, and has MANY years of experience. 24 hr emerg serv
Crisanna Favreau 1/11/07
This person never called back after repeated attempts by me. Save yourself the trouble.
Brian Sullivan on 8/14/08