Review and analyze now for company Zesbro Water Heater and Repair and provide the analysis in the discussed format for the following reviews: '''Had our water heater stop working so I contacted them through Yelp and they got back to us right away, and came out the next day. He got the water heater started, but we decided to replace it with a tankless one because who knows the next time it would die.
He came back out a few days later and put in a tankless water heater that has worked out great! Worked out perfect --- they got our old one limping along long enough to replace it, so we were only out of hot water for less than a day. Super nice, straightforward, competitive pricing, informative, etc., definitely recommend working with them.
Extremely overpriced. I admittedly haven't used their services but was quoted $450 for replacing a toilet shut off valve on CPVC pipe.
It's an hour long job at most. I did it myself in 45 minutes.
They may be good at what they do, but the prices are not even worth finding that out. Cancelled the emergency repair appointment without giving prior notice.
Reached out yesterday for today's emergency sink repair, only to get a call saying it's cancelled:) I have worked with ZesBro a few times now. They replaced our bathroom sinks, and fixed a leaky toilet.
They are on time, professional and they do not charge to come out for an estimate. When I was calling around I could not believe the number of places that charge just to come out and diagnose the issue.
That alone bothers me. But I don't feel ZesBro is money hungry or at least they don't act like it.
Totally understand they are running a business but it's nice to work with folks who focus on doing quality work as opposed to getting dem dollas. I was able to get an appt quickly and I appreciated that.
I asked what the charge would be and I was told that I would find out the day of. The plumber, very polite, opened the ceiling and found the leak.
Could he fix it that day? No. The charge: $259 To come back and finish the work (which he stated would take no more than 2 hours) would be an additional $880.
I asked why so much? I was told there are flat rates (which of course they don't tell you about over the phone). The phone number on the techs card wasn't correct either.
Too expensive and not upfront about charges. They could have given me an estimate.
I felt taken advantage of. Decided to go elsewhere.
This worked just the way it was supposed to. A very service-oriented plumber came by on time to give us an estimate and so we said, "just do it!" and now it's done.
At first I had a bad experience which seems to have been due to a new guy that made a series of mistakes, but Andrew (one of the co-owners) at Allied Plumbing made things right. Best part was that he was very professional about the whole thing and took responsibility to resolve the problem immediately (after 5:00 PM on Friday) didn't charge me anything to get my 2 hot water heaters working again.
Stuff happens but it's how you deal with it when things go wrong that matters the most. So many businesses these days just blame the customer and do nothing to make things right, so standing behind your company is worth 4 stars to me.
5 stars is for never having a problem in the first place. James came out and did a fantastic job completing the plumbing for a remodel.
Very professional in his work and fast. His attention to detail and experience are clear.
I don't know where to start with this review in all honesty. They displayed some of the most unprofessional behavior I've ever experienced.
The man who came out to assess the issue made me feel extremely uncomfortable. He is not someone I want back in my home.
I don't appreciate being a female alone in my house with an angry man who's a stranger. Upon arrival he was very agitated, angry, and rude.
Things went downhill from there, as I had to interact with him more. The issue that he needed to fix is some shelving had been put in the garage incorrectly.
We have been meaning to remove it but haven't yet. Well it turns out that the person who put in the shelving had put a nail throw a pipe and it'd finally rusted.
The house I live in is a rental. My landlord had told me he wanted the plumber to contact him directly before any repairs.
The plumber said he needed to call his company and asked me to call my landlord. Instead I called my husband as he had spoken with the plumber and the landlord about this issue.
As, originally, he was going to be home for the plumber but then couldn't. My husband had confirmed the landlord had told the plumber to directly call him.
I told the plumber this. He yelled at me that he "already had and can't wait around all day." Which is ridiculous because I had heard him on the phone with the company or someone beforehand so he could've only called maybe a minute prior.
I know time is money but there is a professional way to handle things: 1. Don't raise your voice 2.
There are a million more professional ways to word that. He then in an accusatory way asked "if I had put up the shelving".
His tone implying you idiot why'd you do this. We did not put in the shelving and nor did my landlord.
My landlord then called the plumber. The plumber spoke to him in an aggressive, rude, belittling way.
Almost as how a fed-up parent who isn't great at parenting would talk to a child. I could hear my landlords voice and it sounded calm the whole time.
The plumber also accused my landlord of the nail in the same disrespectful manner. Which I don't really understand why he cares, maybe it makes him happy to shame other people for mistakes? Who knows? Again, it is fine to address the issue but be professional about it.
Anyway, the plumber and my landlord are on the phone. I can hear my landlord saying he is going to go with someone else for the job.
The plumber raises his voice saying "gooood luuuuuck finding anyone else." Which I don't really get because there are a million plumbers out there but okay? He then turns to me and all he says is "okay" angrily. Then he stormed off and sat in his van in my driveway for 10 minutes before leaving.
I made an appointment for this company to come out and fix our toilet two days ago. They said they would be here between 10 and 2.
3:00 came and no one had shown up or called. I called them and they said that the appointment had been made and canceled the same day.
I never canceled it. Someone screwed up on their end.
There was no apology and they didn't seem to care that we had spent the better part of the day waiting for them. Lousy attitude and very poor customer service.
Don't recommend them at all. It's my first yelp review.
I'm usually a lazy person and don't give critical review. But the work Zesbro plumbing did for me is totally a mess, it's even not up to code.
Besides, ZesBro was acquired by Ally plumbing, the owner has changed. They take the brand and phone number ,but they are not responsible for previous jobs ZesBro did.
So be careful! Here's my experience: Zesbro plumbing did a job for me on 2017.1 (I kept the invoice). Recently I replaced a new water heater and inspector pointed out the work ZesBro plumbing did wasn't aligned with the code.
I called ZesBro and asked for help, the customer service told me the owner closed business and transferred brand/phone number. They're not responsible for my case.
I even have to find a new plumber to fix the mess. Holy Hannah! This company is the epitome of family owned and operated; professional, honest and awesome.
Chriss came out to look at our 50s house plumbing problem. We had water backing up in our kitchen and laundry area.
We had high hopes a simple snake job would work. He tried three different outlets, no dice.
Then we moved on to the jet water snake. More water back up! Oh no! So to the crawl space (literally) Chriss went! And he came back with bad news.
We needed to have the pipes replaced as they were smaller diameter than needed and there was a large clog, too. He called two coworkers (and close friends because everyone in this company, if they aren't blood, they are still family), Caleb and Kena, and the two of them dropped what they were doing after hours and came to help.
So while it was the worst possible outcome, it was the best experience with a plumbing company. If I could give 10 stars I would! I had a leaky sink that tightening didn't seem to fix.
I called on Monday, and they were able to send someone out on Wednesday 11/22, the day before Thanksgiving. Chris arrived right on time and quickly got to work.
He was friendly and professional. After taking a look at the sink, he said he thinks that tightening the very top nut (that I didn't even see) would be enough to fix the leak.
He did so in 5 minutes, ran water for a couple of minutes to verify the leak was fixed, and then was done! Since the job was simple, he didn't even charge me. My experience was great, and I'll be sure to use ZesBro again if I ever have another plumbing issue.
Called them on a Monday, they said they could get someone here at my house, for a completely blocked kitchen sink, on about Saturday! Saturday, really? Did you hear the part about a COMPLETELY backed up "Kitchen" sink, where I try to make food, etc. So, needless to say, I called someone else, who came out in an hour...
It's all good now. Just sharing my own personal experience.
Good luck to you all. I forgot to write an update! I used Zesbro again in Aug 2015 to replace my water heater in my condo.
Unfortunately I got the call over the weekend and finding someone to come out in a reasonable amount of time to address it was really hard! I contacted a few companies and didn't get very many responses. Zesbro was there to save the day again! Installed the new water heater with drip pan and earthquake strap, removed the old water heater and cleaned up everything.
They are awesome! Thanks again Zesbro! I'll definitely come back when I need your services again! Monday before thanksgiving, and we have a leak near our water main. Of course.
The plumber we usually call was booked up. I called ZesBro at 9am.
They had Petroso (sp?) the plumber here by 10:30 on-the-dot. He assessed the situation efficiently, kept me informed throughout the process, cleaned up after himself, and was super nice through the whole thing.
I would definitely use ZesBro again based on this experience. Seriously this Man has a special place in Heaven.
Jimmy answered the phone on the 2nd ring at 8:30pm at night. He siad he would be here in 40 min but was here in 20.
My Husband was gone and I just happened to check our furnace room and found the water tank was leaking. He said it was a good thing I opened that door b/c the whole thing was close to blowing and being a real hazard.
It had been working overtime for a long time...even leaking outside. Customer service like this is super hard to come by these days! Thanks Jimmy!!! Quick note...not ZesBro anymore...Zezbro along with my other go to drain cleaner (Fritz's) have been acquired by Ally plumbing.
I had them to do drain work and were twice as expensive than Fritz was. Great response time.
Friendly, clean, respectful staff. They had to come back because the issue recurred the next day; despite this setback the pricing was fair, and they root-caused and fixed the true issue that day.
Would recommend this service to others. Called them for a quote on water heaters and I'm please with the support I got from them.
Very professional. James came out once scheduled.
They were professional, quick and did a fantastic job! I can't say enough since it was a difficult job with our furnace in the way and he did a few extra's I didn't expect. James was great as his team.
DO NOT HIRE! They don't train their receptionists for the business to relay the details of a plumbing situation and they don't have the plumber contact you way ahead of time get the details and to let you know if they need access to units additionally affected by a leak so that things can be arranged. They tell you this when they show up, then if things aren't the way they need they can't do their work, and then they don't try to accomodate the customer for their mistake by paying a guy OT or the owner working on a Sunday.
Horrible Customer Service!!! Very inconveniencing when booked a week ahead and other teams and people are affected to do their work!!! Horrible service and attitude! The guy came in unprepared, with no parts in his truck. Taking advantage of my own parts in my house and installed the valve, but did not tell me that doesn't have any warranty.
Didn't fix the problem, leaving the water ice line disconnected, so nothing works at the end. He kept saying he will come back tomorrow to repair the water line but will charge more.
Extremely high pricing on terrible service. Would never recommend them to anyone, and never use them again.
I will DEFINENTLY be using ZesBro plumbing the next time i have an issue in my house. Everyone I talked to was friendly and helpful and wanted to get my situation taken care of as quickly as possible.
We had a couple of scheduling snafus but Jeff got me squared away on the phone and it was really nothing too out of the normal for any plumber you may hire (the -1 star is ONLY for having to check in towards the end of my time frame i was given to make sure my plumber was still going to make it, which he did but about 30 minutes past the window i was specified. Not that big of a deal in my eyes).
You are set up with a time frame that they can make it out during and will call when they're on their way. My time frame for example was 4pm to 8pm.
This means you could be waiting for a few hours for them to arrive depending on how big the previous job was or they could show up 30 minutes in and be done before your slotted time frame is even up. That's with most plumbers though so please keep this in mind when hiring a plumber in general (I've hired 3 or 4 various plumbers as my house was built in 1908 and has needed plenty of love and attention).
If you need a quick fix for a great price that comes with friendly customer service please call them. Thanks again guys! I didn't end up going with ZesBro Plumbing because I could get another company out a few hours earlier, but they were very responsive to my request for help, and reworked their schedule so they could get someone to me the next day.
I really appreciated this. Phenomenal customer service.
They are truly open 24/7 and will call you back immediately even at 8 am on a Sunday. We had them re-install a toilet after we got new floors and put in a new sink.
Both ended up having issues one due to the old parts and the other and older line. When the leaks showed up hours after they left I called them and they had the general manager calling me at 9 pm to apologize.
They were back at 8 am the next morning and all was fixed with no charge. They would have come back that night but the leak stopped once I shut off the water so it could wait.
I will use them for all our future plumbing needs! Carl was fantastic. Let me pre-empt my review by saying that, if you are scanning my review and looking for words like "great price" or "cheap!" then let me save you some time....plumbers are expensive, inherently.
ZesBro's prices are not unlike many other quality plumbers out there, but in an emergency, I was provided with effective, quick, and courteous service. I was woken up around 1 am by the piercing sound of a water sensor that was placed next to my water heater.
After stumbling around in a half conscious state for a couple minutes to find the source of the sound (and on the verge of taking a bat to my fire alarm) I discovered that my water heater was leaking. It took me several minutes to determine the actual source of the leak - the expansion tank that sits above the water heater itself.
I shut off the water supply, then decided to get a couple hours sleep after confirming the leak stopped. Later that morning, I found ZesBro on Yelp after seeing it had 100+ reviews and a 4.5 star rating, and felt confident that I would get good service.
James picked up immediately, and was pretty much able to confirm my suspicions just from the brief description I gave him. James stopped off quickly on the way to another job close he had close by, hence my opinion about ZesBro's quick service.
He only brought the replacement part, a tool bag and his plumbing knowledge, so he seemed confident that his diagnosis was correct. 15 minutes later at my condo, he replaced the part, inspected the rest of my water heater, and did it all with a great demeanor.
At the close of the service, he said "Look, so I don't have to go down and come back up, just give me your email and I'll send you the bill." Very nonchalant! The total transaction with ZesBro, from the initial call, to the service, and finally the call to pay for the invoice, took a total of 25 minutes. There are no more leaks from my water heater and associated parts, so James can chalk this up to a mission-accomplished.
Thanks, ZesBro. I am extremely pleased with the service I received.
Travis called when he was on his way, quickly fixed several small plumbing issues I had, and went to get a part for my job and came back an hour later. I will definitely call and ask for Travis next time I have a plumbing need.
Highly recommend! Update - 6/25 James came by my house and apologized personally. Totally unexpected but I really appreciate him coming out personally and also January apologizing via message a week ago.
Kudos to Zesbro for taking customer service seriously. i'll give Zebros another chance! Changing the ratings to 4 stars for responsiveness to feedback.
Wow. What a difference a few months makes.
I thought I had my plumber for life, but I guess I'll be looking for another. I called James couple of months ago to install a PRV and kitchen faucet.
He scheduled it on a Thu morning. He didn't show.
Ok, no problem. We reschedule for the week afterwards, and no show again! But he called back and said he'll come later in the evening.
James shows up with his worker and I show them what to install. Then James says he has to get something from his house, a part of something.
Before I can ask him about the price, he takes off. Ok, no biggie right? He is going to charge me his standard hourly rate.
After his worker finished in about an hour, his worker gave me the invoice. the labor cost is $325! WOW.
Not only he no showed twice(I had to take off of work to meet him), he didn't tell me how much it costs before he left and charged way over his hourly rate! I paid the bill but felt disgusted. Its safe to say we won't be calling Zesbro anymore unless it's to fix their work.
Called Zes Bro plumbing around 5PM as a referral from a friend for some issues I was having issues with the water system in my business, and he was busy on another job but came as soon as he could, which ended up being 8PM on a Sunday night. If you've ever called for a contractor, having someone show up when they tell you they are is a miracle.
I've once waited a full 8 hours for someone, but that's another review. Later, I found out he drove 45 minutes out of his way for me, and they're normally closed Sundays.
+ 5 stars! A friend of mine from jr.high is also a plummer, and he told me I had to wait TWO WEEKS, since it wasn't an "emergency". No bueno.
Here's the deal: Jimmy Z. is actually motivated to work efficiently, quickly get the job done, and was on time.
(Being on time is a quality that I appreciate.) He came under his estimate by $50 and gave me some options on efficiency, and to overall save money on my water bill - and I've noticed a difference. I have now used this company a total of 3 times for both my home and business, and have recommended them to my condo homeowner's association as the preferred plummer.
Need a plummer? Call Zes Bro. They travel all over the Seattle metro areas.
I bought replacement toilets from Amazon (Toto Drake II's - the best toilets on the market and saved me 40% in water usage in one month!). I was tempted to use the Amazon installation, but they wouldn't let me buy more than 3 (I had 4 builder-grade toilets replaced), so I was forced to look elsewhere.
Our house was new and I was concerned that it would look like we swapped them out. James isn't the best communicator on email, but he sure knows customer service and plumbing.
Since I needed 4 toilets swapped, he brought in a helper. The two guys unboxed, staged and then replaced all 4 toilets in less than 3 hours.
They wore booties or took off their shoes. Cleaned up all the boxes and took everything to recycling/dump for just a little extra.
The installer spent a good deal of time cleaning and prepping each installation and even removed the promotional stickers on the tanks. I couldn't recommend anyone more than ZesBro's plumbing.
The entire process took less time and cost less than I expected. Their quote was less than Amazon's installation price and much lower than Green T (they wanted over $1100 to install all 4! and it seems they lost their license in WA state).
So happy!! When we first moved in our house last year we had the entire place snaked by James because everything was a little clogged up from previous renters. But we fell into an issue because our bathroom sink wasn't draining at all even with the several attempts at it.
I recall James working on it for a good hour on this one sink. So he gave us a quote on replacing the pipes.
We hadn't called for 9 months because unfortunately my husband got laid off right after that so we waited. We used the kitchen sink in the mean time and finally got our chance to fix it.
Called them just a couple days ago and Fructoso came this morning right on time. I was a little hesitant at first because James was the last one working on out pipes.
But Fructoso did an AWESOME job! He worked the darn pipes and now its draining, no need for breaking any walls or replacing any pipes!! Ahhhh jumping for joy right now! I highly recommend this company, their prices beat the other 3 plumbing companies I called for quotes and they show up on time and get the job done professionally! Thank you guys!!! My husband and I are first-time homebuyers. Late on a Friday evening I returned from a business trip to find mounds of laundry and stacks of dishes awaiting me.
While I was gone my husband couldn't figure out what to do, so his work-around was was showering at the gym and getting his clothes dry cleaned. I called ZesBro on a Friday at 7pm in a panic (surrounded by stinky clothes, cold water and dirty plates) and he came out right away.
Our hot water tank was at the end of its life but he made a quick fix so that I could get through the weekend. Sunday afternoon our old trusty hot water heater took its last and final breath.
But ZesBro was there bright and early Monday morning and I had amazing new tank by the end of the day. Outstanding customer service and officially by go-to plumber! I called ZesBro at 7:00pm on a Tuesday night and explained my problem to James.
He asked a lot of questions and suggested that I call a septic company first. I did that the next morning and it turned to be a tank issue and not a plumbing issue.
I find it refreshing that he didn't just come out to make a quick buck and then tell me to call a septic company. I will definitely call ZesBro when I am in need of future plumbing advice or service.
My sink clogged the night before our vacation. We came home to a god awful smell after five days being gone.
I used yelp.com to look for a good plummer. Called and BAM 15 mins later Jimmy arrived! Great service and price! Love using YELP!!!! Stop here...You have found your plumber.
First, scheduling was a breeze. Jimmy returned my call within 5 minutes and came out that night to look at my plumbing.
I didn't tell Jimmy this but I had another plumber look at the same thing the night before but was turned off by the Uber Sales pitch to try and completely upgrade my entire plumbing system with the other guys. Jimmy came by on time and started work right away.
We are on a septic system and Jimmy was very knowledgeable. He and his assistant (name also starts with a J as well but I forgot it) worked tirelessly and efficiently and solved my drainage problem.
Everything is now working perfectly with a warranty to boot. Pricing was reasonable and they cleaned up before they left.
The reviews here are all correct. This guy is the man and I have found my plumber for life.
Thanks again Jimmy Z! The main line water pipe to our home started leaking sometime last week. When I called Zesbro for an assessment and repair, I was initially told that it would save me time and money if I contacted a leak detector first and then called them to repair the leak.
When that was done, Zesbro gave me a quote over the phone and came out the same evening to fix it!! Not only that, but despite the fact that the detector was off by about 3 feet and the pipe was 4 feet deep instead of the standard 2 (which meant alot of extra digging for Zesbro), I was not charged more than my initial estimate! James also took the time to explain to me in detail why the detector was wrong and what I could expect from the continued lifetime of my pipe. While he was writing up the bill for services, I asked about the cost to estimate a leak that was an inconvenience, but not critical, so I hadn't followed up on having it fixed.
He offered to take a look right away and determined that a faulty seal was the source of the leak and caulked it for me at no extra charge. James and his assistant absolutely went above and beyond to take care of us today.
Much appreciated!!! An honest and high quality plumber is extremely rare and very hard to find these days! If you can find a good one, you definitely want to keep using him/her! During our recent bath tub drain clog and stoppage problem, I googled and called several local area plumbers for estimates and bids. I saw a few of them advertised for $95 for Drain Cleaning Special and several had Online Web Special Discount Coupons ranging from $30 to $40.
The one with the $95 drain cleaning special came to my house and gave me the classic "Bait-And-Switch" estimate for $1,299 to replace drain pipes which we probably don't even need. Several other estimates ranging from any where between $330 (from Roto Rooter) for drain cleaning to over $1,299 for drain pipe replacement.
Then I found this consistently 5 Star Rated ZesBro Plumbing here on Yelp.com while doing a google search. I noticed the difference as soon as I called and talked to him .
He didn't even talk about price first but he actually asked me questions to try to understand my problem such as how long my bathtub had been slow draining before it stopped altogether. When he came to give us an estimate, he was even willing to go under the crawl space under our house to give us a thorough inspection of the drain pipes before giving us a thorough and detailed estimate.
Many plumbers will charge you just to do that. He recommended replacing the trap and drain pipe to bring our drain up to date and to building code for one Low All-Inclusive price of just $300 (the best quote we have so far with 1 Year Warranty.
And he even gave us a discount if we paid by cash. Some of the other plumbers we left messages for didn't even call us back and others gave us even higher estimates for just drain cleaning / unclogging without the parts and new plumbing replacement! James Zesati was honest, punctual, fast, efficient and professional in all respect.
I will definitely would hire him again and highly recommend him looking for an affordable, honest, punctual plumber with an excellent customer service attitude. We called ZesBro to have them review our gas line and pipe for a gas fireplace.
I specifically asked if they had competencies within gas, as we had been told the gas line we had was not up to code and could potentially be a safety concern. I was told they would review the job, and then give us an estimate for any changes to the set-up.
The guy who showed up was not able to communicate in English, and he had no idea about whether the existing installation was up to code or not. He then called back to the office, and the office called us to inform us they were not able to do the job or tell us if it was up to code.
The guy then took off without further explanation. Don't send out inexperienced people who don't speak English to jobs that require knowledge about what is up to code or not or at least offer to send a back up experienced and educated person who can answer what seems to be a fairly straight forward question..
Very happy with service. He also fixed my leaks in my kitchen sink.
The house is quiet. No more dripping noise.
My sink drains quickly. James is the owner.
I like supporting small business and working with someone who cares. Based on the already good ratings, I gave ZesBro a call at 10am when I had a garbage disposal clog in the kitchen sink.
Jimmy was very knowledgeable with the questions I had over the phone and was able to come out to my house within 45 minutes. He was professional and came prepared with all his tools.
He was able to fix the problem in about 20 minutes and even recommended a few problems that I needed to get fixed. The service was reasonably priced and I would definitely call Jimmy again for future problems.
James was great! Answered my call personally, arrived on time (in fact, he called to let me know he was running about 10 minutes behind schedule - which blew me a way), gave me a firm quote, did the work, fixed the problem and cleaned up - all with a smile and explanations along the way. What more can you ask for? I would highly recommend ZesBro Plumbing.
Everybody knows that if you have to call a plumber, it's going to cost you more than you want to pay... nobody likes to pay out for these services! That being said, I've had other plumbers come out for quotes, and Zesbro is by far the most reasonable.
This is the second time we've had Jimmy (James) out to our house to fix our clogged bathtub drain. It never takes him long to fix it, but we've seen the disgusting proof that he pulled out the "rat!" He's a friendly and professional guy and always has great tips to avoid future plumbing problems.
This time he even had an extra drain trap in his truck that he threw in for free! If you're going to have to pay a plumber to come out to your place, this is the guy to call. Thanks James for the fix! My husband and I had been having small issues with our washer for the past month or so, but when we left the house for an hour with the dishwasher on, we were VERY surprised to see a huge puddle of water in our laundry room.
After further inspection, it seemed there was a clog in one of the pipes. We went to Home Depot and bought a snake for about $7.00.
We spent time trying to get rid of clog, but it didn't work. After a while we gave up, and I looked for a plumber here on Yelp.
I found Zesbro on Yelp and decided to give him a call based on the recommendations. I initially gave Zesbro a call on Sunday night.
An hour and a half later, I got a call back. He agreed to come on Monday at about 5PM.
The worker (husband forgot his name) came on time, was very professional, and even took off his shoes. *huge PLUS in my home* The worker managed to fix the problem in about 20 minutes and gave us a decent deal.
I would definitely hire Zesbro again. Thanks again for the speedy service.
The very old house I rent probably hadn't had the plumbing looked at in years, and we started having backup problems. I called ZesBro and set up an appointment for a couple days letter.
Later that day I got a call saying they could come by even sooner - perfect. James came by exactly on time, unlike many service professionals who are often an hour late, and immediately knew what the problem was.
The sewage clog was a bad one, and it took a lot of time and effort to fix, but he did it, and even gave me a discount because I found him on Yelp. Highly recommended.
First of all I should have written this 5 star review a few months ago when we used them for our apartment building. Our contractor friend sent his guy out with my husband to repair some debris caught in the mainline.
After 8 hours the guy gave up leaving my poor husband waist deep in a muddy ditch. Our tenants still did not have water and we started to panic.
Called Roto Rooter and they threw a price of $1500 out there to fix the problem. That's when I got onto Yelp and found Zesbro Plumbing.
James was calm, caring and came out to Seattle even though it was 8pm at night with no notice! He fixed the problem by 10pm and for less than $300. Awesome plumbers and nice to deal with!!!! On Saturday, September 8 I was getting ready to go to work at around 5:30 am and discovered about a gallon of water on my kitchen floor.
The water was leaking steadily down from the second floor through the ceiling via a canister light. After running around for about 20 minutes trying to figure out where the water was coming from and with no luck I headed to the computer and Yelp to try to find a plumber on a Saturday at 6 am.
I called four plumbers listed on Yelp before I called Zesbro Plumbing. I received a response very quickly from James.
He asked several questions, recommended some things to do to stop the leaking and stated the time he would be out. He had received an emergency call early in the morning so he was unable to come out to the house until between noon and 1:00 pm.
However, at that point the water had slowed to a trickle so we figured we could wait. Shortly before James arrival at the house we finally figured out where the problem was.
Our washer had filled with water and the water was leaking out the open door right over the floor threshold, which was dripping down into the kitchen. About the time we figured it out James showed up as promised, on time, looking professional and ready to take on any plumbing issue.
We proceeded to tell him what happened, he asked a couple of questions, made some suggestions and wished us a good day. We asked if he wanted payment for the trip out and he stated no (when is the last time that has happened to you, because it has never happened to me).
Any future plumbing problems we encounter we will call James and Zesbro's. It is really nice to encounter someone who is professional and positive and is interested in the customer.
Thank you James! Even though we've only used him few times, we call James "our plumber" since we don't consider using anyone else anymore. I may be biased since he's in our area and he's been really nice to stop by on his way home to look at a problem.
His work for us has included replacing a sink faucet and the plumbing underneath (sink trap, etc.) and dealing with an emergency flooding situation from our dishwasher--a job which the first plumber who installed it had apparently botched. He also pointed out a safety issue with our garbage disposal while he was down there.
He said it would be simple for us to fix and told us how, but was also willing to come back at a later date if we couldn't figure it out. He's always super polite, price is fair, and cleans up his work well afterwards.
My significant other had been fixing his own leaking kitchen sink for years. Other people in his condo shared the same problems since they all had the same type of plumbing when the condo was built.
Anyways, I was glad when he finally asked me to help him find a good plumber. Jimmy arrived and fixed the problem without having to replace the whole kitchen sink plumbing unit.
He even checked out the dish washing machine to make sure everything was okay. He gave us useful information as to what brands to buy and what kind of problems to watch out for.
He was very polite, well-dressed, prepared, organized, professional and knowledgable. He had a great sense of humor and good manners.
I highly recommend ZesBro and Jimmy for your plumbing needs. Hopefully, I won't need to call him again, but I will if I have to.
James was flexible and they did a good job. He also solved a problem that two other plumbers missed, and charged me very reasonably (considering he was there for the other job already).
I'll be happy to call them again. I picked James based on the strength of the ZesBro Yelp rating.
At the time, there weren't that many reviews, so I felt I was taking a bit of a risk. That time has passed.
James has proven to be competent not just as a plumber, but as an effective and caring professional. He's enthusiastic about the job, and had made every attempt to schedule me in quickly.
He quotes reasonably, and sticks to what he quotes. A couple Fridays ago, I called him late in the morning to hook up a couple sinks in my office.
I told him we needed them done quickly, as there was an event at 7pm. He showed up later in the afternoon.
When the job proved to be bigger than he had estimated, he went into overdrive, rushing around town to get the right parts and get the job done. Sure enough, he was done before 7.
Even with the extra work, he charged what he had estimated on the phone. I read elsewhere on here that he's been around for 8 years.
My only complaint is that I didn't know about him sooner! When I had a problem with my sink, I called ZesBro Plumbing. Jimmy was able to come out right then to take a look.
He was very professional and knowledgeable. I trusted his recommendation right away and within the hour, I had a new sink all fixed up and working perfectly.
I would definitely recommend Jimmy and ZesBro Plumbing to anyone looking for a trustworthy and wallet-friendly plumber. I first got to know James as a past instructor of his at a local community college.
I found him to be a mature, professional and very respectful student. Well after our time together in class ended, I had a bathroom not working and gave his company a call.
James was efficient, diagnosed the problem effectively and got our family back on track in no time at all. Recently, James came back out to fix a major sewage related problem in our house.
I can't say enough good things about him and his company. James is a hard working, respectful, honest person who will do his best to educate the customer and provides fair rates for his services.
I would highly recommend him to anyone who has any sort of plumbing related problems. Keep up the great work James - your are definitely appreciated by our family.
Best wishes, Matt Edwards Simply amazing. Clean (plumber, clean? Yes!) hard-working & HONEST We've used Zesbro Plumbing twice now.
Our first experience was during hours in which he doesn't work, yet he took the time and drive out to Bellevue to help us when everyone else wanted to charge an outrageous "emergency" fee. The main line needed to be snaked or whatever they call it, and he advised us what the issue was and instead of making a giant deal about it making it sound like it urgently needed the multi-thousand dollar fix, he was very honest and to-the-point.
When the time comes to address it, we most certainly will call Zesbro! The second experience was for a leak from our water heater which caused our hardwood floors to buckle :( The water leaked behind where it wasn't visible, soaking the sub-floor. Again, he explained that even though our water heater was outdated, he didn't exaggerate it or anything.
He gave us great tips on dealing with the floor. We plan on bringing him back for the new tankless water heater installation and look forward to his quick, thorough work and great attitude! the water leak that ZesBro fixed in 2016/8/8 got burst again after 3 years.
I have water leak again and City of Redmond notified me on the unusual high volume of water consumption. It ended up the same spot being fixed by ZesBro 3 years ago.
I can understand why warranty is only good for one year Excellent, professional and reliable plumbing services. Two of the toilets in my home were running and needed the insides of the upper tanks to be replaced.
I eventually used Yelp to look up a plumber. The reviews for ZesBro Plumbing are definitely accurate.
I was able to get an appointment scheduled quickly (within 2 days of making the call). I would just recommend double checking to make sure they write your information correctly though since whoever scheduled my appointment had my name and number down incorrectly.
Thus, James (the plumber) was not able to call me beforehand but luckily, he found my place with no problems and came on time, so it wasn't a big deal at all. James was very friendly and did not try to sell me anything I didn't need which I really appreciated considering when I initially called South West Plumbing, they sent two guys over for a simple running toilet issue and even tried selling me a new, unnecessary $500 toilet (did not use them at all because of that).
James was finished within an hour (he didn't waste any time) and his rates for labor and parts are very reasonable (currently $90 per hour of labor plus parts; parts only cost me about $60 for the two toilets). He was even able to save the toilet flusher handles as requested by me (I didn't want to replace them since they match the rest of the metal trimmings in the bathroom).
James was also even able to help me with another issue - my dishwasher was loose and needed to be re-drilled in to be secured in place, which he did free of charge (really nice of him to do so). This was my first time using ZesBro Plumbing and I will certainly use them again for any future plumbing needs.
Thank you, James! Updated. James was on time, fixed the issue.
We had one little hiccup but James was great and made up for it and more. I will call him again any time we have a plumbing issue.
Thanks James Zesbro came out to repair my water line which happened to break just on my side of Bellevue's water meter. James was professional and super friendly! I am sure there are other plumbers out there in Bellevue...but you will not beat the prcie and KNOWLEDGE.
They will not screw you over. I dug up the line and was ready to do the repair myself...James of course had a much beter fix.
I would use them again!!!! Thanks again James! I was hoping to give a 5 star review if my drainage system problem was fixed or if not ZesBro's "warranty" means anything, but after 3 months my rain water drainage system is still clogged. Rain water started backflowing from one of the gutter downspouts in July.
I called ZesBros Plumbing and they came "water-jetting" it, and claimed it fixed and charged $350 for an hour of work. James was very polite and nice enough to fix a leaking faucet without extra charge.
I felt $350 was a high but was happy the issue was "fixed" with a "warranty" for a year. During the recent heavy rain in September I noticed that it is still clogged.
I called ZesBros expecting them to come back and fix the problem. They indeed came the same day, but without the water jetting tools! He looked around and claimed that the clog was further downstream and not covered by the warranty.
He will need to come back for another appointment and start the ridiculous first hour rate again! I did more research into the problem and found out that if I put water through garden hose long enough in July (so it fills in the entire perimeter drainage system), I could have known that the issue was not fixed. I also pulled out the document from my city which showed that ZesBro's description of my drainage system was wrong.
They were basically looking at a wasted "well" that was part of the old system (replaced in 95). As a comparison, another company came today and after 30 min try they honestly told me that they do not have the right tools to fix the problem.
They left without any charge. Shaun and Gino helped me unclog the drain, they are very kind and have done a terrific job.
My sink wouldn't drain at all. I tried using a plumber's auger to fix the problem but it didn't work.
After several hours of trying to fix the problem I gave up and did a search for a plumber. I saw ZesBro's ratings were awesome so I decided to give them a try.
They did an awesome job and fixed the problem in about 30 minutes. Their price also was competitive.
If you are looking for a plumber, these guys know what they are doing! I searched quite extensively for a good plumber at a reasonable price - if this is what you too are looking for, this is your company. Very accommodating, great attention to detail and very reasonably priced for Bellevue/Seattle.
Fructoso, the plumber, is great, he's prompt and knocks it out, incredibly competent... and January in the office is a pleasure to work with.
Hire them. I have used ZesBro Plumbing for 1" water PRV valve, solenoid valve, and 2 feet of pipe installation.
My appointment was 1:30PM, plumber showed up at 4:20. I called office at 2:00 to find out that team is on emergency call and will be at my place shortly.
Why do I have to waste my time waiting and why didn't office call me to re-schedule? Provided invoice ($859.58) didn't include itemized price and labor breakdown. Clogged sink last night and unclogged sink tonight thanks to ZesBro.
They were on-time and very reasonably priced. Give them a try....
I highly recommend ZesBro Plumbing. James arrived on time and with a professional but friendly approach.
He diagnosed the issues quickly and had the repairs done beautifully and had the area cleaned up before I knew it. He gave us a quote on fixing other issues that we have had and even gave us the name of other professionals that he has workied with on other projects.
I have had other work done by big name companies and felt like I was taken for a ride. Not with James.
Thanks so much. Geoff First time home owner and we had some backup in our toilet and bathtub.
We had our septic pumped a couple days prior to the clogging of our pipes so we called up Zesbro to find out what they could do. On the phone James was very courteous and assessed what the problem might be.
Apparently our mainline was clogged and he would have to snake out the blockage. We were given an estimate of how much the work would be and what time he could be at our place.
James was on the ball with keeping us up to speed with his ETA (he was arriving around rush hour) and was accurate with his assessment over the phone. He even came out on his anniversary of all days! Work was all said and done in under 45 min and James even took the time to educate us on how to avoid future complications with our drains.
What a nice guy! I would go through Zesbro for any work in the future and highly recommend for anyone looking to get honest work done Great service. Fixed our kitchen faucet by replacing a part, and saved us money.
Would recommend! Very professional!! Did a good job at fixing my garbage disposal leak. Also tightened the faucet for free.
I would recommend them. We had a leaking pipe in our townhouse and it got our basement storage area wet.
I normally have a friend who does my plumbing because it's someone I could trust. On this occasion he was not available and I needed someone fast.
I found Zesbro Plumbing on yelp and decided to go with them from all the positive reviews. I called Zesbro Plumbing really early in the morning and left a message on their voicemail.
James called me back within 30 minutes and asked a few questions and said he'd be at my house between 11 and 12. James showed up as promised, took a look at my leaking pipe and quoted me a price on the spot.
I told him to go ahead with the work and he was finished in about 1.5 hours. A 90 degree CPVC elbow had failed and was the cause of the leak.
I'm a do it yourself kind of guy and the scope of this problem was out of my comfort zone. James did a great job, great customer service, treats your house with respect and very fair with his pricing.
If you need a plumber in your area look up Zesbro Plumbing, I highly recommend their services. I called ZesBro in the late morning after a long holiday weekend - I chose them because of all the positive yelp reviews.
I was very pleased they managed to squeeze me in on the same day even though they were obviously very busy and it was a non-emergency. James the plumber who showed up did an awesome job - called ahead to say he was coming, showed up on time, did the job efficiently, and cleaned up after himself.
I'm a female first time homeowner and anytime something comes up, I worry I'll be charged more than necessary for a job just because I don't know any better. ZesBro prices were very reasonable.
Bottom line is I would call them again if I needed a plumber and I would recommend them to all my friends. My dishwasher backed up (ugh) James came out right away and charged LESS than his phone quote.
Being a single parent I was very happy to not get ripped off. Super impressed with this company! I would sincerely recommend to avoid this guy if possible.
Pros: - Identified and fixed the problem in about 1.5 hours.(but the problem reappeared) Cons: - Charged me $425 for 1.5 hours, it's like $284/hour (even though our original agreement was $130/hour). His claim was he was the fastest plumber in Seattle and any other plumber would spend double time for the same work.
- Charged me $54 for a $6.99 parts in Home Depot. - The problem came back in 2 weeks and I had to call another plumber to fix it.
- Had to reschedule the appointment twice as he did not show up the first time. - Did not cleanup the messes he created.
i was hoping to be able to write a 5 star review based on the previous Yelp reviews. However for the third consecutive week James did NOT show up to replace our electric water heater.
The first time he said he was ill and had misplaced the appointment in his cell phone? Last Thursday he did call and said his equipment was 'stuck" at the work site of an earlier job. So we re-scheduled for 11 am today.
No james. No call.
I called at about 4 pm and he did call back-he seemed not to know who i was and said his vehicle was having maintenance and he could not get out here. I told him a call would have been nice and he did say he was sorry.
So still no new water heater. Ihave contacted another plumbing outfit and hopefully they will show up.
If someone does not want to do a job i prefer they tell me and not string me along. James was polite and for that he deserves a star.I assume his work is excellent-im sorry i never got to use it.
It's been a while since I've written a five star review, but ZesBro Plumbing definitely deserves one. Overall, the price, work, and customer service was outstanding.
I needed a water heater replaced on a trailer and Zesbro did all the research and picked up most of the parts for the job. When our plumber, Fructoso, got there, the replacement heater we picked up was not right size, but he was willing to wait for me to drive to West Seattle to pick up a new one and bring it back.
The job took a couple hours longer than I expected (mostly due to my fault), so I was thinking they would up the price from their original quote, but nope, it was still right on. Again, Zesbro Plumbing did a great job and I'd highly recommend them to anyone.
Called them at 8:30 a.m. because of a broken water main.
The woman who answered the phone gave me the best possible response, "Let me see if I can rearrange a couple of things and get someone out to you right away." Fructosa was there by 10 a.m. and we had water within a couple hours.
Polite, professional, and fast. I really don't know how they compare from a cost standpoint, and the invoice wasn't itemized, but it ended up close to the range I had in my head.
Wow! I find it very interesting that James would consult a lawyer who thinks it is slander and requests that I remove my very heart felt previous review. That is absolutely not going to happen! I did call plenty of times and left plenty of messages to no avail! James states that I did not call back.
Then writes, that he received, "maybe a call but (I) left no voice mail." He does although admit that his company had intermediate (faulty= intermittent) phone service for a week. Well, I guess it never dawned on James to apologize for having had faulty phone service for a week that may have caused him to miss my many calls and messages.
I guess it never dawned on James to act like a professional. Instead, he further erodes my already horrific opinion of his company by trying to bully me by contacting a lawyer and requesting that I remove my review.
I do not ever write a review because I am never really wowed by a company. So, writing this review is a first for me.
I wrote into Yelp yesterday looking for a plumber to come & give me a bid on a showe/tub that was leaking. Several responded with an amount that they charged to come out, to be applied towards the cost of the repair.
Then Allied Plumbing aka ZesBro (family owned business) called and they said they could come out today,Tues 8/28 at no charge! Fast forward to today, Travis one of the family members & another plumber showed up at my house at 11:00 a.m. They proceeded to look at the problem, diagnosed it, fixxed it - a very easy fix for them!!, charged me a very reasonable fee and were done, gone!! These two guys were so nice, pleasent, respectful! My husband and I were really impressed with not only Travis, but with the company as well.
If we ever need a plumber again, we would not hesitate to call them. Extremely fair in their pricing!! Outstanding work!! So a tip for anyone looking for a plumber - low cost may not always be the best option! In planning our bathroom remodel we shopped out our plumbing to several vendors, large and small and most came in between $5k-10k.
Zesbro gave the lowest quote of them all so we were going to work with them.... But buyer beware.
It's hard to rate Zesbro on their actual work because we were not actually able to see the work through... After setting up the appointment, it took significant effort just to obtain their insurance and bond information.
In terms of communication, even as a small outfit they're terrible!!! The other services you call, after only a few rings they answer and can either work with you on the spot or can call you back in 15-20 minutes. With Zesbro it took several calls to the office and James's direct cell phone to even reach them to set up our appointment.
To make things worse, it took another 5-10 calls to get someone to take our call so we could obtain their insurance information (which should have been provided as part of the standard quotation package as should a service contract). And after it all when asked to provide a copy of the plumber's certification within certain deadlines, they couldn't even do that and didn't even call to let us know that they would be late or try and explain.
I would expect this information to be on file as it's commonly requested for verification. They did provide us with a loose quote but couldn't provide a service contract and to top it all off it wasn't until it was asked for that James identified that his license was 2 months expired.
Needless to say we chose to find someone else that has their affairs in order and can adequately communicate. If you want a company that does great work Zesbro may still be a good option from what I've read, but in terms of communication and ability to provide the data you want and need and meet deadlines, they're second rate and you can find much better.
Outstanding service. Caleb, our technician was as good as it gets.
He gave us a heads up call prior to his arrival and arrived exactly within the time he stated. As a first time homeowner in a development, I did not know where the city valve to shut off our water was located, but with his help was able to locate it (several yards away in a place I would have never thought to look).
I was amazed at how quickly he completed the two repairs: bathroom sink hot water handle that leaked when open as well as the tub faucet that perpetually dripped. He even alerted us to the type of piping used in our home currently that could become a problem in the future.
Finally, he offered us his personal cell to call with questions anytime and offered to walk us through minor repairs/diagnostics over the phone. Friendly, prompt, knowledgeable, and willing to help personally...can't ask for anything more.
I know who my go-to guy is for plumbing. My husband decided to empty the entire fridge into our garbage disposal.
We had just moved in and he wanted to test to see how powerful it was. You can probably guess, since you are reading this plumbing review, it's not so powerful! He managed to flood the basement and clog almost all the pipes in the whole front of the house.
I called ZesBro that night and he was here the next morning. He showed up on time, did a great job and pricing was fair.
For my next plumbing problem, I will be calling ZesBro and if you are reading this, I would suggest you do too!'''.
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