Having found a decent commercial plumber to fix up the issues at our office, the day had come to stand back and let him work his master plumber magic. We were especially pleased with this candidate, not just because of his confident analysis of our issues, and realistic estimates and time frames, but also because he was willing to come in and work after hours so that the noise and disruptions in service would not impede our workflow.

So if you’re a commercial plumber reading this, take note- it wasn’t just craftsmanship or word-of-mouth, or a nice decal on the local plumber’s van that won him the contract, it was simply the willingness to work non-traditional hours to get the job done. We knew, given his dedication and willingness to work on our parameters that we were dealing with a commercial plumber who really cares about the work he does.

Once the building was empty after the business day, the work began. He arrived at 5:30pm and set to work on the plumbing repairs and installations that we had requested in our contract.

As time passed, day by day, we saw the improvements mount up. Every once in awhile, over the course of the two week project, we would find little notes on sinks or toilets with special instructions not to use them. Other than that, things seemed to be going pretty smoothly.

A Job Well Done with Our Commercial Plumber

After two weeks of temporary outages and little notes, we walked in on Monday morning to see why we hired a local plumber for the plumbing repair and renovation. There were beautifully functioning toilets and sinks in our bathroom, as well as the water fountains and hand washing sinks we’d wanted installed ever since we moved in. There were still some cosmetic changes we wanted to make, but we would have those for another day- they had nothing to do with plumber work.

Our experience with this commercial plumber was very satisfying, and the work he did held up for as long as we owned the workspace. We kept his card around just in case, but we never needed it. But you can be sure that, any time some friends of ours needed advice on what commercial plumber to turn to, we would refer them to the local plumber that made our plumbing experience so great.

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Everything about our vacation in the Rockies went according to plan, but not our arrival back in Atlanta. We came home to a flooded house, and what we feared would be a big plumbing repair bill.

Once the basement drained, the water shut off, and the carpet ripped out, we were still in need of a lot of work to get things back to normal. Our first priority was our need for a local plumber to see to the plumbing repairs so that we could turn the water back on and regain at least some civility.

We did what everyone does when it’s time to find a good local plumber: we hit the yellow pages. Okay, we didn’t have a copy of the yellow pages- we hit Google. Hopefully, we thought, our dream master plumber has gotten with the modern age and listed his business online. A local plumber in our area usually has the reputation for being manually rather than technically inclined, but this is no complaint; we needed plumbing repair savvy, not internet savvy.

Choices, Choices: Hire a Plumber- A Good Plumber

A simple search revealed the myriads of local plumber companies, lone wolves and shade tree plumbers. We already decided we didn’t want to use a major company. Large companies have much more overhead than a one-man operation, and they hire employees that may not be of the same talent level as a local plumber whose business rests upon his own skills.

Granted, we also realized that this was a risky move. A full-scale plumbing company has much better insurance if anything goes wrong, and if any plumbers find themselves stumped, they have superiors to fall back on. Also, in the absolute worst case, if we feel we’ve been cheated, a well-established plumbing contractor company is much more capable of compensating us if we end up in court for any reason.

So with this in mind, we had to remember that we were navigating a minefield, and with this being our first foray into any plumbing needs beyond unclogging a toilet, it was important to do some research and be as careful as possible in our search for a local plumber.

But for all our forethought, we still didn’t realize how tough it would be to actually find a good plumber. In the next entry, you’ll get to hear all about the selection process, so stay tuned.

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After sorting through contractors, carpenters, electricians, architects and landscape designers, we finally narrowed down the crew that we wanted working on our home’s new addition. But we still needed to find a licensed plumber or plumbing contractor who could do the job right, unlike the last one.

Of the four licensed plumbers we brought out to our property, all seemed knowledgeable and realistic in their expectations. But one, unbeknownst to us, had already worked on several houses in our neighborhood, and was even the licensed plumber who worked on the addition that was built on the property two blocks away from us. If we were to get a plumber from the current lineup, it certainly seemed like this was our guy. Admittedly, he didn’t promise the lowest price or the best time frame, but his experience in our area gave us the reassurance that he had the most realistic expectations for these concerns.

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Before jumping in head first, we asked our neighbor up the street if he was satisfied with the work that this plumber had done. He replied that he was absolutely thrilled with the plumbing repairs and work that was done on his property. This made our decision pretty easy—as much as we’d like to get a plumber who promises the lowest price or to get a emergency plumber who assures the fastest delivery, we want the job done right more than anything else.

Our home remodeling last year set us back quite a bit more than we’d planned thanks to shoddy plumber work, hence our careful and deliberate selection process this time around- but we were thankful to finally get a plumber who knew what he was doing.

Getting it Done

Once the project was underway, the licensed plumber we chose was able to lay down pipes to fit through the foundation before any concrete was poured. He knew all the right places to put them so that they would flow efficiently into all the outlets planned for the final product. He even navigated around the areas of the new addition that were most likely to settle over time, reducing the risk of cracked pipes and major foundational repairs.

After the project was completed, we had a simple but effective plumbing system that we were more than happy with. Sure enough, everything worked just as it was supposed to with readily available hot water and plenty of pressure in all the places we needed it most. Our addition was ready for guests, tenants, or whomever we needed to put up for a little while.

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