Fred’s Plumbing Service

Fred was awesome and I highly recommend him to anyone in need of a plumber.
My ejector pump stopped working in my basement and I had a water back up through our bathroom. I called his business the next morning, received a call back in 20 minutes, was quoted a good price and given a detailed report on the work that would be done, and Fred showed up 2 hours later.
The best part was Fred was honest enough to point out that I didn’t need a new pump or any other work and only charged me the minimal for him to show up, so I paid $ 700 less than what I was originally told!
Honest, fast, and fair… you can’t ask for better.
Thanks Fred!

Outstanding service. I’m not sure what the deal is with the one bad review but I’m going to disagree and say «awesome service.» My mother — senior & widower — has a house that we currently rent out due to her having to move in with my sister because of health reason. Long story short, there was a problem with the sewer line, nothing unusual for an older house so the renters call Precision Plumbing. I meet these two guys for their «$ 99 special» and they stick a camera down the line and come back with «look at all these problems… we need to dig up your front lawn… it’ll cost you $ 4,500.00.» And here comes the big surprise THEY ARE AVAILABLE TOMORROW. Wow. Imagine that. I throw these two knuckle heads to the curb, surf the web and decide to give Fred’s Plumbing a try. First off, the person answering the phone, Michelle, was great. They were booked solid but she said that she would try and slide me in IF someone cancelled or a job got done sooner than planned. If not, Fred would be there tomorrow at 8am. Late in the afternoon, Michelle calls me back and just let’s me know that the things aren’t freeing up but that Fred will be there tomorrow at 8am. The next morning, Fred shows up with his help, at 7:50am. He’s early. When does that ever happen. Anyway, we go over the problem and he goes to work. He finds the blockage and shows it to me via the camera. It’s a bad one but he’s committed to fixing it. He’s there for FIVE hours and finally get the blockage freed. It was a huge wad of TP (don’t ask). After all this time, his charge is still the quoted $ 275.00 for «rodding service.» Because he went above and beyond the call of duty, I insisted he let me make it fair.
Fred, you’re a person of integrity — something lacking at Precision Plumbing. Highly recommend and I’m certain folks will continue coming your way.
And to Precision Plumbing — you guys are snakes. It makes me sick that you use your «$ 99 special» as a way to get your foot in the door and then try to pressure folks into service they don’t need. You don’t even have the honor to return my calls. I hope karma catches up with your business because it makes me sick thinking about all the people you have scammed.

A week and a half into January and I’ve showered twice-​ish (emphasis on the ‘ish’).
To be fair, that number is really only slightly less that what it would have been had our shower drain not stopped draining all-​of-​a-​damn-​sudden earlier this week, but even so, I still like to at least have the option of turning down the act of taking a shower on my own volition.
So, you can imagine my distress when my right, as an American, to shower at will was taken away from me.
Freaking Obama.
Just kidding, it’s probably Hilary’s fault.
So anyway, one day the shower drain was fine. 100% A-​Ok, not even running slow or anything, and then one day it just wasn’t draining at all and my boyfriend and I found ourselves scooping a pool of dirty water out of the tub with an empty «bucket» that was actually just an old pail that used to hold cat litter. Had it not been 6am, I might have been able to find some Lucy & Desi-​style humor in it, but it was 6am and that ball of zombie-​colored hair I had to dig out of the drain? Not funny either.
So, after 4 days of tinkering and snaking and Drain-​O-​ing, we threw our hands in the air and called Fred’s Plumbing Service.
We were able to schedule Fred to come out the very next day and were given an ETA of something like 11:30 — 12:30. The timing was a little sticky for me, but my good-​for-​nothing brother was going to help out and stick around to wait and let Fred in… only Fred was running a bit behind and my brother lived up to his worthlessness and was nowhere to be found during the scheduled time. Luckily, my previously scheduled meeting was foibled so I was able to stay home and wait for Fred and friends… er, apprentice. Fred and his apprentice, who were running fashionably late.
They arrived around 1:20, which would have sucked had my meeting not been canceled, but then I thought about when I have to drive all around the burbs to different meetings and people make me wait and then I’m late for the next thing and the next thing and it’s just a big olé domino effect where I’m then late for everything because one person kept me waiting, and now I look like a jerk even though it really isn’t my fault. For the first time maybe ever, I think I felt empathy.
Plus, you know if a plumber is late that it’s probably for good reason… or at least a reason that’s far more of an emergency than I’ll probably encounter in a day. I mean, I used to have a friend who was a plumber and we’d all poke fun at him and call him ‘poopsmith’ and all that, but deep down we really respected him because even on our toughest days at work, we never had to suck other people’s sh*t out of a deep, dark hole.
When Fred and his apprentice (who will remain nameless because I forgot it) arrived, they were super courteous, insisted on removing their shoes so to not dirty our floor and let me explain the problem and all the various cockamamie ways we tried to unclog it ourselves. Then Fred went through some possible scenarios for the blockage, I signed a paper, and he dug right in… only there was one problem…
The problem had magically gone away. As soon as Fred started filling the tub to test the drain, the drain started draining. Wouldn’t you know it?
I made a joke along the lines of, ‘Geez, you guys are good.’ And then spent the next few minutes trying to convince them that it wasn’t draining before and that I was not crazy.
Fred was super nice and we decided to have him snake the drain anyway since he’d already come all the way out and brought his tools upstairs and I just wanted to be sure it didn’t stop draining again right after he left, which would totally be my luck.
The whole ordeal took about an hour and ran $ 145, which I thought was pretty fair for getting 2 plumbers to come all the way out and fish around in a drain probably clogged with a hamster-​sized ball of my hair and skin flakes. I mean, how much money would it take for you to be willing to do that? For me, I’d be out as soon as it got the part where I’d need to carry heavy equipment up a flight of stairs. Exercise? No thank you. Not for me.
Also nice is that you can pay by credit card right there on the spot when they’re done, and you’ll get both a carbon copy receipt and an emailed receipt for your records. Easy peasy.
I totally recommend Fred’s Plumbing (who’s also rated highly on Angie’s List) for any and all of your plumbing needs, if you’re lucky enough to live in area that he services.

Fred’s was great. I needed a plumber to unclog my main drain to the sewer. I was able to get a flat rate quote for the job and knew how much it was going to cost before he even showed up (unlike several other plumbers I called).
Fred unclogged the drain and then put a camera down into my lines to make sure everything was clear. He took the time afterwards to explain what my plumbing lines looked liked, and how I could unclog them myself if they clogged in the future.
He then agreed to charge me LESS than the quoted price since it didn’t take him very long (obviously DON’T expect him to do this every time. I only mention it because it emphasizes the point that he cares more about doing a good job at a fair price than gouging the customer). Before he left he cleaned everything up and took his tarps (which he laid down to make sure he didn’t track snow onto my floors).
I am a satisfied customer and definitely will be using Fred’s again!

Freddie was on time and very knowledgeable and personable. Quality work. Price was very reasonable. I would highly recommend to anyone who needs a plumber in the area.

Fred is a breath of fresh air. After trying many different plumbing services and being unsatisfied, finding Fred was a life changing experience. I no longer lose sleep over my pipes or my drips. I call Fred and he just takes care of the stuff. He knows and I don’t have to worry about it. Reasonably priced, prompt, corteous and extremely reliable. I am so happy I found Fred.