Seattle Pipeworks

Call Tim! Tim and his crew recently did an emergency repair for us. Our 1940s era concrete sewer line had a break in it. Even though he was busy and completely booked, he managed to come to our house within 30 minutes of our call, diagnose our issue, and get a crew to us within 48 hours to first fix the broken section and then line the rest of the pipe to prevent future breakage. Tim has a lot of experience and knows what he is doing. (My husband and I are both civil engineers so we are picky about plumbing.) Tim responds to phone calls and emails quickly, and everything he said would happen, actually happened on the timeline he gave us. His crews were friendly, hard-​working, professional, and did a great job keeping our yard tidy and cleaning up when they were finished. You might be able to find someone to do your job for less (I have no idea — we didn’t shop around in our emergency) but I doubt it’s worth it. We have worked with other plumbers on other jobs and have not been happy. I have already recommended Tim to my friends. This is the company you want working on your house.

I can’t recommend Tim and his crew highly enough!
Our problem started with a backed up sewer in the basement. We had a plumbing company that had good reviews on Unilocal come by and ream out the pipe. When the tool came back out of the pipe, it had mud on it, indicating a break in the pipe.
He recommended we get the pipe video inspected, and recommended Seattle Pipeworks to do it.
I gave Tim a call, and he was able to come over the next day.
To make a long story not quite as long, he verified that we had 3 cracks in a 22 foot long section of the sewer pipe, but that it wasn’t an emergency, but should be taken care of soon.
We scheduled the job a couple weeks later. We had just installed a new deck, and the guys were really good about covering it up with plywood to protect it.
Like one of the other posters, the location of the pipe wouldn’t allow any machines, only hand digging.
It was a 4 day job, but except for an hour or so here and there, we never lost use of the sewer. After the job was done, the guys cleaned everything up.
They made a stressful event not so bad.
I hope I never need any more sewer work done, but if I do, I’ll call Tim again.

My story is very similar to R. Maya’s… I have an old house in Ballard and I had an emergency on the weekend where I was forced to call out a large corporate plumbing company to come to the (rescue). They got me fixed up, but also gave me a huge quote along with a story of why it should be addressed immediately, and if it wasn’t it could lead to permanent damage to my house and property value. (It screamed scam to me as I have had a similar issue at another older home that I own that was fixed at a fraction of the quote). I waited until Monday and was referred to Seattle Pipeworks from a plumber friend that doesn’t do pipe repair. Tim was very friendly and accommodating to get me a bid FAST! We spoke later that day, he gave me the bid and was out to repair it 2 days later at ¹⁄₃^rd the quote of the other company. He was very honest about his approach to the quote, and didn’t try any «upsell» tactics like the corporate people did. They seem like a stand up operation, and I would highly recommend these guys in the future.

Amazing people. They arrived quickly and did a very professional job. It was an area that did not allow the use of a backhoe so it was hand dug. I have never seen a hole dug so quick and clean. Kudos to Liam for digging non-​stop for many hours straight and repairing the pipe to get the job done in time for the inspector. Tim cleaned and scoped the remaining pipes to make sure that everything was good and then the hole was filled and the yard cleaned up to perfection.
I will recommend them to any friend or neighbor who needs work.

Excellent !
Our sewer backed up, Quality Plumbing cleared the plug, but after getting it scoped out we found a big root ball in the pipe located in the parking strip. We needed Seattle Pipe to dig 8 feet down and replace about 20 feet of sewer pipe. We also had a double cleanout put in.
Nice honest guy gave us a great bid. His guys worked hard, got there on time, cleaned up well and did a great job.
Thanks guys.