KJ Plumbimg

Where do I begin...I wish I would have began with Angie's List first of all so I could have seen the poor job that was done to someone else. I too had almost similar experiences. There was an initial consultation about the work needed to be done. I was quoted $2000 for the project which was my budget for plumbing in a commercial building. I had to do everything with the city, file the permit, hire someone to do the drawings because his was insufficient for the inspector. He started the work back in July and was never there everyday all day. He would leave early and then might not come back for a couple days. He started complaining about needed some cash for the work he had done so far. I was not about to pay him for an uncompleted job that had to be inspected by the city. He poured concrete over plumbing work before inspection, which after many years in business that knowledge should have been known. Originally we thought we were going to have to put a pump under floor and pump up to a drain upstairs and cut into the wall to run lines. My husband is the one who found the crawl space and existing drain so that was no longer necessary to cut into walls with a pump. Which should have decreased my cost for less work right? ha. Then after he installed my water heater, another room adjacent to it lost all power to the outlets and was shorting out. He had another guy fix that problem but we were the ones that found the problem. Apparently he also thought it was okay to cut the water line going to the only spigot on the building so now we have no way of power washing the building or watering any landscaping. The inspectors came for final inspection and there were a few things he was to fix. He said he would get them fixed along with the cut water spigot. He never came back and I had to hire another plumber to finish the work in order to pass inspection and I still have a broken spigot! He always left coffee cups for me to throw away, wood shavings were left all over the finished floor, my freshly painted floors were scratched and mud left all over them. Then I received a total invoice for $4,000!!!! What happened to $2000 we had originally agreed upon that was actually supposed to be for more work than what ended up having to be done? So after all that he is still calling and asking for money. I had explained multiple times that I had to turn in his invoice to my landlord and they were giving me the money to pay him. He then had HIS WIFE call me and ask for money. I then explained to her that it has already been explained several times that I can't pay him until my landlord pays me and on top of that he wants money for an unfinished job that I had to hire other plumbers to come out to fix so I could pass inspection. Please people... save your time, energy and hard earned money and deal with a professional company that gets a job done quickly, neatly and completed thouroghly. We called Benjamin Franklin and what a difference that was. They were up front about the cost and didn't charge me a penny more, brought in a shop vac and cleaned up any mess they made and was done quickly. I usually try really hard to give my business to local or the "little man", but this time it bit me in the a**.

It was an over all horrible experience. 3 weeks to repair a leak and there days he could have been here and worked but had to wait on other people so it sat, not getting fixed. IN the meantime the water kept running and adding to the huge bill. See above for a more detailed description.