HICKEY'S PLUMBING & HEATING

Description of Work: When the water in the tub is turned on, water was coming from both the tub spout and shower head. An unlicensed plumber did the installation incorrectly behind the wall. The spout and shower head were both brand new and worked just fine. I wanted an estimate to correct the problem.

Description of Work: I used Hickey’s Plumbing & Heating a couple of years ago. They installed a humidification system.

Description of Work: THIS IS A DESCRIPTION OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CONTRACTOR: When I presented a list of what I wanted in my contract, I was handed a summary (brief version without my detail) to be signed. I asked for more detail. I was given the "trust me" - to ask for more was "out of the question". I trusted our verbal conversation but did not get what was promised in the end. I wanted a "state of the art" system - I got an end of life A/C compressor that haven't been sold in 2-3 years according to a major supplier. It became outlawed recently. It was probably a "left over" or he got a "deal". He did quote the model #, but I trusted it was a "state of the art" system - it was far from it. The furnace was more up to date, but not top of the line. The plumber himself was reasonably pleasant, although a little gruff. He was usually prompt. This was the first time I embarked on a total renovation project on my own. (I did build a house before where I did more investigating in selecting the builder.) Some work had to be redone, because he took the easy way out and didn't meet the code required by the manufacturer. He also thought I wouldn't notice, but one of the other sub contractors pointed it out to me. These are things the inspector doesn't check, so he thought he could slip them by me. I was amazed that the inspector didn't know about the A/C standards being changed and neither do they check that out! The inspector doesn't check other important connections that are behind the wall (understandably). So, the plumber knows what he can easily get away with. BUYER BEWARE! These people are not professional in their business dealings. I would not recommend them for such a large project if you are an unsuspecting end user like I was. They might be OK in handling a small job...but my job was a major undertaking. I learned a lot!

Description of Work: I used Hickey's Plumbing & Heating for HVAC work. He installed a steam humidifier.

Description of Work: I recently had purchased a two family home and needed to update all of the plumbing fixtures. I hired another company which was extremely expensive with pushy salesman types. Everything that this co corrected needed to be done right. That's when I found Mike from Hickey's plumbing. He fixed everything and did some additional work. He was extremely prompt, answered all calls immediately, friendly and fairly priced. We liked him so much that we later hired him to redo the first floor kitchen (cabs, sink, dishwasher)and demo and rebuild a first floor bathroom. The plumbing work was fantastic and the craftsmenship of his tile guy was excellent. I would recommend Hickey's Plumbing for all jobs big and small.