Response from B & B PLUMBING & HEATING CO
Mr. Willeke and Angies' List Members - B&B works hard to meet our customers' needs. We provide written estimates of major work like Mr. Willeke's, AND we offer 90 day labor warranties so if problems arise they can be addressed at no cost to the customer. This is because WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS TO LET US KNOW ASAP IF THERE ARE ANY PROBLEMS...not years later. In Mr. [member name] case, so much time has elapsed since his toilet installations that he is not remembering either the date OR the cost correctly: (A)We installed 3 toilets for Mr. [member name] 8/05, almost 10 years ago, not in 2011. (B)We provided a written estimate in 6/05 of $1400 to Mr. [member name] for the installation. (NOT $5000!) The toilets were expensive since two of them were ADA, handicapped toilets. Mr. [member name] accepted and signed the $1400 estimate for the toilets. (C)Mr. [member name] initiated a change in the specs to the third toilet, making it an ADA handicapped toilet as well. This added $200 to the cost, bringing the total cost of the work to $1600. We gave Mr. [member name] a copy of the change order, which he approved and signed. Separately, 2 months prior to the toilet installation, Mr. [member name] had us give him a price to install an outside cleanout to his home (so any sewer backups could be dealt with outside the home rather than having to go through a toilet). The price of this work was $1000.00 which included backhoe rental, labor, and several feet of pipe. Again, we provided a written estimate for this work in advance, which Mr. [member name] approved. In summary, Mr. [member name] had us do $2600 of work for him the summer of 2005, $1000 for a cleanout and $1600 for the toilets. This is roughly half of the $5000 total he is remembering. We will be sending Mr. [member name] copies of the contracts he originally signed to jog his memory. Perhaps another company did some other type of work for Mr. [member name] in 2011 that cost $5000, but it was not us. Finally, we believe we provide a fair price for the work we do, based on the quality of our work, the knowledge and equipment we bring to the job, the warranties we offer, and the protection we provide our customers with business liability insurance. We are happy to provide written estimates for major work.