Shreve-McGonegal

Description of Work: Replaced old shower valve and installed new valve and new shower fixture, escutcheon, shower and tub faucets (replacing old 1970's fixtures.) Note that modern valves are not compatible with the new fixtures.

Description of Work: They were able to unblock a drain that was slow.

Description of Work: Our tub faucet was leaking a thin stream of water. Shreve took the handle apart, replaced the inner cartridge, and put it back together.

Description of Work: The plumber dislodged and retrieved a hard plastic piece of a drain plug that had dropped into our basement drain, 2-3 feet underneath the floor. After vacuuming standing water from the drain, the plumber fashioned two metal rods to dislodge, hook, and remove the obstruction without letting it fall farther down the drain.

Description of Work: The water kept refill the water tank for the toilet although the tank was full. The technician replaced the broken valve, as well as the flapper.

Description of Work: Installed a kitchen faucet.

Description of Work: Emergency service (at 2 am) snaked drain in basement.

Description of Work: The frost-free faucet on the outside of my house had locked up and I could not turn the handle at all.

Description of Work: Looked at leak caused by shower. Looked, but repaired nothing. Accepted Angies list coupon.

Description of Work: A plumber came over to drain my kitchen sink. He was nearly one hour late but that was not the major problem. The plumber spent over an hour trying to clear out the drain from my kitchen sink. He made several attempts to clear the drain, but informed me that the drain emptied into a common pipe with my neighbor, as these are older, adjoining row houses. Apparently, this is a design not used in more modern construction, but it is common in older, more urban neighborhoods where buildings were constructed many years ago and not modernized when the buildings were renovated a number of years later. The plumber informed me that head on his clean out tool could not accommodate such a sharp turn. I did inform the plumber that my neighbor had a similar problem. After this vain attempt, I called the home owner's association and they informed me that problems such as these were common and that the association would be responsible for clearing out the drainage system. The plumber indicated that it would take all day for them to do it. I wound up paying full charge for this service and will now make an attempt to get at least partial reimbursement from my home owner's association and/or my neighbor. The association had a plumber in my home a few hours later with a different head on his clean out tool that he said was designed for such sharp turns in the drainage system. This plumber indicated that the plumber who had been sent by Shreve-McGonegal did not have the correct head on his tool and that is why he couldn't negotiate the sharp turn in the drainage system. This plumber also mentioned that the first plumber, when hearing that my neighbor had the same problem, should have informed me that the home owner's association should handle this as the problem lay in a common sewage line and not within my home and informed me at first that I should contact the homeowner's association with the problem before starting any work. He also informed me that any plumber working in more urban environments in this area should have known that such drainage designs are common in older homes and have had the proper head on his equipment. In addition to all this, the second plumber was done in a half hour or so and did not charge me anything as the association was charged for this call. He also informed me that unlike Shreve-McGonegal, his company charged by the hour rather than a flat rate and that the charge, even with an assistant, would have been substantially lower than what S-M charged me.

Description of Work: They unclogged a stopped up kitchen sink.

Description of Work: Shreve-McGonegal replaced a leaking kitchen faucet with a new one.

Description of Work: Snaked a toilet.

Description of Work: Repair/replace sump pump Repair disposal Repair leaky toilet Repair leaky shower head

Description of Work: They pumped out my flooded basement (4-6 inches of water) and then cleaned out the sewer drain that had gotten backed up because of all of the rain.

Description of Work: The toilet wax ring was replaced as expected and the leakage stopped.

Description of Work: Main drain clogged

Description of Work: The service performed was the changing of a water filter for a household water filtration unit (the unit was frozen and impossible to open ourselves).

Description of Work: My kitchen sink has a disposal that connects directly to the sink along with to the dish washer. All water flow goes through the disposal and into sewage. The connection from the disposal to the sewage line had a leak caused by the vibrations of the disposal. The repair performed was strengthening that seal with metal pipes versus the plastic pipes I originally had been using.

Description of Work: Shreve McGonegal cleared a major blockage from our house's sewer line. They employed a 100 foot snake that unfortunately had to go down through a toilet line because our main line was rusted shut. After the line was cleared, the plumber reinstalled the toilet and cleaned the bathroom floor as well as part of the basement floor that had some back up. This was an emergency call on Friday night and they responded very quickly.

Description of Work: Install utility sink in laundry. Snaked drain. Replaced shut-off valve to outside faucet.

Description of Work: Replaced leaking copper pipe T-joint.

Description of Work: I hired Shreve McGonegal to fix the water hammer in my home. I had this hammer for a few months. He diagnosed the problem and replaced the water pressure relief valve near the main shut off valve to the house.

Description of Work: 5 Electrical outlets were tested and fixed and fitted for fire codes, the microwave plug was fitted with an outlet as well.

Description of Work: Back in mid-July, I discovered a small leak coming from my upstairs bathroom through the ceiling into my downstairs bathroom. Shreve-McGonegal sent a very professional plumber promptly who found the problem (see separate report from me). It turned out that the old copper pipes in my 70 year old house had corroded and were starting to leak. The water for the upstairs bath was turned off temporarily. A couple of days later, I met with the supervisor and he provided me with a clear indication of the work needed: replace the old copper pipes with PVC pipes, replace the upstairs shower drain and trap, take out the old tile on the floor of the upstairs shower and up to a point on the sides of the shower and replace. Finally, put in a new ceiling in the downstairs bath to replace the one they cut into to replace the pipes. Shreve-McGonegal began the job as promised on August 9 with two very professional and courteous gentleman who consistently did an excellent job throughout! The job was completed one day earlier than expected. The work was professional, thorough, and I couldn't be more pleased. They accidentally broke a light fixture cover in the downstairs bathroom, and promptly without cost to me, replaced the light fixture. That is the mark of a fine and professional business - that if an accident occurs, they promptly make it right without additional cost to the customer. I am very pleased with Shreve-McGonegal and am happy to recommend them with a grade of "A". While the price was a little on the expensive side for my budget, you get what you pay for and better to pay a bit more for a high-quality job by high-quality professionals.