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$15 Sewer & Drain Service
PO Box 26942 San Jose, CA
408-279-1515
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115 ratings |
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| 2. |
A & A Plumbing
1030 E El Camino Real #248 Sunnyvale, CA
408-738-8878
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38 ratings |
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| 3. |
A A Plumbing Svc & Repair
Napa, CA
707-255-0547
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| 4. |
A Better Rooter Plumbing & Engineering
PO Box 7549 Berkeley, CA
510-527-1219
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15 ratings |
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| 5. |
A G Hansen Plumbing
1046 Tehama Ave Menlo Park, CA
650-323-4138
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| 6. |
A J Bono Plumbing
1870 Arnold Industrial #1045 Concord, CA
925-676-1080
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13 ratings |
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| 7. |
AAA Plumbing
1230 Rear Ave #5 Mountain View, CA
800-784-6591
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10 ratings |
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| 8. |
Abante Rooter & Plumbing
2439 34th Ave Oakland, CA
510-534-1636
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| 9. |
ABE Plumbing
325 Silvera St Milpitas, CA
408-262-3667
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20 ratings |
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| 10. |
Abjdd Plumbing & Heating
390 S White Rd San Jose, CA
408-251-1820
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10 ratings |
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| 11. |
Able To Plumbing & Rooter
4435 1st St #443 Livermore, CA
925-606-0990
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| 12. |
Above All Plumbing
30087 Ahern Ave Union City, CA
510-739-6331
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21 ratings |
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| 13. |
Absolute Plumbing
Hayward, CA
510-889-1194
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| 14. |
ACE Plumbing and Rooter
945 Taraval St San Fransisco, CA
415-824-6333
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21 ratings |
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| 15. |
Action Plumbing Maintenance
Cotati, CA
707-792-2323
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| 16. |
Affordable Plumbing Plus
1814 Biglow Dr Antioch, CA
925-755-7754
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Ajax Plumbing & Heating
2114 Fillmore St San Francisco, CA
415-931-4733
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| 18. |
Albert Nahman Plumbing & Heating
3333 Martin Luther King Jr Way Berkeley, CA
510-843-6904
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165 ratings |
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| 19. |
Alfred Williams Plumbing
1076 Reeve St #1 Santa Clara, CA
408-247-7878
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189 ratings |
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| 20. |
All Bay Rooting & Plumbing Svc
401 Hopkins Ct #A El Sobrante, CA
510-325-7027
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| 21. |
All Flow Plumbing & Rooter
PO Box 464 San Mateo, CA
650-343-2214
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54 ratings |
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| 22. |
All Star Plumbing & Rapid Rooter
325 3rd St Napa, CA
707-226-9502
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18 ratings |
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| 23. |
All Valley Plumbing
3345 Seldon Ct Fremont, CA
510-661-9095
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15 ratings |
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| 24. |
Allied Plumbing
2262 Hampton Rd Livermore, CA
510-793-4625
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17 ratings |
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| 25. |
Allstate Plumbing
Fremont, CA
510-656-6594
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11 ratings |
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| 26. |
Almaden Valley Plumbing
1152 Lansdale Ct San Jose, CA
408-268-6923
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29 ratings |
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| 27. |
Alpha Plumbing & Rooter Service
30059 Bridgeview Way Hayward, CA
510-795-6699
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11 ratings |
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| 28. |
American Plumbing
414 G St Antioch, CA
925-754-4990
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56 ratings |
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| 29. |
Amesos Plumbing
1525 Francisco Blvd E #8 San Rafael, CA
415-457-6363
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| 30. |
Andrew Mills Plumbing
1304 Reamwood Ave Sunnyvale, CA
408-734-5500
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22 ratings |
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| 31. |
Aquatek Plumbing
PO Box 23271 San Jose, CA
408-295-7767
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34 ratings |
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| 32. |
Arnold Plumbing
211 W 19th St #B Antioch, CA
925-757-4747
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| 33. |
ARS/Rescue Rooter
All locations combined
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144 ratings |
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| 34. |
ARS/Rescue Rooter
3390 Keller St #B Santa Clara, CA
408-272-1156
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66 ratings |
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| 35. |
ARS/Rescue Rooter
1618 Doolittle Dr San Leandro, CA
510-729-6000
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47 ratings |
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| 36. |
ARS/Rescue Rooter
825 Mahler Rd Burlingame, CA
650-652-1050
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21 ratings |
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| 37. |
AT Weber Plumbing & Mechanical Service
2313 Encinal Ave Alameda, CA
510-523-0628
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46 ratings |
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| 38. |
ATC Service
285 Sobrante Way #F Sunnyvale, CA
650-968-1100
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68 ratings |
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| 39. |
Baswell Plumbing
PO Box 831 Novato, CA
415-897-7977
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20 ratings |
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| 40. |
Bay Plumbing
Redwood City, CA
650-367-9493
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| 41. |
Bejamin Franklin Plumbing
620 Eldridge Ct Novato, CA
415-897-8098
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10 ratings |
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| 42. |
Bel-Carlos Plumbing
San Mateo, CA
650-574-2800
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12 ratings |
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| 43. |
Bell Plumbing & Heating
2300 26th St San Francisco, CA
415-550-0777
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36 ratings |
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| 44. |
Bell Plumbing of San Mateo
611 Industrial Rd #8 San Carlos, CA
650-697-3000
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16 ratings |
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| 45. |
Benicia Plumbing
265 W Channel Ct Benicia, CA
707-745-2930
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74 ratings |
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| 46. |
Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
517 Jacoby St #C San Rafael, CA
415-454-9500
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94 ratings |
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| 47. |
Berkeley Heating & Plumbing
2160 Dwight Way Berkeley, CA
510-841-0883
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67 ratings |
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| 48. |
Betti Val Plumbing & Heating
3605 MacDonald Ave Richmond, CA
510-529-2294
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| 49. |
Bill's Plumbing
Concord, CA
925-827-2927
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Blossom Valley Plumbing
1254 Butterfly Dr San Jose, CA
408-997-1970
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27 ratings |
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| 51. |
Boden Plumbing
20075 Broadway Sonoma, CA
707-996-8683
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18 ratings |
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| 52. |
Boudreau Plumbing & Heating
868 Warrington Ave Redwood City, CA
650-592-1170
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40 ratings |
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| 53. |
Brad LaVerne Plumbing
18065 Joseph Dr Castro Valley, CA
510-886-7500
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26 ratings |
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CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).
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As You Can See Below, Some Plumbers Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Plumbers.
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Subscriber from MILL VALLEY, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Full service plumbing with a full house check for potential plumbing problems. Not cheap, but..........
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Subscriber from MENLO PARK, CA wrote about a local plumber:
We have used Guy Plumbing preferentially for several years on a range of projects. They..........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Always on time or even 10 minutes early. Excellent work at a very reasonable price........
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Subscriber from MORAGA, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Plugged kitchen drain (sinks would gurgle and sometimes not drain) - they showed up on..........
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Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Gordon is excellent. have used him on multiple occasions. always presents options. excellent quality of..........
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Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about a local plumber:
He is very prompt, pleasant and honest. It turns out that he cannot help me..........
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Subscriber from ANTIOCH, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Very professional and friendly. Will certainly use in the future........
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Subscriber from BERKELEY, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Outstanding service in a complex sewerline replacement........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local plumber:
These guys installed a new sewer line for us in 2006 and they did a..........
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Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Very knowledgeable providing competent service and products with a very friendly staff........
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Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local plumber:
Best plumber I ever had.......
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