Jeff Bernard Plumbing Heating

EXPENSIVE!!! While I realize that a reputable, experienced plumber can be worth $ 100 an hour, $ 150 per hour seems more than excessive. To give credit, he was prompt and his work was good and it was our mistake that we did not ask up front what his charge would be. He came to the house to unhook our gas line on our clothes dryer and then came back a week later to hook the new one up and also at that time replaced our shutoffs for our washer. For 2 hours of work plus the first trip to the house he charged us $ 500. I thought that was a lot of money. We questioned him and was told that his service charge is $ 200 (but that he gives repeat customers a reduced rate) and his hourly rate is $ 150. He told us that since it was after hours the first time he came he had to charge more and also because our dryer was in a tight spot (in our first floor bathroom closet) he had to charge more for that as well. I also didn’t like that when my husband called to have him come back, his girlfriend asked if my mother would be at the house again (she had graciously met him at the house the first time since we were at work). I thought this was strange and I would hate to think that having my seventy year old mother writing a check out could have impacted the final price of the job. Needless to say that we will not be calling on him again.