Mike The Plumber

I had a very poor experience with Mike the Plumber. Upon meeting him, he seemed friendly and knowledgeable, was willing to come out during the evening, and priced reasonably. He came to fix a leak in a sewer pipe underneath my house that was connected to my kitchen sink. Later that evening my kitchen sink ended up leaking and I had to call another plumber to come fix that. I’m not sure if that was a coincidence or the result of his work from earlier that day. However, while he was fixing the first leak, he clumsily spilled a bottle of acid he was using to clear the drains onto my brand new washer and dryer. His wife, the business manager, claimed that they were going to see what they could do about replacing or fixing what was ruined. Calls or texts to him or his wife either go unanswered or the response is that he will call back later that day and I would never hear anything. I wish I had seen that review before hiring him. In addition to all the money I spent on plumbing repairs, I had to replace my brand new washer ($ 750) because the acid he spilled ate holes in any clothing that was washed after I thought it was cleaned out. Luckily the acid spilled on the dryer was only cosmetic and I did not have to purchase a new dryer too. This ‘business’ is clearly unaccredited, does not have insurance, and does not take responsibility for their actions. Do yourself a favor and check Angie’s list or the Better Business Bureau before hiring an emergency plumber — do not trust the glowing Google reviews that Mike so quickly mentions. If something goes wrong, he does not end up saving you any money. This is the first review I have ever written, but I feel strongly that people need to know what kind of people/​business they are dealing with in the event something goes amiss during a plumbing repair.

Mike was awesome. We had a backup to our main sewer line, and him and his wife were out within a couple of hours to fix everything. Good pricing and him and his wife made sure everything was spotless before they left.

I think the previous reviews were either friends of Mike’s or employees because he destroyed our house, took his money and never completed the job. We hired Mike to install a set of gas logs. He quoted me 350 dollars over the phone. Fine, I thought that was a great deal compared to the 600 quoted from Piedmont. Apparently he has never actually installed gas logs and just started randomly drilling holes in the fireplace. Once he did this, he announced he needed different drill bits and left. 2 days later, after several calls to his wife (she answers the phone), and to Mike’s cell, he finally came back and messed around for about 11 hours, completely wrecking the house. Um, he had the gas logs disassembled on my granite kitchen counter??? He told us it was the logs, they were faulty or broken or whatever so my boyfriend took them back to Lowes. He ran into a similar «problem» with the second set which are probably ruined from him messing with them. So we are left without a working fireplace, broken logs, a hole in the rug that Mike tried to hide, filth everywhere and he managed to «steal» the 350 dollars off the counter. Do yourself a favor, don’t hire this guy, he’s nice enough but I’m fairly certain couldn’t plumb himself out of a wet paper bag. Zero stars.

Hired this guy… can’t find the source of my leakage and paid him $ 120 cash and said he would come back in 3 days… never did! Call his office and his wife cellphone several time… unprofessional and unhelpful! Do not hire

We’ve now had Mike out twice to fix some leaks in our PEX pipes. The first time, late at night, Mike came out quickly and had us fixed in no time. It was a major relief after an emergency call.
Mike is honest and efficient, and communicates well with us. His rates are reasonable. My husband and I are grateful to have his number on speed dial.

We used Mike to replace a sixteen year old water heater. His work was great and he is a very nice guy. Oh yeah, the price was also very competitive. We will use him again. Try Mike. You can’t go wrong!

Here’s the story:
We bought a natural gas grill for our new house on Sunday morning. The line was already in place so we figured it would just be a few snaps and we’d be on our way to delicious grilled meats— we were wrong.
The connection from the grill was not the same size as the line. At a loss for what to do we searched the internet trying to find out how to fix it, nothing; went to Home Depot to try and get help, nothing. We called Weber and they said we need to call a plumber. At this point it’s 5:00 on a Sunday, the reality is setting in that we will most likely not be enjoying grilled meats for a few days.
As a last ditch idea I quickly searched plumbers on my Unilocal app and Mike the Plumber was the first one that showed up. I gave my husband the number thinking we would receive an answering service– nope. The phone was answered by Mike’s wife and after a 10 min conversation, Mike was on his way to our house, one a Sunday evening!
Mike and his wife (they are a team– he does the work and she does the billing and serves as his «helper») showed up, he looked at the connection and within a few mins said that he was off to Home Depot for a part and that he would be able to fix it!
Off they went and a few minutes later they were back with the part and within a few more minutes it was working, the grill was working and all of my dreams of grilled meats were coming true!
For what I consider a very reasonable $ 80 the grill was hooked up on a Sunday evening and I was not forced to wait to fulfill my craving. And to top it all off Mike and his wife are super friendly which made the experience that much better!
Hopefully I won’t find myself in need a plumber again anytime soon, but if I did, I wouldn’t hesitate to use Mike!