A-Boy Electric & Plumbing

I stopped in today with a phone picture of my bathroom faucet hoping for some advice on how to remove the stem. I had tried to pop it out, and tried to unscrew it with no luck. I spoke to a delightful fellow named Peter who took me to the back wall to look at the different kinds of stems and we figured out that the one I had would most likely pop out with a bit more force. He suggested a putty knife as a good tool to try, so I went back home and was able to pull it out in just a few minutes. Then back to the shop, where the part I needed was in stock and reasonably priced. Peter gave me a bit more [solicited!] advice on the reassembly, and now no more leaky faucet! Thanks,

Recently purchased a claw foot tub and several vintage style fixtures for a bathroom remodel. Geoff was extremely helpful and accommodating throughout the entire process. We found exactly what we wanted on the Internet beforehand through another company for an extremely affordable price. A-​boy had equivalent items, and although they were unable to exactly price match, Geoff worked with us on the price to get into a reasonable amount. He also spent extra time brainstorming with us to come up with a few work-​arounds to achieve the exact look we wanted in our peculiar shaped bathroom. Nothing we purchased was in stock, being somewhat uncommon fixtures, but everything arrived promptly, and in excellent condition. Glad to be able to keep my money local! Thanks A-​boy!

I went in looking for a pretty unique claw foot tub part and not only was the customer service exceptional but the advice I was given was knowledgeable and professional. They knew right what I was talking about despite MY lack of understanding. They took a lot of tie to call the other store to check inventory. It’s nice to go into a store, ask a question, and have someone really know what they were talking about. Went to the Hollywood store to get the actual part I needed and they were equally helpful. Beats big box stores, hands down.

During our bathroom remodeling shopping trip, this place was absolutely the worst of all of them — even worse than George Morlan down the street. We walked in all smiles on a weekday morning with only a few customers in the store, no one to be bothered to say hello and not a single person bothered to approach us and ask if they can help. The environment was really dingy and the selection was ridiculously small. No way will we ever give them our business. Is Foster Road where plumbing customer service goes to die? Ugh

I’m a Red-​Green kind of level of handy (google it if you aren’t familiar), which is to say I can occasionally get things to work slightly better than when they were broken. These guys have been helpful in getting me the right part and helping me figure out what the hell I’m doing once I get home with it. I’m hoping to make it there in the next week or two to get some stuff to fix a leak in my sink, if past experiences are anything to go by, I won’t have to spend too much time on the internet figuring out how to instal the part because they’ll have already done a good job walking me through it.

When I first moved into the neighborhood, I was so happy to see small businesses like A-​Boy. I much prefer to support small businesses over «Big Box» stores. At the same time, I expect these types of places to have a lot of expertise, and respect for their customers, which is no longer the case here.
I don’t know if there has been a mangement and philosophy change over the years, but something has changed. The last two times I’ve been in here, the staff was very unknowledgable on anything I asked. They simply seemed annoyed that I was asking anything of them at all which might pull them away from sitting at the desk and reading a magazine. One «boy» even looked at me in the middle of what we were trying to figure out and actually said, «I have to go take care of someone else.» and then just walked away from me. What? Who does that?
When I was in there this last time to buy a water heater element, the sad and bored man working there had no idea how to help me choose the right one, and no passion for it whatsoever. I told him, after I’d Googled the information right there in the store myself, that I was sad to say this would be the last time I will come to this shop. (But the fact is, I had to come back an hour later to return a part, because he suggested the wrong one.)
It saddens me, because this is the kind of place one should be able to count on and you just can’t anymore. And now I will probably end up at Home Depot, which does nothing to keep my community vital and prospering.

I probably wouldn’t have stopped by here had I not been encouraged to check it out from a friend first. We are re-​doing our supply lines so we compared their prices to Home Depots and these guys were considerably cheaper and had a better selection. Also they had a staff person there explain which connections to choose and what tools we’d need. I would recommend saving your time and going to A-​Boy first before you run around town.

As new homeowners, we were so overwhelmed when we started remodeling our bathroom we didn’t even know where to start. Tamara at A-​boy was more than helpful!!! She knew absolutely everything about everything! We got our tub, toilet and sink and she helped us understand how to install everything, perfectly may I add. Thanks again Tamara! We are stoked on the new bathroom, we will be back later when we start the kitchen!

I needed to replace a faucet which is a project I have never done before. They showed me a couple of options and then explained the process. When I got stuck I called and they walked me through the problems I was having. Great service and highly recommended! Will definitely go back.

We are homeowners who do most of our own home remodel projects, and we learn as we go. We are currently doing a bathroom remodel, and the people here were great. They spent over an hour with us reviewing our plans and list of supplies and were even able to suggest alternatives to save us time and effort. And their prices aren’t far off the big box stores, especially considering the expertise that came with it. I definitely recommend them.

higher price than home dept. staff usually friendly. has most the stuff you need for most projects. I live near so I go here when I need something simple.