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SOS Plumbing & Heating

4.8

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SOS Plumbing & Heating

4.8

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Lisa Bissinger

1768920044

Excellent response time, courteous, friendly, and professional service!

Brandon Burton

1768671727

SOS was very professional throughout my entire experience. They educated me on options out there and I never felt pressured into a specific product or service. Nathan and Team kept the workspace tidy and made sure all of my expectations were met before they left the job site. Overall a great experience and I would highly recommend them for your plumbing and HVAC needs!

David McCurdy

1768616580

Awesome service. They came the next day after my call and we're very helpful. They found the leak in our shower..

Janelle Stjohn

1768613129

This company is amazing and the two technicians that came out were awesome. They got my heating system back on track and also pointed out some areas of concerned. They were very professional. They were timely and they came on short notice.

Frankie Canillas

1768598541

This was the second time I had them come out to address the same issue. They installed a brand new water valve because it was assumed that was where the leak was. However, if they just looked down, they would have saw a pvc pipe had separated and needed a quick repair. Not happy that I had to pay for 2 house calls.

Domenic Ferretti

1768439636

I was extremely pleased with SOS Plumbing. They were very professional from start to finish in replacing our boiler. I would highly recommend them and will continue to be their customer for any future plumbing needs. Elaine Ferretti

Charles Dawson

1767993231

Came quickly and fixed the problem expertly!

Devon Barley

1767968542

Jacob and team was awesome. Quick, efficient and affordable.

Jesse Koslow

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As a company that regularly brings in plumbing subs, reliability matters — and SOS delivers. As an emergency restoration company we need quick responses, professionalism on site and dependability, Jacob and his team are all that and more. The other side of the business is reconstruction and whatever can go wrong usually will, we've never had a call back for SOS which is welcome in this "unplanned renovation" type of business. Thank you to you and your team!

Deborah Lacroix

1767365927

Adam and Matt were exceptional, very respectful and knowledgeable, I couldn't be more grateful

Lauren Cardin

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joe Szymkowicz

1767186905

Matt did a great job, highly recommend!

Jessie Mathias

1767139118

Couldn't ask for a smoother experience! Very inexpensive, very professional and knew exactly what needed to be done.

Edgar Topp

1767034974

Great job got my back up and running!

R Grec

1767028101

Great service and quick responses when you need them. Friendly and knowledgeable service techs. Best service company I’ve found for plumbing and heating.

Rich Cast

1767018585

Had a furnace leak on Christmas Day called SOS the tech Adam was great explaining to me what he was doing. Got me up and running quick would recommend him.

Steve

1767018577

Excellent company to do business with. Knowledgeable, friendly and professional.

Tom

1767017974

Had another opportunity to hire this company to repair another leaky toilet in my home. Adam, who has done work at my house a couple times already was tasked with finding the solution. After finding the cause of the leak and a brief discussion we decided that it was time to replace my 30+ year toilet. He did this on his own in an amazingly short time. Highly recommend this company and all of their crew. My thanks to Adam and owner, Jacob. This is the only plumbing company I will deal with until the end of my life... the good Lord willing.

steve peltier

1766958263

Came out Sunday afternoon. Adam was fantastic to work withHe fixed the issue quickly. Will use this company again

Erica Davies

1766690519

Thank you so much for showing up so quickly…on Christmas Day. Also so easy to schedule, book, etc. great prices.

Rodney Gilbert

1766598089

SOS Plumbing are excellent plumbers who really care about their customers. They do excellent work and are a pleasure to deal with. They stay until everything done and done correctly.

Matt Ulbin

1766595519

Prompt and professional. Eased my anxiety explaining what needed to be done and was confident that the repair would go well

Michael Fox

1766507967

Very prompt and professional. Will use again without question! Thank you Jacob.

Robert Bierwirth

1766502525

Jacob and his team are phenomenal. Emergency addressed right away and new system is fantastic.

Preston Douglas

1766455863

Water leak alarm goes off at the water main in the basement, massive leak from the meter and the main knob won't turn all the way. Nightmare. These guys answered immediately, were there within an hour, and sorted out the whole situation within 30 minutes, and contacted my water utility company to get them involved to complete the fix. Fantastic!

Ilene Rose

1766438033

I have now used SOS Plumbing for both emergency repair and general repair and the price is reasonable and the service is outstanding!

Paul Salisbury

1766429551

Did a great job fixing my sink and replaced shutoff, will have them back to do more work in the future. Very polite and professional. Easy to talk with. Had Sos back on December 16th to replace my boiler, and hot water heater. They did a great job with the installation, had heat the same day. They stayed till I had heat.Came back the next day for couple touch ups and clean up. The pricing was greatNew boiler looks great have continuous hot water. And now have a lot more room in the basement.

John Vento

1766369787

I never write reviews, but after seeing all the great ones here, I felt inclined to share my own.I’ve managed multifamily properties for years, so I’m often in need of reliable plumbers for all sorts of jobs big and small —I’ve seen it all. These guys came highly recommended by a trusted source.That said, this experience truly baffled me. The total time spent “on the job in the bathroom was less than 15 minutes tracked - to replace a part leading to the shower head — yes, the shower head — and the bill came to almost $500. I understand there was travel time involved to pick up the part, and that as they said “plumbing is expensive” but even so, that was a wild price for a simple job.Was also told the part was going to be one price and on the invoice it was +60 then what was told.Listen, I’m sure they do phenomenal work and it’s clear they do with these reviews - I’ll never doubt someone’s craft. However, It changes for me personally when you know as a customer you’re clearly getting taken advantage of. So for me, I’ll continue to take my business elsewhere.**Edit**Editing to clarify that no fees were “clearly communicated” on my booking call. I booked anyways because again, it was a referral - I did however take it upon myself to review and familiarize myself with the prices on the website. But that’s not even the miss. The time was 15 minutes according to time in and out the ring doorbell but maybe you calculate differently for invoicing purposes not sure there. Others seem to be having the same problem from a customer service perspective so felt inclined to edit and share.

Erin Johnson

1766178674

Great help, great service--especially in a house where nothing is as it should be!Long story short, we have a house built in 1959 on a slab, still on well water that's never been softened. "Oh, your house is so cool," people say. Try living with it when something goes wrong!We've used SOS twice: once, for an emergency where hot water was blowing out of a mineral-corroded pipe in the kitchen. Worth every penny. And again today (nonemergency) when we realized that the pipe leading from the well pump to the expansion tank was leaking. The guys are nice, professional, explain what's up and are so timely. They text, they respond, and they're AWESOME. They even gussied up some prior hack work while fixing the leak.We greatly appreciate you, SOS!

A Erwin

1765801308

The plumbers got me in quickly & made the repairs efficiently. When I had a problem afterwards, they were fast to come back & make sure everything was okay. Would use again.

Bill Miller

1765479896

Outstanding professional plumbing service.Friendly staff as well.,

Chris Kreckel

1765409618

SOS Plumbing is fantastic. We called because our tub would not drain. We were given a timeframe of 8am to noon. They arrived at 9:30am and were done by 10:15am. They were very nice and professional. They worked neatly and even wiped out the tub after it drainedWe were very impressed and highly recommend SOS Plumbing! The price was very reasonable also.

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SOS Plumbing wasted my time and failed to deliver on a "free estimate." I took time off work for a scheduled weekday morning appointment to remove an external gas line. Two technicians arrived; one was rude and rushed. The one technician initially claimed the line was "already disconnected." I was prepared to remove it myself and luckily addressed that it was strange to have different diameter gas line outside the house(1.25inch) and inside (0.75inch) to which the second technician said yes it is likely still connected we will get you a quote. They promised a quote, but never sent it. After two follow-up emails to customer service, I still have no quote. Total waste of a morning and time off work, zero service, and nearly resulted in me acting on dangerous, incorrect information. They were there less than 15 minutes total.

Stephen Parente

1765246538

I had SOS Heating and Plumbing come out to take a look at my boiler. I’m a first time home owner and I had been getting soot in my basement and black smoke out of my chimney. SOS was the first company I called. They came out spent about 30 minutes looking at the boiler. After their inspection Jacob told me that the boiler was really bad, that it was going to be an all day project and that he would not be able to do it that day. He told me it was so bad that he needed to shut my boiler off and I had to sign a waiver stating I was liable for damages if I turned it back on. I’m sure that’s standard practice and fine but then he told me he didn’t have availability to get me in for the next 6 days and that it would cost $2,500. I was panicked I didn’t know what to do and I needed my heat and hot water (it’s December after all). I agreed to have SOS come back in 6 days to clean my boiler. About an hour after they left Jacob called me back and told me he had a cancelation and could get me in right after the weekend (4 days instead of 6), I agreed. I still wanted a second opinion. I called around and asked family and friends (my brother is a contractor so he knew a few people to ask about pricing and they all told me that was a lot for a boiler cleaning, even a really bad one. I had another technician come and take a look at it. They told me that it was bad, one of the worst ones they have ever seen, but still not a $2,500 project. That Technician charged me $350 plus the cost of a couple of parts that needed to be replaced, which totaled $1,100, and he also told me he would not leave me without heat and did it right then and there in just under 4 hours. I can only imagine what I would have paid for those parts on top of the $2,500 that Jacob wanted just for the cleaning. Today I called SOS to cancel the service I had scheduled with them as I no longer need it, and Jacob told me he would be billing me for when they came out to look at it. Honestly if I could give 0 stars I would. This company’s communication and customer service are very poor and apparently they over price their services. 10/10 would not recommend, even just for a quote.**Edit**I was given a flat quote of $2,500. There was no ballpark estimate. Poor communication.Not one person once ever mentioned anything about a standard diagnostic bill just to have a technician look at my boiler for me. Poor communication.I was told there had been a cancelation, not that the schedule was being rearranged to accommodate my need. Poor communication.For a company that heavily values honesty and transparency they sure did stretch the truth quite a bit in their response to try and cover their tracks. I have no reason to lie about my experience to anyone reading this. My goal is to help others from having a poor experience like I had.

MaryJane Long

1765215141

Adam & Matt were both very professional and very polite. They cleaned everything up perfectly… I would never hesitate to call SOS again… thank you for respecting both me and my property while you were here…. Much appreciated..,

Karen Mawa

1765144145

We have been using SOS plumbing for a while now they service all four of our commercial boilers recently they had to come out for emergency service. It’s great having a company that stocks all of their vehicles so they have the components needed on a late night service visit and they can get the systems going on a moments notice. We have used plenty of other companies and I think that we have found our one. Don’t call anyone else. Call these guys!! 😊💕💕

jim

1765143579

We recently hired this company to service our oil boiler after the system stopped working and we noticed smoke in the house. When we called, they initially said their only availability was after hours, but they tried to move things around—and the next thing I knew, they were here the same day.They worked on our system until around 7 PM and still charged us regular rates, which we really appreciated. Everything has been working great ever since.We’re looking forward to working with Jacob and Jacob—yes, that’s right, two technicians with the same name. Kinda funny and definitely memorable.Five-star service. I’d rate them higher if I could!

Don W

1764860059

Absolutely fantastic service. Matt and Adam were great. Highly recommended

Josh Celeste

1764532886

The service provided on Sunday (same day call) was fast and efficient. Jose, the technician that provided the service, was timely, did a great job and very pleasant. He is an A+

Ryan Morin

1764514004

Very professional, would definitely recommend calling SOS

Deanna Rebello

1764176290

These guys are the BEST Matt and Adam did an awesome job!

Andrea Vescera

1764083385

So happy with the service. From the wonderful girl who answered the phone to the two great guys that came out and fixed my problem so quickly. I Highly recommend them.

MrResq4

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Craig Brown

1763902826

The team at SOS were very responsive, professional to work with and did an excellent job

Ryan Simmons

1763597384

They came to install a string filter and fix my shutoff valves that were corroding. They were not only professional and did great work, but they were reasonably priced too. I’d recommend them to anyone.

Justin Hunter

1763572416

Jose and the Jacobs were fantastic to work with. Obviously having an issue in the first place is no fun, but they were quick and straightforward. They also are very clearly knowledgeable and made a few suggestions that have improved our quality of life (at least with respect to our plumbing).

Karen Williams

1763317809

The job was done well. Thanks, Matt!

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