Jamie McMillan
2 years ago
Used my home warranty to assist in fixing a water temperature control issue that is affecting the shower and possibly the dishwasher (does not appear the soap is dissolving all the way indicating the temperature is not hot enough) so I thought it was likely the water heater, which appears poorly installed, rusted joints, possibly calcified on the inside, from when I originally bought the house.
I teach chemistry and physics from my house now, during the day, so it is often difficult for me to answer phone calls when anyone calls. I always attempt to return phone calls later, however Plymwr is difficult to get a hold of on the phone on customers time. I was able to make an appointment, and the first Plumber from Plymwr came out and said it was not the water heater but the cartridge and cap of the water temperature lever in the shower. I said I found that unlinkely to be the culprit because I had just replaced that unit myself a week prior, with no change in water temperature consistency. He took the unit out, and ran water through it open, which sprayed water everywhere (held shower curtain closed) to see if anything was in there clogging it. He showed a few very tiny pebbles that I am to assume came out from the stream. We turned the water off, and he put the unit back in, and re assembled the handle for the shower. He suggested replacing the back pressure balance valve, said he would order the part and someone would come back to install it. The shower actually retained hot water better now, although still after 5-10 minutes of a shower, if you have the handle on anything less than max heat it will still lose heat. Second plumber arrived with what appeared to be the part the first plumber had ordered. Instead of installing this part, he quickly reassessed the work of his predecessor and determined that this was not the part that needed replacing. He seemed determined to replace the part I had already replaced and left in search of parts. After returning unable to find the parts, he said they would have to order the part, reassembled the shower and left. Late, later that evening, my husband tried to take a shower. Nothing but cold water came out of the shower for a long time. My husband woke me up and showed me what was up since I was the only one home while the plumber was here, and all of a sudden out of nowhere, scalding hot water. We decided to just turn off the water and call Plymwr in the morning, however when you rotated the lever, the water wouldn’t even shut off anymore! My husband and I turned off the water to our whole house (house is pretty old and the valves to turn off the water just to that bathroom are rusted and next to impossible to turn) took the handle and plate off, turned the water back on and discovered water was leaking back behind the shower wall and was spraying like the inside of a sinking submarine everywhere out of the cartridge and cap. We immediately turned off the water. I have texted, called repeatedly, and emailed Plymwr to please come back out here ASAP to at least get the shower back to the condition it was in after plumber 1 left. I have not gotten a response from Friday to today (Monday) so far. Saturday morning I called the home warranty company and let them know what was happening, and they made this a priority case since our whole house has to be without water since with it on it’s a shower catastrophic failure, and said they would recall Plymwr out to the house ASAP. I understand this issue occurred on a Thursday night to Friday morning, and that weekends are
not usually considered business days, but Plymwr has limited Saturday hours listed, and I find it unprofessional to not at least have contacted me yet from my own messaging or from the home warranty’s recall. I also find it unprofessional that plumber two essentially broke my shower even more, left, and now not only do I not have a shower, but I have no ability to have running water at all in my house, and nobody will call me back. I’d love to take this review down after the situation is rectified.