Best Leak Detection And Repair in Chicago IL

Baethke was able to send someone out promptly and within the anticipated window. Ron was friendly, knowledgeable, responsive, and efficient and patiently answered our stupid questions.

Gabriel came out and life is good again! It was late night but we waited for him, and it was well worth the wait. My husband said he did a great job making sure that he covered all aspects. Much appreciate his professionalism and willingness to meet our needs. Highly Recommend.

Very honest, professional and timely. They engineered a good solution for our water heater, which was originally done with the wrong pipes 20 years ago by a different contractor. They also discovered our old one was not venting the c02, and repaired this issue and saved our lives.

Luis was awesome. Quick and easy fix. Thank you !!!

They assessed issues, explained them and then fixed them, and even cleaned up and took large debris that garbage truck might refuse.
I hope not to have future plumbing problems but if I do, I will call First Chicago Plumbing.

Great service, great price, will use again for any other problems with our building

This is a nice company offering the best plumbing solutions in the city. It is the place to be for all your plumbing needs and concerns. I highly recommend their services to everyone.

We had them out for our tub to shower conversion. Completely satisfied from appointment set up to project clean up. The whole team understands customer service and our service tech was nothing short of phenomenal. Greg clearly knows his stuff and definitely set my expectations higher for all services, let alone plumbers.

these guys were amazing! they showed up on short notice + after hours to fix a leak in my ceiling. not only did they have attention to detail + quality work, they were friendly + compassionate about the human factor of the emergency. goode is good! i'd highly recommend them

Edwin showed up on time. Covered his shoes and protected kitchen floor. Did a wonderful job and will be using him again for additional plumbing needs.

Sandoval plumbing fixed my leaky tub spout and more.

Very reliable.

Great service experience

I will definitely use them again when I need a plumber. The plumber showed up when promised and did a great job.

Excellent work and timely service from Father and Son Plumbing. Thank you!

Chuck has beautifully navigated two large projects for my organization's plumbing needs. He listens carefully, offers creative vision, is very fair in pricing, and conscientious with scheduling. I highly recommend Chuck and Apex.

Eric the plumber does great work and very professional. I have never seen a plumber as neat as he is..He has done many projects for me and has always done a excellent job in a very timely matter. I definitely recommend him every time.

Go-Rooter was great! Juan and his team were very professional, polite and great to work with. I would definitely recommend his team to anybody that wants a reliable and fast service.

All Pro plumbing did a outstanding job with finding a crack in our waterline, The 2 young men were prompt as a matter of fact early, knowledgeable and truly professional. I appreciate the work and will let others know about All Pro Plumbing. Thanks All Pro.

I called Right Away plumbing to help solve my water hammer issue.

Day 1- Plumber Jorge shows up, drains water system, still have issue. He assures me that his colleague Tony, a master plumber will come the next day to help solve the issue. If he can't do it no one can.
I pay the pre-agreed price of $250 for the hour of work draining my system.

Day 2- Tony is convinced my issue is from air in the lines. Drainage #2 does not help. Tony tells me that removing the air chambers may help. Reading through many plumber forums, I never saw anything about air chambers causing water hammer. In fact, the reason they are installed is to prevent water hammer.... Interesting. But what do I know right? This is the master plumber we are talking about here.

Day 3- Jorge quotes me $388 to remove 4 air chambers. He removes them in 45 mins (and only removes half of 1 of them because it is hard to reach... Charge top dollar and only do half the job... what a joke). While the water is shut off and he is removing the air chambers, I tell him I want a shut off valve installed in between the shower and the sink to see if that helps isolate the issue. They scoff at the idea but I insist. This took another 45 mins. In fact, when they were installing the shut off, they almost put it in the wrong spot! I had to stop them as they were putting it in and tell them it was wrong!

They turn the water back on. Removing the air chambers did nothing. However, once they turn the shut off valve that I suggested, no more water hammer!

Jorge writes up the work order and charges me $650 for 1.5 hours of work. I am frustrated because removing the air chambers for $388 was already insane (but I was willing to pay for an EXPERT'S opinion). They add $250 for the new shut off valve install. I was NOT told that adding the valve would be an additional $250 charge. They should have told me before putting it in. Tony agrees to give me a $45 discount. I tell him that is not enough. He turns to Jorge and says, ok, pull out the new valve, we are leaving. Things were tense. I was frustrated with the price, and Tony was frustrated with me. Tony pulls out his licensed plumber card and puts it in my face to intimidate me. Very unprofessional. He says 2 plumbers for all this time, we are losing money! Well, removing air chambers and putting in a shut off doesn't require 2 plumbers. And neither of you figured out the cause of my issue, I did. I remain calm and collected the entire time, even though I am deeply frustrated.

I pay over $850 for them to drain my system, remove 4 air chambers, and add a shut off valve. And on top of being overcharged, I was bullied by Tony.

If it took their expertise to diagnose the problem, then I wouldn't have had an issue with the price because I wanted the water hammer gone. They are more knowledgeable than me with plumbing, I humbly respect that. But, it is painful to pay so much money knowing that in the end it was my suggestion that isolated the issue (while getting bullied).
Now, I am out $850 and I still have water hammer. At least I know now that my shower is the issue.

UPDATE: I search online forums and read that faulty cartridges can cause this issue. I replace the shower cartridge myself, and problem FIXED. You would think a master plumber would know this. Based on my reading it doesn't seem to be that uncommon of an issue. Now I'm left wondering if they purposely ripped me off, or just aren't very good at their jobs. What a shame. Be careful who you hire! It's sad that they have such good YELP reviews, they certainly don't deserve them.

I hope this review is helpful to others

-Peter Monteagudo, MD, MBA