ALWAYS Get a 2nd Opinion...$2,000 saved

[Steve DellaPelle]

I just wanted to bring up the importance of getting a 2nd opinion when having any type of work done....

One of my units was getting no cold water at all, I called a local plumber (bigger corporate type) and they checked everything out. After a 10 minute long explanation (I'll spare the details), it came down to a $4,000 job which I was able to talk down to $2,000 for an alternative solution with a lower success rate...I said deal. Luckily for me (in a weird way), the plumber had an injury and had to go to the hospital and was unable to start the job on time.

With this extra time I brought in another plumber, a referral from my cousin, and he came over to check it out. I am not kidding when I tell you that all he did was TURN ON THE VALVE AT THE MAIN LINE and there was cold water again...

$2,000 saved. ALWAYS get a 2nd opinion.

Lesson learned.

Cheers!

[Donald S.]

That's a good story to share. a few years ago the today show did an undercover spot on plumbers. They loosened a valve on the water heater or something, something any plumber would check, and called over a dozen places in the area of suburban new York city. over half of the plumbers said they needed new water heaters, and wouldn't defend themselves when confronted with the truth.