This project occurred in December 2023, and I am just now getting to writing a review, which I…read morewanted to do since then, and even more so, having spoken to Anthony Buckley, Owner of Central Oklahoma Handy-Hand Services, a couple of times this year in 2024. He deserves a review and an excellent one for his work on our rental home.
It was cold, of course, given the month of our plumbing issue; our tenant called with backup problems,so we called a couple of plumbers. They wanted $4,000 to dig up and repair the plumbing pipe, which they said was Orangeburg, plus we would need to cover the cost of replacing the fence. They said they would need to come down on top of being called back to reclean the line 2 weeks earlier. So, we went to the Nextdoor App and asked for help getting this job done. Anthony Buckley reached out following my post on Nextdoor and came straight over with pick and shovel in hand, ready to help with the hand digging and look out for underground cablies. WOW!!
He not only helped to dig out the deep plumbing line going out to the city main line by hand shoveling from the house to the backyard fence line to replace the 'cement pipe', which was NOT Orangeburg, that the plumbing company told us had collapsed, creating the plumbing issues. We found a connection that dipped at the connection over time, and from what Anthony shared, it could have been me creating this breakage and dip where the seam was by me placing an above-ground pool on top of this line in this exact spot some years ago. Anywho, this dip allowed the pooling of the water/tissue. Therefore, every so often, I had to have this pipe cleaned out by the same plumbers who always said it's tree roots - WHEN it was a dip breaking the concrete connection, pooling water/tissue that needed to be repaired by lifting the pipe.
Since we started digging and ran the camera down the drain to find this so called collaps and saw what the issue really was, we decided to remove the cement piping and replace it since we had almost reached the pipe. Plus had this massive dig started with the machine we had already rented that could only go down so deep.
Anthony was to finish digging down to the pipe. My husband and I went to grab lunch, and when we returned, he was not only finished with the dig but also had pulled up the cement pipe by himself and started laying out the PVC piping we had purchased. WOWED Us Again. Such a professional young man who went above and beyond and also helped cover up most of it before he left when he was only to do the hand-digging for us! We give him a bonus for the additional work, which was appreciated.
I highly recommend Anthonly for any project you need regarding handly man work. He can do almost anything, from speaking with him about other skilled work he has done. I'm not related to Anthony, and we do not employ him, but I respect him for his hard-working ability, knowledge, integrity, and skills. *****
You might find more reviews on the Nextdoor app or other apps, but if you need help with small or large jobs, call Anthony at 405-589-6568.
PS: We did rent this small excavator digger in the photo, and the man in the photo is my husband deciding where to add another cleanout. I wish I had captured more pictures showing Anthonly's work.