My experience with Nack's Plumbing:
2 yrs ago we moved into our home that had an existing outdoor tankless water heater. From day one it did not work. The home warranty folks sent someone out to replace the main board. That person installed it and everything worked fine. About 8 months later it failed again so the home warranty company sent a different plumber out. They diagnosed the problem got it to work temporarily while we waited on the part. Part arrived about a week or so later, they installed it and it worked sorta. Not enough hot water pressure was the "claimed" issue. The plumber blamed that with the house pipes and said to call for a different plumber. Our problem was that we never had this issue till we had the tankless controller replaced this last round. The tankless repair man/plumber was adamant it was the pipes. So we were forced to call another plumber. So via the home warranty Nack shows up and we explain the issue. Sure enough it was NOT the house pipes/pressure. He spent about 20 mins checking everything and finally would not take the deductible since he said he did nothing. That day I called the tankless repair man/plumber and told them that is was not the plumbing and that they needed to come back out. A few days later they came out, and this time it was 2 folks. One of them called the manufacturer of the tankless heater and they walked them through a series of steps. 20 mins later the hot water was coming out at full blast. We wasted many days w/out hot water and countless, pointless calls. Had the tankless water heater repair person/plumber taken the time to perform a bunch of troubleshooting with customer support before blaming everything else, wee could have avoided all this headache....Regardless I will not use those guys ever again.
Fast forward to about a yr later (few months ago) and our tankless stopped working. Instead I called Nack since it was a memorable, professional meeting. He suggested I buy one from Costco (Cheaper and same models as the local dealers) and he would install it. In the past you could buy it from Costco and have someone else install it. Now they won't sell you one unless you have them install it. Their installation prices were beyond ridiculous. So I called Nack back and he said he would check with his dealer. He also wanted to come by and see if he could look at our old one. Made an appt that same day, tried to troubleshoot but it would not work. He was kind enough to lend us a spare he had so he came by the next day installed all the piping (Fixed a few things the previous installer screwed up) He basically prepared all the work so that when the new one arrived all he had to do was replace the units. He came by a few weeks later (That is how we both arranged our appt) and installed the new one.
I can't say enough good things about Nack. He genuinely cared about my family having hot water. He is a calm, quiet person and it could be perceived as bad CS by some reviewers??? but for me that is not the case at all. He was very professional, pointed out a few issues and fixed them. Some reviewers said he was arrogant, again to me that was not the case, he simply is very knowledgeable, super confident and takes great pride in his work. As stated before. He not only installed the unit, but he also fixed the previous issues and made sure everything was set up so we could easily perform the yearly maintenance on the unit. I think had the previous owner done that, the old tankless would have last much longer.
I can see how scheduling can be an issue but ppl need to realize like other plumbers in his specialty he is always working the home warranty calls as they come in. My guess is if you are in a pinch and it is urgent he could come by to help.
Bottom line is I would not hesitate to call him and will continue to do so if/when we need work again. His pricing is fair, honest, upfront and is very skilled (professional) at what he does. read more