Update: I spoke with Chris and explained the situation. He said he would wave the full cost…read more Look it up...carbon monoxide can be found in septic tank gasses. I explained on the phone there were strange brown circles over the septic tank and CO detector went off in the room nearest the pipe with outflow to the tank. I was told it would be $89 for them to come out. He opened two of the septic pipes. Asked me to flush the toilet furthest from the pipe. He saw the water flowing to the tank. Came in and looked around the inside of the house. Said he believed the CO was coming from the propane fireplace pilot. (It has a CO detector next to it which didn't go off.) A total of probably 15-20 minutes max. That'll be "$245 for the diagnostic". He said it was office policy to charge for the diagnostic. Basically I paid $245 for his opinion and no work. Last year, they did good work with good customer service moving our water filter system from under the house to the laundry room. We had no issue. But this time I feel high jacked!!

The service was top notch The techs were the best…read more Very professional Honest and awesome

My hot water heater started leaking water everywhere and I needed to get a new one ASAP. My first…read morequote was from Michael and Son's (beware) and it was for $2800. Smith replaced my water heater for $1575, the least expensive quote I received and he did it the same day! Very nice fellow and good work done. Will be calling on him again!

I have used smith plumbing for many years now for renovation work to new construction. Their…read moreexpertise and prompt manner has helped maintain my level of customer satisfaction as a general contractor. I have recommended them through the years to my customers for all their plumbing issues.

Great customer service and an honest man! Just moved to Virginia so my partner and I were looking…read morefor someone within our budget and he was the perfect guy. Another plumber quoted us 4-17x the cost of what he charged which we figured didn't sound right. Very affordable, good communication and efficient. He checked out our problems and got the job done the same day. Will definitely be sticking to him if we have any future needs. Would recommend.

Pat does good work as a competent plumber and at a fair price. I feel confident that he is honest…read moreand he'll do what's best for our home.

Working with Arthur's was challenging because of communication. I called and they said they'd call…read moreto let me know when the tech was scheduled. This was at 10:00 a.m. Now, I'm at work. I am not sure if I need to come home and wait or what so communication is important. By 1 I wasn't sure if anyone was coming, if I should call someone else, or should I head home? So I called them. She said someone would be by around 5 and that ended up being accurate. Jim said I needed a pump. He'd call around for parts in the morning and let me know how much it would be and when he could do it. He didn't call. I called the office at 9:30. She had no clue. A little while later, Jim shows up. He still hasn't given me a price. He did the work quickly and the bill was $1800. I'm looking at another review from 3 years ago where they were charged $1500. :/ Inflation? Anyway, the communication was not great. I didn't have the opportunity to ask anyone else about the price, so I'm not sure if that was great, but my septic pump was fixed in two days.

No show, no call with message left. I waited around ALL DAY, and started calling after they were…read more"late," and I finally got through to someone at nearly 5 pm, and I was told that they'd decided this morning NOT to go out on calls, because it was raining, yet NO ONE took the time to call me and leave a message about this, so this cost me a day of waiting for someone who never came and a day of lost wages, which is greater than the price I would have paid to have the septic pumped. THEN, on top of that, they told me to "call them back in the morning to reschedule." Are you serious? Not happening. I fired them and contacted another company. Do NOT use this company. Their communication is pathetic and I cannot understand how they're even in business.

Three years ago we hired Busy B to power wash out house prior to it being painted. We couldn't…read morehave been happier with the service. Walt and his team were attentive, thorough, and went above and beyond to make sure the job was well done and that we were satisfied. Naturally, as we prepare to sell our house we wanted the same level of detail, so we called and scheduled with them again. I'm not sure within the last three years if this team was abducted by aliens and replaced by their evil doppelgangers, or if they just don't care anymore, but this experience was the polar opposite. The day prior to our appointment we received an email that gave some basic instructions, but what was striking was a paragraph that said "Please do not call us on the day of your job asking for a specific time. You will not be given one. Due to the nature of our work we cannot give out specific or estimated timing on the day of your scheduled job. You will receive an "on-the-way" text if you've provided a cell phone number." OK. That's a little off putting, but we get it. Some jobs are bigger than others, but even the cable guy gives you a range. Day of the appointment arrives and two hours are spent clearing the decks and porches. And the waiting begins..... Finally at 3:00pm a text is sent to the company to get an idea of the latest time they will arrive. At this time the office manager says, "Oh, he's been there and left". What? What happened to the on the way text? There was no knock on the door and no phone calls. Effectively the receptionist told us that there is a car blocking the driveway and he couldn't get his truck in to turn it around. No, we say. There is no car blocking the driveway, plenty of room. Actually, says the OM, you have a difficult driveway to get up and Walt (company owner) remembered this and didn't have the right equipment to get up your driveway. It's in the shop in Harrisonburg, so he's not going to be there today (we have a bit of a hill to get up). Wait we say, which is it? A car blocking the driveway or lack of equipment? At this point we are told the house phone was called and a message was left telling us this information. That's a tough sell, as the land line has been disconnected for about 5 months. After much back and forth we basically tell said receptionist that this is extremely poor business decisions and terrible customer service as we have all of our porch furniture sitting in the yard, and are planning on staining the decks tomorrow. Not my problem was the message from good ol Busy B. We asked to have the owner call us. We were told that he doesn't have signal. Maybe he'll call, maybe he won't. At this point we are at a loss. It looks like the B is too busy to come do the job they committed to. So we begin to look for other options. Suddenly, at 4:00 pm, a white pickup pulls into the driveway with no special equipment and somehow navigates the 'obstacle course' of the driveway blocking car. The owner himself gets out of the pickup. He made no apology. When asked why he didn't bother to call or knock to let us know he had made an attempt. He then tells us that he had both knees replaced a few months ago and didn't want to walk up the driveway. He also tells us that getting our house power washed is 'not a crisis', and that him living with cancer over the past two years is. What? No one called it a crisis, just really poor customer service and crappy attitudes when asked why no one had showed up or called. I'm very sorry for your medical conditions, but that's not my concern. If it's that bad, maybe you should have sent someone else. Finally the power washing begins. No real apology for the lack of communication or the decision not to show up. During the washing session, there were some texts back and forth to our oh so happy OM who said that a check would be needed at the end of the session. We said we would pay electronically just like the last time. 6:30 rolls around and we go outside to look at the job. First thing noted was that the walks and back patio were not done. An argument ensues that those have never been done and that was not on the work order. On the contrary we say, they were done last time and we specifically stated that we did not want the deck surfaces washed (which they did). On the previous you talked about how we needed to fill sand back in the walks after the session. After more arguing back and forth, out he goes to finish the job we hired him for. Bottom line is this. The entire experience from top to bottom was terrible. Communication was terrible, service was terrible, attitudes were terrible, integrity was terrible, and the job was marginal. It's unfortunate that this occurred. We would not recommend services from this company at all. Both the office staff as well as the owner were argumentative, and it appeared clear he did not want to do this job.

We hired them weeks in advance before we moved into a home and scheduled movers around them and…read morethey DIDNT SHOW UP They never confirmed prior and the woman sherry was rude and yelling and cursing on the phone So unprofessional - would never use them

They were right on time, kind, thorough, friendly, knowledgeable, and I thought the price estimate…read morewas reasonable.

I contacted The Otter Guys yesterday to schedule service for our older shower systems, and the…read moreappointment was set for today between 12-4 PM. By 2:30 PM, we still hadn't heard anything, so I called the office and was told the plumber would be here. 4:00 PM came and went with no arrival, so I called again. I was told the plumber must be tied up and that she would check the status. At that point, I told her not to bother. We completely understand that unexpected issues can delay a plumber -- that's not the problem. The issue is the lack of basic courtesy. A simple phone call to reschedule would have been appreciated. Instead, I sat at home for four hours waiting on a no‑show. It was frustrating, inconvenient, and highly unprofessional. Based on this experience, I would not recommend calling them.

Used Yelp in late afternoon looking for a local electrician ASAP to solve an annoying problem…read more Jones got back immediately and scheduled an electrician the next day. Bryce showed up early and quickly solved my problem, fixed another issue that had languished, and reviewed our entire system. He made several suggestions that made sense and was able to do everything that afternoon. When I mentioned our AC was ready for its annual checkup, Bryce arranged for a plumber to come out that afternoon. Both technicians were thorough and clearly explained everything. Because ours is a second home and it's difficult when we use it to find good services in a timely fashion, we signed up for Jones' Preferred Partner Plan, which includes two yearly inspections and other benefits. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

$820 for replacing capacitor $14 . It's a far cry from making a profit ! They have been such as…read morehonest business before this ! It just breaks my heart !!! My brother was shocked and he is hearing and air in tidewater ! Please go somewhere else

Use them for our regular septic service, but they were able to respond on about 3 hours notice when…read morewe had a backup that needed to be addressed immediately, Reasonably priced and responsive does it for me.

I would not recommend this company after the experience we had with them. They damaged the property…read moreduring their inspection, and then wouldn't give us the septic inspection report. Unusual and very bad experience.