When you need a commercial plumber for your business, you want quality. Whether you seek commercial plumbing help for an office complex, an apartment building, or a grocery store chain, you don’t want to waste money, time, or deal with unnecessary headaches.
So how can you know you’re getting the best commercial plumber?
Hire Local
You may be tempted to look far and wide for the best commercial plumber around, anyone can understand that urge. But when you run a brick-and-mortar business, you’ll want a strong relationship with a reliable local plumber, specifically. The high turnover of large plumbing chains, combined with the low level of authority to make decisions held by the plumbers they send out, means you spend a lot more time with staff that may not have the skill or authority to do what you need. Having the head plumber, manager, and owner of the company nearby benefits you.
Look For Excellent Reviews
When you find a likely candidate for your local commercial plumber, you won’t be their first customer. Make sure you know what their previous customers thought of their work. A great resource is Yelp, but there are many other places you can look for reviews of local businesses, including Nextdoor and Facebook.
Licensing and Insurance
Whenever hiring a plumber, it is wise to ask about licensing and insurance. This is no different when hiring for a commercial plumber, only hire a plumber that holds a state plumbing contractor’s licence and is properly insured.
Experience
Plumbers that are new in this field can be great people and do great work on projects that are smaller scale and lower investment. In fact, they may even do flawless work on large scale projects- sometimes. But it takes many years of experiencing the myriad of issues that plumbing can manifest before a tradesman can master consistently high-quality work on large projects. If everyone on your project isn’t a master plumber, be sure everyone isn’t an apprentice either. Look for an experienced leader with a stable team. Then rest easy that your job will go according to plan- or as close as possible to it.
Provides a Reasonably Precise Estimate
An experienced professional doesn’t have to give you a wide-range price-guess. They should be able to reasonably predict what your project will cost. If a range is presented, your local commercial plumber should be able to articulate why. What is the difference between the low price and the high price? Explanations like “it should be about this price if the pump can be fixed, and about this much if it needs replaced” are reasonable. Ones like “I don’t know yet what it’s gonna cost yet” are not a good sign.
If you need a local commercial plumber, call Landa Plumbing in the Walnut Creek CA area. We’ll do everything we can to make the choice easy for you.