Business Description:
Ben Franklin Plumbing is the only plumbing company to promise perfect punctuality. Call now for all of your plumbing needs! License #: NJ 7810
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plumbers & sewer repair
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Benjamin Franklin Plumbing
324 Ringwood Ave, Pompton Lakes, NJ 07442, USA
(973) 354-2116

Service

Will Recommend

Price for Value

Paul C.

Pompton Plains, NJ

Benjamin Franklin Plumbing

Quote Was Way More Than I Expected

I called Benjamin Franklin Plumbing to service the waste pipe going out to the street, which was clogged. They were very prompt with getting here, probably came within three hours. I brought him right to where I knew the problem would be, which is a spur on the outside of the pipe going outside the foundation. Occasionally people flush things down that get hung up there and the pipe gets back up, so I was 99% sure that's where the problem was. Sure enough they opened the cleanout plug and verified that the problem was right there. Then he prepared a quote for me that was about $650. I've had this same exact service done 2-3 other times and the other contractors who came out in the past only charged $200-300 for the work. I explained that to him and he just said, sorry that's our price because we need to send a camera down there and so on. I told him I didn't need him to send a camera down, I just needed him to take a roto-rooter and clear out the pipe. He said that was what they had to do, so I said sorry, but I won't hire you. I rented the equipment and did the job myself for $50. I'd recommend shopping around before you hire this company.