Applewood Plumbing Heating & Electric

I had my HOA call to tell me that I had water leaking into my downstairs neighbor’s home. I immediately thought it was my water heater (the geniuses that built the place — installed them in a closet outside on the balcony). Well, when Dave from Applewood arrived, he was able to see that it was not the water heater, but a very small slit in the hot water pipe that had caused the flooding. He fixed it & got me all squared away. Dave was courteous, professional, & friendly. I decided since the water was 11years old, I should replace it — so, Dave came back the following week & put my brand new water heater. I will always use Applewood.

This company is a ripoff! I had a quote for a furnace of $ 8,000. Smith and Wilis did the job for $ 4,000. The salesman from Applewood tried to tell me we needed pipes here and there to raise the furnace, or whatever.
Smith and Willis said, no, I would not go that route.
The Applewood sales kid came in and I said, «hubby is in the crawl space, you can catch him there.» Before he could sit down, the sales kid wanted to sell me this PLAN for $ 250.
Then they wanted to charge me to get the financing from the company they offered… No thank you. These people are misrepresenting hard working folks.
And, employee rep who answers these Unilocal,don’t bother commenting on my review. Your company has a bad reputation.

I should have read the reviews on here first. they seem more real than google. I can’t believe how I was treated. I’m a young female and I felt taken advantage of. he quoted me $ 1300 for kitchen clog and main drain clog, $ 800 alone just to root the main (I saw a coupon for $ 86!!!). he assumed my dad owned the property and asked when he’s coming. I have news for you, I own the damn place. I called another plumber in and he told me $ 210 to fix the kitchen clog and to call my hoa about the main since they should be able to cover that. well the hoa is fixing the main and I paid $ 210 for the kitchen to same day plumbing. locally owned and he’s a great guy!

We had 2 breakers fail at night. My wife called the next morning and Ron was out the next day. He not only replaced the 2 breakers, but he discovered and solved a 10 year issue with our home’s electrical that was missed by 2 previous electricians. We will be sure to call Applewood the next time we have an issue with our home.

DO NOT CALL APPLEWOOD PLUMBING AND HEATING — They are a rip-​offI wish I had read some of these reviews before I called them. I had used them in the past and they were OK. Not now! I called them for a hot water heater and as another review stated they told me it would be $ 5000 for a hot water heater and $ 14 000 If i wanted a tankless hot water heater. I called two other companies for quotes and got the whole job done by another plumber for $ 1450.00. Applewood Plumbing should be reported to the BBB!

If I could give zero stars I would. Similar to many of the other reviewers on Unilocal,I called Applewood and they quoted me an outrageous amount of money to do unnecessary work. My issue was with a garbage disposal that clogged. I have no experience with handiwork, so I wanted a plumber to come fix it. I figured it might cost me $ 100 – 200, and I was willing to pay instead of taking a couple hours to try it on my own. Mark from Applewood came out and after looking at my garbage disposal for a minute, he told me it was broken and that was the root of my issue. He put together a quote for a few different options and told me I could spend as much as $ 1,400 for him to replace the disposal. I decided not to do anything and just paid the $ 29 service fee; I wanted to get a second opinion. I found recommendations online for another plumber, Sam Merei, and I called him. He asked me a couple questions and diagnosed my issue over the phone as a clog in the T pipe, and he suggested that it was very easy for me to fix on my own. I decided to give it a shot, and 30 minutes later, the clog was gone and the disposal worked just fine. Total cost = $ 0. This is an embarrassment for Applewood. I wouldn’t trust them for anything. I would, on the other hand, recommend Sam for your plumbing needs.

Matt Z. Is a great electrician, with the added bonus of being able to explain the situation in terms an ordinary person can understand. Applewood Plumbing and Electric is lucky to have him. I would ask for him personally if I again need electrical work.

I honestly believe this Applewood is a scam. I got an estimate to replace a hot water heater. Granted it’s a 75 gallon power vented one but they quoted $ 11,000.00 ($ 13,000.00 if I did not join their «club») for replacing a hot water heater. I’ve gotten 3 other bids for around $ 4,000. I won’t even bother with applewood again. Do not call Applewood.

Received a quote from them to replace my hot water heater take the old one away, the hot water heater was an electric 40 gallon whirlpool retail $ 450 (home depot) and pull a permit the estimate was a little over $ 5,000…It was so much money it was almost comical. I asked why it was so much and the sales man said «well we pull permits and do it right» a permit doesn’t cost more than $ 100 so why the $ 4,000 in labor? I’ll give my business to someone who isn’t trying to rip me off, thanks.

I’ve called them out to my home several times and been extremely pleased with their professionalism, their work and their prices. They come out on short notice and are dependable. I highly recommend them.

why are these people allowed to operate like this? I called them out to service my water heater which is still operating fine. The tech spent 20 seconds in the basement with the heater came upstairs and said he would not touch it. He then whipped out this notebook, flipped to a page, and told me a new water heater comperable to mine would be — — -FOUR THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-​EIGHT DOLLARS! I told him that was ridiculous and told him to leave. I would not call on them again, would not recommend them and will gladly testify to their shady operation. DON’T CALL ON THIS COMPANY.

Sadly this company is a complete scam. I just don’t understand how they seem so big and professional while doing business like this. Last December I had them out because of a backup, the morning that we were heading out of town for three weeks. I let the plumber know that we had two clean outs for the line as well as a shower drain, but he said that the only option was to take off the toilet to snake the line. Removing the toilet costs literally hundreds of dollars and putting it back on costs literally hundreds more. Obviously I had him leave the toilet off for us to replace.
While the diagnosis was correct, that we needed to replace our old clay sewer line, the fact that he blatantly lied about the toilet is unacceptable, to say the least. We held off on this project until summer, despite being told that we couldn’t, by Applewood.
When the backup finally happened again we knew it was time to do the work. Guess what? The other company snaked the line via the clean out! There was no need to take off the toilet, other than to bill as much as possible for doing unnecessary work. The new company even snaked through the shower drain for good measure. At no point was it necessary to remove the toilet.
Ultimately, this company cannot be trusted. I was looked straight in the face and told that snaking the toilet was the only option. That was either gross incompetence, or a lie. I’ll let you decide which.

I would give zero if possible. They came out to look at a broken A/​C and immediately said it needed replaced, then tried to sell me on their, «membership» along with a $ 12,000.00 tab to replace my A/​C. Their prices are laughable. Had the work done by another reputable company for under $ 4,000.00. I will NEVER call or recommend «CRAP-​plewood» plumbing to anyone.

I used Applewood for my heating/​AC and plumbing issues for several years and am now horrified at how badly I’ve been ripped off.
To their credit, they do send technicians who appear to be trained and skilled. They are professional and I believe that they did do a good job. They’re able to show up quickly when other companies say it’ll take a day or two. This can be of particular importance if you have an emergency that cannot wait until the next day.
However, as many other Unilocalers have noted, their prices are way, way, way too high. I had suspected for some time that I was being overcharged, and I became convinced of this when they recently quoted me $ 1,800 to put in a new kitchen faucet. I replaced my faucet in 2007 for a couple hundred dollars, including parts and labor, so I know that this quote is astonishingly ridiculous. They also quoted me $ 800 to replace a toilet flange and I was able to get the same work done by another company for under $ 300.
They seem to prey on people who are in a pinch and thus have failed to research and shop around.

This is actually a zero star review. Called Applewood due to a leaky outside water spigot and a leaky valve at the water shut off. They apparently had done the initial work in our newly purchased home, as their stickers were on everything so I figured they were who I should call. Sadly, I didn’t check Unilocal first so I called them. I Had a pleasant experience with Reception, given a service window and felt pretty good. Couple hours later reception called me and let me know the technician was running late. No problem. A guy named Chad finally showed up and seemed stressed. Initially he tried to be polite and said that our house was nice. Thanked him and let him know that we bought it from a house flipper, so we were finding some issues here and there. His response was that he was surprised that a flipper would use their services as they are very expensive… Yikes. Red flag just shot up!!! Showed him what I needed done and without even really looking at anything he said it would be around $ 500.00 to replace the spigot. I could not for the life of me see how it would cost so much. I inquired about a breakdown on the way over the top quote. He then turned into a condescending jerk. I asked him why it needed to be replaced and not just fixed with new components and his response was that they don’t fix them, they replace them… They have a lot of employees and trucks so their overhead is huge and that’s why they charge so much. He then went on to say that if I want to pay less that I should call a small company, «a guy and a truck»… His demeanor was awful, short and rude.
The quote he gave me was interesting. I could pay $ 198 to become a Applewood club member and the price for the work would be $ 438.12 or if I didn’t want to become a member (which I was never informed abut verbally) the work would cost $ 517.34. Wtf.
He said that the new part would cost about 50 bucks and the rest was labor, again because of the companies huge overhead. Told him no thanks, he was just being a jerk and my thought at this point was that even if the price was reasonable I would not have this guy do the work. He gave off a very bad vibe.
After this horrible interaction I called Einstein plumbing. They came out and fixed it by simply fiddling with the washers and then let me know that the washers are the only reason it was leaking and that it did not need to be replaced at all. They said the only reason it would ever need to be replaced is if it freezes and cracks, which this was obviously not the case here. Don’t call Applewood unless you want to be cheated, fleeced, lyed to and treated poorly.
I Will say that reception did call to follow up with me which was nice but what would have been even more nice was if they would have just offered truthful, trustworthy service at an honest, reasonable price.

We recently had a bathroom remodeled and thought it would be good idea to pro-​actively replace a water heater also. The idea was further reinforced by knowledge of some changes being handed down by the EPA to take effect in mid April 2015 which govern the manufacturing and installation standards for water heaters. As any open-​eyed person will guess, the changes mean that the added costs of implementation and enforcement will most certainly be passed on to the consumer.
We’ve done quite a bit of business with Applewood over the years, so this meant they were on a short list of plumbing contractors to submit a bid.
As I look back, I never did get the signature advance email containing the picture of the clown they dispatched. He drove up in his truck and sat, talking on his cel phone for 20 minutes or more before I went outside, stood on my porch and mimed out a reminder that he was late for the appointment and if he could please get on with it. That I followed this guy around, and watched him like a hawk probably didn’t set a positive tone for the rest of the appointment, either. He didn’t seem to have a firm handle on things in terms of Applewood’s product offerings for water heaters or what exactly would be required for labor. He tried to keep things casual by regularly making references to the Hockey game on TV in the next room. I’m not inferring that the man was incompetent, but he was an older gentleman and possibly close to retirement.
My home is old, and I knew going in that replacing a water heater under today’s standards wouldn’t be easy or cheap, necessarily. Perhaps the scope of work on an older home was beneath him somehow, and maybe he had it in his head to make the job seriously worth his time. The quote I received, being more than 5 times the average rate for this area, bears mute testimony to some personal motive.
Needless to say, another contractor got the job and it was done for far more reasonable a price which both met code and passed inspection with the city.
I don’t know what kind of operation Applewood is running these days. But regardless of the forces that are at work within that company, my opinion of them isn’t what it once was.

They used not to be this bad now they are full on scammer!!!
So I had a water heater in my house that wouldn’t lit up. I am a female and I normally don’t understand how to operate stuff like that. So my friend told me to call Applewood and give it a try. I wasn’t watching him when this guy came. I was too trusting.
Then he came upstairs and told me I had a leakage problem and the velvet was broken so there is no way to shut off the water unless I shut off main water supply of the entire house. I was like WTF! I asked you to fix my pilot light, Who said anything about plumbing issue? I went downstairs, sure enough, water was leaking everywhere, you can’t shut it off cuz my shiny new velvet was completely broken off! It was in good condition 10 minutes ago!!! How could a metal piece be broken off? And I had absolutely no water problem before this guy came. Then he started painting this awful picture of how the house would get flooded if I don’t give him $ 3700 to replace the entire water heater and plumbing.
Hello!!! I am a female but I am not an idiot. Water heater costs $ 500 and there are just three pipes to unhook and hook on to replace it. It will NEVER be a $ 3700 job!
I kicked him out and called up my contractor friend for rescue. He came and spent 30 seconds lit up my pilot light and twist my plumbing pipe together to stop the water leakage. but he said the guy broke my velvet. I might need a proper plumber. He also said the guy pretty much caused the leakage by untwisting my pipes. Wow!
So I called another plumber and he said that the handle was intentionally broken. There is no way it would «fall off» like Applewood claimed.
So they came to a single female house, sabotage your plumbing system and demand a large amount of money, leaving your house to be potentially flooded and don’t even care. Wow Wow Wow!!! If you ask my opinion, stay the hell out of this business’s way. And tell everyone you know they are scammers!!! So no other people will get harmed by them again!

CAUTION! ELDER FRAUD! PLEASE DO NOT USE THEM!
Applewood Plumbing came out around the Christmas and New Years Holidays to fix a Hot Water heater that wouldn’t stay lit at my elderly friend’s residence. Because she was out of water for 5 days, she was so grateful to have someone come.
This man pressured a woman whose Social Security is around $ 850 a month to purchase a new 30 gallon Hot Water heater at a cost of over $ 2,000. She was told that she could just have the part replaced, but it would go out again and waste her money.
Coincidentally, my water heater went out a week or two later, and I paid $ 180 to have a new burner /​thermocoupler assembly installed.
I did some research on average costs to replace a water heater in her zip code.
The low cost is $ 618 and the high cost is $ 789. That includes old water heater disposal.

Be Warned… shop around before hiring this company to do your plumbing.
I used their services back in 2002 to replace my sewage line after buying a fixer upper. I was naïve about who to call at the time and boy did i learn my lesson the hard way.
They ripped up my yard, ripped up my driveway to replace the line, and stopped 2 feet short of the foundation. After the job, I was stunned to find that the line was still backing up into the basement!!! They sent another technician to asses the problem, and his first assumption was to question whether or not i’d been ‘flushing paper towels down the toilet’ … wow. REALLY?
Turns out there was a split in the line *just* at the foundation that had a large root growing into the line… Take 2! More Digging up of my driveway, and a ‘small’ $ 5000 extra fee for this new work. Holy Crap.
GO ELSEWHERE for your Plumbing. Try Total Plumbing as a starting point.

Be careful! Little known secret: Applewood technicians are paid on sales commissions so they are NOT going to help you find a solution or repair, they are going to SELL you something! They are SALESMEN not problem solvers.
They are going to sell you as much as they can. Gold-​plated pipes, tankless water Heaters, you name it. Your bill will be in the THOUSANDS– no 24.00 repair in sight.
Don’t do it!