Szollose Plumbing & Heating

he showed up on time, and called me back when I left messages. He replaced the water line between house and curb. His price was fair, and was what the estimate was. His workers were clean, polite and did a good job putting my old brick sidewalk back in place. He was honest and told me the line from main to curb could go, but instead of spending more money now, wait til it happened. He has done work for 2 friend of mine, who had the same good experience. Eileen C

I can certainly agree with the other reviews and their 1 star rating! This guy is a J-​O. I contacted John Szollose for a second opinion on a clogged main drain in a property in Roxborough. When I first spoke to him it sounded like I was bothering him and he had no interest helping. After stopping by the property he wanted to charge me $ 680 to jet the drain by going off the feedback from the first company I had come out, which only used a snake. The reason why I called John and would have paid him to jet the drain is because the other company didn’t have the tools to do it. He only gave me one option and didn’t even confirm on his own that the drain was clogged. He was so rude, that I even asked if he wanted my business and he said NO, then hung up. Based on the other reviews I guess he’s super busy and doesn’t have time. I called another company, Zoom Drain, who happily came out same day a couple hours after John and jetted the drain. They charged $ 130 less, did a camera inspection, and gave a 1 year warranty. Don’t waste your time dealing with Szollose.

Called John to fix a clogged drain in a corner store in Philly, He did his sewer jetting and charged me 340. No camera. under 3 months later the drain clogged again and he said tennents had grease in the line, charged me 320. Didnt use a camera. He said my main drain pipes weren’t pitched right and that it would clog again. I asked him to give me an estimate to correct problem so I don’t have to call him every 3 months. He said he would send me one. I wanted a second opinion and called MR Ds Plumbing, Mike D sent his drain cleaners out to make sure the line was open so Mike D (the owner) can put his camera in the line to see underground in the pipes .Mike D said the pipes in the basement weren’t pitched right like John Szollose said. He also showed me the pipes under the sidewalk were broken and not pitched right using his camera set up. He said he can fix it and would send me an estimate. I got the estimate right away by email and Mr D also said if I went with the repair that I can deduct the 350. He charged me for the cleaning and camera inspection. Mr D estimate seemed very reasonable and I didn’t wait for John estimate that I never got anyway. I wish I would Have called Mr D first.

If I could give zero stars I would. I called up John because the pipes underneath my sink in my basement got clogged during a load of wash. He told me he would be there «late morning» the next day. I had an emergency that i couldnt be home so i had my neighbor wait for him to let him in and pay him. Instead he showed up at 1:30. After he unclogged the drain, he told my neighbor that the pipe was cracked and probably wouldn’t leak unless it back up again… ok no problem… when I got home I threw in a load of laundry…15 minutes later I had a basement full of water. It wasn’t like that before I called him, it was just clogged. When I called him back he claimed he didn’t break it and was cursing and yelling at me… I told him to not come back I’ll find another plumber… he’s a crook.