Joseph Davidson Plumbing

Joe Davidson sold his plumbing business. Now you get employees who try to sell you a $ 10,000 job of replacing pipes and only need a roto rooting job.
Never again.
I heard that these employees haves sales quotes to meet each week.
We will never use them again!

I thought that this was the Joe Davidson that I used for a decade. They sent out two guys to deal with a clog. They worked on it, then the clog returned. They left off the cap for the access port. They did not have the original Joe Davidson professionalism, detailed focus and punctuality. Do not use them if — as I’ve been reading on here — Joe has sold the company.

Steer clear of these guys! The other 1* reviews are spot on. Joseph Davidson sold his long time folksy plumbing business that I relied on for quality work. The new business model uses high pressure sales & scare tactics. I also found out they did not completely hydro jet a sewer line and then recommended expensive repairs with a price quote that included an increase after 24 hours. Ridiculous!

I WILL NOT USE THIS COMPANY ever again. This company is not the same as the old Joseph Davidson Plumbing who was very good. The new company came out and used scare tactics to sell me services I doubt I needed at a very high cost. Just like Roto Rooter and the like. I will AVOID THESE GUYS.

Sadly without notice to me, a 25 year long customer, I had spent years talking to him, and trusting him. It was such disappointment that he was not careful about who he sold his long loved business to. Joe has sold this business to another company. They are not even similar to the old Joe Davidson plumbing. I was willing to pay Joe’s prices because I trusted him. not sure about these guys.
I truly wish I could find the guys who used to work for him.

I was charged over $ 187 for the replacement of a broken sprinkler head! There was no itemization of the service charge or the part. I called today and discovered that Joseph Davidson is no longer the owner of this company that had been highly recommended to me. DO NOT USE THESE RIP-​OFF ARTISTS!

Joseph A. Davidson had been my trusted plumber for 12 years.
A pair of lavatory faucets needed to be replaced on a pedestal sink. The plumber walked in the door with his tool box at 10:02 AM, and showed me the finished work at 11:11AM. I provided all the parts. The total labor charge was $ 245.00 for 69 minutes work. The contractor license displayed on the truck is 955 742, registered to JET SPEED PLUMBING INC dba RITZ PLUMBING.
According to Homewyse, the high-​end charge for this work in the 90 034 zip should be $ 62.70 per hour, plus $ 50.00 for materials, supplies and disposal or about $ 122.00 total.

Beware!!! Joe Davidson does not own this company anymore and he sold it to some unethical people. They are using his client list to rip people off. They do not charge by the hour anymore, only flat fees and the fees are high. They do not tell you this, no quote was ever given. To top it all off, they didn’t fix anything. One day later everything was back to where it was and the only thing different was a $ 1000 bill I need to pay. Once they get your money, you will never hear from them again. No calls were returned. Also, Joe’s contractor license is expired. I can not find any evidence that these con artists have a contractor’s license. Do not use them.

This company is a shell of its former self.
I arranged for a plumber to work on gas line for fireplace. Was told 8−10am. At 9:50 was called and told 11:30. I said this was unacceptable as I have a 9month old and we had an appointment at 12. So they said 2. At 3:30pm I called them and was told 5pm. In essence keeping me locked in with the baby all day. On arrival plumber says he doesn’t have all the necessary parts to fix it so he will return at 8am next morning. At 945 am next day I call them. They tell me 10:30. He comes. Starts work. Says — it needs more work then I thought. I have to pick up more parts. I’ll be back within an hour. 3 hours later I call them again. He is another 45 mins. Finally returns and fixes the fireplace… Well so I thought. Was changing baby when he finished. He says it’s all working now. I pay a fortune. After he’s gone I go to turn fireplace on. It doesn’t work!!!
It is now next morning and I have called and complained. I called before 9am. I was told they’d call me back. Over an hour waiting again and so far no call.
I fully understand timing windows with tradesman can change and you need a little flexibility but I have now been locked away 3 days, paid a lot of money, and still have an inoperable fireplace.
Go elsewhere.

Joe has sold the company recently. We used Joe for our plumbing needs for many years. He and his crew were always professional, punctual, and tidy. The new company sent some guy out who needed to wait for another plumber, but then left and we were told someone would be there in 30 to 60 minutes. It was almost 2 hours. The other guy used bs tactics to up sell other services and left a mess and didn’t replace the cap. I’m not certain he actually cleaned all the roots out. This is the type of service that made us change to Joe.

Agree with Lily M. and they are way too expensive. Make sure you track the time they arrive and leave your place cause you’re being charged.

Honestly, I’ve been a little on the fence about this company and so held off writing this review. I’ve never found their work to be anything but good quality and their customer service to be excellent. I think I’ve been a little put off by the fact that if a plumbing job requires anything substantial, the water to the whole building has to be shut down and then we have no choice but to use this company– HOA rule instituted (for good reason) after another company totally screwed the pooch and caused major headache & expense. Just the lack of choice in the matter made me feel uncomfortable and worried I was getting price-​gouged, even though I had no evidence that was the case.
Today, I had a problem which I didn’t have the expertise to handle, but Joe instantly diagnosed over the phone. Rather than charge me $ 125 to send someone out and work for 2 minutes on it, he simply talked me through it right then and there. Problem solved. Wouldn’t have been able to do it myself, and he could EASILY have taken my money to do it. I wouldn’t have been any wiser nor would I have begrudged him the fee. Instead he saved me the money, taught me an actual (minor) skill, and earned this five-​star review.

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I broke the shut-​off valve under my sink resulting in an unstoppable gusher of hot water shooting onto my counter and floors. Mike from Joseph Davidson plumbing made an emergency call late at night. Normally, to replace the shut-​off valve, I would have to shut the water off to my entire building, which would have been extremely expensive. So to save me money, MIKE REPLACED THE SHUT-​OFF VALVE ON AN ACTIVE HOT WATER PIPE WHILE SCALDING WATER SPEWED ALL OVER HIM. I can still recall his yells of pain while he did that. That guy was a hero.
And to top it all off, Mike then reconstructed a working faucet mechanism using the working parts from the two defective faucet mechanisms that I had. That guy saved me so much money (at the expense of his skin) when it would have been much easier and lucrative for him to clamp the pipe and fix it later.
For Mike’s heroics, Joseph Davidson Plumbing is my plumber for life.

I learned about this company from my downstairs neighbor, who had used them to clear his clogged pipes. Very quick service, on time for the appointment, done in less than an hour, spotless work area, and clean, flowing pipes. I would recommend this company any time.

I am a Culver City resident and have called Davidson Plumbing on a couple of occasions for average plumbing repairs in my bathroom and kitchen, and they have always been prompt, courteous and reasonable. They are not cheap, but what plumber is? they do not oversell, or overcharge, in my experience. One time they had to order a part and come back, and they followed up on their own, called me to tell me the part had arrived, I did not have to chase them. They are my go-​to local plumber.

Terrible. Despite being a customer for years he refused to come out to resnake a clog in a drain just 2 weeks later. I was out of the country for those two weeks, came home and the shower was still backing up in the tub. He said there are no garantees, insisted they did the job correctly and told my mother she has not been to plumbing school and that she could always call Mike Diamond. Of course we wont be using this company any more.
In addition Joe needs to watch how he speaks to people! Joe you are a complete piece of… I would love for you to give me a call so we can discuss this problem. Leave the plumbing school remarks for someone who will take your BS, I ain’t one of them and doubt you would have the nads to talk to me like that.

Joe Davidson plumbing came as a recommendation to us from a good friend of ours. We are so thankful that we found him. We had estimates from other plumbers who were totally trying to rip us off. Joe Davidson has been doing this a long long time. He is in business to gain customers not $$. His prices are VERY reasonable and best of all he is extremely honest and straight forward. When you hire a plumber you kind of feel helpless (because let’s face how much does the average person know about what repairs should cost) but with Joe Davidson you will get your plumbing fixed with no worries, no stress and plenty of $$ left over for other things you need. Thank you Joe for an awesome, easy plumbing experience!