Adriatic Plumbing & Heating Corporation

"What a waste of time. They came to give me an estimate to replace radiators. Mumbled a lot about “seeing what’s available” and promised to get back to me. Didn’t get back to me. When I followed up, the response was totally incoherent. If the job was too small for them (as I suspect), they should have said that."

"This company is extremely unprofessional and overcharge you for the job. They steal time by leaving for parts despite a parts house being literally 1 block away. The so-called plumbers have literally no experience. In fact, a second plumber had to reset a toilet because it was done improperly… so why did I have to pay for these hours and materials if your plumbers can’t do the job right the first time? Run from this company. They also want you to sign their forms without any job info on them. Do not call them. You will be sorry you did. They are thieves."

"I used them because my co-op's super used them for a building issue. I now worry about the building issue, but hopefully the super knows enough about plumbing and kept a close eye on them. I regrettably used them twice. The first time they sent me an incompetent or unqualified plumber to fix a shower faucet cartridge. When he couldn't do it, they sent me another incompetent plumber who also failed. They finally sent me a "specialist" who was qualified enough to actually change the cartridge. Not exactly rocket science. To make matters worse, I didn't realize at first but they charged me for all three of these visits. A few months later I have a small problem with my kitchen faucet. They guy they sent showed up late, told me I should order a replacement part and have him come back to install it. I'm not a plumber, I don't know where to get parts and many part distributors won't bother to call back random people. After he left and I disassembled the part myself, reseated a gasket and fixed the problem. I was most surprised to get a call the next day with a bill for $300 for a 5 minute visit from some guy who was late and then did nothing. In short, they are staffed with incompetent, unqualified or lazy plumbers, they are unprofessional and show up late without calling, they overbill, and they don't stand behind their work."

"I hardly ever write reviews but Adriatic distinguished themselves as so bad that people need to know. Firstly. They sent an unlicensed apprentice to do the work. Im not sure if that's uncommon, but, of course, the guy, who could have started plumbing the day before, should have had his work inspected by a licensed plumber he was working under. That never happened. I'm almost positive that's illegal. I had a number of severe plumbing problems due to their incompetance. Firstly, I live in an apartment so all the pipes are connected. They never sealed off their work in the bathroom with a valve under my kitchen sink. When my handyman noticed during a routine job, he had to call an emergency shutdown of my building's plumbing. Apparently, the unsealed valve could have flooded and destroyed my apartment and possessions. This was a strictly amateur mistake that no one else would have made. Indeed my handyman is not a plumber and he noticed immediately. Secondly, the apprentice told me how lousy my previous were pipes behind the shower walls. He did some elaborate job and since then my water pressure has been awful. I can make it tolerable by fidgeting with the valve that switches the water from the tub faucet to the shower. But I have to fidget endlessly while freezing because when it switches to tub I'm standing in the cold in my birthday suit. Lastly, the elaborate pipe malfunctioning masterpiece made their work go over $1500 over their estimated price. Incompetance costs in so many ways. Buyer beware."

"Horrible experience from this company. We had to called back to discuss a faint smell in one of the toilets after the installation was done by Adriatic. We started noticing the smell after a couple of months. But the person at desk jumped at the very beginning to assure me that this is not a callback and that they’d take no responsibility. I would understand if they had suggested to take a look and charge me if it wasn’t their mistake. But this wasn’t a very professional company and they wasted our time and money. Definitely won’t recommend their services to anyone."